Will the end of the world in 2012 affect the hobby?

[R. T. POTEET]

I have long maintained vehemently that this hobby will go on forever! Is 2012 forever?

[rrebell]

Gone, who's gone, they have just been assimilated!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Icefoot]

Robby P.

 I did see on Discovery that if the power grid went out due to this it would be out for years!!!!!!  So unless you have some battery controlled engines we are in trouble .

Three words: Solar Power, Baby!  A few panels, some inverters and voltage regulators, a bank of deep cycle marine batteries and you can run trains until the sun burns out!   Oh.  Wait.  Is that what is supposed to happen on 12/21/2012?  Man.  That would be a bummer.  Not being able to run trains....

 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

RRCanuck

I for one believe that the Mayans are perpetrating a gigantic fraud - let's not forget that they were famous for their pyramid schemes.

Now, that's funny!

[SteamFreak]

Heartland Division CB&Q

RRCanuck

I for one believe that the Mayans are perpetrating a gigantic fraud - let's not forget that they were famous for their pyramid schemes.

Now, that's funny!

Best line of the thread, hands down! 

[TMarsh]

andrechapelon

Oh, I remember Y2K very well. My boss and I spent the night at work to be there in case there was any date related system  failure. God, we were bored. As I recall, we both agreed that it was the Yawn Of A New Millenium.

Oh I remember that well. I was supposed to be broke, out of power, no water or sewer, all my VCR's would explode, car wouldn't run and I would never be able to eat toast again.

Oh by the way, I just saw where the Weekly World News says that all the Psychics agree with Nostradamus, the world will end this September for sure. Wait, never mind it was last years paper.  I need to throw some things away.

 

[Anonymous]

 Martin Luther once said

"If I´d know the world to end tomorrow, I´d plant an apple tree today!"

Not an apple tree in my case, but I´d still start on my layout 

[PA&ERR]

 

-George

[richhotrain]

I am in the planning stages for a new layout scheduled to begin on December 22, 2012?

Will it happen, or should I stop planning ?

[Hamltnblue]

So after 2012, what's the next end of the world date?  We've been through several already. 

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Hamltnblue

So after 2012, what's the next end of the world date?  We've been through several already. 

November 23rd 2016----when the big kahuna hits-----

[Hamltnblue]

LOL.  Like the Big Kahuna Burger from Pulp Fiction?

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Hamltnblue

LOL.  Like the Big Kahuna Burger from Pulp Fiction?

Yep----LOL!

Actually with me it would be ANY burger!!

[Phoebe Vet]

Hamltnblue

So after 2012, what's the next end of the world date?  We've been through several already. 

I think the next one is when Nemesis, the Sun's red dwarf companion star comes through again, but I don't remember the time frame.

[Hamltnblue]

Now that would be a bad one.  All of those melted plastic structures would wreak havoc on my layout

[andrechapelon]

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Hamltnblue

So after 2012, what's the next end of the world date?  We've been through several already. 

November 23rd 2016----when the big kahuna hits-----

And, if it doesn't happen then, the next TEOTWAWKI date is September 14, 2047 according to this site: http://www.preteristarchive.com/StudyArchive/t/theory_false-prophets.html

Relevant blurb. 

2047-SEP-14: According to The Church of !BLAIR!, the human race will probably be terminated at 3:28 AM (Soho, England time). The church teaches, with tongue firmly in cheek, that if the human race does not discard their plastic conformity, then the Gods will withdraw their protection. The Gods don't want us to worship them; they don't want sacrifices or even offerings. They just want us to rid itself of our excessive "Normalcy". At that point, Astro-Lemurs (extra-terrestrials similar in shape to lemurs, but with rainbow colored bodies) will attack the entire human race and beat them to death with gigantic burritos. You have been warned. ;-)

I know where the lemurs will obtain the burritos, too. Taqueria Cazadores in Santa Clara on Lafayette Street near the intersection of Lafayette and Montague Expressway. The Cal Central Club is about 1/4 mi north and The Train Shop is about 5 miles in the opposite direction at the corner of Prunredge and Winchester. Trains AND burritos, Can't beat that.

Did I mention the UP line to Oakland via Hayward goes right past the location?

It's also only about 3 miles from the San Jose Airport if you want to fly in for a quick meal.

Andre

 

[jwhitten]

 >>Will the end of the world in 2012 affect the hobby?

Yes, after the world explodes, I expect there will be a glut of surplus items and probably some really good deals to be had....

 

John

[ATLANTIC CENTRAL]

I'm 53 years old, it is 1954 here on the ATLANTIC CENTRAL, I suspect I will not live another 58 years so it does not matter to me.

Sheldon

[tomikawaTT]

Since it's always some date in September, 1964, in my layout room, I don't think I'll worry about the results of a VERY improbable event that won't happen for 68+ years, if ever...

