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21st December 2012, 12:55 AM | #1 |
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Welcome to the end of the world, what is your status?
Thread tittle says it all, really.
It's the end of the world, again, and all that has happened is that Louisville got its first snow of the season. If anything, yesterday's weather was more apocalyptic with the heavy rain and gale force winds. I'll report at the end of the day, but I expect that it's going to be an overall peaceful and uneventful one. |
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21st December 2012, 01:00 AM | #2 |
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7pm here and nothing freaky has happened.
I did see Santa driving the town bus past our house... Does that count? |
21st December 2012, 01:01 AM | #3 |
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2am, can't even feel the heat from the meteor yet
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21st December 2012, 01:05 AM | #4 |
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Devon is under water. Hasn't stopped raining for months. Does that count?
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21st December 2012, 01:17 AM | #5 |
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I feel fine.
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21st December 2012, 01:33 AM | #6 |
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3:32am EST.
Playing Fallout: New Vegas. Fitting, really. |
21st December 2012, 01:58 AM | #7 |
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And no, the world hasn't gone psychotic with some sort of freaky "mass enlightenment".
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21st December 2012, 02:26 AM | #8 |
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Just under two hours to go no clouds froming yet there was some rain erlier but that has passed, confident of being in the pub at 5.00PM
This is London calling, London calling the BBC Home Service.... |
