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Never won, but there was always that chance....
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Does anyone else feel a bit of a loss on this one?
Never won, but there was always that chance....
I too never won one, but they'll be sorely missed, that's for sure.
There were of course some that I never entered due to not having any interest in the prize anyway.
Oh yeah, I never entered ones that I wouldn't have use for, and always said IF I won something and that prize was replacing something then that old bit of kit would go back out here, pay it forward and all that...
I entered most but never won a thing so I just gave up. I have no luck with things like this.
JABULANI NONKE
I won a GPU (7770) in 2012, I just looked up the email where I told Dave I'd kiss him...
he stilll wakes up in a cold sweat about that emailOriginally Posted by Rob_B
Rob_B (Yesterday)
I remember a prize draw at an HP press event at Comdex and, as I was sitting next to the Marketing Director, I said "I never win anything at these events".
Guess who's name was drawn for first prize, about 5 seconds later. Yup.
You should have seen his grin.
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
I never won any of the regular comps, but I was one of the lucky recipients of those swish BenQ W1210ST projectors.
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!
Swap you for a 7770?....
LOL I bet. Seriously I have zero luck in 60 years I have won zero in anything like these things.I remember a prize draw at an HP press event at Comdex and, as I was sitting next to the Marketing Director, I said "I never win anything at these events".
Guess who's name was drawn for first prize, about 5 seconds later. Yup.
You should have seen his grin.
JABULANI NONKE
My 'luck' hasn't always been so great. When the lottery first started, a guy I knew wrote one of those 'predict the numbers' buts of lottery software. Yes, I know. I did a lot of stats at university as part of an economics degree, and predicting lottery numbers? Uh huh. Riiiiiight!
So he gave me a copy to play with. The idea was you put each week's numbers in and it tells you what to buy next week. So for a couple of months, I did. First week, a 4-number win. £143, IIRC. Not too shabby for £2 in tickets.
Roll forward a couple of months (10 weeks, I think), and I had a three week trip to the USA. When I got back, I thought "What the hell" and put the numbers for the first week I was away in. Nothing. I put the second week's numbers in. Nowt. I put the third week in, and ....
I could not believe what it did.
These were historical, of course, as it was done when I got back. So, the draw was over. But, had I been here, well, I had been sticking a couple of quid on each week.
It only went and predicted the correct six numbers for the following week, didn't it?
Yes, I know it can't. It just faffing did. A £6.7m jackpot.
And I wasn't here to have put the £2 on.
It makes me want to cry even now.
A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".
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