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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:52 pm

Coming up to the festive season and i have been sent raffle tickets, which had me wondering,

Has anyone on Eater ever won, one of the top prizes, was it useful and what did you do with it.

Won a box of dark chocolates at work, gave them to my mother.

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:39 pm

I once won a trip to Paris from my company's travel agency. I exchanged for 2 flight tickets to Tenerife.

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:05 pm

I won a mouse mat with the Australian flag on it!
Someone else has won it since, as I put it straight back into the kitty. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:44 pm

I once won a bottle of whisky Very Happy

I was 8 years old so my dad took it Sad

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:08 pm

Turkish delight. ate it. mmm.

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:11 am

Won 2 tickets to the 2005 Big 12 championship and $500 dollars.

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:44 pm

Have won:

"A year's supply of hairspray" = 8 cans, in a magazine giveaway
A bottle of red wine in a works raffle
A "christmas hamper" (box wrapped in christmas paper filled with various tinned delights - soup, fruit etc) in a different works raffle

The best one though - 2 nights with breakfast and evening meal, drinks included, at a posh hotel in Devon. And I mean posh - 1 night's b&b was around £200. :yikes:

Courtesy of another magazine giveaway.

Still waiting for that big cash prize...

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:20 pm

Won a sweatshirt that I wore until threadbare.

Won $505.00 at Club Keno. My half went to a vacation deer hunting in Wisconsin and the other half bought another dog. I made her name him Keno. Laughing

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:58 pm

I won a year's supply of lunch/sandwich meats, lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise and bread and I only had ONE ticket.

One man got many, many, many tickets, but it only takes ONE sometimes!

Recently at a charity benefit I won: bottles of wine, a couple bottles of booze, some t-shirts, ball caps, a huge outdoor plant with purchased raffle tickets --> however, I had also donated several hundred dollars worth of "wine" baskets.

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:51 pm

I won a bottle of Scotch once, but I don't remember much about what happened next, for some strange reason. Cool

I used to be good at raffles, but haven't won anything for years.

I was at a biker's rally once and there was a mystery prize in an envelope. After a couple of people had turned it down, and taken a bottle of something instead, my mate Paul took the envelope. He'd won a car! Taxed and tested, but only to the end of the month, it was a rusty Mini! He drove it straight to the nearest scrapyard, who gave him £50 for it.

Finally, FWIW, I know someone called Tom Bowler. His parents must've had a sense of humour. Smile

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:52 pm

Last week I got a card in the mail telling me I won a 3 day cruise Miami to the Bahamas. Rolling Eyes

In raffles I have won 5 lbs. of chocolate, a bottle of Early Times, and tickets to a John Prine concert.

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:32 am

I won second prize in a beauty contest. Got ten bucks. Smile

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I won a baby blanket in a raffle at a powwow. That is actually what I was after. They had it and a fan. A girl I know won the first draw and chose the fan so I got what I wanted of the game. It was a $1 ticket.

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:08 pm

I won a million Euros in the Microsoft lottery, which came as a surprise as I hadn't entered it.

I haven't received my winnings yet, as my claims agent is a complete idiot, who can't even pick up a simple Moneygram payment.

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:21 pm

^ There had to be one. Laughing

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:44 pm

I forgot - at my last class reunion I won a really nice pen -- made from a 50 cal. bullet and a piece of a deer antler which was ground down smoothly.

Yep, it was in my purse and I got through TSA no problem.

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:35 am

Darn, beat to the punchline by Roycropper Laughing

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:04 pm

I've won various things by entering contests online..
Nothing big or over $500

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:27 pm

Won a few public speaking competitions. Last 'proper' prize that I can remember was Somerset Cider and Double Gloucester Cheese (Yum!)

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:46 am

I won the 50/50 at a car show, $600.00 and we used it towards the purchase of a generator. I hope we never need it, but we have it. Very Happy

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:02 pm

^^^ That is a great win.

Best advice for a generator owner....even if you don't use it, start it up and let it run for at least 5 mins once a month.

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 6:00 pm

Thanks for the tip, Morgain! Wink

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:25 pm

^^ And yet another tip.

If it is gasoline powered, try to find regular gasoline and not the ethanol type. The ethanol types have given us headaches with our small carburetors on chain saws, tillers, etc. It gums up the carburetors and we have had to have them professionally cleaned. If you cannot find the "regular" old-fashioned gasoline, make sure you use something like Sta-Bil or another stabilizer in conjunction with the ethanol gas.

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:10 am

(I recently switched to regular (non-ethanol) premium gas in all my small gas engines and have since had no problems. I've seen fuel additives used with good success but I don't bother. One thing I do suggest is what the FAA recommends and that is to keep all fuel tanks filled up to eliminate air and the condensation of moisture in the air into the tank. When I do use the engines I run them up to operating temperature and then work them so that moisture from combustion byproducts are not condensed in the crankcase. In the past I actually had the oil level rise on air cooled engines. Most small engines have some sort of diaphragm that pushes the gas around that can stretch. When I can't start the engine after three pulls I change the diaphragm.)

I won an hour of helicopter instruction three years ago. I've still got the certificate and wonder why I could not find an hour of time.

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:30 am

At a Christmas party for the now long gone department store I worked for I won a $100 gift certificate for merchandise from the store. Other than that, just piddly prizes like $10 gift cards, stuffed animals (??) and junk food. Nothing ever spectacular or really useful.

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