21st December 2012, 02:41 AM | #9 |
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I'm feeling peckish.
Do I have time to whip up an omelette before the event? |
21st December 2012, 02:56 AM | #10 |
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It's almost 11AM on December 21st here in Belgium. Everything's fine, but the weather's been very dark recently. Į d̨on̕'t ̵bel͠i͡e̸ve͢ a͝ny̧t͝h͠in͠g ̢s͝t͞r͢an̴gè ͘is ḩap̕pe͢ning,҉, a̲͕͚̬̲ͅn͎͙̬̜̻͎͇͞d̤͖̼̘͍ ̜͇̳̮͉t̴h̘ͅe̝ ̴͔͙̪̘f̡̲̻͚̟e̺̘è̙͈͓̣̩l͍̠̺̠̺͇̝i̥̲̲n̜̖̭̺̼͖̩g̤̟̟ͅ ̖̤̺̤͠i̛̺s͖͍͈̠̘̘̬͡ ̶̥̠͖̼͍̳b̵̭l̵̼͚̩i̶̭̘̗͙͙̤s̙͇͎̭̰s̫̪ͅ. T͝͏̝̥̪o̢̞̤ ̢͈̪̥̠͓̜̲̭͓̀i̡̡̜̟̬̩n̷̡͇͕͚̹ͅv̢͙̪͚͇̲̦͜o̴̜̥̠͈̫͚̠̬͘k͖͎͎ ̙͉͇͟͞e̥͙͙̫̗̼ ̶͚̩t̞̬̥̣͢h̖̩͓̤͞e̢͎͔̳ ̠̟̣̼̰̟̬̜͘h̶̻͇̀i̡̤̙̦̠̹̫̬͜v̫͎͙̞̱͔̬͔́e̛̳̦̬̫͉̖̮̫͟-͡҉̼̗̺͎̫m̛̩̞̘̗̗͎͢i̧̫͕̕n̢͎̥͉̥̙̦̳̗̠d͉̟͜͜͟ ̡̩́͢r̸̭̺̻̳̫e̙̥͓̺̹p̖͈͝r̷̪̻͖̗̠̖̥̭̹̕͝ȩ͏͓̟̻̪s̷̲̟̟̞͎͞e̙ ͕͖̳͖̮̰ͅn̶̖̟̘̳t̢͖̖̱̰͔̹̕͡į̪̣̯͢͢ǹ͚͔̙̻̳̱̱̼̻͢g̷҉̩ ̦̟͜c̢͚͖̹h̨̗̰̠̗̺̝̮ḁo̧͚̫͇͉͈̞͟ͅṣ̩̝̠̮̙̙̣.̴̨̝̠̤̺̗̼̟ ̳ ̨̡̠͓̟̻̟̻͜I̴̭͚͕̝͚̠͟n̞̯͡v̸̟͚̯̹̪̰̪͢͜ͅo̫͖k̻͖͕͓̻͎̦̗̻̕͡i ̳̤̞͔͍͉͘͜n̶͉g̢̮̪̳̝̰͟͞ ̸̵̧̮̲̟̙t̷̵̡̠̰h̵̘͈̰̩͇̘e͏̴̲̣͚̞ ̧̺͕f̢̥̗̭̺̳̰e̟͉̰̫̫͔̻̬ę̛͍̻̘́l͏͙̩̤̯̀i̷̡̠̦̼̺̮n̨̼͇͜ǵ̷̷̻ ͎̪ ̶̧̬͓o͎͈̙f̛͔̪̜̞̦͔͠ ̸̮̪̦͍̘̬̲̠͜ͅc̮̥̞̤̹̱͈̀͢h̼̝̀͞a̴̴̠͓̺͔͔̫̬̕o̯͡s̠͚̘̞̜̰̬̫̘ ͘.̢̻͔̙̖̬̠̰́W̧͓̹̪͉̫į̴̩̺̗̫̟̤̟̖͡t̡͕̝̻̦͓͟h̺͎͠ ̜̲̫͖͘ͅͅo͏͘҉̟͙̦u͏̖̝̖͕t̺̩͔͎̹͚̰̩͠ ̛̟̜̦̖̞͘͟o̴̧͕̫̩͇̳̘͘r͞͏͓̗̤̼̹̟̬̩̤d̜̖̙́̕e̥̭̥̹ͅr̶̟͜.̧̰̜ ̭́̌ͅ҉̷̠͔̟̮̥͍̜͞ͅ
H̡̧̤͙̳̼͈̭͍̳̔̌̂ͧͣ͜e̛͕̯̫̭̘̊̿ͭ̏ͪ̆́̚͢ ̸̸̼̪̯̩̯͔ͬw͔̖ͭ̅ͮͤ̉̌͒ͫ̿̕ĥ̥͓̿̇̕͟o̊̐ͫͯ͒͛̑̐̚͝҉̜̘̹͓͉ ͅ ̻̟̏͑̑̓̌͑̈́͂͛͝Ẅ́ͯ͂ͣͯ́ͬ͏͡҉̰̹̥a̼̱̟͉̔͛͗ͪͯͪ̏̐̾͘͝i͙͓̫͐̑͒ ͫ̚͟ţ͓͗̔͊̔̈́s̢̢͇̼̦̮̺͂̒̍ͭ̐ͯ̄͋ ̡̖͉̘̫̜͖̯̪̏ͪB͇͉͙̦̤͇ͭ̅͡ȅ̴̡̮͉̦̻̞̔̽͌͒̀̚h̓̽̽̓ͫ҉͙͚̭̩͓͕͚̠ ̕͢ͅǐ̱̹̪̦̞͉̩̺̎͑n̜͈̰̥̩͇̥͌̎͐̔̚̚d̷̰̻̜̝̪̜̺̯ͧ̉ͦͭͮ̃ͨ̚ ͅ ͫ̊ͫ͌͏̧̦̪͇͟T̝̥̣̳ͦ̆̏̄̆͋͒̚͠h͒̈́̽ͯ͏͕͉̕e̝̹̥͖̯̭̼̓̓ ̞̹͆̑ͨ͒W̟̳̭̜͖̤̓ͬả̧͙͓̭̜̙͕̯ͮ͋̈́ͨͤl̝̞͓̓̔ͮ̑ͬ̓̿̌̕͝l̦̼͕̮̾ ͌͊̊ͧͧ̚͜.̵̶̖͈̜̥̻̰̞̐̂́͢ Z̸̶̨̹͕̰̤͔̣̪̗̘͉̝͈̘̮̫̑̈̄ͨ̾ͅͅA̅̂̆̈ͮ͑̓͊͗ͧͪ̃҉̺͎̰̲̳̜̹͚̹̣ L̷̛ͣ̌̓̌̒̐ͯ̇ͨ͊͘͏̛̯̰͍̪͔̟̫Ǧ̛ͧ̐͌̔̑͌ͭ̇͊̌̔͒̌́ͬ̚͢͞͠͏̹͚̟̲̖ ̯̞̝̠̤͍̟̭̟͙O̷̸̫̺͎̭̺̭͍͇ͩ̿͆̈́!̶̘̖̖̭̜̩̭͖͚͕͎͓̱͙̙̽͐͋̿͒̋ͪ ͋̔̿ͯ̇̅ͮ͗͌̌̕ |
21st December 2012, 03:00 AM | #11 |
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I'm looking out of my window and the whole world has gone! Could also just be fog, though...
