Beryl Guessing Competition

[Wwoofa]

Less than a day to go to get your guess in ! 

No-one has guessed the weight exactly yet so there still a good chance

[Wwoofa]

The Comp closes in 15 mins !  Still time to slip in a quick guess 

[mehoose]

LOL, you ok Woofa? Need help with the kalkulata 

[Wwoofa]

According the Woofa scales the official weights are:

Single Gem from Heffernan's   23.80 carats
Bag 'o Beryl from Cow Flat     340.80 carats

Total Weight is 364.60 carats

So the winner is sioux with a guess of 365.20 carats.

Congrats to sioux ... send me a PM with your postal details and I'll mail them off to you  

I'll post all the guesses in a few minutes.

[Wwoofa]

Here's the full list of guesses ....

Guess   Who
301.70   jamo
305.00   cjm
305.50   crab
310.00   bjhodgkin
314.60   kiwi pete
318.20   lapis lupinus
322.50   mudpuddler
326.70   hawkeye
326.75   karl
327.85   rexl
328.20   barrett
332.32   gearloose
335.50   rockman
337.40   daz
340.10   findem
345.70   rustyryan
347.00   michaelbav
350.00   bucket
354.20   ghost
355.00   capt mendoza
357.00   wolfram
362.30   klingon
365.20   sioux
368.00   pete
368.50   rockz88
369.90   mithril
371.20   shaker
374.00   lord_thunda
375.50   fossickeract
377.70   hunter v
379.00   jimnyjerry
380.00   steve
381.50   jbk
384.00   TG
386.20   makes_things
391.00   gussyy
393.00   fullerton
395.10   moonshadow
396.50   southerly

[Wwoofa]

Just because it's Xmas I've decided to send a bag of Cow Flat Beryl to 2nd & 3rd place as well.

So klingon & pete ... if you PM me your postal details I'll send you a Bag o' Beryl too

[Capt. Mendoza]

Congrats Sioux!!!

[Capt. Mendoza]

So close...

[oldlrnut]

Thanks again Woofa for your generosity and the entertainment generated by the competition.
I decided to try a new strategy this time around and wait until nearly the end and average all of the guesses. Ended up using tha strategy of becoming distracted by work and not putting any guess in. Sigh!

[Wwoofa]

The next Gem of the Month looks like it's going to be Zircon according to the votes so far.

The comp for some tasty Zircon will start early January

[mehoose]

Congrats Sioux, congrats klingon and pete!

Big moo kiss for Woofa being so generous with pressies.  

[Wwoofa]

An interesting strategy oldlrnut (probably as good as any other way) ... the average of the guesses was 352.82.  I suspect the average is always going to be around the middle of the range?  It wouldn't have won but it wasn't too far off.  You can always put in an early guess and then change it later if you want.
Regards, Paul

[rustyryan]

Well done winners and again thanks for the fun Woofa.

have a great christmas everyone.

Cheers,

[JBK]

Congrats all, nice one Woofa – hope every one will enjoy their holiday. 

[Bucket]

Great stuff Woofa, quite enjoyable watching all the theories behind the guesses.

Hope you all have a great holiday period!

Garry