Ice Classic Contest
Trykflyr_1
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The Tripod is up, a sure sign there’s still 6 weeks of Alaskan winter left. It’s time to guess the minute the Nenana River ice goes out and claim your piece of the Frozen Freakin’ North. Up for grabs is a forum fiver to the winner, no purchase necessary, and doncha wanna know how it works? It’s simple! How simple is it? So simple even the newest cheechako can do it!
The hour is broken into 12 slots, each slot covers 5 minutes. Slot 1 is 00-04, Slot 2 is 05-09, and so on. Pick any one slot, 1 through 12. First come, first served, your first pick sticks, only one winner, actual mileage may vary, product sold by weight not by volume, caution: contents are hot, may cause drowsiness, not to be used by snowflakes, odds of winning 1 in 12.
The official winning is time comes from the Nenana Ice Classic clock as posted on their website. (www.nenanaiceclassic.com) Info, webcam, & stuff is there. The ice usually goes out between April 20 and May 10 so this one’s not gonna be quick.
Contest is open until all 12 slots are filled or April 5, 2021. Slots still open after that date will stay blank. If the clock stops on a blank slot, the pick nearest without going past it, wins. So if Slot 2 is blank and 1 & 3 are filled, if the clock stops at 08, Slot 1 wins it.
Standard good traders boiler plate applies.
That’s pretty much it. Simple. Holy raging Hobbit boners! You’ve got an 8.33% chance of hitting this, what’re you waitin’ for?
(The real Ice Classic is a little tougher. Pick the exact date and time of day to the minute. Tickets are $2.50 each; a single winner is looking at about a quarter mil in payout. If you want into that, PM me for details.)
Comments
Updated link: nenanaakiceclassic.com
4!
Thanks for the contest you crazy northerner! 💕😘
6
I'll take slot 8, please.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
12
My favorite cigar list here
Okay! We’re off!
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3
4 Vision
5
6 Peter4jc
7
8 ShawnOL
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12
Gimme the 7,thanks for the contest. I'm snuggled in between Peter and Shawn, but I bet that doesn't happen IRL.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
9, please.
Thanks for the contest, Paul
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
11 ... why not
Gimme 1 please.
I’ll take 5 why not
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
Damnit peter took lucky 6. I'll take one and done.
Damn jake took 1. Give me any number...doesn't matter. 2? 3? First available.
10 please! Thanks Paul, great contest
Give Frank No.11.
3 please and thanks for the contest
JK , frank is really distraught... I think it’s okay to give him 11
Now, now, children. Don’t fight... 😇
Filled up quickly! One slot left....Bueller? Bueller?....
1 jsnake 00-04
2 VegasFrank 05-09
3 genareddog 10-14
4 Vision 15-19
5 Norcal1 20-24
6 Peter4jc 25-29
7 d_blades 30-34
8 ShawnOL 35-39
9 Industmech 40-44
10 Cam91 45-49
11 EgoBoundary 50-54
12 55-59
I guess I will take 12...not many options
Okay! Now we wait....and wait some more. Expect this to happen in 6 or 8 weeks; there's just shy of 4 feet of ice and it still goes well below 0 at night.
Good luck, all!
For some reason I seem to like this yearly contest the best. I don't know why, but it's fun. Thanks for putting it on again, Paul.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
I enjoy this too. Means Spring is only a few months off when the posters go up.
Just a bump & update post. As of April 1, there’s 45 inches of ice under that thing. It’s -2 now & the guessers are calling for up to 16 inches of snow thru the weekend.
https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=AKZ222&warncounty=AKC090&firewxzone=AKZ222&local_place1=Fairbanks AK&product1=Winter+Storm+Warning&lat=64.8424&lon=-147.7188#.YGdYVoqIaf0
Gettin’ closer. The crew has hung the clock cable, things are starting to get sloppy & it’s a really toasty 45 degrees this afternoon. Still 45 inches of ice tho....
It’s amazing what a couple days of near 50 degree weather and 22 hours of daylight will do. Ice is starting to rot a bit even tho there’s still 45 inches under there..
Paying for ice must really be a foreign concept up there.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Warm weekend...
We call that above freezing