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Slopefest Redux (by Biffermas)
Special thanks to Leisa and Doolie for offering their pictures and input.
Slopefest exceeded our expectations by a wide margin; it is remarkable what similar beasts we are! I cemented longterm friendships in Las Vegas this past weekend, and I felt honored to be part of the festivities. Many thanks to Tim for pulling this broad community together and organizing the event.
For those interested, I've cordoned off many other pictures taken by Leisa, Doolie, and myself along with unblemished versions of the slideshow. (Click here)
SLIX Reaching Worrisome Levels
The First Supper
Well, the first Slopefest is now history. We had a group of sixteen, and we drank, ate, and talked for four fun hours here in Las Vegas. It's been a long day, and I'm getting caught up on computer stuff, so here are a couple of snapshots from the festivities. Thanks to those of you who came!
In attendance were Vittorio, KC, Leisa, humbledukes, Fergie, Giledain, biffermas, Baby Dragon, DaveMcD, doolie, wing, and gary_savage, along with me and some Slope spouses. What a great crew! I'm sure there will be many stories shared in the coming days.
Winners In The Slopefest S & P Guessing Contest
I show a cash close on the S & P 500 to be 1110.88. We have some very uncannily close predictions. As you will recall, by contest rules, first and second prizes cannot be awarded to any guess that exceeds the cash close. Prizes for third and fourth place are without regard to the over rule. Booby prize to the furthest away from cash close is also without regard to the over rule. Without further ado:
First Place: the winner of 2 Morgan Silver Dollars goes to 1110.00
Second Place: the winner of 1 Morgan Silver Dollar goes to 1106.50
Third Place: winner of a fine selection of crisp German Weimar Notgeld notes goes to 1110.97 (Special note to FB on THAT call. Buddy, if you ever start a paid service, sign me up! Unreal!)
Fourth Place: winner of a bull sac (whatever that is!) goes to 1112.20.
Booby Prize: a fine example of Zimbabwe hyper-inflationary fiat goes to 913. (note to 1271..DP, close, but no cigar).
I will be getting in touch by email with the winners so that you can supply me with postal addresses for prize delivery. I am responsible for prizes 1 through 3. Biffermans will be sending out prizes 4 and 5. Please, do not contact through the email address by which you entered the contest. That address has been turned over to Tim Knight, our most gracious host, for purposes of Slopefest.
Again, thank you all for participating and hearty congratulations to the winners.
