After receiving a dozen or so submissions for the first-ever contest at Purgatory, we are pleased to announce that a winner has been determined!
First though, I must admit it was kind of a trick question. Those who knew our original water estimate based upon the dimensions of the pool were at a disadvantage, as that was too high–44 x 22 feet with an average depth of 6 feet (3 in the shallow and 9 in the deep end) gave us an estimate of 44,000 gallons of water, so we anticipated 11 or so water trucks carrying 3800 gallons each. When it came time to fill though, the truck used held 4000 gallons, and we filled it with just 9 loads, as the actual capacity of the pool is just over 35,000 gallons–still a lot, but not as insane as we originally thought.
So those that had no knowledge whatsoever of the original estimates had a much better chance by just tossing some numbers out into the void. And our winner, with a guess of 37,000 gallons and estimating the trucks at 10-ish, is Leigh who originally hails from Adelaide, Australia, but now lives in Ireland. The next closest guess was about 5000 gallons off, so while he was just a bit over on both estimates, this is not The Price is Right, so he will receive a Purgatory cap and stickers–as soon as the caps arrive here and I can ship one out to him.
Leigh also recently visited us here at Purgatory where he was adamant that he have his photo taken outside my office windows so that he could appear over at Stega.org as a “rare” wildlife sighting. You can see that post over here.
We are planning a few more contests in the coming months, so never fear! There will more silly chances to win things.
