Duty's Thousandth
dutyje
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Doody Contest: Play the Game, You Might Win Some ****
Alright, I see 1K posts in my future. While I don't really have the resources to put together a whopping extravaganza, I feel like I should at the very least do something special. The contest will be simple.. somewhat on the order of Maddy's 1,000th post contest, but with a few extra things thrown in for my own amusement.
My bathroom scale measures weight to a resolution of 0.2 pounds. That is to say, if I weighed 499.9 pounds, it might register a 499.8, or maybe a 500.0, but not a 499.9.
On Tuesday, 9/16, I decided it had come time to weigh myself and begin a new weight-loss regimen. So I logged my start weight on my spreadsheet (naturally), and have since been on a diet until I hit my target weight.
Here's how this works:
The winner will be the person who guesses closest to the amount of weight I will have lost as of the date of my 1,000th post.
One more rule
To make things a bit more interesting, all guesses will be closed as of the time I make my 950th post.
I normally conduct daily weigh-ins just prior to eating lunch, except on Wednesdays, when the weigh-ins are conducted just prior to eating dinner. On weekends, the timing (lunch or dinner) may vary.
Extra-special bonus questions
If you are the lucky winner, you have a chance to add to your winnings with each of the following questions. Correct answers to the bonus questions are cumulative. I'll pick up a special treat for each of these individual questions. What I don't ship out as a prize, I will smoke
1. What was my weight on 9/16/2008? (+/- 5 lbs)
2. What was my weight when I began my first recorded diet on 9/2/2004? (+/- 5 lbs)
3. What was the difference between my maximum recorded weight (9/2/2004) and minimum recorded weight (9/20/2007)? (+/- 2 lbs)
As I said, I will freeze all answers (even the bonus questions) when I reach 950 posts. At that time, I will also post the answers to the 3 bonus questions, so you know who is in the running for potential extra credit. Good luck everybody!!
DISCLAIMER: If I have made any particularly telling posts about my weight in any of my previous posts on here, I will modify some/all of the 3 bonus questions to something that is fair, but not a slam-dunk (a la the jozer contest)
My bathroom scale measures weight to a resolution of 0.2 pounds. That is to say, if I weighed 499.9 pounds, it might register a 499.8, or maybe a 500.0, but not a 499.9.
On Tuesday, 9/16, I decided it had come time to weigh myself and begin a new weight-loss regimen. So I logged my start weight on my spreadsheet (naturally), and have since been on a diet until I hit my target weight.
Here's how this works:
The winner will be the person who guesses closest to the amount of weight I will have lost as of the date of my 1,000th post.
One more rule
To make things a bit more interesting, all guesses will be closed as of the time I make my 950th post.
I normally conduct daily weigh-ins just prior to eating lunch, except on Wednesdays, when the weigh-ins are conducted just prior to eating dinner. On weekends, the timing (lunch or dinner) may vary.
Extra-special bonus questions
If you are the lucky winner, you have a chance to add to your winnings with each of the following questions. Correct answers to the bonus questions are cumulative. I'll pick up a special treat for each of these individual questions. What I don't ship out as a prize, I will smoke
1. What was my weight on 9/16/2008? (+/- 5 lbs)
2. What was my weight when I began my first recorded diet on 9/2/2004? (+/- 5 lbs)
3. What was the difference between my maximum recorded weight (9/2/2004) and minimum recorded weight (9/20/2007)? (+/- 2 lbs)
As I said, I will freeze all answers (even the bonus questions) when I reach 950 posts. At that time, I will also post the answers to the 3 bonus questions, so you know who is in the running for potential extra credit. Good luck everybody!!
DISCLAIMER: If I have made any particularly telling posts about my weight in any of my previous posts on here, I will modify some/all of the 3 bonus questions to something that is fair, but not a slam-dunk (a la the jozer contest)
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In the event of a tie (the two closest guesses are equidistant from the correct answer), the tie-breaker will be the guess that was posted earliest.
Based on this score you will then determine the proper date to smoke the cigar based on a formula derived from your presmoke scoring system and a complex calculation of flavor to season ratio.
You'll then use this ratio and current month in a formula to determine the exact time of the day in which to partake in the cigar.
While smoking you will constantly be running data through your spreadsheet to determine intervals between drags, when to ash, when to blow through, when the cigar has reached its peak flavor, and ultimately when it should be set down. Not to mention the direction you should be facing based on wind direction so that the wind will have the least effect on the burn of the cigar so as not to contaminate your burn score and ultimatley the overall score of this subject, err, cigar.
...just not on this thread
Yeah 1st post for tiebreaker!
HA
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