Competition for free MKVII... OPEN TO EVERYONE (now close)

redsleighdown · Post by **redsleighdown** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:59 am

Listen. Since I've met you I've nearly been incinerated, drowned, shot
at, and chopped into fish bait. We're caught in the middle of something
sinister here, my guess is dad found out more than he was looking for and until I'm sure, I'm going to continue to do things the way I think they
should be done.

That's what scares me. That's usually when the ground falls out from underneath your feet. Stay here.

Oh, Rats. Give me your torch.

What is it?

I hate snakes, jock I hate 'em.

Are you crazy? Don't go between them.

All I have to do is squeeze.

What do you mean?

I don't know, I'm making this up as I go.

P.S Hee Hee !! Thats just about what happened folks !! I made it ALL up as I went along but it was GREAT FUN to do and I hope you enjoyed the ADVENTURE too !! INDY COW COMP May 2008. See Ya!!

masa · Post by **masa** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:05 am

Congratulations for your victory Castor! You are a tough competitor.

redsleighdown · Post by **redsleighdown** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:08 am

Congrats CD. You really

ed us. Now I can honestly say that ;0 of your new W&G bag from Endicotts!

P.S. I'm not going to be a sore loser, but wasn't the final comp started a little earlier than said? I'm already getting up at the wee hours of the morning to finish the comp and find two submissions already posted.

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:10 am

Listen. Since I've met you I've nearly been incinerated, drowned, shot
at, and chopped into fish bait. We're caught in the middle of something
sinister here, my guess is dad found out more than he was looking for and
until I'm sure, I'm going to continue to do things the way I think they
should be done.
That's what scares me. That's usually when the ground falls out from underneath your feet.

What do you mean?"

Stay here...
Oh, Rats. Give me your torch.
What is it ?
I hate snakes, jock I hate 'em.
"All I have to do is squeeze....
What do you mean?
Don't go between them........ Are you crazy?
I don't know, I'm making this up as I go."
P.S Hee Hee !! Thats just about what happened folks !! I made it ALL up as I went along but it was GREAT FUN to do and I hope you enjoyed the ADVENTURE too !! INDY COW COMP May 2008. See Ya!!

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:14 am

Congrats...but yeah...this was posted an hour earlier than stated. Oh well.

RobbyT43 · Post by **RobbyT43** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:14 am

Listen. Since I've met you I've nearly been incinerated, drowned, shot
at, and chopped into fish bait. We're caught in the middle of something
sinister here, my guess is dad found out more than he was looking for and
until I'm sure, I'm going to continue to do things the way I think they
should be done."

All I have to do is squeeze....

Stay here.........

Give me your torch.

What is it?

Oh, Rats.

That's what scares me.

I hate snakes, jock I hate 'em.

What do you mean?

Are you crazy? Don't go between them.........

That's usually when the ground falls out from underneath your feet.

What do you mean?

I don't know, I'm making this up as I go.

"P.S Hee Hee !! Thats just about what happened folks !! I made it ALL up as I went along but it was GREAT FUN to do and I hope you enjoyed the ADVENTURE too !! INDY COW COMP May 2008. See Ya!!

redsleighdown · Post by **redsleighdown** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:21 am

Kevin Endicott wrote:Hi RSD !

Very CLOSE and you had the CORRECT info and story !!

You can post this if you want !! :

Bad luck re the MAIN Comp BUT we have just had a vote here at the shop and have decide that YOU have WON the prize (a MKVII 'another' maker) for our "Kev's favourite QUOTE from a forum member comp" for "Voted Yes, Si, Oui, Ja, Ken, Sim, Jes, Hai, Ndiyo, ครับ, Hai, Tak, Da, Yoh, Kyllä, Ano and हाँ."

Well done .I thought at the time I saw this quote it was very clever and 100 % valid for what we were doing at the time !!

Plus if you can remind members re the GUESS THE SIZE OF MY COW comp will finish at 11.30 HRS GMT Friday !! Kev

lingarn · Post by **lingarn** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:21 am

Heh.

Well, congratulations! I was right about sleeping in, and right about Castor winning. Two out of three ain't bad.

I guess it wouldn't've helped much anyway; looks like Castor's answer was posted here about fourteen minutes before my alarm went off.

Thanks for a good run, guys! It was a fun competition, and a big THANK YOU to Kevin for setting all this up.

Lingarn

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:23 am

Definitely...great competition and a HUGE thanks to Kevin and Erri, for that matter, for being the intermediary. Lots of fun and quite an effort to put this all together.

