"The parties, the camaraderie, the sheer joy of the oneness we all felt during that fleeting moment of time at exactly 09:00:00.0. Ah, I shall remember it fondly." How many parties did you attend at 09:00:00.0? Skip

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"How many parties did you attend at 09:00:00.0?" nein It's the trees moving that makes the wind blow

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I took the day off & called my boss @ 9:00 to see if the world hadn't caved in on him. Unfortunately, nothing happened so I have to go in tomorrow ... back to polishing off another six-pack ;-) Windows 7 News!

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Actually I didn't miss it. I celebrated at 0909090909

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Today 090909 at 0900 hour is a magic number. I think you ought to celebrate it because it is truly unique & it happens only once in the history of the world. At the risk of seeming contentious........if you use a two digit year format, 09/09/09 will repeat every thousand years and we've already had two previous to today (ie: the year 9 ad and 1009 ad) Also, shouldn't we have been celebrating at 09:09:09 as compared to 09:00?? As far as the world ending in 2012............you'll all excuse me if I don't hold my breath on that one............soon's I get it back from laughing so long and hard! We've been having doomsday predictions since forever. My grandpa told me when I was younger that that a certain religious group whom I won't name, but will initial, JW, were predicting the end of the world in the 30's. He told me it was painted on barns and big rocks all over the place. He also told me it happened again in the 50's if I remember correctly and I believe once more before the end of the 20th century. Heck, we had doomsayers telling us the world was going to end in the year 2000 and when it didn't they tried to give us some lame story about how the dating is all wrong and blah blah blah.........yadda yadda yadda Yeah, we're dating our calendar's wrong because you "end of the world" idiots just couldn't be wrong........oh crap, here I go again...........BWAHAHAHA The truth is, I'm surprised it didn't end back in the day when we were told to crawl under our desks and cover our heads in case of nuclear attack. I know I'm not the only geezer in here old enough to remember the air raid sirens going off so we could "practice". Will it end in 2012, I doubt it. If I'm wrong and it does end on Dec 23/12 well you can all sue me the very next day...............LOL

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Well Curt, the good part about the Dec 23, 2012 date is that we just might live to see it. We can put off Christmas shopping in 2012 too. Gives me a chance to exit this world with a few bucks. And it's said "you can't take it with you". I'm gonna tuck away a c-note right now! Skip

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re: "I know I'm not the only geezer in here old enough to remember the air raid sirens" I'll bet I could drive back to my old home town (of 30+ years ago) and take you to the exact spot where the siren that I walked past every day on the way to second grade stood. I can see it in my geezer mind as if it was yesterday. I'm pretty sure it was in the second grade that we stopped hiding under our desks. Somebody realized that being in the classroom near the glass windows was too dangerous. From that point on we went out in the hall and sat with our backs to the cinder block wall. We all felt much safer after that. A blown up building was too much for us to envision, but falling glass and bloody kids was something we could understand. It was in that same school that I remember a teacher come running into the room crying and saying that President Kennedy had been shot. I'm not sure what I had for lunch yesterday, but those 2 things I remember very well.

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re: How many parties did you attend at 09:00:00.0 A bunch of really short ones.

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I think I was in the bathroom at that time. (09090909) As for Curt's comment: re: "I know I'm not the only geezer in here old enough to remember the air raid sirens I remember those days....and hiding under our desks, and these: http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhatt... LIR

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Actually, if you've been following any of the 2012 programming on the History channel, they're not necessarily calling for the end of the world on 12/21/2012. But they do say that numerous cultures all seem to place major significance to that date & that certain astronomical events WILL be taking place at that time as well. What does it all mean? No one knows. All I know is - I'm prepared! http://zapatopi.net/afdb/

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re: "All I know is - I'm prepared! Duct tape and plastic wrap?

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Found out what happened to the 090909 thing here in California; it was part of the budgetary cutbacks and was cancelled. Signs that the 12.23.12 thing might just happen... 1. I'll be 63 on that date and to be on the safe side, will be applying for Social Security Retirement at age 62. That surely means the SS system will change or fail within the next 3 years. 2. The California budget will be in even worse shape and my legislators will decide on 12.23.12 as the solution. 3. MJ will release a new video and we'll all incur the wrath of God. 4. DerbyDad will go gold in the Windows 3.1 forum. Skip

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"Duct tape and plastic wrap?" Was that in reference to the movie, "Right at Your Door"? Actually, I was talking about my aluminum foil deflector beanie.

