# Things You Know You Will Miss

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 20, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-you-will-miss/928438 "2020-12-20T02:10:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-you-will-miss/928438/21 "2020-12-22T17:55:40Z")

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> [@AskNott](#):
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> an eclipse means…it gets dark.

And a visit to the Grand Canyon means . . . you’re looking at a big hole in the ground.

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**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-you-will-miss/928438/22 "2020-12-22T18:03:49Z")

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I used to literally feel this way, mostly about international travel. I still do to some extent - I don’t really feel a burning need to see the Eiffel Tower, for example, because it just seems so familiar already from images. However, a photo of Cinque Terre I saw a few years ago had the opposite effect. I immediately thought, “I need to see that in person” and my wife and I were making real plans to go visit Italy this year. Alas, that was not to be (yet).

I am rather afraid I will miss seeing my Grandma again. She might not make it until it’s safe to visit again.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-know-you-will-miss/928438/23 "2020-12-22T21:18:47Z")

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> [@AHunter3](#):
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> I watched from a beautiful nature reserve in central Missouri, and it was–without exaggeration–the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.

That beautiful nature reserve was probably pretty cool the next day, without the crowd of Ra worshipers.

**Qadgop the Mercotan** wrote, “And a visit to the Grand Canyon means . . . you’re looking at a big hole in the ground.”

When I saw the World Trade Center in April of 2002, _that_ was a big hole in the ground, awash in unspeakable grief and horror. I’m told you can go spend an entire day, any day of the year, seeing just a tiny part of the Grand Canyon’s natural beauty, and it might take years to see the whole thing. Or, you can travel a great distance to look at an eclipse for a few brief moments. You pays your money, and you takes your choice.

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