I don't think I have ever won anything in my entire life.

[christopher3393]

I remember summers at St. John's, Collegeville, MN going out for jogs in the woods and being chased by deer flies, most stubborn and persistent creatures who packed a mean bite. DEET helped, but had its own side effects. They did make me run faster. And evening mosquitoes? Just going from one building to another required running or lots of DEET if it was more than 50 yards. Citronella torches? Minnesota mosquitoes laugh at them.

[AudioDoctor]

5 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

I remember summers at St. John's, Collegeville, MN going out for jogs in the woods and being chased by deer flies, most stubborn and persistent creatures who packed a mean bite. DEET helped, but had its own side effects. They did make me run faster. And evening mosquitoes? Just going from one building to another required running or lots of DEET if it was more than 50 yards. Citronella torches? Minnesota mosquitoes laugh at them.

 

Interesting, what did you do there?  My Dad is a Johnny, and Mom is a Benny, of course.

 

I love that campus.  So peaceful.  And the bread the Monks make is wonderful!

[mav52]

I won a lawnmower in a hardware store back in 1970, I was the 5000 customer, trouble is I was in college and living in a dorm. That's the only thing I've won. Oh the mower I gave it to the man behind me.

[christopher3393]

14 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Interesting, what did you do there?  My Dad is a Johnny, and Mom is a Benny, of course.

 

I love that campus.  So peaceful.  And the bread the Monks make is wonderful!

 

I was a seminarian. It is a beautiful place.

[new_media]

Remember the miniseries "V" from 1983?

 

I won a copy of the novelization by calling in to some local NBC affiliate morning show.  Haven't won anything since.

[wgscott]

43 minutes ago, new_media said:

Remember the miniseries "V" from 1983?

 

I won a copy of the novelization by calling in to some local NBC affiliate morning show.  Haven't won anything since.

 

Much better than the re-make.

[AudioDoctor]

8 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

 

I was a seminarian. It is a beautiful place.

 

Ah, alright. 

 

I have many memories of that place as a kid, and some as an adult when I could see things differently.

 

Edit: I haven't been there in years, are the Monks still making the bread?

[christopher3393]

6 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Ah, alright. 

 

I have many memories of that place as a kid, and some as an adult when I could see things differently.

 

Edit: I haven't been there in years, are the Monks still making the bread?

 

I believe there is a baker (not a monk) who still makes the bread. St. John's licensed the recipe to other bakeries for a number of years. If you have a bread maker, you can buy the mix online, I think. St. John's is otherwise doing well, over all. I have several old acquaintances on faculty and in the community. Met some fine people there.

 

When I left seminary I was dating a Benny 

 

The monastic community built a nice new guesthouse some years ago, and almost every summer there is a month-long retreat...for Tibetan Buddhists.  

[bobbmd]

@gmgraves I won the dec 1st 1969 draft lottery and eventually got a ticket to Camp Lejeune north carolina!

[mav52]

This thread must be good luck, I won a $20.00 scratch off lottery ticket yesterday, my first, cost me a buck.

[AudioDoctor]

4 hours ago, mav52 said:

This thread must be good luck, I won a $20.00 scratch off lottery ticket yesterday, my first, cost me a buck.

I'll expect my cut in the mail.

[AudioDoctor]

6 hours ago, bobbmd said:

@gmgraves I won the dec 1st 1969 draft lottery and eventually got a ticket to Camp Lejeune north carolina!

 

That doesn't sound very lucky.

[mav52]

19 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

That doesn't sound very lucky.

It must be, he's here. 

[89reksal]

I won a Man From Uncle gun for best letter to Santa Claus

 

[gmgraves]

6 hours ago, bobbmd said:

@gmgraves I won the dec 1st 1969 draft lottery and eventually got a ticket to Camp Lejeune north carolina!

That's one lottery that I'm VERY GLAD that I lost! My number was never chosen.

[AudioDoctor]

11 hours ago, mav52 said:

It must be, he's here. 

 

I know some people that may disagree it was lucky.

[Middy]

17 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

I know some people that may disagree it was lucky.

 

If it helps you have won my admiration Sir. 

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, Middy said:

 

If it helps you have won my admiration Sir. 

 

Thanks, I suppose.

[AudioDoctor]

11 hours ago, Bruce Kenway said:

I won a 1 in thousands Magento performance optimization job in a Magento development company. Well, bless me.

 

Any job is better than no job these days, right?

 

well, almost.