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Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

We Alaskans have no lottery so for 104 years we've wagered on when the ice breaks up in the Tanana River in Nenana. A tripod is frozen into the ice, connected to a clock by a cable and when the tripod moves far enough, the cable pulls off the clock and stops it. Details at www.nenanaakiceclassic.com

Guesses are usually date & time to the minute, but we're just going minutes here to keep it simple Here's the deal:

Forum fiver buy in, good traders only please. Winner takes all.

12 total spots corresponding to 5 minutes each. Spot 1 is 0 - 4, Spot 2 is 5 - 9 and so on to Spot 12 covering 55 - 59. Pick a spot between 1 and 12 inclusive. If it doesn't fill and no one picks the winning slot, we go counterclockwise till there's a picked spot.

Open till filled or April 5. I'll keep track and post a list when it fills or on the 5 th.

Lottery payout criteria apply... Don't be that guy.

This may take awhile.... The ice has gone out as early as April 14 and as late as May 20. Good luck!!!!

I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
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  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1 never wins
    Don't look ↑
  • dirtdudedirtdude Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭✭✭

    2 might, nice contest Paul.

    A little dirt never hurt
  • WaterNerdWaterNerd Posts: 3,279 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll take spot 3. Great idea for a contest 👍🏻

    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt
    — Abraham Lincoln


  • YaksterYakster Posts: 25,534 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Damn, there goes the last sporting event to watch while we're hunkered down.

    I'll gladly bomb you Tuesday for an Opus today. 

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  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    bump

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • Far_North_64Far_North_64 Posts: 925 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ok give me 7.

    Now this is not the end of the cigar. It is not even the beginning of the end of the cigar. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning of the cigar.

  • cbuckcbuck Posts: 8,415 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’ll take 11! Thanks!

  • peter4jcpeter4jc Posts: 15,322 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For some reason I keep thinking about the number 12, so I'll take it.

    "I could've had a Mi Querida!"   Nick Bardis
  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Half filled.. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, & 10 still open. Since this won't be decided until late April, let's plan in running with it..

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • YaksterYakster Posts: 25,534 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2020

    Nine

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  • cigarexplorercigarexplorer Posts: 957 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • TBonzTBonz Posts: 554 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Had to go find a photo...

  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got y'all in. Thanks!

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bump...3 slots still open.

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • RhamlinRhamlin Posts: 8,908 ✭✭✭✭✭

    6

  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Last bump. 2 slots left.

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't look ↑
  • First_WarriorFirst_Warrior Posts: 3,140 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Four please.

  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Nenana gang have extended their cutoff till the 10th so I shall as well. 1 space left.

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll leave this open till Monday if anyone wants to fill that last spot. List of players will be posted Monday at noon Alaska time.

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • IndustMechIndustMech Posts: 4,661 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Trykflyr_1

    I'll take the last spot, 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.

  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Okay! I'll get the list together and post it.

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Final list:
    1 Vegasfrank
    2 Dirtdude
    3 Waternerd
    4 First Warrior
    5 Industmech
    6 Rhamlin
    7 FarNorth64
    8 cigarexplorer
    9 Yakster
    10 tbonz
    11 cbuck
    12 Peter4jc

    Ice was last measured on April 9 at 35.5 inches thick. www.nenanaakiceclassic.com

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • YaksterYakster Posts: 25,534 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll gladly bomb you Tuesday for an Opus today. 

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  • Trykflyr_1Trykflyr_1 Posts: 2,500 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ice is getting soft....

    https://www.nenanaakiceclassic.com

    I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
  • Usaf06Usaf06 Posts: 10,935 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Yakster said:

    Classic

    "I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
    -- Winston Churchill

    "LET'S GO FRANCIS"     Peter

  • YaksterYakster Posts: 25,534 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2020

    Congrats, Peter!

    Thanks for the contest, @Trykflyr_1

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