Is the economic crisis affecting you?

[mcnichol]

I wanted to be extra-prepared so I bought a hand-cranked radio station.

I hope you guys like funk.

[Jeff]

I wanted to be extra-prepared so I bought a hand-cranked radio station.

I hope you guys like funk.

I sit in my old car
Same one I've had for years
Old battery's running down
It ran for years and years
Turn on the radio
The static hurts my ears
Tell me where would I go
I ain't been out in years
Turn on the stereo
It's played for years and years
An Otis Redding song
It's all I own
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

[nadine]

It occurs to me, if we lose electricity, one of the things I'll miss the most is my vibrator.

Hmm.. hand-cranked battery charger. I wonder if Amazon has that.

Oh. And Amazon, I'll miss how Amazon makes my wishes come true.

[KathyRose]

December 21 (or 22?) 2012 is the last day of the Mayan calendar. A great number of people are clinging to the prediction that the Mayan calendar ends when human civilization (as we know it) ends.

That's rather comforting - my declining 401K won't have to last nearly as long as I thought it would.

[kbadr]

It occurs to me, if we lose electricity, one of the things I'll miss the most is my vibrator.

You live in Texas. Without air conditioning, you'll be too hot and sweaty to bother getting hot and bothered.

Also, you won't have good or the ability to cook it.

[nadine]

Good point about the heat, but there's always night time and the river.

As for cooking, I already have a solar oven, for when I geeked out a few years ago and made my own... and then bought one:
http://www.amazon.com/wwwearthflagscom- ... B000ML4JBS

I found a solar battery charger for $60 on Amazon. I've added it to my Amazon Wish List *cough*

Of course, what I really probably should have but don't, is a GUN.
I guess I just have to find out who the Alpha males are when we degenerate into a barbaric society and ally myself with him.

[kbadr]

I think you might be going Amazon happy.

As for guns and alpha males...you're in IfE. I think you're covered.

[bradisntclever]

As for guns and alpha males...you're in IfE. I think you're covered.

ZING! - Thread line of the year.

[Marc Majcher]

I know some people are quasi-hoping for an apocalypse.

What? Who?

I am, but mainly for the sweet costumes and wrist crossbows.



And the looting. The sweet, sweet looting.

[Marc Majcher]

There's a popular theory involving the year 2012. I think it originates from an aboriginal South American society. Maybe Aztec? Year of the quatezocal or something like that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_theory

[Jeff]

That in the time immediately prior to, and during this omega point of infinite novelty, anything and everything conceivable to the human imagination will occur simultaneously.

Oops. I'm busy that day.

[TexasImprovMassacre]

no, i'm affecting the economic crisis.

What economic crisis?

Not enough copies of the kingdom of the crystal skull!!!!

[arclight]

I am, but mainly for the sweet costumes and wrist crossbows.
...
And the looting. The sweet, sweet looting.

Just give us the gazzoline...!

[sara farr]

I know who I'll be aligning myself with when the apocalypse comes...

I've seen the Terminator series and know what to expect (I also know how they did all those cool visual effects).

BTW, my name IS Sara.

(WTF?? How can I base my life on movies??? Little did you know, they are NOT just entertainment, but video logs of the future... )

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[Justin D.]

There's a popular theory involving the year 2012. I think it originates from an aboriginal South American society. Maybe Aztec? Year of the quatezocal or something like that.

Mayan, I think. I learned about it in Spanish class.

Yep, definitely Mayan. Again with the Wikipedia link.