December 21, 2012 ... what do you think?

[Pete]

Seems like there are a gazillion things which converge on the date December 21, 2012 at 11:11 AM. The end of the fourth stage of man, the Sun, Moon, Earth in alignment, end of the Mayan calendar ... people have suggested things such as huge solar flares, world war, the magnetic poles of the earth flipping, and on and on. Seems like a wonderful fantasy ... will it be like the Microsoft Millennium bug, or is there something really going on?

[yankemnbankem]

The date is even backwards (december 21......12) I think winter steelhead fishing may be off the shnizzel and there may be an over abundance of some winter chinook too. I believe it is the day after my papas birthday as well. Might just be one heck of a Birthday bash.

[letsfish]

Originally Posted by Pete

Seems like there are a gazillion things which converge on the date December 21, 2012 at 11:11 AM. The end of the fourth stage of man, the Sun, Moon, Earth in alignment, end of the Mayan calendar ... people have suggested things such as huge solar flares, world war, the magnetic poles of the earth flipping, and on and on. Seems like a wonderful fantasy ... will it be like the Microsoft Millennium bug, or is there something really going on?

Millennuim bug was my first thought. What will happen will be caused by the hype, and conjecture brought up by folks. Look for scams, doomsday cult news(ie Heavens Gate), unique services for that day(ie chartered plane flights, hotel deals), upturn in estate planning, ....the list goes on and on.
We will hear more and more about this until December 22, 2012 when the news will drop the topic.

[Chrome Bumper]

Well, I survived 07-07-07, 07:07:07.07, so I'm felling pretty fine. Kinda lucky.

[Super Fluke]

It's nothing, global warming will kill us all before that JK

[julezilla]

I plan on sleeping til 10am, maybe do a little last minute Christmas shopping. And I think I'll have lunch at Outback. Oh, and get a pedicure.

[Bonita]

I trust the Mayan calendar much more than any news reporter, computer program (or programmer), or any of the rest of today's society. But, I somehow doubt they could see the future. Besides, our calendar repeats every so many years, what says theirs couldn't behave similarly???

[Thumper]

The fourth stage of man? What did I miss?

[retiredgal]

This is gonna be a good one? Better prop my feet up and get comfy as events unfold that day and as we conjecture here on this post. Good post Pete!
Pass the popcorn please?:lurk:

[Queeg]

I think the Mayans just ran out of room on the rock and figured they could make a new calendar when the time came. I suspect Christmas will most likely come in 2012 and we'll have to invent some new source of anxiety. [political commentary suppressed!!]

[Abalone]

That's when the Machines will take over the world and man will be slave.

[craigcw]

"human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together,....MASS HYSTERIA!"

[HammondSeaRanger]

I will wake up on the 22nd laughing at those that are climbing out of thier bunkers to see if the world still exsists ...

[Swamp Puppy]

i'm just sitting here laughing...keep it coming. this is great.

[Jaws]

Originally Posted by BluePig

I will wake up on the 22nd laughing at those that are climbing out of thier bunkers to see if the world still exsists ...

Be a great time to head on down to that normally crowded fishing hole.

[Fast Water]

Originally Posted by Thumper

The fourth stage of man? What did I miss?

The first three stages Jack. What's widyu mon?


I have an appointment to get my back waxed on that day. Weird huh?

[Flatfish]

I am gonna go kill ducks.

[Swamp Puppy]

Originally Posted by Flatfish

I am gonna go kill ducks.

oh yeah...you know. with all the chaos going on. 12-21-2012 may be one heck of a day to be in your favorite duck blind.

[cimfl]

You guys haven't heard? On that day, the very earth will shake to its core. Mountains will crumble, huge tidal surges will swamp most of the worlds perimeters as the oceans rise by 50' or more due to massive plate shifts. As Jupiters aligns with Saturn and Mars, the gravitational pulls will rip the earth from its current path around the Sun, and massive temperature changes will cause most of the world to freeze. All those who did not heed the warnings of the guy on the corner with the cardboard sign saying "The world is coming to an end", will not have a pleasant day. Although I often wonder.....where do all the guys with the cardboard sign go when the world does come to an end?

[Flat Lander]

Hopefully I will have my time machine built by then so I don't have to worry about it.

[gordy]

Heck I'm still trying to recover from the Carter administration...

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by Fast Water

The first three stages Jack. What's widyu mon?