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21st December 2012, 03:00 AM | #12 |
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PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE COALITION OF THE NEW AGE
DATELINE: 21 December 2012 To all those who mock and snigger at our previous predictions of the impending end of the World, we wish to announce that due to errors caused by previously undetected shifts in the time/space continuum, combined with a re-calculation of the quantum energy field, along with the discovery of a piece of fossilized pretzel from the Mayan era bearing new information we are delighted to announce that we have re-calculated. The end of the World will still happen. Have no fear. As of today, we can confidently predict that the correct date will be 21/12/2013. We are sure that no one can have failed to notice that next year ends in the digits 13, which have long been known to foretell doom and disaster. Doubt us at your peril. For we are the enlightened ones. May your crystal balls be with you. |
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21st December 2012, 03:08 AM | #14 |
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All fine here in Scotland, so arranged to meet the old man for lunch.
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21st December 2012, 03:14 AM | #15 |
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21st December 2012, 04:15 AM | #16 |
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Still trying to get this ABL code to work...
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21st December 2012, 04:17 AM | #17 |
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London intact as of 11.17 AM
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21st December 2012, 04:20 AM | #18 |
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Surrey (England) here. Am I a moron or what? I scheduled some work in my bathroom today (the guy is upstairs right now) completely forgetting I won't be able to benefit from it. Why is everyone passing by outside so calm?
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21st December 2012, 04:30 AM | #19 |
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Mrs. Don and I have our annual pre-Christmas cocktail party this evening. I hope that the world ends after the party is over because I would have hated to spend my last few hours on Earth cleaning the house. In particular it would be galling to spend all afternoon making sweetcorn fritters, blinis, sausages wrapped in bacon and tiny, tiny meat pies and not have an opportunity to eat them.
I am in South East Wales and I am very worried. There is an unfamiliar bright light in the sky, I assume this is the fireball which will consume us all. |
21st December 2012, 04:42 AM | #20 |
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The old world ended here (Czech Republic, central Europe) just as expected, right on the solstice.
Not that anything changed much. The new world looks just the same. |
21st December 2012, 04:54 AM | #21 |
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Sun's out in Reading, England and we're on standby to welcome our new alien overlords.
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21st December 2012, 04:58 AM | #22 |
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7:59 PM & nothing to report other than the washing machine just finished it's run.
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21st December 2012, 05:00 AM | #23 |
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Are we soup yet?
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21st December 2012, 05:12 AM | #24 |
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I'm not here.
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21st December 2012, 05:26 AM | #25 |
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All this has taught me is that in the future someone is going to dig up the song, "In the Year 2525" listen to it, and get nervous for no reason.
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21st December 2012, 05:27 AM | #26 |
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And by the future I mean 9594.
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21st December 2012, 05:30 AM | #27 |
Watching . . . always watching.
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It's 7:30 a.m. in the eastern US and all is well.
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21st December 2012, 05:32 AM | #28 |
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This is the BBC Home service latest Cricket test match scores
End of the World 0 World 100 not out |
21st December 2012, 05:59 AM | #29 |
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Nothing extraordinary going on in Finland, but just in case something eventually does happen, I charged most of my Christmas shopping on my credit card. If the World ends today, I've gotten stuff for free.
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21st December 2012, 06:05 AM | #30 |
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21st December 2012, 06:08 AM | #31 |
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In Germany here. It's rainy, cold, and foggy. We've still got some snow on the ground.
If this is the end of the world, then it doesn't differ materially from any other random Friday in December. Thinking about it, it was kind of them to schedule the end of the world for a Friday. All the partiers will have the weekend to recover before work on Monday. |
21st December 2012, 06:08 AM | #32 |
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8:08 in the morning. New CD is on the cover of Prog Rock Magazine, and all is great!
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21st December 2012, 06:17 AM | #33 |
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21st December 2012, 06:23 AM | #34 |
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21st December 2012, 06:26 AM | #35 |
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At work. And I'm pondering, when I return home tonight, if I should put out a snack plate of ring bologna and cheese for Zalgo. When he comes.
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21st December 2012, 06:27 AM | #36 |
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My power's been out for twelve hours; had to go to work to warm up.
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21st December 2012, 06:29 AM | #37 |
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2:30 PM GMT+1
Nothing has happened so far. But the office Christmas party starts at 3 and they're always apocalyptic |
21st December 2012, 06:37 AM | #38 |
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It cold and rainy here in Canada but otherwise nothing extraordinary. I feel fine and so do the people around me.
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21st December 2012, 07:11 AM | #39 |
So far, so good...
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Sunrise here is at 7:29. The sky is getting lighter, but nothing else is happening.
Rain would be nice -- we have been in a drought for some time. If the world ends, I won't be here after today. Therefore, conditional farewell* from xterra *Of course if the world doesn't end, I'll be able to increase my post count. |
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21st December 2012, 07:39 AM | #40 |
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I just passed a sex shop with a Dominatrix wearing a Santa Hat manikin and a gimp in an elf hat in the window. Everything here in Germany is normal.
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