Mayan Elder Says World Won't End

The Pueblo Chieftan ^ | Tuesday, March 13, 2012 | GAYLE PEREZ

[swamprebel]

Curious to know if the Myans counted the leap years?

[Hunton Peck]

Why wait?

ALPACA LIPS NOW!

[Bernard Marx]

Curious to know if the Myans counted the leap years?

Yes, more accurately than we do if I remember my reading correctly. They were whiz-bang astrononomical observers and calendar-makers.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Hippies should love this!

It’s the Age of Aquarius!

(I see it as perhaps prediction that Uhbama will be out of office.....)

[eyedigress]

WHAT!! I sold everything. Those darn Mayans are such kidders. I shoulda known better than to trust an extinct civilization.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m starting to think my old best friend is Captain Obvious.

Sorry, you just brought that to mind.

[delacoert]

<pst>

Hey,buddy

I have the Deed for the Brookl... I mean the Cosmic Bridge.

I can let you have it for inaudible whispering. Think how big a fee you can charge to cross ... I mean the whole earth having to cross it and all.

[ExGeeEye]

THe new Mayan Calendar is under development. Two main issues are yet to be decided:

1. Whether to go with “Kittens”, “Lighthouses”, or “Corvettes” as a theme, and

2. Whether to freak out future generations by having it “end” on a Fricday the 13th.

[SunkenCiv]

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What a relief. ;') Thanks nickcarraway. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[InvisibleChurch]

Nobody has taken “leap days” into account regarding all this. If you add these in the wold should have ended 7 months go.

[dynachrome]

Eastern Standard Time?

[BIGLOOK]

Just damn! I already changed my W-4 form, claiming 1492 dependents.

[SunkenCiv]

FYI -- The Mayan calendar is entirely linked to the astronomical movements, and has nothing to do with any adjustments etc made to the modern calendars in use to day, leap days, etc etc. Period.

;') [singing] two thousand uno du'os party over says the lights of heaven /
tonight i'm gonna party like it's two thousand eleven

[Cicero]

Well, that’s a relief.

But I hope the Mayans aren’t planning to start human sacrifices again, during the next sun cycle.

[Terry Mross]

First, this is disappointing. The end of the world is probably the only thing that will end democrats.

Second, I’d put a lot more faith in what this guy has to say if he had made a calendar of the next 5,000 years. Hell, I’d be impressed if he could predict a few solar eclipses.

[dfwgator]

It cannot end until the Chicago Cubs are one strike away from winning the World Series.

[!1776!]

the calendar is off by a month. Jan 20 the USA will have a chance to begin a better future.

Bingo - Those Mayans were freaking brilliant!

[bigheadfred]

But I hope the Mayans aren’t planning to start human sacrifices again

Too late...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2859203/posts

[SunkenCiv]

:’D

[dr_lew]

According to Wikipedia

As a calendar for keeping track of the seasons, the Haab' was a bit inaccurate, since it treated the year as having exactly 365 days, and ignored the extra quarter day (approximately) in the actual tropical year. This meant that the seasons moved with respect to the calendar year by a quarter day each year, so that the calendar months named after particular seasons no longer corresponded to these seasons after a few centuries. The Haab' is equivalent to the wandering 365-day year of the ancient Egyptians.