• Re: We have a winner (was

    From Nancy Backus@1:123/140 to Joe Mackey on Mon May 6 14:21:00 2019
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-02-19 07:48 <=-

    Hell has a better chance of freezing over, than I do in winning something.
    I never win anything either.... but then, I also don't enter anything, either.... ;)

    The first thing I ever remember winning was a free pizza in college
    on some radio contest.

    Did you share it...? ;)

    There used to be a web site where one could enter various contests.
    I won a few things there.
    One was a whirlpool thing you placed over the side of your bathtub.
    That never worked very well since the tub had to be full to the edge
    for it work properly. I eventually gave it away.
    I also won a free bathroom scale which I still have.

    I guess some things are worth winning.... ;)

    I entered a coffee contest from a well known expensive coffee
    company. (No, not the one that starts with S). I won a years free
    coffee (like 25 two pound bags of assorted coffee), along with a large carafe which I use as a tea pot.

    Was it a company that started with G.....?

    There were a few other odds and ends and trinkets over time.
    Never won the lottery. But then I only played twice.

    Never played the lottery.... but I did once enter a 50-50 raffle
    fundraiser for an organization I was treasurer for... got my arm twisted
    on that one, and put other people's names on most of the slips I
    'bought'... That one I won... and no, I wasn't the one that did the
    drawing.... :) Can't think of anything else I ever won, though...

    Reminds of an old joke.
    A poor fella was praying and said "O Lord, you know I have all sorts
    of financial problems, the rent is due, there are doctor bills for the wife and kids" and so on. Then he asks, Please let me win the lottery. This goes on for several weeks, every night, the same prayer.
    Finally one night he hears this booming voice say "BUY A TICKET!"

    Yup, that's a good start.... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... Can I blame my spelling on Line Noise?

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  • From Nancy Backus@1:123/140 to Ed Vance on Tue May 7 17:16:00 2019
    Quoting Ed Vance to Joe Mackey on 05-02-19 23:03 <=-

    05-02-19 07:48 JOE MACKEY wrote to NANCY BACKUS about We have a
    winner (was: Re Howdy! Joe,

    Hell has a better chance of freezing over, than I do in winning something.
    I never win anything either.... but then, I also don't enter anything, either.... ;)
    The first thing I ever remember winning was a free pizza in college
    on some radio contest.
    -snip-
    Never won the lottery. But then I only played twice.

    I never bought a lottery ticket.
    There is a Gambleing Riverboat a few Miles away from my home.
    One day my Eye Doctor asked where I lived and I told Him.
    He asked if I go to the Boat much?, I told Him I wasn't Mathematically Challenged, and got a big grin back from the Doctor.

    Good way to put it... ;) As they say, gambling/lotteries are a tax on
    the mathematically challenged... ;)

    ttyl neb

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