Doomsday

[Actor]

The winter solstice will occur at 6:12 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, December 21, three weeks from today. That's when the long count of the Mayan calendar ends and, so some believe, so does the world.

So what difference does it make who won the election? Or the powerball?

[Tom]

Even if we make it past that day, January 1 is looming.

[sammy the sage]

I haven't gone Christmas shopping yet :lol:

[Actor]

Even if we make it past that day, January 1 is looming.Either the Mayans were off by 11 days or we don't need to worry about January 1. :lol:

[Greyfox]

http://bltnotjustasandwich.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bizarro.jpg

[raybo]

Is anyone here really placing any faith in what has been predicted to happen on that day? Really? Does it really matter if they are right or wrong? Is there anything you can do about it, other than to take advantage of the "doomsday" preppers who are preparing for it?

By the way, if the Mayans are right, see ya on the "other side", if there really is one!! And, if there really is one, then we don't need to worry too much what the Mayans predicted for that day, because then there really is a GOD and the Bible is really the Word of GOD, and the Bible says nobody will know, and that includes the Mayans.

[johnhannibalsmith]

I read an article the other day that was basically some sort of NASA press-release in which they thoroughly ripped the notion to shreds, but claimed to do so because of the pervasive mental anguish that was being caused by the "Doomsday" theorists. The oft-cited example of altruism being performed by the debunkers was the volume of "young people that were suicidal" over the thought of the world ending on December 21.

Really? We're laboring to save them? The people that are on the cusp of killing themselves because they fear the end of the world? I thought these scientists at NASA believed in science and logic.

[BlueShoe]

Well, after checking the schedule, there is a fairly full slate of racing for that day, a Friday, so the day before will likely get a Form, handicap, and then plan on spending the 21st at Los Al or Fairplex. The night before will do the same thing I did on Y2K; Yawn===ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[Tom]

Watch, you'll hit the P6 and as you get to the cashier's window....BOOM!

[PaceAdvantage]

Where did I read something about the Mayan Calendar not reflecting leap years, and therefore, their calendar actually ended a while ago? Does that sound plausible?

[Tom]

Yes, it does.
I calculated what date would have been the "doomsday" had they used leap years.




January 21, 2009.

[hcap]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--kaREusltEM/Twhtfy7axrI/AAAAAAAAAXs/btbfdO64ako/s320/Maya.jpg

[Greyfox]

Is that a clone of 7 posts back?

[hcap]

Is that a clone of 7 posts back?

OOPS! :blush: :blush:

[Greyfox]

OOPS! :blush: :blush:

Great minds think alike. :ThmbUp:

[NJ Stinks]

Great minds think alike. :ThmbUp:

Just wanted to say I agree with Hcap and not Greyfox! :p

[BlueShoe]

Is that a clone of 7 posts back?
He left out the chart. Be patient, Cappy has a chart, graph, or table for almost everything, at least he always has up until now. Expect to see something from him that debunks the whole Mayan theory. ;) :)

[Greyfox]

Just wanted to say I agree with Hcap and not Greyfox! :p

Fools seldom differ. (Gotcha! :lol: )

[hcap]

He left out the chart. Be patient, Cappy has a chart, graph, or table for almost everything, at least he always has up until now. Expect to see something from him that debunks the whole Mayan theory. ;) :)
Yeah, I am busy working on it.
I only hope I can finish before time runs out. :cool:

[Greyfox]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fvPtVcs2Q5s/UCWuqznDz6I/AAAAAAAAIwM/1sjBgoAbA2I/s320/On+Strike.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fvPtVcs2Q5s/UCWuqznDz6I/AAAAAAAAIwM/1sjBgoAbA2I/s1600/On+Strike.jpg)

[Greyfox]

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[TJDave]

Really? We're laboring to save them? The people that are on the cusp of killing themselves because they fear the end of the world? I thought these scientists at NASA believed in science and logic.

How would preventing mass suicide be illogical? History is replete with stories of rising from despair to greatness.

[johnhannibalsmith]

How would preventing mass suicide be illogical? History is replete with stories of rising from despair to greatness.

Preventing it may not be illogical, but killing yourself out of despair that the world may not be here for you tomorrow sure is.

