Pointless Prize – Bicycle #Bingo

[AlanA]

2/16 – Xmas Ornament

Both of these are clearly related to Christmas and are decorative.   The mailbox only has a ‘wrap’ so doesn’t qualify as a custom mailbox.  The banner does not qualify as a flag.  If you still feel that this doesn’t count, oh well.

[CBGanimal]

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[cabel]

2/14/24 flag military, POW

[CBGanimal]

Ok I have another temple but I will argue that who am I to tell people it’s a temple, or a church or anything else they want to call themselves.  It had temple in the name.

But here is another temple called Sri Hanuman Temple of North America (again I can’t verify its a temple but it has it in the name)  taken on the same day 2/13/24 and is on my strava ride for that day.

[Kbikeva]

@cvcalhoun – sorry you’re sick. I hope you feel better soon. Thanks for running the bingo game. Because I’m sponsoring the #scavhunt, I don’t really have the same excitement about looking for something, so in the rare event that a bingo item is on my card, I get a little bit happy.

Now I’m on the fence about changing for a new card. It’s like the phone finally ringing once you give up waiting and go ahead and get in the shower…

Kelley

[cvcalhoun]

@alana wrote:

2/16 – Xmas Ornament

Both of these are clearly related to Christmas and are decorative. The mailbox only has a ‘wrap’ so doesn’t qualify as a custom mailbox. The banner does not qualify as a flag. If you still feel that this doesn’t count, oh well.

I’ll accept that one.

[cvcalhoun]

@cbganimal wrote:

Ok I have another temple but I will argue that who am I to tell people it’s a temple, or a church or anything else they want to call themselves. It had temple in the name.

Believe me, I’m not arguing that the first one wasn’t a temple. I’ve belonged to a couple of synagogues that were also temples in my time, and would never argue that they weren’t temples. However, the post for this one said:

Given that “synagogue” and “church” are separate items, I’m allowing only a Mormon temple or a temple that is neither a synagogue nor a church (e.g., Buddhist). Can be a photo of either the building or the sign, but you must identify the building if there is no name shown.

So a church that is called a temple is indeed a temple. But because I don’t want the same building to count for two different Bingo items, I disallowed it for the “temple” one. I allowed a Mormon one only because Mormons distinguish between a temple (used only for specific kinds of ceremonies) and a church (the one you might attend regularly), so a Mormon temple wouldn’t qualify as a church.

In any event, your second entry definitely qualifies.

[cvcalhoun]

@kbikeva wrote:

@cvcalhoun – sorry you’re sick. I hope you feel better soon. Thanks for running the bingo game. Because I’m sponsoring the #scavhunt, I don’t really have the same excitement about looking for something, so in the rare event that a bingo item is on my card, I get a little bit happy.

Now I’m on the fence about changing for a new card. It’s like the phone finally ringing once you give up waiting and go ahead and get in the shower…

Kelley

Oh, I know. Your chances of something being called in the next game are exactly the same, regardless of your card. However, there are circumstances in which you might want to change cards:

• You’re superstitious, and hope changing cards will change your luck, even though you know that’s not rational.
• You have items on your card that you think you’d have trouble finding even if they were called. For example, if you have a card with a bunch of Xmas items on it, you might not want to try to find those in March.

[AlanA]

@cvcalhoun Hah! I got the lecture last year on the whole church/temple/synagogue thing.  However, sometimes you gotta try with what you got.  If it doesn’t work, oh well. (Oh, and thanks for the acceptance of Xmas Ornaments.  I tried to build my case.)

[bigredboiler]

2-16 X-Mas Ornament

If this doesn’t qualify, let me know.  So many choices still out there 🙂

[chill-dad]

@cvcalhoun, thanks for running this game for us and I hope you’re feeling better soon.

[chill-dad]

2/16/24 Xmas Ornament

Leftover red bow on a bush

[JoM]

2/17/2024 – Mascot

#feartheturtle

[Kbikeva]

2/17/24 Mascot

This tile mural celebrates the mascot of Hunters Woods Elementary School in Reston — the HWES Mustangs

 

[CaseyKane50]

2/16/2024 Christmas Ornament

These light up at night, but I think the candy canes also would qualify as ornaments.

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