RobbyT43 · Post by **RobbyT43** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:27 am

I'll second that!

-I had it Marcus...I had it IN MY HAND!

What happened? Castor?

-Wanna hear about it?

Not at all.

-There's only one place he can sell the bag-Ebay.

Well, that's obviously not what happened and Im joking Castor

. Great work Castor

I had a great time searching for "artifacts" and outwitting most of the contenders on here until that darned story!

Im joking. Congrats to the winners...I can only hope that I get the COW right!!!

-Robby

redsleighdown · Post by **redsleighdown** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:06 pm

Thanks Kevin and Erri!

I had a blast!

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:46 pm

I (and Kevin) want to thank everybody for participating to this event. I'm happy that all of you had a good time, that was Kevin's main aim. I am sorry if there has been some technical problem with the timing, apologies for that.

So thank you for enjoying this competition and a last reminder for everybody...

GET THAT COW MEASURED

______________for less confusion I repeat what I wrote earlier___________

I would like to remind that the second part of the competition (Guess the size of "the COW") is open to everybody on the forum. Read more here
http://www.endicotts.co.uk/product_info ... cts_id=758

The winner for the second part open to everyone will be announced 24 hours after we know the main winner.

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:47 pm

My guess for the hight of the COW is around 2,54 mm, 1 inch or so. Basically, that would be the hight of the cut grass, and that makes for a really small COW (the center of the 'O' considered as being empty space). Now. That would be the Z axis of a coordinate system, with X being the width of the COW and Y being the length.

Hence, my guess for the length, Y axis, is: 8.5*182 = 1547 cm = 609 inches = 50.75 feet.

My guess is also that Erri is 182 cm long.

Congrats, Castor!

High regards,
Swindiana

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:07 am

I just noticed that you also have to guess my height!

Now I understand why I cannot play

Hey I don't even know that... but I'll measure myself properly and let you know in the end

Swindiana, I didn't see you in the finals, were you busy lately? It's a shame

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:54 am

Yes, but the wallpapers in the hallway turned out great.

Thanks Erri.

Regards,
Swindiana

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:51 am

THE TIME IS UP AND THE WINNER IS.....

...coming soon

Keep an eye on the news: feature a summary of the main competition

http://www.endicotts.co.uk/extra_info_p ... pages_id=8

jedidentist · Post by **jedidentist** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:08 am

I used photoshop for my estimate, but it all depends on how tall he is...and how well I corrected for the distortion.

redsleighdown · Post by **redsleighdown** » Fri May 09, 2008 12:09 pm

Swindiana wrote:Yes, but the wallpapers in the hallway turned out great.

Thanks Erri.

Regards,
Swindiana

I'm glad the "best quote" competition ended yesterday

RobbyT43 · Post by **RobbyT43** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:34 pm

Where did it say that we have to guess Erri's height too? I never saw that anywhere

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:38 pm

Well actually Kevin confirmed me that it was just misunderstanding (which apparently involved both me and Swindiana... oops)

RobbyT43 · Post by **RobbyT43** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:43 pm

OK...good! I read it a lot of times and understood it to mean the COW letters in the field...not you! haha, how cruel of people to call you a COW

-Robby

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri May 09, 2008 5:01 pm

Well I preferred not to indagate further on about that joke because I was partly in charge of this competition.

Anyway... these are the news from Kevin

And the WINNER IS .......... by a VERY small margin.........SWINDIANA !!

Swindiana guessed 50' 9" (15.46 mts) for my COW and ROBBY T43 guessed 65' 0" (19.81 mts) a difference of only 16" (the length of the DOG in the comp!!) or more accurately 0.41 mts !!

Well done to ANOTHER WINNER in the ENDY Comps. The PRIZES have been picked and will leave the ENDICOTTS EMPORIUM (!) very soon. I will be putting together a comprehensive 'ENDY News' bulletin this weekend with some in-depth reviews as to how this all came about !! Many thanks to all involved, including my good friend ERRI, who has worked incredibly hard throughout the comps, and I'll hopefully catch up with you all very soon.
Plus, give me a few days and our shipment of MKVII's will be ready for sale (once I have cleared our shopful of customers who have been waiting
patiently since the COW Comp started !!). No, seriously we have a fresh
supply of MKVII's and from the middle of next week we will be ready for
action !! Same price structure as previously (except the W&G's will be + 20% as these were 'hooked out' of another supply/ limited quantity only /
competition entrants will have priority). Erri will continue to keep you
updated on my behalf. Once again "THANKS", it has been an absolute pleasure.

