105 (now 106) GEC Giveaway - A Counting Game - WINNER ANNOUNCED!

When them cotton bolls get rotten, you can't pick very much cotton, Vince! ;):thumbsup:
This was a song (one of many) I used to sing as a kid unloading wagonloads of hay bales:

- GT
Great song, Gary. I read somewhere that the county I live in (Nueces) is the biggest producer of cotton in the country. Maybe the world? Dunno. A nearby town's high school football team is called the Robstown Cottonpickers. But I never picked cotton....
 
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And I thought it would be fun to verify that there are 78 triangles here:
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Really like this one! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:
I'll have to work on a systematic way to count triangles in the diagram. A quick (and possibly inaccurate) count had me at 61, and I hadn't even counted "upside down" triangles!

- GT
 
I'll take your words for it.
You wouldn't tell us a untruth, after all. :)

Not intentionally, in any case!


Really like this one! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:
I'll have to work on a systematic way to count triangles in the diagram. A quick (and possibly inaccurate) count had me at 61, and I hadn't even counted "upside down" triangles!

- GT

Don't go inventing the wheel!


I came up with 77. Wonder where I missed one at?

Unfortunately, I can't tell. :rolleyes:
 
WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

But first...

How about some more numbers? :D

Over a period of 21 days, we had 308 game-participating posts, which contained a total of 15,067 things, items, units of measurement, etc. :eek:

There were 43 participants in the game (including myself), 34 of whom entered for the giveaway. 15 of you earned additional entries for participating after the rule change, and 7 people were nominated for entry by another member, for a total of 56 entries in the drawing.

Here are our top 9 participants, who contributed at least 10 posts each.

  1. 5K Qs 5K Qs : 35 posts
  2. JohnDF JohnDF : 29 posts
  3. Prester John Prester John : 28 posts
  4. S SnailOffTheTrail : 22 posts
  5. Will Power Will Power : 22 posts
  6. @TexasTomcat:21 posts
  7. @JTB_5: 20 posts
  8. @eisman: 10 posts
  9. Rookie82 Rookie82 : 10 posts

(I was number 10, with 8 posts.)

This morning I wrote all 56 entries out on small pieces of dot grid paper, each of which consisted of 48 grid squares, for a total of 2,688 grid squares. :rolleyes: :D

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I then folded each of the 56 entries and dropped them into 1 hat. (The pattern on the band of the hat is repeated 28 times.)

I enlisted the help of my official-giveaway-drawing-assistant, Eleanor, who recently turned 4 years old.

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She rustled around in the hat a few times, mixing up the entries...

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...and pulled 1 winner!

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Congrats Half/Stop Half/Stop (Ron)!!! I'll send you a PM here shortly. :thumbsup:

Thanks again to everyone for participating, this really was a lot of fun! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Guy in video claims 27 total facing up and down by size. He somehow gets a bunch more when he uses that Swahili to me "n" stuff, with the same number of little triangles.
I still don't understand how a person could have two bank accounts, each with a negative $1200 balance, combine the two (-1200 plus -1200) and wind up with $2400 to the good in the bank. That makes no cents to me.
(Yes. I got the test question "8-x=20" wrong. My answer was: "Impossible. That would be like going to the store with $8, spending all $8 and have $20 (plus the merchandise you bought) when you leave."

Edit: Is "Two negatives equal a positive." how governments and big corporations balance the books/budget?)
 
Guy in video claims 27 total facing up and down by size. He somehow gets a bunch more when he uses that Swahili to me "n" stuff, with the same number of little triangles.
I still don't understand how a person could have two bank accounts, each with a negative $1200 balance, combine the two (-1200 plus -1200) and wind up with $2400 to the good in the bank. That makes no cents to me.
(Yes. I got the test question "8-x=20" wrong. My answer was: "Impossible. That would be like going to the store with $8, spending all $8 and have $20 (plus the merchandise you bought) when you leave."

Edit: Is "Two negatives equal a positive." how governments and big corporations balance the books/budget?)
Wow, now we're getting into some serious philosophical stuff. All I can say is, that if you combine -12000 and -12000 (-12000 plus -12000) you end up with -24000. You need to multiply the negative numbers to get positive.
 
Nice one Ron!:cool::thumbsup: A fine yet modest Gent, very pleased for you.

Lot of work organising this Barrett and I'm glad you got a peerless judge to do the drawing :thumbsup:

Would have hoped more people had taken part, but perhaps they got put off by us old sweats dominating it with multiple posts...hope not. If I ever hold a GAW again (outta ideas...but not knives) I might set a MAXIMUM participation bar ;):D
 
WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

But first...

How about some more numbers? :D

Over a period of 21 days, we had 308 game-participating posts, which contained a total of 15,067 things, items, units of measurement, etc. :eek:

There were 43 participants in the game (including myself), 34 of whom entered for the giveaway. 15 of you earned additional entries for participating after the rule change, and 7 people were nominated for entry by another member, for a total of 56 entries in the drawing.

Here are our top 9 participants, who contributed at least 10 posts each.

  1. 5K Qs 5K Qs : 35 posts
  2. JohnDF JohnDF : 29 posts
  3. Prester John Prester John : 28 posts
  4. S SnailOffTheTrail : 22 posts
  5. Will Power Will Power : 22 posts
  6. @TexasTomcat:21 posts
  7. @JTB_5: 20 posts
  8. @eisman: 10 posts
  9. Rookie82 Rookie82 : 10 posts

(I was number 10, with 8 posts.)

This morning I wrote all 56 entries out on small pieces of dot grid paper, each of which consisted of 48 grid squares, for a total of 2,688 grid squares. :rolleyes: :D

QiTZyXe.jpg


I then folded each of the 56 entries and dropped them into 1 hat. (The pattern on the band of the hat is repeated 28 times.)

I enlisted the help of my official-giveaway-drawing-assistant, Eleanor, who recently turned 4 years old.

c1hg2AJ.jpg


She rustled around in the hat a few times, mixing up the entries...

9AsRbA0.jpg


...and pulled 1 winner!

uFRgZxY.jpg


Congrats Half/Stop Half/Stop (Ron)!!! I'll send you a PM here shortly. :thumbsup:

Thanks again to everyone for participating, this really was a lot of fun! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

tPhwKMM.jpg
Wow Barrett! :cool: What an absolutely wonderful surprise. I looked this morning while I was logged on to see if a winner had been drawn yet. I have been the fortunate winner of several GAWs on the Porch over the years, but this one is extra special. I haven’t entered many GAWs lately, but this one just seemed too interesting to pass up. I’m glad I chose to participate because seeing that special young lady holding Half/Stop in her hands is priceless. :D Please give her a big hug and tell her thank you for me Barrett. I responded to your PM with the requested info. It was a fun and very successful GAW. There was probably more participation than we’ve had in along time. I’ll show the beaver here when I get it. Thanks again Barrett. :) :thumbsup:
 
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