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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 9, 2021 11:27:19 GMT -5
So, due to "you know what" last year, going out to public events was really limited. I didn't get to go to the County Fair this year. I'm sure it was the same for a lot of people. While I don't usually spend a ton of money trying any of the rigged carnival/midway games, I've always had fun watching the carnies try and guess people's weight... without getting punched! LOL Well, I've been trying to come up with a contest and in homage to the missed fun this last year...let's do a weight guessing contest! What weight to guess: I have two pieces of petrified wood (not the prize! LOL) that I have weighed on my bathroom scale and taken a pic of the combined weight ($0.25 for size scale). The bathroom scale weighs to the 10th of a pound. Whoever is CLOSEST to the combined weight of both pieces of pet wood by Friday 1/15/21 will win the prize. If someone nails the combined weight before Friday, they'll win automatically. (They were weighed with the frost on! LOL) The Prize: I received two cab templates from Cabtopia that had two VERY SMALL cracks in the edge of each one. The seller replaced the templates for me, so these two are extras I don't need. They are still very useable...just not perfect. But wait...there's more! I'll also include some slabbed pieces of Turritella Agate and some slabbed pieces of Flor de Durazno Lace Agate so the winner has something to use the templates on (if they want! LOL). I had already marked some cab shapes on the Turritella, but you can ignore them and mark your own. I'll pay for shipping to the winner. Let's limit this to three guesses per person...you can do the guesses all at once or space them out. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! The Prizes:
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Post by rockstock on Jan 9, 2021 12:39:12 GMT -5
To account for the added frost weight. 51.9 lbs
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Post by NDK on Jan 9, 2021 13:10:14 GMT -5
hmmmmm....
I'll guess 73.2
Thanks
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Post by knave on Jan 9, 2021 13:25:14 GMT -5
75.3 Thanks for being so generous
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Post by Pat on Jan 9, 2021 13:26:47 GMT -5
Hmmm... that looks like three pieces on your scale...
Are we guessing for the two mentioned, or for the three that appear to be shown shown on the scale?
Thanks for doing this.
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Post by victor1941 on Jan 9, 2021 13:31:58 GMT -5
31.7 lbs is my estimate. Thanks for the contest Jason.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 9, 2021 13:37:38 GMT -5
Hmmm... that looks like three pieces on your scale... Are we guessing for the two mentioned, or for the three that appear to be shown shown on the scale? Thanks for doing this. Great question! There's actually only two on the scale...one on top of the other. I see what you're seeing too, but it's just the way the bottom piece is shaped. You can see the same "crease" in the second pic. Here's pics I took of both pieces individually before the temps went down.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 9, 2021 16:01:02 GMT -5
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Post by Tommy on Jan 9, 2021 16:53:43 GMT -5
Fun Thanks for doing this. 49.2 52.8 56.4
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Post by Pat on Jan 9, 2021 17:43:11 GMT -5
40 50 60
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 9, 2021 21:27:07 GMT -5
This is really fun (for me!) to watch what people are guessing! LOL The hardest part is waiting to give hints...but that'll have to wait for a couple days at least
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Post by MsAli on Jan 9, 2021 21:32:33 GMT -5
64.9 70.6 67.9
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jan 9, 2021 21:38:28 GMT -5
Well shoot I completely missed the part about 3 guesses lol
So my other 2 guesses will be...
35.5
71.3
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 9, 2021 21:43:50 GMT -5
Well shoot I completely missed the part about 3 guesses lol So my other 2 guesses will be... 35.5 71.3 I thought maybe you were pacing yourself.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 9, 2021 21:55:06 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 9, 2021 22:04:01 GMT -5
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Post by oregon on Jan 9, 2021 22:37:31 GMT -5
36.9 39.6 44.4
cheers.
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Post by oldschoolrocker on Jan 9, 2021 23:11:28 GMT -5
19.5 24.2 29.4
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Post by NDK on Jan 10, 2021 14:35:49 GMT -5
Well shoot I completely missed the part about 3 guesses lol So my other 2 guesses will be... 35.5 71.3 I thought maybe you were pacing yourself. I thought about it to not look like such a dufus, but decided I'm too lazy to sort through all the other guesses later on and find one I like that no one else picked
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Post by Tommy on Jan 10, 2021 14:45:14 GMT -5
The hardest part is waiting to give hints...but that'll have to wait for a couple days at least Does this mean a new round of guesses is coming after the hints?
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