Hi,

as luck would have it I posted a reply to a topic before introducing myself but so be it.

40 years old, with an interest in spirituality, UFOs, metaphysics, physics, quantum mechanics, alternative technology, conspiracy theories and a bunch of other stuff that seem to be related to these subjects (that means pretty much everything doesn`t it?).

Practical minded, tech savvy to some extent working on cars, electrics, electronics to some extend, computers, wood work, welding, metal shaping, stone work and more. Not expert in any of these fields but have basic knowledge and lots of tools

I am also a musician, playing 4 instruments but would not know how to read sheet music if my life depended on it. Oh well. I love a good discussion and consider myself fairly open minded with regards to most subjects.

I live in an area with a low population density by choice. No way I want to be in a city if 2012 goes "boom", because if the earthquakes, tsunamis or whatever gets you, the looters will. My house is built on mountain rock, it goes "all the way down", and I am about 5 kilometers from the beach and about 15kms from open ocean with lots of valleys between me and it. Fresh water is plentiful (hopefully even after such an event), so is fish, deer and other game.

I am of the opinion that any technical item you can do without in a crisis situation, the better. Example: if you need to light a fire a gas lighter will not help you if you are out of gas or if its broken. Best way: stock up on matches or things that are easily ignited and something that easily make sparks without need of electricity. I try to stick to this type of thinking for all things I need in a crisis. The less things that can break, the better. Right?

Peace,
Practical Theorist
(PT)

Welcome PT.

Sounds like you came to the right place to connect with like minded people. Looking forward to seeing you on the boards

~Greekie~


*This was my 2012th post* hehehe

welcome

you sound like they type of person that when shtf happens you wont be runin like a dead chickin

mid (<---peer pressure)

Sounds like me...and I'm also interested in UFOs.

Welcome!!

Welcome to the forum PT. Sounds like you'll have some interesting things to say on EVERYTHING!

Thanks all,

I hope I can contribute a little bit anyway.

Usually I talk too much, so if necessary just tell me to shut up

well lets hope no one tells you this....Welcome

Hi and welcome

Hi PT. Welcome to the board. I'm a newbie too. I think you'll like it here. The members are pretty awesome.

May the forum gods favor you with intellectual stimulation, endless days of pleasant browsing and adventurous posting.

Welcome and Felicitations

Hi..what is the general thought in Norway of what might happen in the future. I'd say here in the USA only a small percentage of people (and I couldn't even begin to speculate...anyone else care to speculate on the percentage of Americans who believe something big is coming??) believe something is going to happen. Most people are too darn busy with their own families, jobs and lives to investigate. At least where I live.

They might of heard of the Mayan Prophecies or Polar shift or Planet X...but that is it...only heard about and done nothing. They think it could never happen. I do think that more people are becoming more aware...but still low numbers of people who believe. Especially, with people like Michio Kaku coming out and saying there may be solar phenomena in 2012.

Anyway, look forward to hearing from you.

Mm. Good question.

If you even open your mouth and you start flapping your lips about things like this up here, you get a lot of strange looks and people will attempt to shoot your arguments down on the spot. Often without even giving it a second though or checking existing facts.

People are generally not very open minded or even curious about anything like tsunamis, earthquakes or catastrophes up here. To be blatantly honest, after having tried to sow some hints about 2012 and possible scenarios just to make people at least do some superficial research on their own, or even prepare just in case I´ve pretty much given up.

Norway is too lolled in to this warm, fuzzy feeling that we are "above" the rest of the world. The government tells the media what to report and like good little pets they do what they are told. In other words, there is no real information about anything released in mainstream media. The only things to reach Norwegians who are not actively looking for info is the BIG disasters: Haiti, Chile, that type of thing, and only until the news value is gone. No mention of even Haiti these days.

This is the general feeling I have of Norway and preparedness for anything else than a normal day arriving as usual tomorrow:

We are SO screwed. No interest, apathy, blind trust in the socialist government and discrediting of anyone who dares raise their voice and "cause dissent".

Hoo-flippin-raaaay for "Free speech", and the rights to pay 36% of our salary in taxes when they are due.

Hi PT
Another question...do you think your Government knows of impending danger...thus the Seed Vault? Because, of course, if any Government did know something... they would/could never say that danger was coming. What is your belief of what may come? Right now, I am under the belief that the sun might be the cause of upcoming disaster..either by solar flares causing havoc or causing mass amounts of radiation?

Honestly, if there was a major event up here, there is no way that the government would say anything beforehand if they knew.

The reason for this is simply that we have no emergency procedures in place to handle it, and since we SHOULD have this but the money has been spent elsewhere they will not want to look bad in front of the people whose money they have squandered. We have shitloads of money, as one of the richest countries on the face of the earth (something I am more ashamed of than anything else)

Hoarding is not a particularly attractive feature in persons or countries...) but we are literally saving ourselves into bankrupcy, by wanting to appear as the friendly country who helps everybody in a pinch while at the same time having a road standard worse than Albania, a practically non-existent defense as well as no emergency forces set up to handle any sort of crisis.

So, its everyone for themselves. And I will not hold my breath for the monkeys we call "the government" to utter a word about it before it actually happens.

Actually, sounds a bit like the USA...one of the richest countries in the world..except we are so boggled down in bureaucracy. I live in California (as you may know, if it were a country would be one of the richest) and we are currently having budget cuts and plan on cutting our childrens education by ten million.....in my area we are going to lose most of our COMPUTERS, arts, music and some sports activities..especially in the elementary levels and teachers are still being laid off. Silly huh.

Anyway, back to the impending doom...lol...we are also having an onslaught of television shows that are all about disasters, possible disasters and survival situational shows. So, going back to my thoughts on Americans who believe in some impending catastrophe..there may be more then I realize. Especially, in our bible belt area where the Mormons have always been preparing for possible rapture or other crisis. Nice chatting...

Bye for now,
C5