Members Lucky Posted January 25, 2012 Members Posted January 25, 2012 Here are the tallies to date for those who entered the MER Contest: EXPAT 634 Lucky 280 Lurkerspeaks 91 FourAces 79 BiBBoy 77 JKane 73 Five contestants are under 50 300 posts are required to get in the raffle. Quote
Guest lurkerspeaks Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Thanks for the update, Lucky. Guess I need to put a little more effort into it if I want to "win".. But bottom line is this...aren't we all winners if we get some more traffic here? Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 25, 2012 Author Members Posted January 25, 2012 Damn it, only 73!? Yes, which makes your comment in the other thread insulting. People have every right to make their feelings about the contest known. It attracted only ten entrants. Only five of those are following through. One of those five is no longer posting. So, only 4 are following through. Two of those 4, you and lurkerspeaks, seem disappointed in your tallies. So that leaves two contestants trying, one of whom is me. I think that gives me the right to speak my feelings. For a contest that was supposed to get more posting, some are actually posting less. Only EXPAT has increased his posting due to the contest. So why would we not want to point that out? Should we maintain the charade that the contest is a big success? Quote
Guest lurkerspeaks Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 yes, I would love to win a prize in this contest.. But I refuse to post just to post. I post when I feel I have something interesting to say or when something someone else has posted strikes a chord in me. I know that not everyone here is interested in the same things that might interest me. But if one person sees one of my posts and comments on it, then I know that it was a worthwhile post. Sure I would love it if every post I make was to receive a hundred intelligent responses. But it just aint gonna happen. So, I will post when I feel the need.. irregardless of contest.. Quote
Members RA1 Posted January 25, 2012 Members Posted January 25, 2012 Correct Lurker. I KNOW everyone here is NOT interested in every thing that I am and I try to keep my boring quotient to a bare minimum. More bare would be good. Otherwise, I have been out of town and otherwise distracted for much of the contest. Not to worry, everything will even out eventually. Best regards, RA1 Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 25, 2012 Members Posted January 25, 2012 Not to worry, everything will even out eventually. I don't want it to even out, I want my $500. Quote
Guest CharliePS Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Well, this post at least bumps me into the 50 and over category (that's posts, not age), but I doubt that I can get to 300. Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 25, 2012 Members Posted January 25, 2012 The race is not always to the swift, Charlie. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Here are the tallies to date for those who entered the MER Contest: EXPAT 634 Lucky 280 Lurkerspeaks 91 FourAces 79 BiBBoy 77 JKane 73 Five contestants are under 50 300 posts are required to get in the raffle. I would like a recount please ... if that means I have to move back to FL to get one so be it Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 26, 2012 Author Members Posted January 26, 2012 I would like a recount please ... if that means I have to move back to FL to get one so be it No problem! You are now at 85. You should easily make 300. Quote
Members Lucky Posted February 1, 2012 Author Members Posted February 1, 2012 One week later: EXPAT 787 Lucky 343 Jkane 148 FourAces 122 Lurkerspks 95 CharliePS and MsGuy are fighting it out, with 67 for Charlie and 64 for Msguy. It looks like all of the above could reach 300 by May 1st. Quote
Members JKane Posted February 1, 2012 Members Posted February 1, 2012 300? I'm hoping for a miracle and the 2186 or whatever it is goal! Quote
Members lookin Posted February 1, 2012 Members Posted February 1, 2012 I started with 956 posts after five years and this will be my 37th post in thirty days. So I've upped my posting rate by at least half. With another 121 days to go, I'll need to double my output again just to get a ride in Oz's hat. And even then I'll be merely one of a dozen or more slips of paper competing for a single $500 prize. To be one of the three folks who post 2190 times by May 31st, I'll need to post eighteen times a day. Assuming no one sees me coming and pulls ahead leaving me once again dithering in the dust, my prize will work out to about 23¢ a post. As it's hard for me to create a post in under fifteen minutes, even on a good day, that works out to under a buck an hour. Not bad for 貴州, but barely enough for an organic fig here in Northern California. So what is it that keeps so many of my fellow posters' eyes on the prize? Is it the lure of the lucre? The roar of the approving crowds? The thrill of the hunt? Or perhaps something far more cryptic and cunning? Who's willing to share their little secret? Quote
Members MsGuy Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 Who's willing to share their little secret? LOL, well I was going for the lucre, at least until a certain party pooper popped my balloon by pointing out my efforts would be rewarded on a scale comparable to peasant wages in an inland province of mainland China. There's always some #*$%@ bean counter with an abacus that kills the dream. Quote
Members lookin Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 Well, as usual, MsGuy, you're right on target. As you suggested, I reached out to a Mr. Hai Gai, Night Production Manager at the Pushi Industrial Company in beautiful downtown Zhejiang, a leading manufacturer of balloons for parties, holidays and commercial purposes. I asked him how he was able to make a balloon to sell for a mere penny. Productivity! was his answer. When I told him it takes me fifteen minutes to make a post on an escort-related bulletin board with a contest going on, I could hear his guffaws all the way from Ningbo. You not win that way! he told me. You need productivity. Make all posts same. Make fast. Even the most parsimonious bean counter would know at once that he spoke the truth. I thanked him for his insight, ordered an extra tank of helium, and sat down to plot our new strategy. We need posts that are quick to do, and maybe come in a couple of colors for our more fashion-conscious readers. That's it. Say something like this: My .. . are on the Only 2152 posts to go! One after the other, ten seconds tops, and we could smoke this contest! Quote
Members lookin Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 My .. . are on the Only 2151 posts to go! Quote
Members lookin Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 My .. . are on the Only 2150 posts to go! Quote
Members lookin Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 My .. . are on the Only 2149 posts to go! Quote
Members lookin Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 My .. . are on the . . . Well, you get the drift. As no one else reads my posts, our secret strategy is safe and you and I could tie this thing up by tomorrow afternoon! PS: Be on the lookout for a package addressed to MsGuy from Mai Gai. Consider it an early distribution. Quote
Members MsGuy Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 My .. . are on the Only 2080 posts to go! Quote
Members MsGuy Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 It worked! OH JOYFUL DAY!!! Quote
Members MsGuy Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 My .. . are on the Only 2078 posts to go! Lucky, Expat and the rest of those competitive suckers can kiss their asses goodbye!! Quote
Members MsGuy Posted February 2, 2012 Members Posted February 2, 2012 My .. . are on the Only 2077 posts to go! hee hee hee...sorry I couldn't help myself Quote
Members Lucky Posted February 2, 2012 Author Members Posted February 2, 2012 So far today Jkane is tied with EXPAT for the lead- 26 posts each. Lucky and MsGuy tied at 13...how lucky for me! Quote
