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rainbowtreat
07-04-2008, 01:25 AM
Neither of us ever win anything. Not that we don't try but we never do.

My husband listens to a radio show called Free Beer and Hot Wings. THey have a guy on there named Zane. They play this trivia game with a caller. Today they wanted caller #8. Nicholas was filling his water bottle at work when he heard this so he said what the hell I ahve my cell onm eI will give it a try. He has been trying any chance he got for about 3 years but has never been able to get through.

Now my husband has a head full of useless knowledge. You can ask him any question and he can answer it. He always answers the questions during the radio show at work and every one there says he could beat the guy.

Well he got through, no busy signal or anything. Just got right through. THey asked him his name and age and where he was calling from and then told him he was the 8th caller. So he won the coin toss and got to choose to go first or second. ( I am rambling I know so sorry ).

There are only 5 or 6 questions. Each week the pot is $400 and if no one wins it it rolls over to add to the next weeks pot. Well today the pot was $3600.00. He won it. But he didn't tell me right away. He came home on lunch which he never does and was downloading the pod cast. He didn't tell me anything. He gets home after 5:30 and just says that I have to listen to something. I always have to listen to something from that show so I just let him show me and then go on. Well the brat made me sit and listen the whole thing through. Utnill the end where he won the money. I was like what? And you didn't say anything to me. He said he could not believe it himself that is why he had to get the pod cast to listen to it again to be sure.

You can here the guys at work in the back ground come rushing in the room he was in after the heard he won. There is a 15 second delay between him answering and the listeners hearing it. No one was working for that few mins.

But it was not easy. When they went to commercial they asked him to hold on the line. He said he was waiting and he kept hearing a beep. Didn't know what it was untill him phone went dead. His battery died. He said he flew out of the room jumping over machines to get to one of his co workers and demanded his phone and ran outside. He got them back and they made sure it was him and he was able to continue.

We have plans for the money. It will be a couple of months before we get it. Just in time for school to start. The kids will be all decked out for school this year. Yes we are going to pay off some bills. Most should be cought up by then any way. We are going to get some things that need to be fixed on both vehicles. Putting some back for Christmas. But we are going to spoil our selves. We may get a new TV and he may get a new racing jacket. Thing we would never be able to normaly get as the kids are always growing and needing clothes and shoes and what not. So we never splurge. Well we are going to.

Oh yeah and he won a new pair of boots from some place just for playing too.

Yeah it was a good day. He is going to make his friend listen to it as well instead of telling him.

The funny thing is earlier in the evening he said something to me before I listened to it that some one from NH won $3600.00 today. As I am listening to it and I hear that it is him on there I was thinking no he would have told me. He said he couldn't he had to have me listen.

I love that man lol. Sorry so long. But this was an exciting day.

snowflakebride
07-04-2008, 01:41 AM
That is so freaking awesome! I bet his heart almost stopped when his cell went dead.

Krimangel
07-04-2008, 01:52 AM
Holy moly! congrats! That is awesome, bet he did a little dance once he got off the phone.

Nekochanpurr
07-04-2008, 03:45 AM
Thats so awesome!! Heck yeah! I'm glad you guys won so much!

SerendipityCrafts
07-04-2008, 07:06 AM
Ha!!!! That is great! hmmm DH is full of useless trivia too .... I wonder if he can make it profitable as well :rofl:

Dani
07-04-2008, 09:09 AM
AWESOME!!! Holy cow that is a nice surprise! The only thing I ever won was a Charlie the Tuna fish watch when i was 9...lol (I still have it :) )

Ohio888Bride
07-04-2008, 09:21 AM
Excellent way to start the holiday weekend! I'm happy for your family.

Don't spend it all in one place; spend it in several! LOL!

spuls5
07-04-2008, 11:00 AM
wow that is awesome. All I would ever win was free CD's or concert tickets LOL.

Do you know what the trivia questions where?

bichonlvr
07-04-2008, 11:18 AM
That is RAD!!!!

WebLady
07-04-2008, 11:23 AM
That is awesome; congrats to you guys!

tawni8806
07-04-2008, 11:59 AM
Congrats! I am happy for you.

I never hear of anyone actually winning, so I am glad its someone from the OW board. :)

RevMatty
07-04-2008, 12:11 PM
I see a pick OW party at someones house.

Cograts to you both.

Going2BeMrsEshraghi
07-04-2008, 01:27 PM
AWESOME!!! Holy cow that is a nice surprise! The only thing I ever won was a Charlie the Tuna fish watch when i was 9...lol (I still have it :) )

Hhahha!! Thats awesome!!

Congrats on the win!! That is a pretty nice chunk of change he won.

Glad to see that somebody won who deserves it and will put that money to good use :)

mitch
07-04-2008, 01:39 PM
Congrats nice to hear some good news.

My FH is lucky on the Roulette Machines in the local Bookies. He came home with £300 ($595 ish) for a £1 bet ($1.98) the other night and told me get some Wedding stuff with it.

