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I can't miss this chance so: When someone uses the word debacle to describe a minor problem I get to rebut with my favorite joke (that only works when you are in Alaska and a nerd): Namely "That's not a debacle the Nena Ice Classic is a debacle."See definition 3: <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/debacle" rel="nofollow">http://www.dictionary.com/browse/debacle</a>Also: It's not nearly as good with "bets on a debacle", but it a good bit more accurate.Also: Yes all of my friends hate my sense of humor.

I found this article fairly confusing. It seems to be geared towards readers are already very familiar with the whole Punxsutawney-Phil-esque event, eschewing any establishing pictures and bringing up "the tripod" and leaving me to puzzle whether it was part of "the tower" or not, etc.

I lived in Nenana as a child. I had no idea it was this complicated. I figured it just pulled a pin to stop the clock.

I actually won this one year.I was in a pool of 14 people and we spread our guesses across the most likely times on the most likely days. Of course, that's what most people do, so there were several winning tickets. It wound up being a few hundred bucks.

I don't understand what the stopped clock is supposed to signify. It's a device that show the current time except off by a bit—the number of large changes in the ice flow? like my microwave?

I lived in Nenana as a child. I had no idea it was this complicated. I figured it just pulled a pin to stop the clock.

I don't understand what the stopped clock is supposed to signify. It's a device that show the current time except off by a bit—the number of large changes in the ice flow? like my microwave?

The elegant timing contraption of the Nenana Ice Classic

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The elegant timing contraption of the Nenana Ice Classic

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