I have an appointment to get my back waxed on that day. Weird huh?

So great. First I missed the sexual revolution, now it looks like I missed the first three stages of man too......

[Leader shy]

How much is one of those flights to the space station?

[greenbuttskunk]

I'm gonna wear my boxers backwards on that day

[foxer]

I think someone should stop listening to Coast to Coast AM so much...:grin:

[rob allen]

"Heck I'm still trying to recover from the Carter administration..."


funny i am trying to recover from the ongoing Regan administration"

[P8ntballrman]

I'll be in a airplane flying high over the earth with my tinfoil hat and my lead underwear on Just in case the aliens show up.......:grin:

go ahead and laugh..... we'll see who looks like the idiot on the 22:smile:

[The Chub]

Originally Posted by cimfl

You guys haven't heard? On that day, the very earth will shake to its core. Mountains will crumble, huge tidal surges will swamp most of the worlds perimeters as the oceans rise by 50' or more due to massive plate shifts. As Jupiters aligns with Saturn and Mars, the gravitational pulls will rip the earth from its current path around the Sun, and massive temperature changes will cause most of the world to freeze. All those who did not heed the warnings of the guy on the corner with the cardboard sign saying "The world is coming to an end", will not have a pleasant day. Although I often wonder.....where do all the guys with the cardboard sign go when the world does come to an end?

Actually, the next cycle is supposed to be fire. The last cycle the earth went through was water.

[Wreckless]

If the poles flip, does that mean that the water in my toilet will swirl clock wise?


COOL!!

Seriously, it will be interesting to watch this unfold.

Me, I'm going to have a few thousand "I survived the end of the world" T-shirts printed, then stock up on ammo & BEER!!

[lor]

I trust the Mayan calendar

I've seen the shows that spoke about this, even wrote the date in my bible, so I can remember it years from now.
Concerning the Mayan calendar, I don't place much faith in it.
I mean, they just disappears. Was there a date for that on there calendar.
To me the Mayan calendar is like the lucky rabbits foot.
The rabbit had 4 feet and it didn't do him any good.

I plan of being somewhere enjoying life and not being draw into the hype.
I can predict it will be the end of the world for some ducks.

[letsfish]

Originally Posted by Pete

the Sun, Moon, Earth in alignment,

Hmm,.... With all that gravity yanking at the earth should make for some real interesting tides, extreme high and low tides... that means fresh razor clams for the holidays!

[Matthewc]

Originally Posted by Leader shy

How much is one of those flights to the space station?

$20,000,000 to $25,000,000 but is expected to increase sharply as interest spikes. Sources say some will pay as much as $100,000,000 to travel.

Remember this is a 2 way ticket...no one stays on the station, at least until they complete the Shilo-in Mars and attached shopping mall complete with Alien food court. I hear the "Made on Planet Earth" store is going to be hot!

[SteelheadBum2]

It makes sense why they devised this ending, based on all the cycles of our universe. I watched a 2 hour presination online, and it made alot of sense as to why they made this calendar. The mayans just did not pull that date out of thier butts. They even pinpointed the starting date of our universe at exactly 16.4 billion years, and modern science is starting to agree with that date.

PM me if you would like a link...its a long discussion, but it explains ALOT about our universe in a perspective you would never of dreamed of. Instresting stuff!

[steelhead22]

Originally Posted by Flatfish

I am gonna go kill ducks.

No doubt, I'll be in a duck blind. If it's all going down at 11:11am, I'll have plenty of time that morning to finish out my last limit. Can't think of a better way to go.

[jokester]

Originally Posted by cimfl

Although I often wonder.....where do all the guys with the cardboard sign go when the world does come to an end?

They go to the next galaxy to warn the others :grin:

-jokester

[klicknative]

I figured they would be on the corner with a sign that said "I told you so."

[RAGHORN!]

[Irish Pennant]

By the spring of 2012 all my Y2K food supply should be gone. Now with the Dec 21, 2012 event rapidly approaching, I had better stock up on a fresh supply of that 150 year shelf life type of 2012 special edition of spam.

[Fast Water]

OK. So, do I send out Christmas cards or not...?

I don't want to waste postage.

[Chromaflage]

My oldest son will turn 25 on that day. Thanks a lot!!

[Bonita]

Originally Posted by lor

Concerning the Mayan calendar, I don't place much faith in it. I mean, they just disappears. Was there a date for that on there calendar. To me the Mayan calendar is like the lucky rabbits foot.

