So funny. Great story.
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Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 7:01 PM
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Subject: [The-L] Ice out judgement...
Well. Duncan decided to explore the bottom of the pond right in the middle of
the densest collection of guessing times in the whole contest. Our best
composite information now suggests that the plunge took place after 12:00
(seen up on his pedestal by Robin, our postal deliverer, at that time) and
before 1:00 (Cary Noel confirms that the Duncan was below at that time). The
problem is that we have parties who submitted guesses for 12:00 and 1:00.
12:30 is our fulcrum of decision.
I paddled out there through the slush today and recovered the timer that was
set with the whole assembly. It is the cheapest analog watch I could find at
our local big box store, the idea being that when it went under the battery
would flood and stop the watch at the moment of immersion. When I bought it I
made sure that it did not specify that it was waterproof. I was confident that
this would settle the uncertainty and I could announce a winner.
IT WAS STILL TICKING. Accurately. Fully submerged. How cheap does one have to
go to get a lousy device? I should return it ranting and raving, "I want my
seven bucks back. It still runs!" Well, you get what you pay for, I guess.
So. I'll give another couple of days for any more specific crowdsourcing. If
anyone remembers passing Moore's Pond between noon and one on Monday, April 1
and they noticed the dog up or down, please contact me before Friday at
jimmcraejim@gmail. Otherwise we'll have to declare a kind of unsatisfying tie.
Jim
