Nancy wrote --

>  DS> Hell has a better chance of freezing over, than I do in winning
>  DS> something.
> 
> I never win anything either.... but then, I also don't enter anything,
> either.... 

   The first thing I ever remember winning was a free pizza in college on
some radio contest.
   There used to be a web site where one could enter various contests.  I
won a few things there.
   One was a whirlpool thing you placed over the side of your bathtub. 
That never worked very well since the tub had to be full to the edge for
it work properly.  I eventually gave it away.
   I also won a free bathroom scale which I still have.
   I entered a coffee contest from a well known expensive coffee company.
 (No, not the one that starts with S).  I won a years free coffee (like
25 two pound bags of assorted coffee), along with a large carafe which I
use as a tea pot.
   There were a few other odds and ends and trinkets over time. 
   Never won the lottery.  But then I only played twice.
   Reminds of an old joke.
   A poor fella was praying and said "O Lord, you know I have all sorts
of financial problems, the rent is due, there are doctor bills for the
wife and kids" and so on.  Then he asks, Please let me win the lottery.
   This goes on for several weeks, every night, the same prayer.
   Finally one night he hears this booming voice say "BUY A TICKET!"
   Joe
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