They disappeared? Not quite. There are still Mayan communities throughout southern Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.

[CATCH AND EAT]

Originally Posted by Pete

Seems like there are a gazillion things which converge on the date December 21, 2012 at 11:11 AM. The end of the fourth stage of man, the Sun, Moon, Earth in alignment, end of the Mayan calendar ... people have suggested things such as huge solar flares, world war, the magnetic poles of the earth flipping, and on and on. Seems like a wonderful fantasy ... will it be like the Microsoft Millennium bug, or is there something really going on?

I'll probably just hit the snooze alarm that day Pete. Just avoid the whole darn thing. It's the day after my birthday so something good is bound to happen. Think I will go salmon/steelhead fishing with David Johnson. Sounds like a good day to be on the river maybe. Sign me up David

Guess it all really depends on the 2008 election.:grin: Chad, where are you chad? Probably hanging around somewhere.

[baitsauce]

I've heard this on Coast to Coast AM for sometime now. Sometimes it's entertaining to listen to the easily swayed and confused call in to make fools of themselves. But just to be on the safe side I be wearing my tinfoil hat more and more as the date approaches!!!

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after me.

[mpmax]

This is just great...I'll have just finished off all of my Y2K provisions 2 months before.

Janine Melnitzo you believe in U.F.O.s, astral projections, mental telepathy, E.S.P., clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full-trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster, and the theory of Atlantis? Winston Zeddemore:If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.

[letsfish]

Did some more "research" and found that Dec 21 2012 is the third Friday of the month(December). Known as a triple witching day it is important for those dealing with stock options, future contracts and such it could be a volitile day on the markets. Consider also that it being Friday, the market closed Saturday and Sunday, Monday is the 24th Tuesday is Christmas. There are a whole lot things that fund managers, private investors, etc are going to want to get done before the holidays. Friday is going to be Very Busy for Wall Street.
It is the first day of Winter.
I think a lot of folks will be taking the day off to have a five day Christmas vacation.
Found a website(there are plenty just google) that gave a lot info for 2012(74 close asteroid encounters) and Dec 21 will be only 9 days after a very close Asteroid encounter, and supposed prophecies are supposed to come true( all on Wed the 12). But this cheery warning is real
nice: there is a report of the recent announcement by the Mayan elder, Don Alejandro Cirilo Pérez Oxlaj, which includes the following:

"...on Dec. 20, 2012, Mother Earth will pass inside the center of a magnetic axis and that it may be darkened with a great cloud for 60 to 70 hours and that because of environmental degradation, she may not be strong enough to survive the effects. "It will enter another age, but when it does, there will be great and serious events. Earthquakes, maremotos (tsunamis), floods, volcanic eruptions and great illness on the planet Earth. Few survivors will be left."

I have a question for Don... How does the earth pass thru the center of a magnetic axis? Think about it.
Great so after a month of negative prophecies and asteroids don't you think people willl be ready to celebrate the 2013 New year? Oh yeah, two thousand thirteen( if its not one thing it s another!) sheesh!

[eddie haskel]

It's TRUE......but you guys are way off base on assuming your predictions of fire and magnetics as being the cause of the worlds end.....you are.
The real death knell to this world will be all the lost socks from the dryers reappearing at that exact moment of time, and burying mankind in a heap of his own doings.......

[Chrome Bumper]

I won't be worried until I see Nessie coming after me in mismatched socks.

[Herring Problem]

Puts me Six months closer to retiring ,so I will be fishing whenever I want to!Last day to work will be June 30,2012.

Unless I win the Lottery or sell the property.

[Gus Orviston]

I use to think something of the mayan's and that prediction..

but if they could predict that.. why couldn't they forsee their end ? Seems if they were so smart they would still be here to tell us about their predictions.:lurk:

[PapaHog]

Originally Posted by Gus Orviston

I use to think something of the mayan's and that prediction..

but if they could predict that.. why couldn't they forsee their end ? Seems if they were so smart they would still be here to tell us about their predictions.:lurk:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_peoples

6 million plus still hanging around.

[Rustyoar]

Originally Posted by Thumper

So great. First I missed the sexual revolution, now it looks like I missed the first three stages of man too......

Now that was funny

[Cohodependent]

So, what ever happens, remember to wish me a Happy Birthday!