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to think WTF. it seems to be earthquake after earthquake after flood

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 00:12

i know that people say that due to the increase in news across the planet we (we?!) tend to hear about more than we would have heard about in the past but it just seems to be happening ALL the time. just spain today! 2 big ones! it actually does freak me out Confused

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ImChangingMyNameToDaddy · 12/05/2011 00:14

thats how i feel Confused

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 00:18

really? or is this leading to a flame the stupid person who isn't a regular poster thing!!

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 00:38

well apparently it's just me. i feel like homer simpson awaiting the rapture. Grin

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cassierosse · 12/05/2011 00:41

I think it's very scary. I wonder with the mess "we" are in here in GB, how would we cope if something happened here ? Hmm

aurynne · 12/05/2011 00:43

Tell me about it! I am living in Christchurch, New Zealand. In the last 10 months we have had to huge earthquakes (7.2 and 6.3), more than 5000 aftershocks so far. Last week there was a tornado in Auckland, and severe floods in the Hawke's Bay. That is only one country! I won't start with volcanoes and earthquakes in Chile, more earthquakes and tsunami, and nuclear scare in Japan, floods and fires in Australia, now Spain... What next???

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 00:44

i used to be a "god botherer" as people here say but i opted out for various reasons yet now im a bit Confused as things seem to be out of control! i don't think that even the most sensible close minded person could argue that the natural disasters are on the increase, massively Confused

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aldiwhore · 12/05/2011 00:45

It doesn't scare me particularly as most of these quakes have been 'predicted' for some time and we hear more about it because there's more people living in areas that every few thousand years become a little dicey. The planet is always changing. My sciency friends know all the ins and outs and they don't seem too concerned (though obviously its horrific for anyone involved).

Another part of me thinks its just Mama Nature showing us who's boss and what she's capable of if we don't buck our ideas up.

Actually, its a bit scary isn't it? I shouldn't have watched the Time Team Atlantis special last night either.

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 00:45

i hope they can hang off with the volcanic eruptions and/or massive tidal waves until i have left OH and started afresh!

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 00:49

aldiwhore (awesome name btw!) the atlantis programme spooked me, i had to have an extra glass of wine (hic). my good friend is OBSESSED with the 2012 theory, i have looked into it quite a lot and it does make scary sense but of course we have to bear in mind that planetary alignments have happened zillions of times before. apparently the last big one was the one that knocked out the dinosaurs (sp). I guess when "we" are in the time frame "we" tend to project it all upon ourselves. who knows Confused

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aldiwhore · 12/05/2011 00:52

When in doubt I turn to Prof Cox, and he says we're okay, at the moment, in general. Wink

I don't want to get into theories because then I come over all funny, although I am planning a MASSIVE Christmas 2011 because well, it may be out last. If not, it'll be even bigger in 2012!

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 00:54

apparently, (hehe) based on my "old" religion, we have until about just before 2069! oh how insane to be an educated smart woman and to be saying these things and yet on some level to be believing them Shock

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 00:55

(2012 is just a planetary alignment thing that happens to coincide with mayan calendar)

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aldiwhore · 12/05/2011 00:58

I've believed stranger things in my time.

aldiwhore · 12/05/2011 01:00

Actually if the planetary alignment will take out Dinosaurs it may work well for me, my SIL is a PITA.

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 01:01

oh i hope it's wrong Smile

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cassierosse · 12/05/2011 01:01

Ooooh, you two are scaring me even more ! Shock

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 01:03

haha aldiwhore, it was a meteor that did the big lizards! (is she a big lizard?!)

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 01:04

cassie - it is probably a load of all crap like it all has been before, it is just that so many things that are meant to happen, are happening! but then i have certain faith beliefs that other would (probably rightly!) think are nutty!

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 01:04

typo - a load of OLD crap

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aldiwhore · 12/05/2011 01:08

She's a massive freaking LizardLady with scary eyes and no soul.

Maybe IABU to think her extinction wouldn't be a bad thing. I'm usually rather fluffy too, part of the reason I don't like her, she makes me have bad thoughts.

Anyway.... back to Ma Earth's vengence!

cassierosse · 12/05/2011 01:09

O.M.G. Shock

Don't tell me things like that, scaredy cat, yes - but I am gullible too. I have heard certain theories and some scare me silly, but sometimes I am a complete dizzy bird.

Will believe any random crap.........Grin

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 01:12

we will attempt - as mother earth types (i dont live in london or eat lentils - do i count?) to bump off lizardlady. (perhaps we could start a forum?)

cassie - don't believe the 2012 bumpf its very unfounded! however...Grin

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cassierosse · 12/05/2011 01:13

running away screaming

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FurKnickersAndNoCoat · 12/05/2011 01:14

as i OFTEN bump into george clooney at co-op (he likes the bargains on the bog roll and the bogof cheese) i am going to jump him around november 2012. if it DOES happen i have no guilt! it it doesn't....i will have to use tesco Blush

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aldiwhore · 12/05/2011 01:17

Isn't millenium theory based around the idea that Revelation and all its nastiness is due around 2032? The time that this planet has a natural reshuffle anyway? Also that until 'we' recognise that this planet is a 'being' in its own right and can fight back if we smother it, we're all doomed? Or did I read that in a bad novel that I bought at a bargain price from the Banana Book Shop? Confused

I get a bit muddled, which is nice, as any fear only lasts until the next novel/leaflet/poster I see.