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    mclaincausey
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    That's one reason I love living in Colorado. As long as I make it out of the house, chances are I'll see the front range and some cool stuff happening in the sky. If only I lived IN the mountains…

    As far as northern lights, I have only seen Aurora borealis one time from wilderness near Hastings, WI during a solar storm. It didn't have the curtain effect, but was more like a river of pulsing green charged particles flowing north to south. I also really want to see the effect at higher latitudes.

    Think it, be it.

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      Chris
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      Joined: 28 Jun 2010

      @Filthy:

      that would be pretty amazing to be able to just walk outside and see something that beautiful every day.

      Agreed.  I wish the aurora borealis was more predictable. I've wanted to see the northern lights forever, and I'd totally plan a trip if I could be sure I'd see them.  Julie and I've been semi-joking about going to Iceland because every once in a while the plane tickets are mind bogglingly cheap. Maybe someday…

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        neph93
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        My father-in-law is a retired police inspector and now drives busses for shits and giggles. He regularly drives groups of Japanese or American tourists out to a spot in the middle of nowhere with close to zero light pollution, in the middle of the night, to get a glimpse of the northern lights. They’re provided with appropriate clothing and some sustenance then sit their for two or three hours waiting to see something. He reckons one in five groups get to see the show.

        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

        • Dame Vera Lynn
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          mclaincausey
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          Somewhere in Scandinavia there's a hotel whose rooms are domes such that you can sleep under the aurora.

          Think it, be it.

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            Alex
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            Joined: 28 Sept 2009

            @mclaincausey:

            Somewhere in Scandinavia there's a hotel whose rooms are domes such that you can sleep under the aurora.

            https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.kakslauttanen.fi/&ved=2ahUKEwi74MansuTgAhXhVBUIHXYPDfAQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw0PgIw-QuTY6wsNgrOdvQX4

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              Filthy2123ozjunkie
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              I wonder why that area of of Finland is called Lapland? Is that where they invented lap dances?

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                neph93
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                @Filthy:

                I wonder why that area of of Finland is called Lapland? Is that where they invented lap dances?

                [emoji1]

                The Laps for which Lapland is named are really called the Samí. They’re an indigenous people whose traditional lands stretch from northern Russia through northern Finland and Sweden and into northern Norway. They have the same relationship to the reindeer as some Native American tribes have to the buffalo.

                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                  Filthy2123ozjunkie
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                  That's where Santa Claus lived before he emigrated to the North Pole, right?

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                    neph93
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                    Yes it is.

                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                      Filthy2123ozjunkie
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                      Sorry, probably not funny. But every time I  hear about that area and reindeer and stuff. I think about mushroom shamanism and flying reindeer and stuff.


                      https://www.livescience.com/42077-8-ways-mushrooms-explain-santa.html

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                        Chris
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                        Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                        @neph93:

                        They’re provided with appropriate clothing and some sustenance then sit their for two or three hours waiting to see something. He reckons one in five groups get to see the show.

                        Exactly.  I'm not loving the idea of a trip like that for a 20% chance.  Now if I could hang out with some lap dancing Laplanders and maybe see Santa Claus, that would be different.

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                          Filthy2123ozjunkie
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                          Haha  😃

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                            tvenuto
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                            Joined: 15 Sept 2016

                            @Chris:

                            @neph93:

                            They’re provided with appropriate clothing and some sustenance then sit their for two or three hours waiting to see something. He reckons one in five groups get to see the show.

                            Exactly.  I'm not loving the idea of a trip like that for a 20% chance.  Now if I could hang out with some lap dancing Laplanders and maybe see Santa Claus after ingesting some psychoactive mushrooms, that would be different.

                            Fixed that for you.

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                              organisys
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                              Joined: 24 Mar 2015

                              @neph93:

                              ingesting some psychoactive mushrooms

                              @neph93:

                              shits and giggles

                              😃

                              Pride of Japan :-)

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                                hajduk
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                                Joined: 14 Jul 2010

                                These past weeks have been filled with stress. Too much of course.
                                My daughter is slaughtered hard her ankle in cross-country skiing. Nicely…
                                emergency room. hospital. surgeons not super optimistic...fuck me...
                                I took a daily anxiety. A high one. that she could never find her ankle 100%. she is only 10 years and a half... after 5 weeks it looks like she will make it. there are more unfortunate kids than her it level health but how to say...?
                                I have one, we only have one. girl... and...But hey she is sturdy. very sturdy. Amazed me... she is going better. Much better. me and my wife much better also. sorry folks for this far too long message! but it helps my father's terapi to write about it here! to see things in a much more positive way! Peace![emoji3577]

                                Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk

                                "Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have" James Baldwin.

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                                  Filthy2123ozjunkie
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                                  Best wishes to you and your family @hajduk

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                                    Graeme
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                                    @hajduk I hope that your daughter's ankle heals up well. It sounds like it's a stressful situation to find yourself in. 😞

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                                      steelworker
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                                      @hajduk that is awful, I hope she recovers well. It is terrible to see your child in pain.

                                      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                      Well, I have others.

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                                        Giles
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                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        The best of luck Pierre, and lots of love to your daughter from me, @Madame Buttonfly and @Alex

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          hajduk
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                                          Many thanks to everybody for the nice words[emoji18][emoji18]

                                          Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk

                                          "Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have" James Baldwin.

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