Hi All,

I put one of my photo's of Chicago Harbor in a online photo contest at BoatUS.com. If you like the photo please take a second and cast your vote.
http://www.boatus.com/bestshots/vote.asp

Thanks

I'm not sure which one is your's, but so far #12 is in the lead with 60% of the votes.

Of course this means it has 3 out of the 5 votes cast.

Dennis

Thanks Dennis, for those that can't figure out the correct one, just look for the Lighthouse, it will guide you in making the correct choice, please don't punch the wrong chad. LOL

I voted for your photo, Sean. The results indicated you have 57% of the vote at this time.

Bob

Great photo! You are up to 7 votes now.
Terry

Vote number 8 out of 11 puts you at 73%. I'm sure the trend will continue!

shirin

You now have 11 out of the 15 votes.

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Terry (Only my mother, brothers & sisters call me Teresa) Forrest

Make that 12 of 16.

I've seen that picture before in the gallery, Sean, and have always liked it.

Good luck, and right now, it looks like congratulations will probably be in order.

Thanks everyone, keep them coming I will need as many votes as possible.

Sean, What do you win if you.... win? And how are we all going to share it?

ok, I'll help too.

Update: in picture #5 it appears there is a lighthouse way way in the background, after closer review I think it's St. Joe, MI. because it's 2 lighthouses on a long straight pier and Ernie is holding and 19 pound king Salmon according to the name.

Sean IS NOT #5, so don't vote for #5

[This message has been edited by Mark Wagner (edited 03-02-2002).]

78%- glad I'm not working today-GREAT shot!

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Bud Schrader

Nice picture Sean! With mine - 21 votes, 81 percent!

Nice picture Sean. You must have taken it last year at the Navy Pier show. You are in the lead.

2beacons

Don'tcha feel kind of sorry for the others? (How often can we vote?

Don't feel sorry, today was only the second day of voting, the others will probably catch up by the end of the month. The voting runs for 30 days and then the next contest begins. Mark there is no big prize, this is just for some fun and to see how the photo fares.

Thanks All...........

It's clear Sean has 82% more friends than anybody else!

If you have a dial-up connection, you can vote each time you dial-up. If you have a broadband connection, you'll only be able to vote once. (I think.)

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John,

I just tested it out.

I have a cable modem and when I voted it came back- "You already Voted."

We wouldn't want to stack the deck so to speak.

Dennis

[This message has been edited by wheland (edited 03-03-2002).]

we wouldn't??

I just voted....did you take that shot from the roof?
Derith

It depends on how they know you voted. One way is to place a cookie on your machine. In that case, it wouldn't matter which type of connection you have. If they log your IP address, then a dial up connection creates a new IP address each time you sign on while a broadband connection has a static IP.


[This message has been edited by JChidester (edited 03-03-2002).]

I just tried again and got the "already voted" message also.

I just voted and after careful examination I had to go with #12. It is orders of magnitude above the rest. However, I feel that we must all respect the process of the contest and not sink to the level of ballot stuffing to early. Remember the Lighthouser's Code of Honor, which says "We will not Stuff any Ballot Box before it's time." Proper Ballot stuffing can only be done 5 minutes before the deadline! Thus preventing the competition from catching up with their own ballot stuffing.

Chuck

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bigdragon

That is too funny, Chuck!

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Terry (Only my mother, brothers & sisters call me Teresa) Forrest

Now Chuck, would you stuff a ballot box?

You now have 41 votes. The sail boat is a great touch. awsome shot Sean. I haven't seen a picture of yours that I haven't thought was great, you ahve a real talent with the camera.

Dale

Any photo with a lighthouse gets my vote!
Great shot Sean!

Donna

44 out of 69
not bad Sean!
Bob

Thanks All! I need to get out and take some new shots. I haven't really gotten any new lighthouse material since the reunion. I have a trip scheduled to the Georgetown and Cape Romain lighthouses on March 14th and then I will probably head South towards Brunswick on the 15th enroute St. Augustine for the lighthouse festival. Last year I tried this and had bad weather. Fingers crossed it will hold out and give me some nice blue skys with puffy clouds.

As John suspected, voting is controlled by a cookie (towboatus.net). If the cookie is removed, the survey lets you vote again. (I of course, did this for research purposes only).
Jim
Johnson

I voted again, as with Jim - research purposes only! It took my vote - 47 for #12!

Great shot Sean! I placed my vote. Only one, however. You are in the lead by such a huge margin right now, that I'm not sure if the ballot box stuffing is needed at this point. However, if it is, I'm glad we have our panel of "researchers" who showed us how to get around the system. Good luck!

------Becki

You got my vote too. Great photo. Good Luck!

Stephanie

Sean,

I just added my vote...great shot.

Bruce

I don't think any ballot stuffing will be needed, ehtics aside.

The pictures to choose from are all nice, but Sean's stands out from the crowd on it's own merits.

I would have voted for it under any circumstances, but it's nicer to help a fellow Forumite at the same time.

Dennis

Well I was doing ok, one photo got 106 votes alone today, I need some help from my forum friends, obviously something unusual happening there since there were 0 votes up until today for that photograph. Forum, take it personal!!!

I seem to stand corrected.

I can see a number of votes for #11 and #2, but not #5.

Vote early, vote often. Which is appropriate since it is a picture from chicago.


Dennis

ERNIE has HALF the votes?!? What a sham!

Voted for #12 this morning Sean. #5 is holding, must have been a one time deal.

Somebody was stuffing votes. The board administrator must have gone in and corrected all the votes. Please just vote once, If you haven't voted yet by all means give me some help.

Come on now, do you really think that a Wacko would stuff a ballot box? You sir have earned every vote you have received! Unlike #5, Wacko's don't have to resort to underhanded methods. We obtain our recognition the old fashion way, we earn it.
Glad to see the administrator caught on and was able to deal with it.

Chuck

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bigdragon

[This message has been edited by shiulong (edited 03-08-2002).]

You got my vote!!!! Beautiful picture.

Cathy

10 days to go, have you voted?

Not fair Sean! It wouldn't let me vote again! Earlier this month, I was able to vote twice. Still the best picture!

It still looks like you're leading the pack, Sean, and for obvious reasons. You have the best photo there!

Bob

I voted ! Looks great Sean.

terry

Sean,

You did say it was the one with the lighthouse didn't you???

Of course we voted for the best picture (even without knowing who the photographer was)!

Great photo Sean!

Patty & Mike

Sean still has a commanding lean. Great photo taken during the Wacko Cruise on Sunday morning of the Navy Pier show last year.

Dave

Dave,

Is a commanding lean anything like a commanding lead?


Dennis

Well I was below deck with Sean when was taking his photos in Chicago and he did seem to be tilting a bit. Maybe it was the lighthouse that was cock-eyed and he was trying to straighten it up?

Beautiful photo, Sean! As of two minutes ago it sure looks like you have a commanding lead!

Barb

Thanks for all the votes, unless there is a sleeper out there it looks like the photo will win this months contest. If you haven't voted this is the last day to do so.

Thanks again!