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rbnyc

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12. a bike...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Feb 10, 2012, 10:34 AM

Feb 2012

...some jewelry, a tea set, an ipod, a digital camera and a basket full of lube, condoms and sex toys.

(Okay, that last one I didn't really "win." I was the highest bidder in a silent auction for an LGBT not-for-profit. The rest were all raffles.)

On Edit: I've also won a lot of writing competitions for short fiction and poetry. Oh yeah and a fishing derby.

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What have you won in your life? I won a fruit cake at a highland dancing recital. The pain and [View all] applegrove Feb 2012 OP

Every time a piece of writing gets published I feel like I won. Hah! nolabear Feb 2012 #1

In 1957 I won a plastic model of a B52. mysuzuki2 Feb 2012 #2

hmm, Broken_Hero Feb 2012 #3

1974 Defensive lineman of the year OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #4

In 1991 the local department store had a model search and HeiressofBickworth Feb 2012 #5

Two literary awards. Chan790 Feb 2012 #6

4th grade spelling bee champ. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #7

1989, in Mexico, I won two bottles of Tequila. I was (still am) a recovering alcoholic. I told my demosincebirth Feb 2012 #8

A Boat Cushion grilled onions Feb 2012 #9

A pony at a county fair when I was about 10 Populist_Prole Feb 2012 #10

The Russian prize at school tjwmason Feb 2012 #11

a bike... rbnyc Feb 2012 #12

I won a couple of medals and a trophy for piping geardaddy Feb 2012 #13

O.T. , love the bagpipes Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #19

For achievement, I won several awards in high school Nikia Feb 2012 #14

We had an "entry-level" membership at the local country club... MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #15

Won a ski trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, RebelOne Feb 2012 #16

I won the Australian Sweepstakes! Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #17

A couple of things... nothing major though. femmocrat Feb 2012 #18

I won tickets to see Cheap Trick way back when. That was cool ... first concert I ever went to. JoePhilly Feb 2012 #20

That is really exciting. I used to play basketball too. Though I was not a star. applegrove Feb 2012 #22

Was part of a dojo who has won 5 times in the NorCal tournament sakabatou Feb 2012 #21

I won AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #23