1 Topic by Speedycop (edited by Speedycop 2012-12-12 06:39 AM)

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Topic: 12/12/12

Okay, not car related, but then we don't have a catchall "Lounge", so I'm posting this here.

It won't be until the 22nd century that we see a date like this again.

That's if the world doesn't end in nine days, on December 21st, as the Mayans predicted. Apparently, there are a couple of safe havens from this apocalypse---in France and Turkey:

A recent assessment performed by an online travel search website has found an increase in interest for destinations thought to be safe from the Mayan apocalypse, or the Dec. 21, 2012, predicted day of doom said to be based on the Mayan calendar.
Travel search website Skyscanner has reported a 41 percent increase in recent searches for one-way tickets to the remote farming town of Bugarach, located in Southern France, as well as a 30 percent increase in searches for a one-way ticket to the Turkish town of Şirince, located in the Izmir Province.

Both Bugarach and Şirince hold significance to those hoping to find shelter and safety from the predicted Mayan apocalypse.

Şirince is believed by some to be near the location where, according to the Roman Catholic faith, the Virgin Mary ascended into heaven, and therefore doomsday believers are seeking solace in this small hillside town.

Bugarach, on the other hand, is believed by some to be the home of extraterrestrials, who are residing in a cavity located inside the town's mountain, Pic de Bugarach.
When the apocalypse arrives, some believe the aliens will escape Earth via an UFO, and hopefully take a few lucky humans with them.


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Re: 12/12/12

More on Bugarach:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article … -wine.html

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Re: 12/12/12

Noticed any uptick of crazies at work?

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Re: 12/12/12

in the DC area....how could he tell? that's a pretty high threshold to begin with.

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Re: 12/12/12

Now we have a place for those not so lemony posts. smile

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Re: 12/12/12

TrackGeeks_Chris wrote:

Now we have a place for those not so lemony posts. smile

Excellent!
Thanks Chris.

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7 Reply by Speedycop (edited by Speedycop 2012-12-12 10:17 AM)

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Re: 12/12/12

psychoboy wrote:

in the DC area....how could he tell? that's a pretty high threshold to begin with.

The collective commuter driving experience has been steadily degrading. I don't necessarily attribute this solely to the Mayan Calendar, or Obama's re-election. I think they are BOTH to blame.  big_smile

Yeah, tons of crazies, so about the same as always. Today we have the Free Tibet students demonstrating. No matter how many times I tell them I'll take it for free, they refuse to give it to me. That's false advertising, dammit!

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Re: 12/12/12

I'm about to start driving the Apocowagon to work instead of the Amazon.  If for some reason there's an EMP pulse, the good ole mechanical diesel injection will keep going.  Then I just have to plow through the hordes of zombies and DC lawyers- no problem, given the big Dodge's ground clearance.

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Re: 12/12/12

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Re: 12/12/12

Speedycop wrote:

Today we have the Free Tibet students demonstrating.

Demonstrating in the wrong country, at that.

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Re: 12/12/12

obviously weren't geography students.

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