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MarciaB's hubby, David, came up with an idea for one more contest to continue a bit of the gathering fun. Here's how it's going to work.

You have until I wake up on Wednesday morning and close this thread to post a guess as to how many pictures were taken at the Savannah Gathering from start to finish (aka from 6:00 Friday night until Sunday at 12:30pm), including all events, sightseeing, etc. by all members and participants, but not including the webcam shots.

Post a number here.

Starting Wednesday, we'll have everyone who attended, post their photo counts in a new thread I will start, tally them and who ever comes closest (yes, you can go over) will win some SlowTrav Goodies, a one-year membership, and some other things (yet to be determined) that I'm going to throw in.

Please, one guess, and one guess only per registered member. You did not have to attend the gathering to participate. This is open to everyone. Okay - so how crazy do you think those flashes were going??
 
Posts: 14501 | Location: Casa dei Cerrbiati, NJ, USA | Registered: 16 June 2001Report This Post
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WOW! what a great idea! so, here is our guess:

12389

cheers!


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Okay, wild guess: 8730!


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My 32,000 is for the gross amount before deletion of the fuzzy ones which were taken by all after being boozed up...


Take out the fuzzy, boozed up ones and I suspect your count can be reduced to about 2,000!

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I love contests! My guess is 5,500...
 
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Well Doru I have no idea what happened there - you edited your post, and my post quoting you ended up under your name??? See what happens when you mention booze - even the website gets fuzzy!


Anyway, my guess is 16,200.


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Originally posted by Sheena:
Well Doru I have no idea what happened there - you edited your post, and my post quoting you ended up under your name??? See what happens when you mention booze - even the website gets fuzzy!

Sheena, we've definitely established a first! I've no idea what went on there, but hey, I'll just go get a glass of wine and this will make it normal, I guess! Confused
 
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I just adore the thought of something to include all the folks who were not able to attend! Wonderful idea.

4893


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Wow, I am so impressed with myself, editing Doru's posts. This may go to my head - I won't even need the glass of wine!


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oooo..FUN!
Let's see about 85 attendee, averaging 50 shots each is 4,250 PLUS the 3,000 that I'm sure my buddies, Wendy and Rob took all by themselves Garlic Man....

My guess is 7,250


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Ok, I am going to aim higher... 3,000 for Wendy and Rob... about the same for Brenda, and then there's Softdrink / Jill who took close to 70 on the first day alone... with close to 100 attendees and 200 shots on their digital camera memory.. and buying another chip to load more...

23,456 Big Grin
 
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If you really want to get technical about this, I can tell you that there were 97 attendees of which 3 were children/young adults and there were 30 couples.

I can't tell you whether the children owned cameras, nor whether the couples each had their own camera or shared.

We also neglected to ask on the registration form just how much (digital) memory each person planned to take!


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Well......I'd say....19,541.

And, by the way...we need an update on what went on, who said what, who was the liveliest; Wine Chicken Dance Wink, etc., etc., etc.!!!!!!
Come on,tell all!!!
 
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I'll go with a nice even 10,004.
 
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Yikes!!! All the best numbers have been taken!

Well, I'll take a wild stab and say ....

8,100!

Sandra
 
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My guess is 3,560.

Carole
 
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Well, alright! I'm going with 12,459. It's just a hunch and I'm thinking positive thoughts and ... oh, wait a minute. I tried that system on the super #1 door prize and it didn't work. So, never mind. Note Note

And, Kim, what a nice touch to include everybody!
 
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Guessing:

9,556

gloria
 
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Back from the GTG - still blinded by the flashes of cameras . . .

I bet 9,350!
 
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Well let's see - with Palma there to photograph all the food, Brenda covering the gorgeous spring blooms, Wendy making sure she had everyone's feet and faces, and Jill covering all the sights -- I'm guessin there were a BUNCH of photos. Except - with all the eatin' and the drinkin' and ghost chasin', no one had a hand free to snap it all.

My guess? 7,817.

Judy
 
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Wow, I can't believe how high some of these numbers are. I'm going to shoot low and guess 5,000 . That's still a lot of photos...

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Lets go with 4107.

Paula
 
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quote:
If you really want to get technical about this, I can tell you that there were 97 attendees of which 3 were children/young adults and there were 30 couples.



OOOPS!

I think Sheena meant 87 attendees.

Here's my guess.

9260.

Totally random... I just know Wendy and Rob were shooting a lot as were Brenda and Jill.

jan
 
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I am going with my lucky number and say 7,777!

Nancy
 
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a guess as to how many pictures were taken at the Savannah Gathering from start to finish (aka from 6:00 Friday night until Sunday at 12:30pm),

So, Kim, when we all get around to counting up our pictures, are we not supposed to include any that were taken on Thursday at the Pre-Gathering Gathering?
 
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