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

[PASMITH]

OK, it is now time to tell the real story. It is all about the Harmonic Convergence and since I model the area around Mt Shasta where it will all play out my research has led me to the truth. The 5,100 year cycle of the Mayan calendar is divided into five phases. The fourth phase was centered at Mt Shasta in 1987 where great crowds gathered to get in on the action. You can look it up. Earthquakes and other disasters soon followed up until 1992 when the Mayan calendar entered into the final phase which will end in 2012 as predicted. At that time, those that gather at the base of Mt Shasta will be saved by the UFO's that have been vistiing Mt Shasta for some time now to prepare the way of those who know the truth and model the SP. Those who model the UP made it just in time to be saved too. So, for those who are modeling other lines beware. You will note from my photo that the clouds of doom are gathering above Mt Shasta as we speak. Peter Smith, Memphis

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andrechapelon

And, if it doesn't happen then, the next TEOTWAWKI date is September 14, 2047 according to this site: http://www.preteristarchive.com/StudyArchive/t/theory_false-prophets.html

Relevant blurb. 

• 2047-SEP-14: According to The Church of !BLAIR!, the human race will probably be terminated at 3:28 AM (Soho, England time). The church teaches, with tongue firmly in cheek, that if the human race does not discard their plastic conformity, then the Gods will withdraw their protection. The Gods don't want us to worship them; they don't want sacrifices or even offerings. They just want us to rid itself of our excessive "Normalcy". At that point, Astro-Lemurs (extra-terrestrials similar in shape to lemurs, but with rainbow colored bodies) will attack the entire human race and beat them to death with gigantic burritos. You have been warned. ;-)

I know where the lemurs will obtain the burritos, too. Taqueria Cazadores in Santa Clara on Lafayette Street near the intersection of Lafayette and Montague Expressway. The Cal Central Club is about 1/4 mi north and The Train Shop is about 5 miles in the opposite direction at the corner of Prunredge and Winchester. Trains AND burritos, Can't beat that.

They must be related to the Church of the Sub Genius---the very same church that was deemed a "dangerous" cult by the Cult Awareness Network not too many years ago---

Myself, being an ordained minister of the Church of Universal Uncertainty and whose religious icon is the series of question marks on a background of grey fog, am completely convinced that any ending prior to 2312 is a false ending.

[BATMAN]

PASMITH

At that time, those that gather at the base of Mt Shasta will be saved by the UFO's

 

 

Can I get away with just a carry on? Or will we be gone longer than that?

 

                                                                             Brent

[PASMITH]

Carry ons are good but be sure you are modeling SP/ UP or they won't let you aboard. The UFO's are multi dimensional at least with regard to time as 2012 is the end of time and how we measure it. In other words after 2012 the future and the past will be one so there is no need to carry a change of clothes. Just bring your AC-12 or Gas turbine and all will be well. See Ya there. Peter Smith, Memphis

[rdgk1se3019]

 I will laugh my caboose off if the next day the Mayans came out of hiding and said " GOTCHA SUCKERS"

[Metro Red Line]

 I will personally bet anyone here $1,000,000 that the world will NOT end in 2012.

 (Meaning, if you're wrong, I shall collect $1,000,000 from you in January, 2013. And if I'm wrong...well, no one's gonna be around to do any collecting anyway :))

[MikeFF]

To paraphrase one of the characters in "Pirate Radio," I intend to model railroad until I die and for a couple of days afterward.

[locoi1sa]

 I might have to go back to the old Lionel with the magnatraction! Anyway when all you guys are done us non end of the world believers will have it all to ourselves. That means no more limited productions and sold out signs.

 Another question could be. How do you know that the end hasn't already happened and all this is an after life?

  C U in 2013

     Pete

[TMarsh]

Hamltnblue

Now that would be a bad one.  All of those melted plastic structures would wreak havoc on my layout

Thanks for the heads up. I'm switching to wood.

So if I follow the Lemurs with burritos.........., I'll be alright. Got it.

Just a thought, aren't we comparing the Mayan calender to the Gregorian? What if the phases of the moon don't add up? What if we are wrong as to when they started this calander!!!! What if it's Armadillos we are suppose to follow! What if we run out of burritos BEFORE Dec 21 2012!!!!

Uh, oh....When the end comes and we start all over again does this mean the best we will have is TYCO again? Oh, I'm not real comfortable all of a sudden.

  

 

[steemtrayn]

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They must be related to the Church of the Sub Genius---the very same church that was deemed a "dangerous" cult by the Cult Awareness Network not too many years ago---

Praise Bob...

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steemtrayn

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They must be related to the Church of the Sub Genius---the very same church that was deemed a "dangerous" cult by the Cult Awareness Network not too many years ago---

Praise Bob...

All Hail The Mighty Bob----