When was the Rapture do-over coming? - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

elchivito · #16 09-24-2011, 03:39 PM

Oh yeah, the rainbow bridge. I wouldn't go lessen m'dawg could go too. shoot.

SwampYankee · #17 09-26-2011, 01:22 PM

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They're just stocking up on open pollinated seed in advance of the election. After the "free market" is given it's full rein under the new-and-everlasting-tea-party government, Monsanto will patent every seed they can get their slimy hands on.

Too coincidental. There's been gloom and doom forecast for a couple presidents now. Why the new rush? There's got to be something more imminent. If I get another one, I'm asking him!

Although if the new and improved Rapture date is 10/21 I suppose they've got to get seed in the ground in order to be able to harvest when the rest of us are wiped out.

FWIW, Monsanto is reeling right now. They had all of their eggs in the Roundup basket. Now that glyphosate is off patent the market has all but crashed. They keep trying to come up with different formulations of the same active ingredient.

Scotts Miracle Gro's Roundup Ready bentgrass and kentucky bluegrass is supposedly near market ready thanks to the USDA's recent deregulation of RR turfgrass (which is dangerous and ridiculous IMHO) but because of the lower acreages involved, I don't see how Monsanto can wield any where near the control they can (I think that is past-tense now) with the Ag market. I just don't see them flying their legal teams all over the country to verify that golf courses and sod farms are using Roundup brand vs. generic. Although they might just have a deal with Scotts for a royalty for the name and may not care what glyphosate gets used.

A frightening prospect to me is the average homeowner buying Scotts RR lawn seed and dousing their lawns wall to wall with Roundup to get rid of any weeds. What gets me is that the golf course superintendents and the products they use are heavily regulated while Joe Schmo homeowner gets a 10,000 sq.ft bag of product for 5,000 sq.ft. or mixes his lawn chemicals at double the rate because "if a little is good, more must be better."

Many of the seed companies that show up on the Monsanto-owned lists circulating the internet have no connection to Monsanto, many others are merely guilty of selling a (non-GMO) variety from a company that was later bought out by Monsanto back when they had money. Thankfully there are still plenty independent sources for garden seed domestically, and even more internationally if it ever came to that. Unfortunately the choices in the commercial Ag market are far more limited.

But Monsanto is a shell of its former self. No tears shed on my part. They've really f'd things up for the seed industry and a lot of innocent folks have gotten caught up in the anti-Monsanto sentiment.

aklim · #18 09-26-2011, 01:39 PM

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A frightening prospect to me is the average homeowner buying Scotts RR lawn seed and dousing their lawns wall to wall with Roundup to get rid of any weeds. What gets me is that the golf course superintendents and the products they use are heavily regulated while Joe Schmo homeowner gets a 10,000 sq.ft bag of product for 5,000 sq.ft. or mixes his lawn chemicals at double the rate because "if a little is good, more must be better."

Yes and no. After all, if I tell you the whole truth that for optimum results, you need $500 worth of product, it might deter you from my product especially when my competitor stretches the truth. I have found that the label gives you the minimum amounts. Yes, there is a point of diminishing returns and when you get past that point, you burn the grass. HOWEVER, in my personal experience, the recommended dose certainly isn't going to cut it. I have gotten better results by increasing the dose. Obviously not simply dumping the entire bag on one spot. The "One bag treats 5000 sq feet" is true. However, 4 bags for 5000 sq feet will kill the grass while something in between tends to give better yields.

kerry · #19 09-26-2011, 01:43 PM

I think Larry's right. If these were Rapture people, they wouldn't be planning on staying around and they'd have little concern about future vegetables for us poor suckers left behind.
I've noticed a general interest in vegetable gardens in Denver over the last year or so. Maybe it's just more people feeling the economic squeeze and comparing the price of seeds to the price of fresh vegetables. Maybe it would be a good time to invest in the canning supply business.

aklim · #20 09-26-2011, 01:45 PM

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I think Larry's right. If these were Rapture people, they wouldn't be planning on staying around and they'd have little concern about future vegetables for us poor suckers left behind.
I've noticed a general interest in vegetable gardens in Denver over the last year or so. Maybe it's just more people feeling the economic squeeze and comparing the price of seeds to the price of fresh vegetables. Maybe it would be a good time to invest in the canning supply business.

Surely there must be a way to cash in on these stupid people. After all, if they are not there to enrich those that are not as superstitions, what are they for?

RichC · #21 09-26-2011, 01:49 PM

Google "comet elenin"

I think you will find your answers there.

TX76513 · #22 09-26-2011, 02:01 PM

October 21 new (revised) date

THIS is of humorous interest

aklim · #23 09-26-2011, 02:09 PM

Last time someone decided to take the week off and his hours probably went to someone less stupid and superstitious so it was a good thing. I wonder how many would be as gullible this time. What if the world doesn't end? Is there a next time? Perhaps this time we can find a way to fleece the rest of the stupid?

SwampYankee · #24 09-26-2011, 07:41 PM

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Google "comet elenin"

I think you will find your answers there.

Could be. But wouldn't that wipe us all out?

SwampYankee · #25 09-26-2011, 07:51 PM

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I think Larry's right. If these were Rapture people, they wouldn't be planning on staying around and they'd have little concern about future vegetables for us poor suckers left behind.
I've noticed a general interest in vegetable gardens in Denver over the last year or so. Maybe it's just more people feeling the economic squeeze and comparing the price of seeds to the price of fresh vegetables. Maybe it would be a good time to invest in the canning supply business.

I can't really speak to the Rapture angle, it was pure speculation on my part. But home gardening has, pardon the pun, been growing steadily over the past few years. Even though we had a cold, wet spring and we lost a bunch of weekends to rain once things warmed up here in the Northeast, our sales still finished up strong. Less than ideal weather doesn't faze experienced gardeners but the newbs are more likely to do something else besides muck around in the mud.

There is a lot of renewed interest in canning.

tjts1 · #26 09-26-2011, 09:56 PM

You poor unfortunate souls. The rapture already happened. You're all ****ed.

jcyuhn · #27 09-27-2011, 10:03 AM

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Ah, but you see, they have an invention for that too. The Rainbow Bridge.

Dude, you are so far behind the times: Eternal Earth-Bound Pets

jcyuhn · #28 09-27-2011, 10:03 AM

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Surely there must be a way to cash in on these stupid people. After all, if they are not there to enrich those that are not as superstitions, what are they for?

Please refer to my previous post...

davidmash · #29 10-22-2011, 09:41 PM

The do over was yesterday. So now what?

Oct 21 2011

aklim · #30 10-22-2011, 09:56 PM

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The do over was yesterday. So now what?

Oct 21 2011

Harold Camping: Doomsday Prophet Wrong Again - ABC News

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According to the preacher’s prediction, which was revised after his May 21, 2011 prophecy failed to materialize, Christians would ascend to heaven, while sinners would be left behind to suffer five months’ worth of natural disasters before the earth ignited into a fireball.

Us sinners are now left behind to suffer.