It's beginning to look a lot like The Apocalypse...

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:07 am

I'm in Nashville at the moment and the city is on the verge of becoming a Dhalgren.
I thought I was going to be stuck here with no gas and many are.
Shocking how fast you can run out.

Finally found gas miles away and waited in line with people directing traffic at a grocery store. A big production.
The entire small town I'm in was out and still is except for one store that had some earlier.
This has been going on for some time and there is even a protocol for letting people know a store is out.
I hear Atlanta has similar issues.

Memphis ran out for a day during the evacuation and was fine after that.
It's all very odd.

We drove around for a long time the other night without finding gas anywhere.

lurker · Post by **lurker** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:02 am

Well, I'm recruiting for my barbarian horde.

I've noticed that there are a lot of gunless folks(prey) who would do well to not be wasting valuable resources. So I figure we can help them out.

If you're interested you'll need 3 or more guns, each with at least a one(busy) years supply of ammunition.

Bladed weapons

Bow, crossbow--also with a shitload of ammo

Distressed leather, fur or rubber wardrobe

A willingness to undergo extreme body modification

Boots and goggles

.....y'know? it's funny, when I started setting this up during Y2K, I was pretty much joking. And then nothing happened, so the horde never gathered. But now, it looks as if years of planning might just pay off.

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:17 pm

Spec ops raids into Pakistan halted

By Sean D. Naylor - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Sep 27, 2008 7:24:36 EDT

U.S. special operations forces have paused ground operations in Pakistanâ€™s tribal areas, but military and civilian government officials differ over why the cross-border raids have been halted.

The issue of U.S. raids into the tribal areas was thrust into the international spotlight by a Sept. 3 raid in Angor Adda, in the South Waziristan tribal agency, by Navy SEALs working for a Joint Special Operations Command task force. (JSOC is the secretive military organization that oversees the militaryâ€™s special mission units such as the Armyâ€™s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachmentâ€“Delta and the Navyâ€™s Naval Special Warfare Development Group, or DevGru, also known as SEAL Team 6.)

â€œWe have shown a willingness starting this year to pursue those kinds of missions,â€

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:00 pm

wow,
that's long,
how about just a link?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:07 pm

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:15 pm

gyre wrote:link

ha ha, you vely funny fo roun eye devil..................hahahaa

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:43 pm

Sorry.
Couldn't resist.

betrdanevr · Post by **betrdanevr** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:13 pm

gyre wrote:I'm in Nashville at the moment and the city is on the verge of becoming a Dhalgren.
I thought I was going to be stuck here with no gas and many are.
Shocking how fast you can run out.

Finally found gas miles away and waited in line with people directing traffic at a grocery store. A big production.
The entire small town I'm in was out and still is except for one store that had some earlier.
This has been going on for some time and there is even a protocol for letting people know a store is out.
I hear Atlanta has similar issues.

Memphis ran out for a day during the evacuation and was fine after that.
It's all very odd.

We drove around for a long time the other night without finding gas anywhere.

I'm in Atlanta, Gyre, and yes, we're having trouble getting gas.

I got some Thursday and the station limited sales to $30.

After playing taxi driver for family and a friend, I decided I'd better fill up today because I have a busy week. So I went out at 8 ayem, hoping to beat the crowds, and found a station with gas after about 15 minutes of looking. There were over 2 dozen cars on the street waiting to get in the station. Four employees of the station were in the lot directing cars to the next available pump (probably 16 of 'em).

A spokesman for our local "tank farm" said he'd tried to encourage our governor to put a cap on gas sales right before the hurricanes hit, because our supplies were at a very low level at the time due to the planned changeover from summer to winter blend gas.

Top it off with the fact that we use a low-sulphur blend which he says is only used here, in Birmingham and in Arizona, and the supply is really low. We can't bring in gas from other Georgia cities due to emission regulations here...

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:16 pm

gyre wrote:Sorry.
Couldn't resist.

isn't that the diodes line........?............

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:19 pm

Some of the time....

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:30 pm

I got some Thursday and the station limited sales to $30.

I bet gas is higher too.
I paid $3.56 on the way back to Memphis.
$4 up in Nashville.

mamasaid · Post by **mamasaid** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:46 pm

do you remember that scene in "Requiem For A Dream" when all the junkies go into the back of the supermarket to get their junk and something goes bad and the dealer takes off cuz the junkies had been dry for a while and were jonesing?

I sure like being able to get out of town in a car. I like seeing places and being able to buy things from the store that are more than I can carry on my bike, like a huge bag of dog food. Or a desk from the garage sale. But man, I'll tell you what. There is nothing like feeling that if our country goes to hell, (damn that alaskan whore and those idiots who think we don't see the texas/alaska/gas connection) and every state goes through what ya'all are going through down there in the SE corner, that it would just be another lovely day riding my bike to work, sans the gas crisis...and the financial crisis, and the presidential (dare I say VICE presidential) crisis.

Get used to it, we are on the road to forced limitations...

not to be negative or self-righteous or anything. I mean, I could just be putting myself through hell everyday to ride a bike when our crisis is really just a media stunt to get people to buy green technologies. And those big storms? Another media stunt...I never lived through one. Al Gore is just a big liar.

oh wait, riding isn't hell. It's FREEDOM!

in dust and song,

Madi

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:16 pm

Get used to it, we are on the road to forced limitations...

Forced limitations? Hah!

We're on the Road to Nowhere

WELL WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOIN'
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE KNOWIN'
BUT WE CAN'T SAY WHAT WE'VE SEEN
AND WE'RE NOT LITTLE CHILDREN
AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT
AND THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN
GIVE US TIME TO WORK IT OUT

We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride

Feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know,
We're on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go

We're on a ride to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride

Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there...take you there

We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere

There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
and it's all right, baby, it's all right

And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby, it's all right

Would you like to come along
and you could help me sing this song?
And it's all right, baby, it's all right

They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby, it's all right
[x2]

We're on a road to nowhere

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:53 am

fuck the rest of the world, if the coming Apocalypse means that the Buffalo Bills finally get their long awaited Super Bowl Ring, than BRING IT ON, SATAN!

let's fuck Jesus UP!

yes, we will be the Champions of the End of the World....FREE O.J, FREE O.J !*

*at this point the writer was taken into custody by the local police wearing only his Blue and Red Zubaz pants and a smile*

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:23 am

hey Simon,
I think I may want some of what you had for breakfast..........
Although, I may choose it for lunch or dinner........

Flammepus · Post by **Flammepus** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:59 am

[quote="Badger"][quote]Get used to it, we are on the road to forced limitations...
[/quote]

Forced limitations? Hah!

[b]We're on the Road to Nowhere[/b]

[/quote]

1. Nowhere is a groovy place. Come on over and see for yourself [url]en.goingnowhere.org/HomePage[/url].

2. The apocalypse will not happen until Coca-cola has figured out a way to advertise during the commercial breaks...so we have, like, 5-10 years.

3. Damn you guys! Now I want to play with thermite. Oh well, guess it was just a matter of time...or meant to be or whatever.

4. Any self-respecting apocalyptic arsenal will have a rail gun. None of the other wackos will respect you if you don't have a rail gun; and no, Gauss rifles do not count.

Mayhem Ãœber Alles

It's beginning to look a lot like The Apocalypse...

Dhalgren

Who is at the top of the "very linear chain of command&

Re: Dhalgren

bikes, people...bikes