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@bigredboiler 210264 wrote:
First, thank you to all who participated. I really enjoyed updating the forum & getting alerts of new postings to the Google Album. Amazed at the many and unique mailboxes you found!
As I mentioned in my last post:
>200 mailboxes sharedThat’s a lot of scavenging over just 78 days.
Second, I’ll keep the Google Album public for easy sharing.
- I will copy/upload many of the mailboxes that are only in the forum today
- Feel free to add any I missed
- Also, feel free to add future mailboxes you find after Freezing Saddles
Now, burying the lead…..on to the prizes!
Most Mailboxes –> Karenbikes2 (Karen Hass)Over 50 mailboxes (that I credited
and almost 90 submitted…yikes!!!
If you want to give away any insights or secrets to how you found some many mailboxes each ride, I’m sure many of us would love you hear from you.
Did you send out scouts in cars? Did you troll Street View? Are you an Uber driver? Only Boomer2U was in your stratosphere.Most Creative/Unique –> catedrew (Cathleen Drew)for The Corn Mailbox
Well, certainly not an easy choice, but well-deserved!!
When I announced the prize, I did say this would be totally arbitrary and my decision. While that is true, I did solicit feedback from friends & family from a small list of top contenders (I’m a terrible decision maker
The corn was a narrow winner over the Lego mailbox from Erika Gardner (calculated a couple ways using rank-choice voting).
That said, several people who voted (All had no idea about this contest) emailed me to say they really liked all the mailboxes and were impressed with the cool stuff out there.Cathleen & Karen, I have musette bags (that I still need to fill w/Easter candy) for you.
Comments:- I can ride to you to deliver (socially distanced and/or in-person)
- Private message me to discuss/arrange details
- Below is a picture of the musette bag
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Other musings:
- Erika – you definitely had the highest efficacy…only 3 submitted, but they were great
- AlanA – loved the viral snowman mailbox…thanks for sharing!
- Karen – you made it challenging to keep count
- I didn’t realize how many shingled rooftop / barn mailboxes there were….one or two were memorable. I like the church w/the colored/stained glass windows for example
- Boomer – you probably rode the most widely varied places to find mailboxes…how many states? At least 3-4 I think.
- Josh – thanks for setting a high bar to start things early on. I thought you were going to win the quantity prize for a few days; I was so wrong
- It is crazy how we still use this forum; very much a love-hate relationship
- I wish Google made it easier to map the locations of these mailboxes
- I definitely look at all mailboxes these days; probably a mailbox stob though, since I hardly glance at wraps, protecting structures, the house/barn styles, or others I’ve seen in numerous places
- I’ll have to think of something to do for next year; maybe Mailboxes can continue (but only for those not already discovered….could be really challenging; maybe easier to score though
- If you have any feedback, suggestions, questions for me, try my here or via PM
Thank you all again!!!
Keep riding!
Be safe!
See you on the road!Kris Stein
(bigredboiler)Not really any secrets to finding the mailboxes that I did, other than riding down every single residential street I passed on my route. No, I am not an Uber driver, and I didn’t do any driving to scout for mailboxes. I do have to confess that there is one that I first saw from my car while running an errand – the church mailbox with the stained glass on Hunter Mill Rd. That mailbox was my primary destination for the next day’s ride. I didn’t troll Google Maps street view to search for mailboxes. For some reason the Reston-Herndon-Vienna area is just rich in unique mailboxes — lots of single family homes owned by folks with time and money for upgrading their mailboxes? At any rate, it was fun and motivated me many a day during the last couple of months! Thanks again, Kris!
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From my 3/12/21 ride:
3747 Capetown Dr, Orlando, FL
3622 Shell Cove Ln, Orlando, FL
3965 Lake Mira Dr, Orlando, FL
3702 Shell Cove Ln, Orlando, FL
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One more mailbox from my 3/11/21 ride:
8255 Pamlico St, Orlando, FLAnd here it is lit up at night (seen on tonight’s ride – 3/14/21):
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Mailboxes from my 3/11/21 ride:
3095 Crane Strand Dr, Winter Park, FL
3069 Bluebrook Dr, Winter Park, FL
7764 Lady Frances Way, Orlando, FL
3501 TCU Blvd, Orlando, FLSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Mailbox from 3/4/21 ride:
2826 Tech Dr, Orlando, FL
Yes the mailbox is plain but couldn’t resist because the post it’s mounted on is so cool!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Two more mailboxes from my 3/1/21 ride:
2787 Hill Rd, Vienna
2873 Hibbard St, ViennaSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Mailboxes from 3/1/21 ride:
2657 Five Oaks Rd, Vienna
2601 Five Oaks Rd, Vienna
2642 Five Oaks Rd, Vienna
2793 Hill Rd, ViennaSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
@drevil 209519 wrote:
3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)
On March 11, 1950, Bobby McFerrin – famous for the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” – was born. Fun fact, this song was the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
So I was originally going to ask you to find a happy face, but that seems meh. To up it a notch and hopefully make it more fun, on your ride, find a face using pareidolia:
The tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual patternA few rules:
- Describe what you are seeing
- Don’t use an actual face
- It has to be outside
- It can’t be of or on a phone
Happy hunting!
Examples:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]25015[/ATTACH]Here are some examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1xMB50kFsU
3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)
Face in the clouds – top to bottom, eyes, a wide nose with a distinct point and bulbous nostrils on either side, and a mouth set in a straight (ish) line with a small beard beneath.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