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re: Was that in reference to the movie, "Right at Your Door"? No, but along the same lines... http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/11/em...

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I don't know. From what I have read the world is not supposed to end on 12/23/2012. At least that was not the prediction except by those that hadn't read the entire story. It is predisted that on that date we will experience the beginning of a new time or era. That the earth and all life on it will go through a sever change. This change may be in climate, revolution, war. In lamens terms it is predicted that we will have to start over. There will be phamon, plague, worldwide upheaval. It is also the dat that the current Myan calander ends. I have not seen it said anywhere that the world was going to end other than Nostradamus said something about our sun going super nova in the year 3090 something. I asume that would cause an end to life on this planet. I am working with Bill Gates to design a global heating system to have in place for that day. LOL Likely Practice makes perfect but only if you practice perfectly!

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"Duct tape and plastic wrap?" Don't forget the WD-40 and the handcuff keys. Although, in some states, having those on your person is a felony.. LIR

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re: "I am working with Bill Gates to design a global heating system to have in place for that day." The release date will be delayed, it will need an immediate critical update, and somebody has already written the virus that will cause it to crash upon installation.

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"The release date will be delayed, it will need an immediate critical update, and somebody has already written the virus that will cause it to crash upon installation." Yeah we know we created the virus that way you have to buy our antivirus software being distibuted as well. You can't have a monopoly unless you have full control. Likely Practice makes perfect but only if you practice perfectly!

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If I wait to buy the anti-virus software until after life on this planet ends because the sun went out and your global warming system didn't work because of the virus, will I get a discount?

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Only if you send in the opreopriate paper work along with proof of purchase postmarked withing 13 days of the disaster. Also if the software is not promptly registered on the users system you will be charged a late activation fee. You must however wait 10 days from purchase to recieve the activation key by postal delivery. *small print* Persuent to Microsofts validation policy don't expect any of this cr^p to work until at least 1 year after service pack 3 has been installed. In the mean time try burning money to keep worm as it will be mostly useless in value by this point in time. When all else fails read your EULA. Have a nice supernova now. *end small print* Likely Practice makes perfect but only if you practice perfectly!

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Oh yeah i forgot to mention that while you can preorder the "Heating system" as early as 01/2010 we don't expect the release of SP1 until around 01/4005 we regret any inconvenience that this may cause our loyal customers here at Likelysoft. Likely Practice makes perfect but only if you practice perfectly!

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re: When all else fails read your EULA. When all else fails burn your EULA. That oughta keep the whole neighborhood warm for a few days.

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XpUser See what you started,lol?

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LOL - I'm amused. I believe the end of the world December 23 2012 prophecy may be based on the Mayan calendar that comes to an end on Sunday, December 23, 2012. According to this mythology, only a few people will survive the catastrophe that ensues. Regardless - the catastrophe is a little more than 3 years & 3 months away so why not enjoy life when we can. i_Xp/VistaUser

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If we can't have fun all that is left to do is cry so *rasberries*!! LOL Likely P.S. Some things that although may be real or not just lend themselves to the moods I get in. I gotta run with them or I'll go nuts. Practice makes perfect but only if you practice perfectly!

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This was cut from http://www.december212012.com/artic... The Mayans themselves have suggested that their own end date is really nothing more than the finishing point of a particular age or "underworld," the one we are living in right now, the Galactic Underworld, and the entry point into the Universal Underworld of both conscious evolution and revolution. There is nothing in Mayan tradition, lore or belief that envisages a scenario in which we will all die and the planet will cease to exist. Rather, the idea is one of amazing and collective rebirth. A period of newfound cosmic awareness. An era in which humanity expands their collective conscious awareness. Likely Practice makes perfect but only if you practice perfectly!

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If not the Mayans then it must be THIS. Unlike the Mayans, no one will survive the Nostradamus Comet catastrophe that ensues. i_Xp/VistaUser

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re: An era in which humanity expands their collective conscious awareness. Wasn't that the '60's?

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That is the date ET comes back to earth.

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Great there goes our long distance bill cause that bugger wants to phone home again. Likely Practice makes perfect but only if you practice perfectly!

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