[JustRalph]

Reminds me of the young woman in India who killed herself to avoid being sucked into a black hole when they fired up the Hadron collider

[PaceAdvantage]

Reminds me of the young woman in India who killed herself to avoid being sucked into a black hole when they fired up the Hadron collider

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[Greyfox]

The fear is building.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9730618/Mayan-apocalypse-panic-spreads-as-December-21-nears.html

[PaceAdvantage]

Oh brother...who cares? If the Mayans are "right," then there is nothing to be done...in the more likely event that the calendar is being misinterpreted, then we can all sit back and enjoy a hearty laugh at another example of human foolishness.

[TJDave]

Wait until December 22 to buy gifts or put it all on a credlt card?

[sammy the sage]

our government "promises"

http://blog.usa.gov/post/37121041300/scary-rumors-about-the-world-ending-in-2012-are-just

[rastajenk]

"The world will not end on December 21, 2012, or any day in 2012."

They don't seem to want to make a commitment for 2013.

[Robert Goren]

Just a remender, the world as they knew it ended along time ago for the Mayans. The Mayan empire was in serious decline by time Colombus arrived and the Spainish finished it off.
What started as a crack pot new age idea in about 2000, has taken off, and now there are some people making serious money off of it. Amazing! P T Barnum would be proud.

[Greyfox]

Apparently Arthur C. Clarke identified a mountain in Serbia as having special energy. He called Mt. Rtanj the "navel of the world."
Doomsday believers are booking hotels at it's base hoping that it will protect them.
Some believe that it has a pyramid built by aliens inside. (Ooooh.)

More at link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/9735045/Mayan-apocalypse-Serbias-mystic-mountain-targeted-by-believers.html

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02423/Rtanj_mountain_2423543b.jpg

[Actor]

Less than 16 hours to go.

[Greyfox]

Less than 16 hours to go.

Not in China or Australia. ;)

[Actor]

Not in China or Australia. ;)The event is supposed to occur at 11:12 UTC which will be the same worldwide.

[raybo]

Think I'll just sleep through it. :lol:

[Actor]

12 hours and counting!

[thaskalos]

If nothing happens tomorrow, I'll be terribly disappointed.

I didn't make my mortgage and car payments this month...

[lamboguy]

If nothing happens tomorrow, I'll be terribly disappointed.

I didn't make my mortgage and car payments this month...i haven't paid off my 2 x-wives either.

[cj's dad]

So the NFL season was for nothing ?

[Greyfox]

So the NFL season was for nothing ?

Yup. The NHL had it right. :lol:

[Tom]

So the NFL season was for nothing ?

Keep your eye on Tee Bow....if he stats running.....DUCK!

[HUSKER55]

DID anyone watch the history channel tonight? Some expert says the inscription has been misread and it is the end of one of their growing seasons.

[Tom]

Turns out that wasn't a MAYAN calendar, it was an NHL schedule!

[raybo]

OOPS - I woke up too soon! Is the Earth tilting yet?

[Greyfox]

Are we in Heaven or Hell yet? What about those bills I owed? Drat, the mailman is bringing more.

[cj's dad]

I'm working on the Eastern shore of Md. If the world did end, nobody here would know the difference.

[Greybase]

News report that an estimated ONE in TEN people actually believed it! ?!? :D

[BlueShoe]

Those that are not raise their hands. ;) :) The last time I checked, have not been turned upside down and fallen off into deep space, or one of those other awful things. :ThmbUp: Guess this means that I still must pay my bills? :( Was going to go to the track today and spend it all, but since I have other obligations to attend to, and since the place is likely to still be there awhile, will skip it. Went yesterday and won a hundred bucks, which puts a dent in those seasonal expenditures. Confirmed this week what I have long known, and that is that there most surely are racing opportunities in spite of New York and California being dark.

[Marshall Bennett]

News report that an estimated ONE in TEN people actually believed it! ?!? :D
Why is that any surprise? Many more voted for Obama. Which is more ridiculous, believing the world will end today or believing Obama would make a better president after his performance over the past 4 years? :bang:

[HUSKER55]

S**T! I THOUGHT WE HAD ESCAPED! :lol: