mina2 6 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Maybe. Sure looks cool though. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Looks bloody hot if you ask me! Link to post Share on other sites
igloo 3 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 More amazing images, that was on the news just before. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 On reflection. Isn't this how the movie 2012 started?! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Hey isn't the end of the world due in just over a week? Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Oops posted this in the news thread. As the 21st of December nears, Russian authorities are attempting to quell fears that the world will come to end amid panic over what some experts claim are the predictions of the Mayan Calendar. According to the New York Times, there have been scattered reports of unusual behaviour from across Russia, reportedly prompted by predictions of Armageddon. The reports include "collective mass psychosis" in a women's prison on the Chinese border, panic buying of matches, kerosene, sugar and candles, and the building, out of ice, of a Mayan-style archway in Chelyabinsk in the south. According to some experts, ancient Mayans predicted that the 21st of December would signal the end of a 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count in the Mayan calendar. Some parts of Russia, which is often said to have a penchant for mystical thinking, appear to have been spooked by the prediction. As a consequence the Russian government's minister for emergency situations has sought to calm panic over the prophecy, saying he had access to "methods of monitoring what is occurring on the planet Earth," and that he could say with confidence that the world was not going to end in December. He did, however, make clear that Russians are still vulnerable to "blizzards, ice storms, tornadoes, floods, trouble with transportation and food supply, breakdowns in heat, electricity and water supply." Russia’s chief sanitary doctor has also issued similar attempts to calm panicky members of the public, one official has also reportedly suggested prosecuting Russians who spread rumour of the prophecy. Russia may be the most extreme example of prophecy panic so far, but other countries are also experiencing problems. In Ukraine the Orthodox Church has issued (a not quite reassuring) message that 'doomsday is sure to come', but advised it would be brought about by moral decline and not the: “so-called parade of planets or the end of the Mayan calendar.” In France, authorities are taking steps to prevent access to Bugarach mountain, which is thought by some esoterics to be a sacred place that will protect them from the end of the world. Reports claim websites in the US have been selling tickets to access the mountain. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 What. The. ****?! Seriously, do people still believe in mystical bs? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Obviously, they do! Else the churches would be all empty! Lots of people need a psychological "crutch" to support them and to help them get over their feelings of inadequacy! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 what else to do on a Sunday Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Funny you should say that last time I was back in the UK, I found the closed on Sunday stuff very bizarre. The big shops can open for 6 hours or something. All strange to an 'outsider' such as myself now. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 what else to do on a Sunday Same as Saturday!! Work on the farm. Monday, back to paid employment for a rest! Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hey JA - How did your crop fare in that big hailstorm this week? - Hail the size of cricket balls on the National news - I blame the solar flare Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 What. The. ****?! Seriously, do people still believe in mystical bs? Oh yes, they sure do. I participate on a US based forum (not ski related) from time to time and it's truly amazing what people there will believe in. In fact there's virtually nothing some won't believe in. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 some even believe that the snow in some places is bottomless!! - Crazy Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 What. The. ****?! Seriously, do people still believe in mystical bs? Oh yes, they sure do. I participate on a US based forum (not ski related) from time to time and it's truly amazing what people there will believe in. In fact there's virtually nothing some won't believe in. Ultra conservative bible bashing mid-west republicans. Truly monstrous disproportionate representation on realworld issues. Let them all bible bash themselves to salvation. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Hey JA - How did your crop fare in that big hailstorm this week? - Hail the size of cricket balls on the National news - I blame the solar flare Missed them, thankfully!! Got 18mm rain, though... very handy! We are around 18km from town, and the hail was in a very narrow band. Link to post Share on other sites
Soso 0 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Cant wait l for one know i will be snowboarding when it all comes to an end. Yiew Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Cant wait l for one know i will be snowboarding when it all comes to an end. Yiew If it is 21.12.12 then I will be ticked.Still got 5 days before I get on the plane bound for the snow covered peaks! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Does anyone know what time the world is supposed to end? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 21.12....Well, I'll be cranking this up all day then..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWLxT5OFcWg Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 if it does, all those turkeys would go to waste. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 It's official now.....btw....You Aussies are pretty cool... Edit...I don't know why this didn't embed .. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 And the moronic comments show that we have a ways to go in the "clever nation" stakes! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 And the moronic comments show that we have a ways to go in the "clever nation" stakes! Never had truer word been said. Link to post Share on other sites
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