Now I'm going to sleep for a week.........kev

RobbyT43 · Post by **RobbyT43** » Fri May 09, 2008 5:40 pm

I did not need to know that I was really really close to winning!!!

Haha. Congrats Swindy

-Robby

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri May 09, 2008 5:44 pm

Congrats indeed

Last from Kev

THE SIZE (height/as you saw it) OF MY COW WAS 17.43 mts / 57' 2" !! MOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!

Castor Dioscuri · Post by **Castor Dioscuri** » Fri May 09, 2008 6:26 pm

Thanks Kevin, Erri, and the rest of the Endicotts team for making this a great and really memorable CoW-perience!

Congrats to Swindiana as well! Did you get both the quote and the estimate? Talk about one-ups-manship!

And for the rest of you guys, that was one heck of a race for the idol... I mean bag! Course, I'm half expecting someone to pull a fast one on me and intercept it at the post office...

"Yes, too bad. You could warn them... if only you paid the duties!"

masa · Post by **masa** » Fri May 09, 2008 6:58 pm

Castor Dioscuri wrote: Congrats to Swindiana as well! Did you get both the quote and the estimate? Talk about one-ups-manship!

No, it was redsleighdown who won the quote competition. Congrats to you too rsd.

I already send my thanks to Kevin via email but I want to thank him once again publicly. So thank you. Not forgetting Erri and the rest of the Endicotts team of course.

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon May 12, 2008 4:51 pm

Thank you folks.

The WINNERS BAGS were posted today! Swindiana I sent you a PM regarding your address

I'm not as tall as Swindiana said, Castor, but apparently we were both wrong and Kevin never said that you had to estimate my height

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:07 pm

Man... DID I WIN!?

-Durn I thought I'd be farther away...

Wohoooo!

Not on the quote, Castor, just with the number fiddling.

Congrats to the winners, and a big thank you to both Erri and Mr. Endicott for this.

I'll PM you right away Erri!

High regards,
Swindiana

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:45 pm

Your guess was the closest Swindiana. Enjoy your new MKVII

I forwarded your details to Kevin

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:40 am

The bag arrived today, lightning fast if you ask me.

It's a beautiful 1941 Whiteley's Mk VII bag in an amazing condition.
It has both the waist lanyard and the string for the anti dimming kit intact, the stamp is crisp and clear and the broad arrow is numbered 20-something.

I can't thank Kevin enough. Thank you!

Thanks to Erri, too.

I just love these bags.

Best,
Swindiana

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:42 am

Wow that's fast. Kevin just let me know that he sent all the MKVIIs and you should all receive them very soon.
Congratulations again to the winners of this competition and compliments to their competitors which made the game one #### of a challenge.

redsleighdown · Post by **redsleighdown** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:00 pm

"The mailman is coming, the mailman is coming."
.........
"Oh and there's a package for me!"
.........
"Could it be?! YES!! It's from Endicotts!"

Super fast shipping. Thanks a million Kevin and Erri!

Pics to come soon :!: :!: :!:

Castor Dioscuri · Post by **Castor Dioscuri** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:06 am

redsleighdown wrote:"The mailman is coming, the mailman is coming."
.........
"Oh and there's a package for me!"
.........
"Could it be?! YES!! It's from Endicotts!"

Super fast shipping. Thanks a million Kevin and Erri!

Pics to come soon :!: :!: :!:

I'll have to echo redsleighdown's comments... That was fast! And the W&G MkVII is definetly a beauty! It has a very vibrant olive color to it, and looks almost like it was just pulled off a really musty production belt! I'll be sure to post pictures as soon as possible!

Hats off to everyone that made this competition what it was: Endicotts, winners, and competitors! This certainly makes my year!

Swindiana · Post by **Swindiana** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:08 am

You did great, Castor. Very impressive!

Regards,
Swindiana

Erri · Post by **Erri** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:41 am

enough of teasing. Let's see pics

Castor Dioscuri · Post by **Castor Dioscuri** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:13 pm

Erri wrote:enough of teasing. Let's see pics

Better late than never, I suppose...

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t167 ... MG3255.jpg

This W&G, courtesy of Kevin Endicott, has found a well deserved place on what I have come to call my 'Wall of Indy', hanging right off the Joe Strain bullwhip's 'rack'. Keeping the original webbing company is a Magnoli KotCS prototype strap, along with my good friend KT Templar's roller buckle!

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