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[mweed]

I have a friend who works as a traveling singer.  And whenever he is traveling near by, I always visit with him.  Well, he had a couple of stops in the area this weekend, so I managed to catch up with him on Friday at a concert he was doing.  By the end of the night, I left with a stack of his CDs, so I'm going to give one away here.  We'll just do a random drawing.  But before you jump in and sign up, let me tell you a little about him and his music.  That way, you can decide if this is something you might actually listen to.  If not, not point in entering . . .

His name is Danny Bishop and he's a singer and is one heck of a guitar player.  He plays country; southern gospel.  His voice is similar to Vince Gill, and his guitar playing has been compared to the legendary Chet Atkins.  He toured for seven years with Jimmy Swaggart, playing guitar and singing, back in the 70s and 80s. 

The CD is titled Guitar Jubilee, and is an instrumental work featuring his guitar playing.  The songs are for the most part old church songs and hymns your gramma and grand-pappy would have sung in church . . . but these ain't exactly slow songs!

Anyway, if you would like to listen to this kind of music, we'll have a random drawing from the first 16 people to post a reply.  Just say you want to enter, and pick a number between 0 and 15 that someone else hasn't already picked. Then, next Friday, I'll use four coins to randomly create a 4-digit binary number between 0000 and 1111.  (don't worry about the details, it'll make sense when you see it !)

[InmemoryofRomeo]

Can I enter please  I pick my lucky number 9

[allosaurus]

I'll enter! 1998!

[mweed]

I'll enter! 1998!

Uh, you'll need to change the number to something between 0 and 15!  I can guarantee 1998 will NOT get picked!!

[revmondo]

I pick 7, for my grandma, who was the best gospel singer i ever knew.

[Jules]

5 please 

[revmondo]

my post requesting 7 was my 7th post! 
weird! of course this is my 8th post, so it doesnt look as cool... 

[allosaurus]

I'll enter! 1998!

Uh, you'll need to change the number to something between 0 and 15!  I can guarantee 1998 will NOT get picked!!

OOPS! 

Okay, I'll go with 14.

[fancyfont]

I was born on the 13th. 13 it is!

[mweed]

List of numbers selected:

tail-tail-tail-tail (00):
tail-tail-tail-head (01):
tail-tail-head-tail (02):
tail-tail-head-head (03):
tail-head-tail-tail (04):
tail-head-tail-head (05): Jules
tail-head-head-tail (06):
tail-head-head-head (07): revmondo
head-tail-tail-tail (08):
head-tail-tail-head (09): InMemoryofRomeo
head-tail-head-tail (10):
head-tail-head-head (11):
head-head-tail-tail (12):
head-head-tail-head (13): fancyfont
head-head-head-tail (14): allosaurus
head-head-head-head (15):

[49er]

List of numbers selected:

tail-tail-tail-tail (00):
tail-tail-tail-head (01):
tail-tail-head-tail (02): Gucci-boi7782
tail-tail-head-head (03):
tail-head-tail-tail (04):
tail-head-tail-head (05): Jules
tail-head-head-tail (06):
tail-head-head-head (07): revmondo
head-tail-tail-tail (08):
head-tail-tail-head (09): InMemoryofRomeo
head-tail-head-tail (10):
head-tail-head-head (11):
head-head-tail-tail (12):
head-head-tail-head (13): fancyfont
head-head-head-tail (14): allosaurus
head-head-head-head (15):

And a new way to write binary. Cool!   (But then I see Pleo tails and Pleo heads.)

[InmemoryofRomeo]

You're going to flip your Pleo

Lol I never knew there were so many ways to flip four coins Now two up makes sense (Two up for my American friends is a coin game played in the outback, a form of early gambling before slot machines and so forth.)

[49er]

You're going to flip your Pleo

The tough part is trying to get Pleo to stop squirming on your thumb before you flip him.

Lol I never knew there were so many ways to flip four coins Now two up makes sense (Two up for my American friends is a coin game played in the outback, a form of early gambling before slot machines and so forth.)

We have a gambling coin game here. It's called "Pitching Pennies" though I mostly see people around here using quarters.

[mweed]

Two up?  Is that an early predecessor to 7-up?

[allosaurus]

Two up?  Is that an early predecessor to 7-up?

That's one of my fav drinks. ^^

[InmemoryofRomeo]

7 up I sure hope not It would be impossible to win if you had to flip that many coins

[gucci_boi7782]

Well, I would'a guessed my favorite number, 9, but IMR chose it first! 

So, for my mother's birthday-2

[mweed]

Last chance to enter!  The coin toss is tomorrow!

[mweed]

And here's the coin toss!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7i7jAAMLfQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7i7jAAMLfQ</a>

It's tails-heads-tails-heads!

And that makes the winner . . . . Jules!

(actually, it took two coin tosses.  The first one can up heads, tails, heads, heads, but nobody picked 11.  So I tosses them again. ; ) )

[fancyfont]

Congratulations! Jules!

[Jules]

Yay I never win anything so that is good news with my birthday coming up so soon.
 

[InmemoryofRomeo]

Yay congratulations

[Burberry016]

Congradulations Jules!!

[gucci_boi7782]

-applauds across the internet-

congratulations!

[Jules]

I'll let you all know what the music is like when I get it.

Thank you all.