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01-18-2018, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edmonton
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My mom won a Pinto Wagon back in the 70's. Dad won the big attendance prize at one of the last Pigeon Lake derbies way back when.
Me....Nothing big but I'm still hoping
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01-18-2018, 02:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: GRAND PRAIRIE
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Originally Posted by happy honker
In elementary school I won a pair of headphones and an FM radio at a year end hockey banquet. Door prize, definetly not mvp, lol.
I still remember being completely blown away when I put them on at home and heard music in stereo and fm radio for the 1st time ever.
Actually, I don’t think I’ve won a thing since!
Man, I feel old after telling this story.
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I remember the first song I heard in Stereo blew me away
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01-18-2018, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
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Won lots of stuff in the Legion fishing derbies back in the early 90’s. Four years in a row I managed to place in the top 3 for biggest Tyees. Second and third one year. First another. Best prize was a Lowrance Loran unit when they first came out, kind of the predessor to GPS but it ran off radio signals and wasn’t nearly as accurate. Was nice though when 10 miles offshore and the fog rolled in. Lots of knives, rod/reel combos, etc..
We got pretty lucky a few years in a row at DU too. Knives, pictures, ornaments, etc...
Nothing big though...
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01-18-2018, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Okotoks, AB
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$30,000 from Go Auto. Just over two months after my youngest son was born. When I got the call I thought it was a scam lol. Sure wasn’t
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01-18-2018, 03:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Usually the office, but the bush when I can
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Originally Posted by jcrayford
Ok, I'll say it....
"My wife's hand in marriage"
Let the flaming begin.
J.
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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
That depends on the pictures of the wife you put up!
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I could fake it and put up a picture that *could* get me banned... But let's just say for arguments sake that she is the most beautiful girl in the world (Caveat: I am obligated to say that, otherwise there's a boot to my head on it's way)
I'm kidding.... She really is beautiful, just doesn't kick me in the head....
Back on topic though - won 1st and 4th in our company Christmas Grinch (aka Booze) draw a couple of years ago. Got me 67 bottles in total to abuse my liver.....
J.
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01-18-2018, 03:12 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canmore
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Savage 17HMR so I splashed $300 for a bushnell scope. Sweet little gun.
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01-18-2018, 03:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Edmonton
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Way back in the 90's when I had no time for the outdoors, I won a group trip to Miami, South Beach. Stayed in the Cardozo. Limo rides to dinner and clubs, VIP treatment all the way. Had a private jet pick us up and fly us to Atlanta for a supper and night out, then back to Miami.
That flight was the single coolest thing I remember about the whole trip. Being used to large commercial jets this thing taxied out to the runway and seemed to be vertical inside a minute. Flying towards the pan handle, looking out of the cockpit, you could see the storm cells ahead, and on the radar, seeing how the pilot would fly between, and around them was cool.
Oh yeah, there was a topless beach there too, but I don't remember that.
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01-18-2018, 03:24 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Originally Posted by threeforthree
Set of four tires omce ...I do win lots on the radio, I always enter contest though,if you do not play you cannot win.
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How many bottles of crown Royal have you won on bets in your life time?
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01-18-2018, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Back in 1960-1961 or 1962, I won a trip to the Seattle World's Fair in Seattle Washington, it was a contest for Manitoba newspaper delivery carrier's. Looking back there was about 20-30 of us riding the train out of Winnipeg thru to Vancouver, where we were put on buses to Seattle. Was a 10 day trip, taken during Easter break.
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01-18-2018, 04:18 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: High River, AB
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One of the coolest has to be a SxS Ugartechea shotgun in 28 gauge. There would also be several medals earned at the Alberta Summer Games in the shooting sports, a couple of trophies for Silhouette shooting, some cheques and cash for benchrest. But the best ever was 41 years ago when an angel accepted my marriage proposal.
