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I plan to be there!

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@cvcalhoun 149299 wrote:

I will also point out that I recently managed to accidentally leave my cell phone (with its GPS) at home when I went biking in Virginia. I printed out a map from Google maps, but what with the whole “no street signs” thing, I was losing my way anyway. But I was trying to get to Chain Bridge Road, which is a big street, so it couldn’t be that hard, right? I asked four people in a row where it was. I didn’t need a specific address, just, “What’s the quickest way to any part of Chain Bridge Road?” Not one person could tell me.

That’s because to a Virginian, the proper question is “how do I get to 123?” street names are for squares. (we also have a penchant for re-aligning roads, then keeping the street name but adding the word ‘old’ to the beginning, such as Old Chain Bridge Road, Old Lee Highway, Old Braddock Road (just to name a few). That said, I don’t actually think MD is any better in terms of marking streets (I drive in both places pretty regularly). Give me the Grid plus spokes of DC anytime.

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Question: When the form finally goes live, will I need to fill it out again, or will it magically populate with all the witty responses I provided on the draft form? What’s that you say? I’ll have to redo it? Well, blast! I doubt I can be that funny twice. You’ll just have to trust me that my responses were ~definitely~ the funniest. (said no one who has ever read any attempt I’ve made at wit).

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@cvcalhoun 149239 wrote:

All right, I’ve got a draft registration form up for comments at this link. You will notice there is no submit button. This is deliberate, so no one will try to submit it while it is still in draft. When it is final, I will add the submit button, and possibly move it over to the freezingsaddles.com site (if hozn determines that can be done). Meanwhile, fire away!

You’re the best, Carol.

And I’ve dutifully filled out my draft registration form and I can verify that it looks spectacular. Of course, filling it out (but not being able to submit it) just whets my appetite for more. I’m almost considering trying to come up with a cool side bet… something really esoteric. Like doing Something with all the signers of the Constitution, or all the Vice Presidents of the United States. Or maybe a nice pointless prize for best registration form comment (judged in the sole discretion of …. me! (but, of course, that would require me to have access to the comments, and that seems wrong somehow.)

I’m almost giddy with anticipation of Jan 1.

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I was really, really hoping that all of this would be decided, and I’d just find a link to the registration page. But no dice.

Since the rules aren’t set yet, how about:

“All Slackers must submit a pointless prize for happy hour?”

“All Noobs must create and provide a prize for at least one side bet?”

“All persons not riding every damn day, >15 miles/day, must provide at least one photograph of their bike to the forum, preferably encrusted with snow, ice or grunge, each week.”

“All persons providing substantial programming assistance for the FreezingSaddles.com website (as determined in the sole discretion of Hozn) drink free (as long as they only order draft beer or bottom shelf liquor) at all BAFS happy hours and other social events where alcohol is served…”

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Reposted from the Happy Hour Thread:

All — a last minute work conflict means that I will NOT be present for happy hour after all (despite my early planning and best efforts). this means that I will not be able to get my side bet/pointless prize treats to the respective winners. I’m not even in a position to disclose the identities of the winners because my lists are in one place and I am in another. I very much regret this turn of events.

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All — a last minute work conflict means that I will NOT be present for happy hour after all (despite my early planning and best efforts). this means that I will not be able to get my side bet/pointless prize treats to the respective winners. I’m not even in a position to disclose the identities of the winners because my lists are in one place and I am in another. I very much regret this turn of events.

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Never mind: I just e-mailed.

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Will this impact the ability to determine the variance for my PP? I presume not, since I imagine this will come from the existing data pool, right? #Askingforafriend

[CPTJohnC]

For the sake of making sure the numbers are clear, I’ll be there.

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I’m sorely tempted to try for this one, but somehow I think I’ll be eclipsed in short order. I have a grand total of 8 bikes at home and a Cabi membership… Hmmm… how much time each day can I afford to waste doing test rides at Bikenetic…?

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@KWL 133300 wrote:

Woohoo! I may be a Pointless Prize winner! All I need to do is show up for final HH. Not such a hard task unless someone books it in the hinterlands of Muralun.

Note — I added one more caveat to the prize, in the form of ‘additional major snow events’ in case that happens. But I’m happy to help ensure that many people benefit from PP generosity.

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@consularrider 133294 wrote:

Sigh, and I love baked goods, but it would probably be stale (or just crumbs) by the time it got here via diplomatic pouch anyway.

I tell you what: When you return to DC, I’ll consider whipping up a batch of something sweet and delicious just for you… I certainly have no concerns about your freezing saddle bona fides.

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I tell you what: When you return to DC, I’ll consider whipping up a batch of something sweet and delicious just for you… I certainly have no concerns about your freezing saddle bona fides.

[CPTJohnC]

Okay — I can shape both of my prizes:

1) I will, as I did last year, give 2 Pointless Prizes (1 each) for the male and female participant whose average daily mileage shows the lowest variance, but with some caveats: the person must ride at least 2/3 of the days of the competition and the average must not exceed 10 (because I like to discriminate against the high mileage folks – they get plenty of love from others, generally). My recollection is that this was pretty easy to figure out last year, but I’ll discuss any issues with the Data Gods. (HH attendance encouraged but not mandatory to win this one).

2) I will give a modest Pointless Prize for EVERY participant who rode at least 1 mile on Friday, January 22, Saturday, January 23 and Sunday, January 24, 2016, all rides to have occurred within the DC Metro area (sorry to our distant participants) and awardees must be present at the final HH to win. By my count, I’m expecting ~100 potential awardees, but I’m sure not all of them will come to HH. ***Additional Caveat: I reserve the right to include additional snow days in the event that we are lucky enough to have another major snow event before the end of BAFS2016.***

My prizes will be baked goods…

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