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LabRat · 03-05-2009, 08:54 AM

Do you mean "sweepstakes" as they are known here in the US? Where you sign up for free stuff, and end up with your name on 50 zillion cold call and junk mailing lists?

When Red and I were visiting Chicago's Navy Pier one spring many years ago, I dropped my name in a box. A couple months later, I found out I had won 2 free roundtrip airline tickets to Los Angeles California. Unfortunately, at that point I was 3 or 4 months pregnant, and we couldn't afford the trip (it was a surprise pregnancy, so were weren't really financially ready). I called to see if they would extend their expiration date so we could use the trip as a getaway post partum, but it was a no go. We couldn't give the tickets away either, since they were non-transferable.

03-05-2009, 08:54 AM	#2
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Do you mean "sweepstakes" as they are known here in the US? Where you sign up for free stuff, and end up with your name on 50 zillion cold call and junk mailing lists? When Red and I were visiting Chicago's Navy Pier one spring many years ago, I dropped my name in a box. A couple months later, I found out I had won 2 free roundtrip airline tickets to Los Angeles California. Unfortunately, at that point I was 3 or 4 months pregnant, and we couldn't afford the trip (it was a surprise pregnancy, so were weren't really financially ready). I called to see if they would extend their expiration date so we could use the trip as a getaway post partum, but it was a no go. We couldn't give the tickets away either, since they were non-transferable. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.