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2012 is not the end, because...
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Is Venetian Princess Lady Gaga? I don't think so.neufer wrote:Is Lady Gaga Mrs. Stepanek
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alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Is Venetian blinds Lady Gaga? eh, could be.bystander wrote:Is Venetian Princess Lady Gaga? I don't think so.neufer wrote:Is Lady Gaga Mrs. Stepanek
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Just think! If we're still here on the 12th; we'll know that it wasn't the end!
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Orin, shouldn't that be the 13thorin stepanek wrote:Just think! If we're still here on the 12th; we'll know that it wasn't the end!![]()
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Is Our Lady of Guadalupe the fat ladyBeyond wrote:Orin, shouldn't that be the 13thorin stepanek wrote:
Just think! If we're still here on the 12th; we'll know that it wasn't the end!![]()
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The 12th isn't over til 'the fat lady' sings the 13th.
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- Dec. 12, 2012: Feast of the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico)
Dec. 21, 2012: The Mayan end of the world
Jan.1, 2013: The fiscal cliff
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
My bad; I stand corrected! So if were still here on the 22nd etc; etc! I was thinking 12/12/12!neufer wrote:Is Our Lady of Guadalupe the fat ladyBeyond wrote:Orin, shouldn't that be the 13thorin stepanek wrote:
Just think! If we're still here on the 12th; we'll know that it wasn't the end!![]()
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The 12th isn't over til 'the fat lady' sings the 13th.
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- Dec. 12, 2012: Feast of the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico)
Dec. 21, 2012: The Mayan end of the world
Jan.1, 2013: The fiscal cliff
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Orin
Smile today; tomorrow's another day!
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Ha-ha, Orin, i just realized that I'm standing right next to you. I was thinking the day after, but because you had the wrong day, i just followed along and put the day after what you had...the 13th. So if you had a brain fart, then i must have had a double-stinker. ::insert P.U. smilie(?) here::Orin wrote:My bad; I stand corrected! So if were still here on the 22nd etc; etc! I was thinking 12/12/12! brain fart!
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
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alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. — Garrison Keillor
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
We are supposed to have an end-of-term ceremony on December 21. But if the world has come to an end on December 20, I might be excused for not attending it!
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Some people are really afraid of the coming of the end of the world!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/world ... .html?_r=0
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
I never understood why the ending of calenders in December implies the end of the world. Up to now, my calenders always ended in December and I could always buy a new one that starts in January. ![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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Markus Schwarz wrote:
I never understood why the ending of calenders in December implies the end of the world. Up to now, my calenders always ended in December and I could always buy a new one that starts in January.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calender wrote:
<<A calender is a series of hard pressure rollers used to form or smooth a sheet of material. In a principal application, the calender is located at the end of a papermaking process (on-line). The purpose of a calender is to make the paper smooth and glossy for printing and writing.>>
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
In my hometown, firemen sell calenders for charity where they themselves pose wearing very little clothes. They do, however, often cuddle cats which they have rescued from trees!
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
They cuddle cats which they rescue from trees "wearing very little clothes"Ann wrote:
In my hometown, firemen sell calendars for charity where they themselves pose wearing very little clothes.
They do, however, often cuddle cats which they have rescued from trees!
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That sounds dangerous.
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=175321#p175321Markus Schwarz wrote:I never understood why the ending of calenders in December implies the end of the world. Up to now, my calenders always ended in December and I could always buy a new one that starts in January.
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
You are mistaken. There is only one year, and it repeats in an infinite cycle. You've actually never bought a calendar, and never will. You just have that memory. When the 2012 calendar runs out this month, we'll be back at January 1, 2012... totally unaware if the infinite number of times we've already been around this track.Markus Schwarz wrote:I never understood why the ending of calenders in December implies the end of the world. Up to now, my calenders always ended in December and I could always buy a new one that starts in January. :wink:
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
If the world does end on 12-21-12 at least it is on a friday.
If 12-21-12 arrives on the USA West coast then all is likely clear because it is already 12-22-12 in Australia and the world didn't end
12-22-12 arrives in Australia at 1PM GMT
If 12-21-12 arrives on the USA West coast then all is likely clear because it is already 12-22-12 in Australia and the world didn't end
12-22-12 arrives in Australia at 1PM GMT
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Since the Mayan civilization was mostly in the Yucatán Peninsula and the countries of Belize and Guatemala, we should probably use their time zone (UTC−06:00) which is the same as Central Standard Time in the US. In fact, all of what is known as Mesoamerica falls within the Central Time Zone.BMAONE23 wrote:If the world does end on 12-21-12 at least it is on a friday.
If 12-21-12 arrives on the USA West coast then all is likely clear because it is already 12-22-12 in Australia and the world didn't end
12-22-12 arrives in Australia at 1PM GMT
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
See what happens when the scope of your project stretches too far into the future? Future dwellers have to deal with interpreting your vast overconfidence about the project surviving that long. Reminds me of Yucca Mountain. The waste repository was a feasible project until everyone got caught up on the idea that it had to last for 10,000 years.
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I am SO confident that the world will NOT end on 12-21-12
that I will wager $10,000 to $1 that the end won't happen then![Exclamation :!:](./images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif)
that I will wager $10,000 to $1 that the end won't happen then
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BUT are you confident enough to look in your PM box?
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Safest bet in the world. If it ends, you don't have to pay. If it doesn't end, you still don't have to payneufer wrote:I am SO confident that the world will NOT end on 12-21-12
that I will wager $10,000 to $1 that the end won't happen then
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Good bet! I'll make that bet, too!BMAONE23 wrote:Safest bet in the world. If it ends, you don't have to pay. If it doesn't end, you still don't have to payneufer wrote:I am SO confident that the world will NOT end on 12-21-12
that I will wager $10,000 to $1 that the end won't happen then
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Now I'll just have to find some one who'll bet against me, so that I can collect those $10,000!
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