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Hippiekinkster -> RE: Food for Thought (5/31/2011 10:09:18 PM)
Heartcreamyone, the reporting nowadays is instantaneous. Hundert Jahr vor, people never heard about stuff like this unless it was seriously major (Krakatoa). You can read it in The Sunday Papers

heartcream -> RE: Food for Thought (5/31/2011 10:35:47 PM)
Yeah we hear about everything more than ever, but still please, it is getting hot in here.

Hippiekinkster -> RE: Food for Thought (5/31/2011 10:39:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: heartcream Yeah we hear about everything more than ever, but still please, it is getting hot in here. Someone Will School You, Someone Will Cool You...

tj444 -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 12:07:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LinnaeaBorealis I moved to San Francisco in 1989. There was an earthquake in the middle of the night during that summer that was big enough to wake me. When I realized that it was just an earthquake, I rolled over & went back to sleep. Then came the "Pretty Big One" that fall. And all of the aftershocks for what seemed like months. I never thought that I should run away. Yeah, it was fairly awful, but earthquakes happen. There was a time in my life when I was younger that I allowed my fears & my anxieties to rule my life. I no longer allow that. When it's my time to go, it won't matter what I've done to try to prevent it. Just ask Howard Hughes. The Seattle earthquake 2001, 6.8, some of the highways and the viaduct badly damaged, almost collapsed, freaky to see the pics on the news (that was when i had a tv). I was just a few hours north in Vancouver (BC, Canada) and I felt it. [sm=nervous.gif] It was freaky, they dont last very long but sure feel like they do. I was in an old house so it shook bad, my ex was standing in some parking lot talking to someone and he didnt even no that we had one. After that I took a few seminars on earthquake proofing your house and what you needed to survive for up to the 3 days they said you might be on your own. Sorta scary that so many buildings, hi rises, schools etc in LA & other cities up the coast still need upgrading (or bulldozing). I dont let my fears rule me either but I dont [sm=lalala.gif]. What is it they say? Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

LinnaeaBorealis -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 12:33:27 AM)
The Pretty Big One was my second 7.1 quake. The first was in 1949 in Seattle, where I am from. There were several earthquakes while I lived there. But the deal is that there are natural disasters waiting to happen everywhere. I don't think that I said that I didn't think that one should be prepared in case. I just said that I'm not gonna dwell on something that may or may not happen. I used to ride a motorcycle. And I had a friend who rode. One day, he decided to wash his bike & rode it into the backyard without his helmet on. The front wheel hit a slight dip, he was thrown over the handlebars, landed on his head & was killed instantly. That's my point: it was such a freak accident that had he been standing in the middle of the living room, he'd probably have died, cuz his time was up. I wear a seatbelt when I'm in anybody's car, not because I'm worried about getting into an accident, but I'm prepared should one happen. Just like I prepared myself for the motorcycle accident I survived because I'd prepared myself. But I never dwell on the possibilities & I don't go to psychics or read my horoscope to see if it might be dangerous on the 22nd of Sept. That's what I mean about not allowing the fear to rule my life.

manatthewheel -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 12:39:39 AM)
A sucker is born every minute, and you just happened to be coming along at the right time.- PT BARNUM..I thinker

tj444 -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 6:57:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LinnaeaBorealis That's what I mean about not allowing the fear to rule my life. No, I never meant to imply that you personally dont take precautions, etc. I was speaking about people generally.

SternSkipper -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 7:12:15 AM)
And hey... Before your fountain of information contacts you about the mystery planet Nibiru, please consult the URL below ... you don't have to pack lunches for this one either: http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/question/?id=2744

SternSkipper -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 7:16:20 AM)
quote: You said it represents doomsday when you said it meant no food. water, electricity, transportation etc. Des is right 100% you started 'scarin the children' as they say the seconds anyone could extrapolate ' no spinning at the gym' from your dark assertions Don't feel bad, you didn't cause any damage. Why, the asshole who first described Dubyah as a compassionate conservate (when he was neither) did a lot more harm back in 98-99

SternSkipper -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 7:18:49 AM)
quote: You said it represents doomsday when you said it meant no food. water, electricity, transportation etc. And even though it's a hoax Des, if you could just panic long enough to bake up some of those peanut butter cookies with the chocolate kisses, I would be eternally grateful [:D]

SternSkipper -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 7:28:55 AM)
quote: YIKES, I know what they mean by etc. ! Beer ! That is the end of the world. I am hoarding hops, barley, corn sugar, and frozen yeast, along with a healthy supply of marijuana seed. I intend to be king when it's all over, I'll get these motherfuckers so washed out on my special brew (a summer ale racked with cannabis trichomes and aptly named High Time)... that they'll WISH the republicans were in charge. Just wait till Heretic and Sanity have to trudge all the way to the remnants of the North Pole to get ice for my drinks.

Termyn8or -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 7:56:49 AM)
I'll be the Duke of Herb and the Earl of Brew then. Hey, how much does that pay ? T^T

SternSkipper -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 9:01:14 AM)
Consider yourself in the running for the post of Minister of Marijuanapresuming you know how to grow sativas... I am planning an ethnic cleansing of the indica crowd

SternSkipper -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 9:03:22 AM)
quote: I'll be the Duke of Herb and the Earl of Brew then. Hey, how much does that pay ? The salary is all you can smoke, and we'll be taking aim at all the underground top secret snack food repositories, so you'll have a share of that too... money itself won't be good for anything but wiping your ass (Yeah, that's right,.... not much different from today)

heartcream -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 2:48:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesFIP quote: ORIGINAL: heartcream I am not sure why folks are jumping to say this Comet represents doomsday, I didnt see anything saying that. However if a bunch of useless folks get swept away, wave buh-bye to the nice lady. You said it represents doomsday when you said it meant no food. water, electricity, transportation etc. I did did I? I dont think I did. Plus I didnt say any of that, I posted a link. I remember we had a blackout here that lasted several days. We had no water, power and if you didnt have food you didnt have it but I wouldnt call it doomsday.

hlen5 -> RE: Food for Thought (6/1/2011 3:06:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DeviantMan Funny enough, when I was still in my early teens (11-12), my father was obsessed with a book that had the exact same theme. I remember being so curious about what he kept reading almost 24/7, that I started reading it too. The book was called "1999: The End" And it was a scientific-appearing presentation on how comet gravitational effects, that would start in the early 90s, would cause a massive instability, on the Earth's crust, that would destroy all life on Earth by 1999. It had similar planetary allignments, and seismic activity profiles connected to them. It was pretty serious looking, with maps, and charts, and some math to back this all up... However, we are living in the year 2011, 13 years past the upcoming DoomsDay. There would be no way on Earth, or any other planet, that someone would have their hands on that level of information, knowing the potential chaos it would provide before the inevitable happens, and let it leak... the damage from the leak iotself would be worse than the actual damage from the event. Everyone laughed at Cassandra and Noah, too (Said with HUGE wink and a nod). I think the story is interesting one way or another.

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