BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?

Subject: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 01:17 PM

I'm thinking that if our down under catters are OK then we can breath a sigh of relief! ;-)

CNN Debunk

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 01:20 PM

But if not one 'Stralian soul responds, what then? :)

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 01:33 PM

Then max out your credit cards on assault weapons and dried food and find a hole to crawl into!

Silent Night, Scary Night
Find a place out of sight
Rounds are chambered deep in the mag
Australia's gone and now we lag
Don't let the news pass you by-eye
Armageddon is nigh

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 01:40 PM

Here are some ideas on how to get ready.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 01:41 PM

Haven't seen any Oz posts since 12:12:12:12:12:12. CRICKEY!

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 01:48 PM

Oops! I am dyslexic 16.67% of the time with a margin of error of directly proportional to blood alcohol level.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 01:54 PM

I'm starting to get nervous

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 02:07 PM

naawww.. it's the 21st in Mayaland!

wait... that's too close to Maryland...

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 02:12 PM

A calendar is a calendar Bill. COME ON AUSSIES!! Ease my troubled mind!!

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 02:58 PM

Hey, if the world is supposed to end on a certain day....there's no guarantee that it will end on the first second of that day, is there? You're not off the hook until the entire 24 hours of that day has gone by and you're starting the next day. Get set to do a whole lot MORE worrying, Jack! ;-D

(the emoticon is not meant to make fun of you. It's meant to indicate that I am joking)

Any word from Australia yet?

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: JennieG
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 03:27 PM

Yep, I'm still here....Himself is still here too.....and both cats. And the birds in the trees, and the horses and cattles on the hill beyond our back fence are all here too.

All seems to be well in our little corner of Godzone.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 03:30 PM

What time of day is it in your neck of the woods, Jennie?

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 03:41 PM

Hmmm. Just had a thought here. Let's suppose that the Mayans did predict something to happen on...or by...a certain day. Would they time that by taking into account all of our present set of international time zones, therefore bringing Australia into the picture?

No. They wouldn't. They'd time it according to where they themselves were located, and that was in the Americas...central America.

Pretty much the same time zone that we in eastern and central North America live in. Worrying about where our arbitrarily selected international timelines are set up, and they were set up long after the Mayans, is not a factor that would have entered into the Mayan calculations at all. They'd have calculated according to astronomical (and possibly other) observations made strictly from their own geographical location.

So, there's no point even talking about what's going on in Australia...but it is kind of fun to do so.

A lot of people around here are planning to have "End of the World" parties on Friday. A bizarre idea! If I thought the world was going to end, I sure wouldn't want to spend the last few hours in a damn party. I'd want to be somewhere quiet.

When it comes to parties, though...I guess any excuse will do if that's what you're into. ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 03:44 PM

That's what I said, LH...more succinctly. It only applies to Mayaland

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Joybell
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 03:49 PM

Hello! Hello! Is anyone out there? I'm still here -- in Aus. Mind you I'm way down south maybe the rest of Austraalia is gone. It is rather quiet. Jenni posted yesterday from further north but is she still here? It's almost 8.00 am on Friday morning here.
Joy in the morning.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 04:03 PM

Thank you Aussies!! I am very relieved. What Little and Bill seem to have missed is that if the Mayans could predict the end of the world thousands of years in advance, the mere prediction of time zones and electronic communication with the other side of the world would be mere trivia.


Again, Thanks, Jenny and Joybell. I will now cancel my order for the site delivered concrete bunker pre-stocked with Gatorade and Twinkies.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 04:17 PM

Yeah, that's right, Jack. It would be mere trivia.

Well, were they really predicting the end of the World? Or were they predicting the end of a particular Age or epoch of the World? Seems to me it was probably the latter. They appear to have known something about planetary and solar cycles on a very long timeline, something that the ancient Egyptians and pre-Egyptian civilizations in North Africa may also have known about. There's some very interesting literature out there about it, but I don't necessarily subscribe to any particular theory. I just find it interesting to read about and wonder about...

If anything of note does happen, we'll find out when it does, not ahead of the fact....but theories about possible future events will always keep people entertained.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 04:31 PM

LH... but, by then, it might be too late. So, if Oz doesn't matter until the Mayan's time zone is reached, there is still time to max out, stock up, lock and load, crawl into a hole and kiss yer ass goodbye.

I think I'll have a beer and watch it on the TV.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Gurney
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 04:37 PM

Why did you ask the Aussies? Kiwis are a hour earlier!

We're still here, too.

Banter on NZ radio.
"Why such a fuss about a calendar? You can just buy a new one!"
"Yeah. That's what the Mayans say."
"This new calendar: is it the one with the puppies on?"

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 05:02 PM

Puppies are good! Thanks for the Kiwi Report Gurney! Maybe we should Have regular reports as the day reaches our members!

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 05:22 PM

Perhaps it's because the Kiwis are low key. Almost as low key as Canucks.

Yes, it seems they are more low key but we Canucks like to laud our low key. >;-)

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Ed T
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 05:38 PM

Any proof of that? Or, a valid case to put forward that Australia was ever really "there"?

