I will not heckle this year, I will harangue. Seriously, I will not be an enabler in the sabbatical thread this year.As a recipient of one of Brian's prizes I will tell you that it is simply luck, but also pretty good odds. The participant list is usually small to start with and it will dwindle as time goes by. Then one day, Brian might buy a bunch of stuff and post about it, the next few posters after that will be the winners of the prizes. I think I was number 4 (out of maybe a dozen left) and Brian sent me a new TGN silvertip brush set in an Ever-Ready handle. So that's about it.
Then we talk about how well or not so well that we are holding up. There will be a few hecklers and a few will fall and post pics of what made them cave. There will be a lot of "Still in" posts and the occasional roll call to see who's still on-board.