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(even if all you unenlightened miss the whole show )I think I exist enough in both mindsets to balance Sclorch and Phluck's uber-pragmatic heteroabsolutism(even bigger  )

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I'll be out in the lobby of reality sucking down expensive port and thinking of what else I could be doing right then). 

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NOW! we have achieved synchronous sensory aproval of an excellent and far under-appreciated of one of what even the most devout atheist will cry out credit to God himself for creating. This wonderous elixir,this balm of the soul,this crown of human aesthetic beauty. Fine Port...is there anything more pleasing to all senses?
Slorch,one day perhaps we shall share a fine port,something perhaps as old as I.Hopefuly aged more gracefuly and with finer character but with some of my boldness still intact.
I shall begin my inquisiton into family in Portugal for leads on a worthy bottle and shall post a picture of it's bottle, vintage and lineage.You judge if it is worthy of the appelation of "fine old port".It is a bottle and convesation I would be pleased to share with you.
A Toast! To Port,be it tawny or ruby your seductive charms are not lost on those of fine palette and epicurian demeanor!
WR

I'd share a bottle of port with you anytime!

I've actually got a moderately-priced bottle of port right now.

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Fonseca Twenty Year Old Tawny Port is deep amber in color with russet highlights. Its superb bouquet is a complex marriage of ripe, plummy, mature fruit, warm spicy overtones of cinnamon and butterscotch and subtle oak nuances. Full-bodied and voluminous on the palate, its smooth, velvety texture is carried into a long clean, elegant finish. Tawny ports of age will not improve once bottled; they should be served at room temperature or barely cool at the end of a meal with nuts or not overly-sweet desserts.

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2) If the 2012 shift in consciousness occurs, money will be worthless besides being paper

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Frog said:

I believe that those of us who are currently the outcasts of society will become necessary for the period about whic we are talking.


Where is Renegade?

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I was just about to give you shit for posting what I said like it was your own & then I saw the second post. 

"First not by choice and now by choice" is a good way of putting it.  I'm guessing that's how it was for a lot of us - sucked when I was a kid, but I'm damn glad I'm not a part of mainstream society now.

So, I definitely don't see the term "outcast" as a negative.  Whether by divine plan or just coincidence, I don't know, but I think it's interesting that those of us who are most open to feeling the upcoming changes are the ones who are on the fringes of society.  We each have our own reasons for being on the fringe (nonconformity, age/youth, race, poverty, insanity, drug use, whatever), but there seem to be some common feelings that cut across all demographics.

If you think about it in terms of the 2012 prophecies, it makes even more sense.  We have to be the ones who will bring about the changes because very few who are part of mainstream society want the system to fall apart.  They'd lose the security they prize so dearly, but that is much less important to someone who has all their material possessions in a backpack...or a pickup truck.

Also, if we are supposed to go through this change toward a more compassionate global community, that's going to require things like leadership and communication.  When the infrastructure starts falling apart and the people set up their own communes/villages/whatever, none of them are going to trust a corporate suit who shows up to guide them through the endtimes.  Someone who's been living on the fringes their whole life will have more credibility than the guy who was part of the sellout of humanity that led to the collapse.

Oops, that got a bit long (big fuckin surprise), but I don't think I explained it very well the other night 'caues I was tired.

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Actually, it's based on the Mayan observations whom counted the sun and moon as planets.

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Shroomism said:

No fucking way a 12th planet is coming, unless 2 new planets are discovered in our solar system in the next 8 years. To all you Planet X supporters, THERE ARE 9 PLANETS CURRENTLY IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (and Pluto shouldn't even count).

Actually, it's based on the Mayan observations whom counted the sun and moon as planets.

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Mixomatosis said:

not really. a 6-8 hour shift isn't massive by my standards.

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Mixomatosis said:

What doesn't?

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