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#200879 - 04/24/10 02:06 AM Re: The $50K Doomsday Shelter [Re: Horus]
LED Veteran Registered: 09/01/05 Posts: 1474	Does his company have a shot? Sure. Can he deliver on what is promised? No. Sure, it was a while ago, but even the top of the line government shelters built during the height of the cold war were small, stark, and largely unrealistic. Sorry, but even the Greenbriar shelter would have been uncomfortable.
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#200895 - 04/24/10 03:41 PM Re: The $50K Doomsday Shelter [Re: LED]
Nicodemus Paranoid? Veteran Registered: 10/30/05 Posts: 1341 Loc: Virginia, US	I meant to mention... That's $50,000 for a bunk and access to community equipment and services divided between 170-200 people. Someone mentioned earlier that you could probably put something together more cheaply and better supplied. It might be tough if you had to hire contractors, but I'd have to agree if you could do the work yourself and as the number of people you were building for increased. _________________________ "Learn survival skills when your life doesn't depend on it."
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#200903 - 04/24/10 05:56 PM Re: The $50K Doomsday Shelter [Re: clarktx]
MIKEG Newbie Registered: 09/01/08 Posts: 25 Loc: VA	Originally Posted By: clarktx To be honest, and totally non-offensive, I don't think that any rational company should be trying to use the Mayans as their main marketing ploy. The Mayans did NOT say there would be a catastrophe in 2012. In fact, there was typically a CELEBRATION when a long count cycle ended. reference I can picture some Mayan argument - "should we continue working on the calendar?" "Are you crazy? we are so far ahead already..." The modern Maya don't have a stance on this, probably because the mayan calendar BEGAN in 3114 BC. Its generally accepted that the world did not start in 3114 BC. But of course, we are encouraged to believe that the Mayans were right about the end but not the beginning. Those pesky details just spoil the fun. The calendar on my fridge ends on Dec.31, 2010... but I suspect the world will not end then, either... Anyone who does even a few moments of research would probably not be interested in paying $50k... I wouldnt necessarily say that the Mayan people do not believe in this. I have spent an extensive amount of time working in Central America with the locals and have many that I consider family and if you ask them what their ethnicity is they will tell you Mayan. Many of them do believe that a significant change will occur but dont get into too much detail. That being said, it doesnt mean the world is going to end BUT I wouldnt throw out a blanket statement about Mayans not believing or the hog wash about Mayan culture being dead. I can tell you for a fact that Mayan culture is not dead, it has just changed like any other culture. _________________________ For the purposes of full disclosure, I am the owner of Austere Provisions Company www.austereprovisions.com .
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#200908 - 04/24/10 07:04 PM Re: The $50K Doomsday Shelter [Re: MIKEG]
Am_Fear_Liath_Mor Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 3078	I hope that the local Mayans have given up on that football/basket ball game with the freshly decapitated human heads, whilst dressed up like big bird from Sesame street that they used to play though. Edited by Am_Fear_Liath_Mor (04/24/10 07:15 PM)
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#200921 - 04/24/10 09:10 PM Re: The $50K Doomsday Shelter [Re: MIKEG]
clarktx Enthusiast Registered: 07/01/08 Posts: 250 Loc: Houston, Texas	Originally Posted By: MIKEG Many of them do believe that a significant change will occur but dont get into too much detail. Agreed that Mayans believe something will happen. If you research it, the variations of what the "significant change" will be is truly amazing. Most of the beliefs appear to be "new age" style, being as vague as "the dark and the light becoming balanced". My motivation in pointing this out is that the mass-marketed media claim is "the Mayans knew this would be the end of the world". This is a baseless statement created only for the entertainment of others (e.g. the movie "2012").
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#200927 - 04/24/10 10:47 PM Re: The $50K Doomsday Shelter [Re: ireckon]
NobodySpecial Member Registered: 03/03/09 Posts: 197	Originally Posted By: ireckon I'm highly skeptical that such a system will work properly when it matters. Do they offer a money back guarantee on the 50MT proof-ness?
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#201018 - 04/26/10 07:57 PM Re: The $50K Doomsday Shelter [Re: NobodySpecial]
benjammin Rapscallion Carpal Tunnel Registered: 02/06/04 Posts: 4020 Loc: Anchorage AK	For the money, I would much prefer a seat in an orbiting dome much akin to "Silent Running". _________________________ The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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