Charlie Cheetah Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Answers sent as well. I had to look up all 5 this time. And I was a bit surprised at #2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yuk Kui Ng Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 ...so I sent the wife outside to shovel the walk this morning, and set a timer for how long it took her to finish. In unrelated news, I'm cooking my own dinner tonight. Wow, is that a perfect exaple of cause and effect or what? What are the odds you'll be sleeping in the garage? >>Holy cow, I cant believe I actually won! haha Address sent! Sending your address? I believe that Waco expects you to go up to his house to relieve his wife of the snow shoveling duties and only then do you collect your prize. Yuk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) edited Edited December 10, 2012 by Charlie Cheetah Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chorse6 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 #2 is interesting! Great little story. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm surprised there wasn't a question about what model kits were used to represent the F-14s in the Robot Chicken sketch (they look like Monogram kits to me, right down to the glue seam on the side of the nose). :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 #2 is interesting! Great little story. I found it interesting as well. I work for that company and I had no knowlwedge of any connnection with Norad's Santa tracking mission. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waco Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 TIME IS UP! (Wow, am I running late today) One of the few modern updates to the Santa Claus legend to have gained any traction is the NORAD Tracks Santa tradition. NTS first begun in 1955 under CONAD, after a Sears Roebuck advertisement in a Colorado Springs newspaper offered to allow children to "call Santa," but mistakenly printed the number to the CONAD Center in Colorado Springs. The on duty supervisor began advising his controllers to report Santa's position in response to the children's calls, and the tradition was born! In 1958, it continued under the reorganized bi-national command, NORAD, and continues to this day! If you have kids, and you've never checked out NTS on Christmas Eve, I highly recommend you check it out! 1. Based on above, 1955 or 1958 were treated as acceptable answers 2. See above! Sears is the correct answer 3. A typical NORAD Tracks Santa volunteer will answer, on average 40 calls per hour. The team typically handles more than 12,000 e-mails and more than 70,000 telephone calls from more than two hundred countries and territories. 4. There are several...Ringo Starr was the most popular response to this question 5. Discussions about ROE aside, the current Commander, NORAD, is General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr So, all told, there were 9 correct answers submitted by ARCer within the specified time period. Using the number of cars in the ditch on the way to work this morning as my random number generator, submission #7, nerdling is tonight's winner! Congrats, please PM me your address for prize shipment. Next question will be up in a bit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nerdling Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Wow. I never win anything. Thanks Waco!! PM inbound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geebert Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Wow, thems a lotta kids, all waiting for Santa, well good job nerdling, and AZ's turn for snow is predicted for thurs thru Sun. Model building time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waco Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Question #9 Tonight's Prize: Something Egg-citing! Tonight's question is for the ARC linguists. How do you say "Merry Christmas" in: Russian? Danish? German? Hawaiian? Polish? It's 2330 in Alaska. You have 12 hours! Ready....GO! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Inquisitor Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Great and now I found why Waco only counted 3 people with correct answers for the Real #6 question, despite I got them all correct. Finished writing, left it in the draft box and didn't send. D'oh! I blame Mike tempting me with beer! Question #9 answers sent. Edited December 11, 2012 by Inquisitor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 im so on to this one ! never too early to get ready for Easter! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GEH737 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Mike doesn't drink because he wants to - he drinks because you kids make him sad... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Oh yeah, he's the poster child for depression! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geebert Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Answers submitted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Answers submitted. Funny, I didn't think the Germans had a word for merry! (just keeding, my family is German so I mean no offense) Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waco Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Either we've got a collection of cunning linguists here on ARC, or you've all developed mad google skillz over the last 9 days....pretty healthy response to this round. Still a few hours left... I just wanted to post a quick update on prizes. We're nearing the end of this little holiday extravaganza (see how I didn't go for the cheap joke? Egg-stravaganza? You're better than that), with a mere three days left. With Day-12, the Grand Prize, still looming on the horizon, I wanted to assure you: it's a doozy. Seriously, this is a significant giveaway, with a lot of interest in the model-building world, and I think you guys will like it. So keep your eyes peeled! Additionally, the contest for best PS of Mikey's drinking pics remains open! The winner of that little endeavor will take home a $100 Gift Card from TwoMikes Resin. So start PhotoShopping, kids! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Well since you put it THAT way! Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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GEH737 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 A contest with Mikey! Sweeeeet. I'm in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Inspired by a FB post from the 2011 Omaha Nats: (that FB post is NOT a photoshop) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 This just keeps getting better! My two faves: Next patient, and Iceman! ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Alright finally decided to do some Two mike magic Humm casting resin tap these two are for Mikes avatar! Mike Farley in Tommey boy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 PENCILS DOWN!!! No less than 14 ARCers submitted the correct answers to the Christmas lingual challenge, but I have to give props to inquisitor, who certainly submitted the most complete and creative answer: Russian: С Рождеством Христовым (s Rozdestvom Xristovym)Danish: Glædelig Jul German: Froehliche Weihnachten Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka Polish: Wesolych Swiat And just because I speak this languages too. Spanish: Feliz Navidad Chinese: 圣诞快乐 (Shèngdà n kuà ilè) Japanese: メリークリスマス (merii kurisumasu) And we can't leave the geeks and others out! Latin: Felix dies Nativitatis Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon Klingon: QISmaS Quch Daghajjaj Vulcan: horam Najulachti Elvish: Ná merye i turuhalmeri! Na'vi: sìltsan trr -fa nawm ay-t<er>ìng And for our future overlords Binary: 01001101011001010111001001110010011110010010000001 00001101101000011100100110100101110011011101000110 11010110000101110011 So to inquisitor, a very 0001111010011101101011 to you too! Of the 14 correct answers, I went out and gridded the snow strewn front lawn, and waited for our nightly moose visitor to make a moose nuggets deposit in one of the numbered squares. Not sure if you count a moose pooping in your number lucky or not, but congratulations to majortomski, the winner of the Eggplanes set! Majortomski, please PM me your address. Number 10 will be posted shortly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Of the 14 correct answers, I went out and gridded the snow strewn front lawn, and waited for our nightly moose visitor to make a moose nuggets deposit in one of the numbered squares. Not sure if you count a moose pooping in your number lucky or not, but congratulations to majortomski, the winner of the Eggplanes set! Majortomski, please PM me your address. Outstanding! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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