"Show me your proud tumble" raffle winner announced!
Sept 3, 2024 17:00:04 GMT -5
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Post by pebblesky on Sept 3, 2024 17:00:04 GMT -5
It has been two years since I joined RTH. I am very grateful to have learned a lot from you and have enjoyed a lot of your excellent work, as well as being part of a lot of fun discussions.
I would like to host a small fun raffle activity with some small prize to celebrate my two-year anniversary in RTH. Hope you enjoy the activity, and you time in RTH.
How to participate:
Prize:
A bag of rocks for tumble (or whatever you want to do with them). I will keep adding rocks until they hit the capacity of a USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Padded Envelope.
Link and link to larger pictures and their names.
Raffle rule:
One participant will win the prize. The minute of you post will be your raffle number. For example, if your post with a tumbled
rock in this thread is 16:45, your raffle number will be 45. If you don't like your raffle number, you can always post another reply with a picture. Note that whoever takes a specific raffle number first will have advantage to win when there is a tie. One strategy is to submit the post at the minute that nobody else claimed the number already.
As soon as it approaches Sep 17, I will check the number of the US population on Sep 16 at www.census.gov/popclock/, and calculate the remainder of the US population number divided by 60. The remainder (we call it N) should be an integer between 0-59. Whoever holds the raffle number that is closest to N will win the prize. If there is a tie, whoever posts their entry earlier wins the prize.
The United States population on September 16, 2024 was: 337,116,365. The number mod 60 is 5
Participants & raffle numbers:
I will update the participants, their raffle numbers and their post timestamp here.
Raffle numbers not already taken:
Shipping the prize:
I will cover the shipping cost to a US address. International winner could choose to cover the shipping cost themselves, or pass the prizes to the next person.
I would like to host a small fun raffle activity with some small prize to celebrate my two-year anniversary in RTH. Hope you enjoy the activity, and you time in RTH.
How to participate:
- Until two weeks from now (Pacific time Sep 3-Sep 16), post one of your proud tumbled/polished (using any tool) stones in this thread, preferably good photo quality.
- One entry per ID.
- Please use your own pictures. Okay to post old pictures that have already been posted in RTH or any other places.
- If you post multiple replies, unless otherwise specified, only your last reply with a tumbled stone picture will be counted towards an entry.
- Feel free to chat in this thread. Replies without pictures will be regarded as chats, not entry.
Prize:
A bag of rocks for tumble (or whatever you want to do with them). I will keep adding rocks until they hit the capacity of a USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Padded Envelope.
Link and link to larger pictures and their names.
Raffle rule:
One participant will win the prize. The minute of you post will be your raffle number. For example, if your post with a tumbled
rock in this thread is 16:45, your raffle number will be 45. If you don't like your raffle number, you can always post another reply with a picture. Note that whoever takes a specific raffle number first will have advantage to win when there is a tie. One strategy is to submit the post at the minute that nobody else claimed the number already.
As soon as it approaches Sep 17, I will check the number of the US population on Sep 16 at www.census.gov/popclock/, and calculate the remainder of the US population number divided by 60. The remainder (we call it N) should be an integer between 0-59. Whoever holds the raffle number that is closest to N will win the prize. If there is a tie, whoever posts their entry earlier wins the prize.
The United States population on September 16, 2024 was: 337,116,365. The number mod 60 is 5
Participants & raffle numbers:
I will update the participants, their raffle numbers and their post timestamp here.
| user id | latest entry | timestamp GMT | raffle number | Delta to winner number 5 |
| chris1956 | post | 17:53:43 | 53 | 48 |
| Son Of Beach | post | 19:26:38 | 26 | 21 |
| victor1941 | post | 13:20:31 | 20 | 15 |
| jasoninsd | post | 13:33:57 | 33 | 28 |
| rockbrain | post | 14:18:37 | 18 | 13 |
| ctxtumblebug | post | 21:42:27 | 42 | 37 |
| agatewhisperer | post | 8:35:45 | 35 | 30 |
| liveoak | post | 9:35:16 | 35 | 30 |
| hypodactylus | post | 15:12:42 | 12 | 7 (winner!) |
| realrockhound | post | 17:32:16 | 32 | 27 |
| amygdule | post | 21:17:49 | 17 | 12 |
| Drummond Island Rocks | post | 9:32:01 | 32 | 27 |
Raffle numbers not already taken:
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | |||
| 40 | 41 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | |
| 50 | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 |
Shipping the prize:
I will cover the shipping cost to a US address. International winner could choose to cover the shipping cost themselves, or pass the prizes to the next person.
Your photos also made me realize most of the Morrisonite on the market are probably not good grade. The sellers must have hoarded the best materials deep in their dungeons.
