Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:54 pm
Is Lady Gaga Mrs. Stepanek 
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...
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:15 pm
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:23 am
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
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:56 pm
Just think! If we're still here on the 12th; we'll know that it wasn't the end! 
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:02 pm
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!
The 12th isn't over til 'the fat lady' sings the 13th. Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:55 pm
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!
- 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
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:56 pm
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!
- 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
brain fart! Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:21 pm
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!
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:22 pm
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:44 am
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!
Ann
Ann
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:12 am
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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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:20 am
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Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:17 pm
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. 
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:24 pm
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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.>>
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:29 pm
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!
Ann
Ann
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:39 pm
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!
That sounds dangerous.
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:18 pm
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.
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:22 pm
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:
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:24 pm
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...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:02 pm
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
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:09 pm
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.
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:31 pm
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
that I will wager $10,000 to $1 that the end won't happen then
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:36 pm
BUT are you confident enough to look in your PM box?
Re: 2012 is not the end, because...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:40 pm
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...
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:45 am
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
Now I'll just have to find some one who'll bet against me, so that I can collect those $10,000!
Ann