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Ed T
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 05:40 PM

OK, Australia may actually be "there" but maybe not really "here".

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 05:49 PM

Yer gonna get Donked, Ed.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Gurney
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 06:19 PM

Anyway, what about them Mayans, then! Stone-age savages, believing in human sacrifice.
What would they know. They don't even play football!

Not that I'm against human sacrifice. I just wouldn't sacrifice young girls.

;-)

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 06:38 PM

Oh Screw it!
I'm drinking my end of the world champagne anyway!
It's Napa Valley. If Christ were coming I'd go for the expensive stuff.
SINS, celebrating a friend's good news.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 07:26 PM

had I but posted before I went to bed at 2.30 this morning ...

sandra (11.25am Sydney)

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: JennieG
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 07:42 PM

Right now it's 11.42 NSW DST time here on the hill; Joybell, Sandra and I are all in the same time zone although we are hours and hours (and hours and hours) apart. We are two hours behind NZ, 16 hours ahead of Ontario/NY time. We have a small clock on the computer shelf set to Ontario time because our son lives in Tronna.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 08:27 PM

"16 hours ahead of Ontario"

I need another beer... I think... ?

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 08:36 PM

"had I but posted before I went to bed at 2.30 this morning ."

Yes Sandra, the next time the world is forecast to end please show more consideration. ;-)

Thanks for the update JennieG.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Rumncoke
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 08:38 PM

drat.

I just spent hours creating a jersey with sonic the hedgehog in amazing primary colours and my grandson might not get it for Christmas.

Somebody might just have mentioned this end of the world thing - it can hardly be coming as a surprise - well it is to some, but at least then I could have turned out the blue hedgehog for his birthday in July and he could have got some wear out of it after all the effort.

I nearly got it finished. I've reached the ears, and then someone just has to mention that the world is going to end.

drat drat drat

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 09:00 PM

Frankly, there has never been a mystery as to the date. The Mayans had to stop somewhere.

On the other hand, their calendar would not be our calendar- we must stay fearfully a-watch.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Tangledwood
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 09:21 PM

It's going to be a great evening in Brisbane. A friend is hosting a combined birthday/solstice/end of the world party. The best thing is we can drink as much as we want because after everything ends we don't have to drive home.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: JennieG
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 09:29 PM

Sounds like a good idea to me, Mal......and no hangover tomorrow!

Cheers
JennieG where it's 1.28pm and the world is still turning.....

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 09:42 PM

Awesome party idea.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 09:45 PM

Hey wait... The Mayans didn't say what time Australia was going over to the other side...

No, wait... Maybe this is a northern hemisphere thing...

Come on, folks... There's still some hope...

HEY!!! Like why would the Mayans want to wipe out a bunch of folks they didn't even know existed??? Huh??? Yeah, answer me that one, will ya'...

We folks up north of the equator are history... I mean, gone, gone, gone...

So, lets get drunk...

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 09:57 PM

Here in RI, I figured I'd stay up until midnight. Now Little Hawk has made me think I have to stay up until past 1 AM. It's a good thing I'm a night owl.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Don Firth
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 10:28 PM

What can I say?

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 20 Dec 12 - 11:06 PM

Who is in Sydney? Is this accurate?

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Joybell
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 12:48 AM

Sandra? Sandra?

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: andrew e
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 01:22 AM

Still here in Noosa, Qld, Australia! 4:20pm

Remember this one?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgcy-V6YIuI

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: mg
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 02:54 AM

Half an hour later in Newfoundland.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: JennieG
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 03:08 AM

Well.....it's now 7.07pm, and for the past few hours we have been having severe storms.....thunder, lightning, very heavy rain. We even had a short blackout. The storms have ceased for now, but there are more on the way - do you reckon it has anything to do with the end of the world being nigh?

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 04:22 AM

4:19 am here, 19:21 before we are safe, I guess. I'm a little concerned for Sandra what with the meteors an giant lizards and all.

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 07:06 AM

Just gone midday in the UK. Any aussies still sober enough to post?

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Ed T
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 07:17 AM

Could we all be dead and this is actually the afterlife?

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 07:22 AM

Mmmm... Dunno about that Ed, I seem to have come back as myself which is contrary to expectations. I was hoping to come back as a rock star...

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 08:28 AM

Jack, if you look at the tall buildings under Godzilla's arm, one is at the top of my street & was still there when I came home from a concert 30 minutes ago.

We were so busy singing along with the Wheeze & Suck band that we didn't notice the official end-of-the-world time which was apparently 10.11

sandra (12.30 Saturday morning in Sydney)

it's not the best quality, but if you look carefully outside the tent you can see occasional Mudcatter Chris Maltby in the green tee shirt. He was part of our party tonight!

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Bobert
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 09:36 AM

So much for the Mayans...

I'm still here... Well, unless none of us exist and all this is just one big imagine thing that defies logic... BillD can explain it better...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: 12-21-12 Australia still there?
From: Becca72
Date: 21 Dec 12 - 09:44 AM

And I feel fine