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Sarcasm the elf
01-07-2012, 20:51
http://xkcd.com/998/
I wonder why they didn't predict their own demise.:-?
I wonder why they didn't predict their own demise.:-?
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I wonder why they didn't predict their own demise.:-?
Because they were too busy playing the slots in the Mayan Casino.
SouthMark
01-07-2012, 22:35
The world can't end in 2012, Mart McFly took the Delorean time machine to the year 2015.
RWheeler
01-07-2012, 22:44
Hover boards or bust!
HiKen2011
01-07-2012, 22:50
The world can't end in 2012, Mart McFly took the Delorean time machine to the year 2015.
Good point....I Feel better now.:eek:
Wise Old Owl
01-07-2012, 23:01
Will Hover boards be allowed on the AT? and will that be concidered cheating?
Freedom Walker
01-07-2012, 23:10
I won't be retiring until at least 2017 and the first chance to thru-hike if I have the knees. I wonder how many people are making decisions based on this nonsence.
I'll be doing my next thru post '12 so, it can't end - no one should worry - I have officially delayed it - but global warming and climate change might allow me to do a winter 2015 thru hike in shorts and a t-shirt - not kidding so much.
WingedMonkey
01-08-2012, 12:18
I wonder why they didn't predict their own demise.:-?
Because the smallpox, influenza, and measles served with the jesus burgers where on the menu they didn't read, not the calendar.
Because the smallpox, influenza, and measles served with the jesus burgers where on the menu they didn't read, not the calendar.
So, Trail Angels are the real reason the Mayans are gone?? :-?
Will Hover boards be allowed on the AT? and will that be concidered cheating?
Not if you still walk and pull the hover board behind you with your pack on it. :cool:
Will Hover boards be allowed on the AT? and will that be concidered cheating?
I'm going to invent a hover board sleeping pad for use inside the shelter. The hover board food hanger with mouse baffle is sold separately.
SouthMark
01-08-2012, 13:47
Remember on December 21 here it will already be December 22 in Australia.
Feral Bill
01-08-2012, 13:55
Because the smallpox, influenza, and measles served with the jesus burgers where on the menu they didn't read, not the calendar. The Maya are still there. Their civilization collapsed long before any of the above arrived.
I won't be retiring until at least 2017 and the first chance to thru-hike if I have the knees. I wonder how many people are making decisions based on this nonsence.
I'm with ya Freedom Walker. Retired a couple of years ago and having to work part-time to get my son thru college. Doing a thru hike has always been a dream of mine. Well at this rate I will be 60 (3.5 more years) and will finally be able to attempt my dream. Oh Well ! Will just have to keep on training, hiking and dreaming. See ya on the trail.
Archaeologists always say this stuff is ceremonial or religious if they don't know what it means. I say cave paintings are graffitti that really say things like "Running deer wears army boots" or "for a good time use Axotl brands condoms" The Mayan disk calendar is a decorator item commissioned by the kings wife who needed a 3' round calendar for the foyer. Everything not current is merely filler to make up the wheel. The world has been predicted to end at least 3 times in my lifetime I recommend fishing instead of worry.
Old Hiker
01-09-2012, 09:09
........... I recommend fishing instead of worry.
http://images.cloud.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/1/0108/05/1_e7906e50a21a33250a77b80e32364505.jpg
Pedaling Fool
01-09-2012, 09:28
What we need to do is start up a raffle to see what happens first; a strike from outer space or a super volcano. Either one is what will do away with life as we know it and gold ain't gonna do you any good. We have found ~180 impact craters, btw, that's what formed the Chesapeake Bay. But the thing is, is that most of the planet is water, so there is just no telling how many more hits have happened, not to mention terrestrial earth is pretty good at filling in them craters. And then you got Yellowstone Supervolcano, which is in the window, yet people want to worry about the gold standard, GW, wars and calendars, now that's funny:)
What we need to do is start up a raffle to see what happens first; a strike from outer space or a super volcano. .....
A raffle to predict the end of the world? That sort of negates the concept of having a winning prize doesn't it?
DBCFlash
01-09-2012, 10:29
I'd be perfectly happy losing that raffle...
Old Hiker
01-09-2012, 11:45
A raffle to predict the end of the world? That sort of negates the concept of having a winning prize doesn't it?
Only a dollar a ticket - send your money to Whiteblaze @........................
The world can't end in 2012, Mart McFly took the Delorean time machine to the year 2015.
True, which means we only have three years left until flying skateboards! So excited!
The Maya are still there. Their civilization collapsed long before any of the above arrived.
Well, hello! Right you are!
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106439
AND...............if the ancient Maya were so smart, where is the fossil evidence of the man of corn, man of wood, and the other forms of man?? ;)
rocketsocks
01-13-2012, 21:36
Will Hover boards be allowed on the AT? and will that be concidered cheating?Yes,and Not if your wearing orange.
rocketsocks
01-13-2012, 21:38
Well, hello! Right you are!
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106439
AND...............if the ancient Maya were so smart, where is the fossil evidence of the man of corn, man of wood, and the other forms of man?? ;)buried on state game lands...he wasn't wearing orange
Sarcasm the elf
01-13-2012, 23:13
The world has been predicted to end at least 3 times in my lifetime ...
