Do you believe in Nibiru?

[Doggy Styles]

"Yes there is. John Terry will call it something offensive and/or sleep with it's missus."

FTFY

Yes, I can imagine him shouting "Oy! You rocky c***!" up at the sky.

[xoggoth]

There's been a recent report that the brains of computer gamers differ:

BBC News - Computer gamers' brains 'differ'

Just a thought, could it be that this is part of evolution? When Armageddon comes and we are assailed by aliens/demons/creatures from another dimension/whatever, we will have a ready trained army to fight them.

[BrilloPad]

One year to go now - A year to go until end of the world: Mayan region plans year of celebrations - Telegraph

[NickFitz]

In 1938 it seemed that war with Germany was inevitable, so my grandmother built up a large stockpile of tinned food, sugar, and so forth. Then that nice Mr Chamberlain came back from Munich proclaiming "Peace in our time" and everybody relaxed.

They'd just about finished the stockpile by September 1939

[BrilloPad]

In 1938 it seemed that war with Germany was inevitable, so my grandmother built up a large stockpile of tinned food, sugar, and so forth. Then that nice Mr Chamberlain came back from Munich proclaiming "Peace in our time" and everybody relaxed.

They'd just about finished the stockpile by September 1939

Indeed it is possible to do a great trade and get the timing a bit wrong.

[Paddy]

In 1938 it seemed that war with Germany was inevitable, so my grandmother built up a large stockpile of tinned food, sugar, and so forth. Then that nice Mr Chamberlain came back from Munich proclaiming "Peace in our time" and everybody relaxed.

They'd just about finished the stockpile by September 1939

As soon as Chamberlin came back from Germany, my mother who was in the fire service was told that Chamberlin has bought time and we need to rush to make preparations war.

Had Chamberlin not made the agreement the UK would have be over run by Germany in a matter of weeks.

[BrilloPad]

As soon as Chamberlin came back from Germany, my mother who was in the fire service was told that Chamberlin has bought time and we need to rush to make preparations war.

Had Chamberlin not made the agreement the UK would have be over run by Germany in a matter of weeks.

My wife used to work for Claire Hollingworth who won "Scoop of the CEntury" for breaking the news that WW2 had started My Century | BBC World Service

[Dearnla]

As soon as Chamberlin came back from Germany, my mother who was in the fire service was told that Chamberlin has bought time and we need to rush to make preparations war.

Had Chamberlin not made the agreement the UK would have be over run by Germany in a matter of weeks.

Not possible, I'm afraid. The Germans did Blitzkrieg on land - they had no capability to cross water wider than a canal or river - not in 1938 and at no time during the war. Their plan in 1940 involved a load of barges which they collected together in various channel ports. They wouldn't have got them if they hadn't invaded France/Belgium/Holland and moved them around.

And the few planes they did have to send in paratroops would not have been capable of keeping up supply lines, never mind heavy artillery or tanks that would have also been needed to back them up.

What Chamberlain did buy us was a year to build up production of Spitfires and Hurricanes (and other war materials) for which we must thank him for, plus Dowding's refusal to throw away too many of them defending the lost cause that was France in 1940.

But I digress. I have merely stocked up on motorbikes, but that's nothing to do with the end of the world.......

[Moscow Mule]

But I digress. I have merely stocked up on motorbikes, but that's nothing to do with the end of the world.......

A useful way to get out of the cities, should any kind of panic ensue...

[AtW]

Not possible, I'm afraid. The Germans did Blitzkrieg on land - they had no capability to cross water wider than a canal or river - not in 1938 and at no time during the war.

They would not have needed it with nukes placed on missiles.

HTH