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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 11/26/2007 : 07:34:23
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Of course it is also 300 times less powerful than predicted, if my Richter math is correct.
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Dave W.
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filthy
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Posted - 11/26/2007 : 08:34:55 [Permalink]
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Well, you really can't expect a Prophet to be dead on the dollar every, single time, can you? Everybody does a near miss now & again.
My faith is restored and I expect NYC to end up looking like a bad day at Pompey any time now.
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 11/26/2007 : 08:48:39 [Permalink]
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Yeah but is NYC going to get what was predicted or 300 times less than "a crushing blow"? Does a double murder count as a hit? |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
Edited by - BigPapaSmurf on 11/26/2007 08:52:39 |
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 11/26/2007 : 08:55:13 [Permalink]
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Also it better be within 2 days for "immediatly after" to count. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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leoofno
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Posted - 11/26/2007 : 08:57:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Yeah but is NYC going to get what was predicted or 300 times less than "a crushing blow"? Does a double murder count as a hit?
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Depends on what you mean by "a hit". It certainly could in the Sopranos sense. |
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chaloobi
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Posted - 11/27/2007 : 06:28:06 [Permalink]
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This is all a matter of interpretation. When examined with the proper finesse this guy's a true prophet. And that's what skeptics lack. Finesse. Facts facts facts. Sheesh. Get over it. |
-Chaloobi
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Dave W.
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