Heck, Harold Camping alone has predicted the end of the world three times in our lifetime.
camojack
01-14-2012, 02:27
I wonder why they didn't predict their own demise.:-?
What demise?
Nowadays they bus tables, drywall, do landscaping, pick fruit, etc., ad infinitum. :cool:
bessiebreeze
01-14-2012, 19:27
That thing they have pictured in the cartoon drawing of the Mayan calendar is not Mayan. It is a picture of the Aztec calendar. They are two different Indian groups in Mexican history - from different parts of the country of Mexico.
according the the extremely repetuble mel gibson's film apocalypto the mayans did predict thier own demise! gibson you may be a good actor but you are one crazy mofo!
sheepdog
02-08-2012, 10:17
Will Hover boards be allowed on the AT? and will that be concidered cheating?
but it would be the ultimate in "leave no trace"
Okay, that's it. I'm inventing the hover board privy seatŠ. It's great on cold nights since your bum never touches it!!!!
DrRichardCranium
02-17-2012, 11:04
I won't be retiring until at least 2017 and the first chance to thru-hike if I have the knees. I wonder how many people are making decisions based on this nonsence.
Probably not many. I keep hearing about the Mayan thing, but I have never met an actual person who believes in it.
Pedaling Fool
02-17-2012, 11:08
They're out there and the closer we get to the date is when they'll start coming out of the woodworks
Okay, that's it. I'm inventing the hover board privy seatŠ. It's great on cold nights since your bum never touches it!!!!
Wrong, unfortunately. Dead air space is necessary for insulation, so you'll have to invent a ccf padded hover board privy seat. :D
Pedaling Fool
08-07-2012, 10:15
What we need to do is start up a raffle to see what happens first; a strike from outer space or a super volcano. Either one is what will do away with life as we know it and gold ain't gonna do you any good. We have found ~180 impact craters, btw, that's what formed the Chesapeake Bay. But the thing is, is that most of the planet is water, so there is just no telling how many more hits have happened, not to mention terrestrial earth is pretty good at filling in them craters. And then you got Yellowstone Supervolcano, which is in the window, yet people want to worry about the gold standard, GW, wars and calendars, now that's funny:)They tell us don't worry about the super volcano because there's no "indication" it's going to blow, as if a warning is going to make a big difference :D
But what's really funny is that we really don't understand volcanoes; that's where we need research money spent. Check this out http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/new-zealands-mt-tongariro-erupts/story-e6frfq80-1226444411707
Excerpts:
Geologists from New Zealand's GNS Science have lowered the aviation threat level from Mt Tongariro which erupted late last night, throwing boulders and heavy ash over a 1km area.
The alert code has been reduced to orange (volcano is exhibiting heightened unrest with increased likelihood of eruption) from red (eruption is forecast to be imminent).
The initial eruption lasted only two minutes, and was the result of an underground build-up of steam. There have been no lava flows.
The eruption has caused the closure of several roads in the region and disrupted regional flights. No international flights were affected.
"Tongariro's first eruption in more than a century came out of the blue and there is no way of telling what may happen next, says a GNS Science volcanologist."
Whack-a-mole
08-07-2012, 10:31
If you ever actually visit the ruins where the calander is, they will tell you that it doesn't end, it simply starts over.
WingedMonkey
08-07-2012, 10:40
When we send nuclear powered bulldozers to Mars with infrared lasers that pulverize rocks and instruments shooting X-rays all over the place, we should expect them to send us a few volcano eruptions in return.
:banana
rocketsocks
08-07-2012, 10:40
If you ever actually visit the ruins where the calander is, they will tell you that it doesn't end, it simply starts over.That's what I figured, if it takes 26 thousand years to complete one revolution around the center of our Galaxy, then....here we go again :D
......and there coming around the club house turn.
round and round and round we go , where it stops , nobody knows.
The faster we go, the rounder we get.
Capt Nat
08-07-2012, 21:45
Wrong! It all ends on December 21. That's it. Lights out. No more AT. No more WB. The end will find me in bed which will be the only possession that I won't have given away. Anybody that thinks that there will be any existence on the 22nd is just foolish.
Sarcasm the elf
08-07-2012, 22:20
Wait, you mean that nobody has linked this to the thread yet?
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2009/12/07/
rocketsocks
08-07-2012, 23:23
Wrong! It all ends on December 21. That's it. Lights out. No more AT. No more WB. The end will find me in bed which will be the only possession that I won't have given away. Anybody that thinks that there will be any existence on the 22nd is just foolish.Dam...then there's that possibility too.
rocketsocks
08-07-2012, 23:27
Wait, you mean that nobody has linked this to the thread yet?
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2009/12/07/Wow, what a cool site, busy day in the comic reading world.
Old Hiker
08-08-2012, 20:20
Wrong! It all ends on December 21. That's it. Lights out. No more AT. No more WB. The end will find me in bed which will be the only possession that I won't have given away. Anybody that thinks that there will be any existence on the 22nd is just foolish.
Soooooo, what camping gear do you have to give away? I'm over by Tampa - I'll drive over to pick it up.