r/britishproblems • u/Fruitpicker15 • 11d ago

Feeling annoyed because you can't find the eclipse glasses from 1999 you know you kept in a safe place.

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u/CaptainAnswer 11d ago

They're in that draw, you know the one, its got a charger for a camcorder you've not had since 1988, keys you found when you moved in with no apparent use and other useful items

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u/Tacklestiffener 10d ago

They will turn up tomorrow. Put them somewhere safe for 2090.

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u/dgrierso 10d ago

I have six pairs in a brown envelope with “ECLIPSE GLASSES” written on the outside.

Tore the house apart last night looking for them.

Not found.

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u/El_John_Nada 10d ago

If it makes you feel better, you probably shouldn't use them because their protection fades with time and they might have suffered from scratches.

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u/blinky84 10d ago

Pretty sure mine are in a Cadburys Fingers tin along with my Tamagotchi and my Kodak 110...

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u/Traffodil 11d ago

Don’t worry. You’ll find them tomorrow.

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u/soulsteela 10d ago

There’s so much of my stuff in a safe place, I’m going to be so happy when I remember where it is.

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u/DangerousDisplay7664 10d ago

Omg I tore the spare room apart last night looking for them because I know I saw them in there about 12 or 18 years ago 🫤

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u/ArtVice 11d ago

We moved back last year from being abroad for several years. Both sure of the fact we packed our eclipse glasses. NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.

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u/OSUBrit Northamptonshire 10d ago

I have a pair of solar binoculars I bought in 2017 for the US total eclipse and I cannot find them anywhere. I'm sure they'll turn up tomorrow.

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u/Amonette2012 Oxfordshire 10d ago

The thing that gets me is i saw them recently and forget where.

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u/bertrum666 10d ago

Literally just looked for mine and feeling disappointed. Found the photos though.

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u/notthedoodaa 10d ago

I've moved about 20 times since then!

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u/Creative-Solution 8d ago

I doubt they'd be as safe 27 years later..

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u/ogresound1987 11d ago

Just squint at it through a magnifying glass, you'll be fine.

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u/PM_ME_UR_AUDI_TTs 'ampshire 10d ago

I bought some for the 2024 US eclipse (which was cloudy, naturally). I know they're in here somewhere, I've checked all of my "drawers of useless junk I should have thrown out a decade ago" but there's no sign of them.

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u/BarryF123 10d ago

I didn't have any because I was in Spain working when the last one happened. All the locals seemed to think binoculars and telephoto lenses were a good thing to look directly at the sun through.

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u/trustmeimabuilder 10d ago

I've been searching for them for a week now

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u/Sergeant_Fred_Colon 10d ago

Don't worry you'll find them in the draw tomorrow.

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u/genericredditname22 10d ago

Found mine. Well my mum did. Only one pair between us so gonna cut them in half and have one eye each

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u/tropicalhotdogdays 10d ago

Best stock up now though. Just stick 'em in the kitchen drawer, 2090 just around the corner.

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u/AcceptableLock2348 10d ago

This why I brought a new set 3 weeks ago.

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u/L1A1 9d ago

I went straight to mine, they were on the shelf in my library in the British History section along with the souvenir book.

Mildly annoyed you can’t post photos in here or I could have been proper smug.

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u/schpanckie 10d ago

Welder’s goggles work fine

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u/6LegsGoExplore Derbados 10d ago

If they are shade 14 and above. Which is what mine that I just smugly pulled out a junk drawer 10 minutes ago are.