Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[drevil]

EDIT 3/23/21 – FINAL RESULTS POST: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=210265#post210265
EDIT 3/17/21 – FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

I love taking photos, and having a goal usually ups the fun factor, so I’m doing a daily photo scavenger hunt.

Every night, I’ll post something you have to take a picture of the next day (along with the date). I’ll try my best to post before midnight.

It might be an object (a stop sign), a theme (something blue), specific (e.g., a bike laying on the ground), vague (e.g., confusion), a mish-mash of those, or none of those.

Rules:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’21
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. It has to be posted on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, I won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
4. The reason I say “for the day it is requested” is because I might do requests a few days ahead of time, but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. It has to be posted here on the forum in this thread
6. There should be text either in the title or in the post with the date and the found object/theme. Another option is to “Reply With Quote” the post with the request, i.e., simply click that button on the bottom right of my request so it is quoted above your picture
7. Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
8. It has to be a picture you took, so if you’re in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2021”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point. (Rule added on 1/2/21)
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo. (Rule amended on 1/4/21)
13. Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it. (Rule added on 1/3/21)
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that I know anything about such things

Photoshop? by bikecentric, on Flickr

Scoring: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/edit?usp=sharing

1. If you follow all the rules above, it’s 1 point/picture. I’ll like your pic if I have added the point to the tally sheet.
2. If I feel like you haven’t met all the rules, I’ll give you .25 points for the effort (Added on 1/11/21)
3. I’ll keep a tally with your forum name. I may reach out to you via the forum’s messaging, or ask you to reach out to me in a post in this thread.
4. EDIT ON 3/17/21: THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE -> At the end of FS, every like in each of your pic posts = +1 point. I’ll add these up at the end
   So for example, your pic has met all the conditions at the top, and has 3 likes. That will add 4 points (1 for the pic +3 for the likes) to your pot.

Notes:

1. Prizes TBD
2. Contest starts 1/1/21 and goes until the last day of FS ’21
3. Some of these will be hard. Fret not, some will be easy, so skip those days that are too difficult
4. Don’t ever ever ever ever do anything that can put you in danger or will result in hurting yourself. I promise I won’t ask for any pics of you riding on the Beltway
5. I might post pics, but mine don’t count in the contest

EDIT 3/17/21 -SEE FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

Topic

[rumipumi]

2/26 Acronym or initialism

RFP = Request For Proposal

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[komorebi]

@drevil 208675 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

2/26/2021 — acronym or initialism. In urbanist circles, opponents of development are often labeled as NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) or CAVEs (Citizen Against Virtually Everything). But the acronym that amuses me the most is BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone).

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[Kbikeva]

@komorebi 208690 wrote:

2/26/2021 — acronym or initialism. In urbanist circles, opponents of development are often labeled as NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard) or CAVEs (Citizen Against Virtually Everything). But the acronym that amuses me the most is BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone).

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Love that! Of course, there are the MAMIL’s out there (middle age male in lycra) but I’ve not seen one actually wearing the acronym, just bearing it.

[CBGanimal]

@drevil 208675 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

On February 26, 1935, Watson-Watt demonstrates the feasibility of RADAR – RAdio Detection And Ranging – to the British Air Ministry. This got me to thinking that there are acronyms everywhere, especially when you count hidden ones.

I have ridden by this road with actual RADAR in the background that I just had to go with it…not to mention a Watson was involved so it has to be good!!!

Radar (RAdio Detection And Ranging)

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[josh]

@drevil 208675 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

I’m hoping that playing to drevil’s true passions will yield an extra point or two– here’s KIMBAll Street.
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IMBA is the International Mountain Bicycling Association, and is focused on trail access. MORE (the Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts) is the local (for most of you all) chapter, and I’m sure many of you have ridden on some of the trails that MORE has built — Lake Fairfax, Fountainhead, the Shed, Patapsco, Fort Dupont, etc.

[Nadine]

@cvcalhoun 208686 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)
This one is a twofer: BCCRS (Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad) and CFC (Combined Federal Campaign).

I started out thinking I was going to Keep It Simple Stupid, with a picture of a Kiss & Ride sign. But on the way home, I kept finding more acronyms and initialisms everywhere. There were:

• HSBC=Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
• AZNA=Aziz & Naid. (The website of AZNA Salon says this is the derivation.)
• NTB=National Tire & Battery.
• PDG=Prestipino Dental Group (What this one stood for was right on the same sign.)
• SAT=Scholastic Aptitude Test and ACT=American College Testing. (There was an SAT and ACT prep sign.)
• NIH=National Institutes of Health sign that mentioned COVID-19=COronaVIrus Disease 2019.

I thought about going to the B-CC YMCA=Bethesda-Chevy Chase Young Men’s Christian Association, but decided that was really overkill.

Ultimately, I decided to go with the sign that had both the longest initialism and a second initialism.

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Way to trailblaze!
Also I think it’s good you didn’t get the Kiss & Ride sign. I’m not sure that kiss is meant to be the acronym.

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[Mtansill]

@Nadine 208697 wrote:

Way to trailblaze!
Also I think it’s good you didn’t get the Kiss & Ride sign. I’m not sure that kiss is meant to be the acronym.

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Mmm.. but the examples Ricky gave sort of made it loose. The acronym in “gifts” is “gif” – but they probably didn’t mean to include gif when they used the word gifts. Hope that makes sense. Check out my entry for another type of twist that I think is acceptable.

[Mtansill]

@drevil 208675 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

I am not sure what the owners of this center meant when they used the term SCETA, but obviously to me it stands for Southern California Engineering Technologists Association. https://mybar.cpp.edu/organization/sceta :rolleyes:

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[jen_stoly]

2/26/21 acronym

ENT!

[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 208675 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

Found a 2-fer while stopping on my ride for lunch in Warrenton at the Sunny Hills American Grill

1. American District Telegraph (ADT)
2. COrona VIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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[Kbikeva]

2/26 Acronym or initialism

Remember when this wasn’t ubiquitous? It is so much a part of the landscape now that I forget to notice it — so I was standing in the coffee shop awaiting my latte and exclaimed (too loudlyl) to my riding partner, “WIFI! I found it!” Well, duh — it’s a coffee shop with customers mostly under 30. No one would show up if it didn’t have WIFI!

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WIFI

[Shawnbeast]

2/26
In the style of hidden acronyms, I’m going with the NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer, used in the military) hidden in the name of my local taekwondo studio.

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 208675 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

Ramen contains RAM (Random Access Memory), an essential component of computers and smartphones. Many of us can’t function without either!

[LisaE]

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

2-in-1 photo op. STEMTree in Falls Church for Science Technology Engineering Math. CVS for Consumer Value Stores (original business name) or Cardiovascular System (if you prefer).

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[karenbikes2]

@drevil 208675 wrote:

2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)

On February 26, 1935, Watson-Watt demonstrates the feasibility of RADAR – RAdio Detection And Ranging – to the British Air Ministry. This got me to thinking that there are acronyms everywhere, especially when you count hidden ones.

On your ride, find an acronym or initialism, whether it be standalone or within other words. Here’s a list of some examples: https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/articles/common-accronyms.html

Two things for this hunt:

1. It has to be 3 letters or more
2. You have to let us know what your acronym/initialism is and spell it out

Happy hunting!

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2/26/21 – Acronym or Initialism (3 letters or more)
NCO = non-commissioned officer

I thought this was going to be a tough one, but lots of options discovered on my ride today: “wks” in a “Seahawks Dr” street sign, “ent” in multiple signs for various “centers,” and “ATT” in Black Lives Matter” signs. This was the first one I saw so decided to go with it.

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