Me personally, i'm lucky if i win an arguement. :bbeek: LOL

kgvettegirl
07-04-2008, 02:00 PM
Congratulations it couldn't have happened to nicer people.

rainbowtreat
07-04-2008, 08:18 PM
Thank you all. We are very excited. The questions were all different. Some music, some movie, books, and some religion. He was a little nervous on those ones. He was so nervous that he couldn't be exicted for himself. When you heard the crowd of guys in the back ground come rushing out to him the guys on the radio show said they don't get any of the money. Nicholas said maybe the guy who let me borrow his phone. We are going to put the money to good use but we are also going to splurge a little. I think we deserve it.

The funny thing is once you play the trivia that they do every week you can never play again. He had treid for 3 yrs to try to get on and play and he just happen to get through on the week the pot was so dang high. It is awsome.

Some one said he was on a roll as he got a free ticket to the races last weekend and then he won this that he should go buy a lottery ticket. He bought one and won $1 lol. I guess our luck has stopped lol.

ger
07-06-2008, 12:13 AM
Wow!! That is soooo awesome. I'm glad you're going to splurge with some of it...you deserve it! How come it takes so long to get the money? Do they have to check you out??

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Have fun with it!

val24
07-06-2008, 06:35 PM
that is so awesome!!!!
i am glad you are spulging on yourself also, you guys deserve it!!!

rainbowtreat
07-07-2008, 09:35 AM
Wow!! That is soooo awesome. I'm glad you're going to splurge with some of it...you deserve it! How come it takes so long to get the money? Do they have to check you out??

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Have fun with it!


It takes a little while to get the money because they have to send him a form to fill out about verifing it is him and some tax info as we have to claim the prize moeny. We should have it just in time for school to start.

Brian's Bride
07-07-2008, 09:48 AM
Congratulations!

The best and only thing I won off the radio was a Motley Crue tape, Dr. Feelgood! I used to listen to that thing on my walkman over and over while I was out mowing my parents' lawn.

bridal1
07-07-2008, 09:56 AM
Wow....hope I can be that lucky...!

sancho
07-14-2008, 02:47 AM
great!!!! Hopefully you will spend your money wisely :D

Kasey
07-29-2008, 09:56 AM
I actually heard this radio program when it aired!! Free beer and hot wings is actually out of Grand Rapids MI.

rainbowtreat
07-29-2008, 10:12 AM
I actually heard this radio program when it aired!! Free beer and hot wings is actually out of Grand Rapids MI.


That is cool that you heard it. A friend of ours asked his brother if he listened to it and he said yeah some guy named Nick from NH won it. Our friend said " Dude it was Nicholas" He was like no way.

We just got the check yesterday. I have to go put it in the bank. I can't wait to go get my new glasses. I will be able to see again lol.

The first order of business is a new TV and then do some work on our vehicles. The kids are getting new bikes and will be all set for school.

I might even get some new clothes.

The baby is getting a Backyardigans fold out sofa. The shipping is a crazy amount but we can't find it any where else. But I know he will like it.

Nicholas is also going to get a new nascar jacket. He has a few but with Jr. having a new number and sponsers and all he needs the new one.

We are also putting a bunch back for Christmas.

And we don't have to worry about stretching the dollar the next couple of week to make sure we have enough for rent. I am working now but the money is coming in slowing from the state. And my husband is not getting the over time for the next couple of weeks and that kills us.

rainbowtreat
08-11-2008, 02:59 PM
Ok so DH got his new 37 inch flat screen TV and a new stand to put it on, he also got his xbox360 and some games for him and the kids. The kids got their new bikes and helmets. The got enough school clothes to last them a while. The baby got his little sofa and he LOVES it. I have an eye appt. for Thursday so I can get my new glasses. I will have some money for new clothes for me. And I have a new lap top. I wanted one only because the kids are getting into wanting to play games on the computer now and my daughter with her webkins and then DH doing his thing and the baby watching his show some times I just want to check e-mail and I can't. So this is mine all mine. I might let DH use it if he wants to but it is mine and I am still getting used to it. It is so complete, web cam and everything. Alot that I don't need. I can watch movies on here and everything. Very nice. Now to get my van fixed I will be all set. We also spent some money taking my mom back home and stopping at Old Orchard Beach. It was nice to be able to go and buy some things and not worry about it. We enver get that chance. We did put money back for Christmas too. And we will add to that each week. This Christmas wont be like last year when DH lost his job and I was only part time. Oh and my sisters dad is paid off. I had to borrow from him when that happened and now he is paid in full.

Now back to the work and putting money back for bills each week. We had to do this for ourselves as we never get the chance to and you have to do something like these some time when you get the chance.

gwenshack
08-11-2008, 03:48 PM
WOW! That's super cool!

Congrats to you both!!! Hopefully you can do something nice for yourselves with a little bit of the winnings...!

Nekochanpurr
08-11-2008, 03:53 PM
Thats so awesome!!! *^^* You deserve it!!

rainbowtreat
08-11-2008, 05:12 PM
Thank you, the weekend away without the older 2 was kinda something for us. We bought what we wanted if we saw something we liked. The TV and ;ap top is something we wanted so that was for us. We might get out to dinner just the 2 of us but that doesn't happen to often these day with 3 kids. We might before Suze goes back home.

val24
08-13-2008, 10:37 AM
awww i am glad you guys got to do what you wanted. you deserve it!
congratulations again!