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01-18-2018, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
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Never won much, but back in 91 or so I did win a Milwaukee 9.6 v cordless drill set from Eecol Electric in Lethbridge. Sure liked that drill. It was in the boss's work van with my tools, and his 7 year old son got it in his head that our (power) tools were dirty one day, so he took them all in the bathtub and cleaned them up really nice with a brush, hot water, and Dawn. And they never got dirty again. Couldn't even be mad about a young guy like that having a care about our tools and wanting them to look nice.
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01-18-2018, 06:01 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Sherwood Park, Alberta
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On a vacation trip to Mexico I won around 4000 in Pesos playing blackjack. Really thought I hit it big until I looked at the exchange rate...
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01-18-2018, 06:42 PM
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Location: Strathmore
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Won a couple different rifles & a shotgun at the local wildlife supper over the years. Would have been cheaper to buy them.....
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01-18-2018, 06:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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What's the coolest
A 10 lb. block of cheese at Freedom Ford in Edmonton.
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01-18-2018, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Saskatoon
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A $250 gift certificate to cabela's at a fishing derby last year, derby is on again this weekend and hoping I can win something again!
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01-18-2018, 06:57 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: onoway, Ab
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Not long after we got married the wife one a saddle from welsh’s Saddlery. Then we won a security system ( not really free when you pay monthly monitoring) then we got broke into and the saddle got stolen.
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01-18-2018, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: in the pines
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Winnings
I won $5500 on the sitewide brass pool at scotford a few years ago. At the time, I had been saving my cash and struggling on whether to buy a Honda rubicon or a skidoo tundra. I bought them both.
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01-18-2018, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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I won a game of solitaire once.
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01-18-2018, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Strathmore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smokinyotes
Not long after we got married the wife one a saddle from welsh’s Saddlery. Then we won a security system ( not really free when you pay monthly monitoring) then we got broke into and the saddle got stolen.
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I feel your pain, forgive me, but the irony is a hoot
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01-18-2018, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: The South
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We won a dirt bike at a hillclimb in Montana a few years ago.
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01-18-2018, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Dam it , I couldn't get lucky with a fist full of $100.00 bills at a Vegas ***** House
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01-18-2018, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: East Central AB
Posts: 1,144
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Won a 95 Jeep TJ and 7 day skiing package for 2 in a Hospital Lottery.
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01-18-2018, 08:41 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: red deer
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Originally Posted by ETOWNCANUCK
My freedom after the divorce.
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Hahahahaha ..... yup
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01-18-2018, 11:28 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
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I won Harley Davidson a years a go and heading to Mexico at the end of the month on a trip the wife and I won
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01-18-2018, 11:46 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smokinyotes
Not long after we got married the wife one a saddle from welsh’s Saddlery. Then we won a security system ( not really free when you pay monthly monitoring) then we got broke into and the saddle got stolen.
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I'm sorry for your loss and thank you for one of the best post I've seen in eons. Made me laugh so hard that I'm gonna miss work tomorrow.
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01-18-2018, 11:47 PM
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Location: central Alberta
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I won one major cool thing...a card game with the reaper. I won the fight against leukemia, so far so good. 7 years now.
I have also won a couple minor prizes...
-In the early 80's I came in first in an Alberta gold panning championship. then was invited to a Canadian panning competition. I came in 3rd there.
- I won at a casino last year. A 36 cent bet in a penny slot machine paid me almost ten grand.
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01-19-2018, 05:38 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Fort Sask, AB
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A CKXL radio T-Shirt back in 1974.
Took the bus downtown to pick it up and everything, ha
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01-19-2018, 06:02 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Morinville
Posts: 1,312
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CX Shooters
I won a Browning T-Bolt there in 2014.
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01-19-2018, 06:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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I was 18 and I won a Texas mickey of Bacardi. Big party that night.
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01-19-2018, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Forgotten corner Ab.
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83 Pontiac Grand Prix. Kinsmen draw at stampede
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He didn't say anything about cleaning the garage and cutting the grass....
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