Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people had 
done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from quarter 
past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.

nearly run out of wrappers now.

Just wondering what others have done so far.

SK

I'm just doing them as I eat them, one a day most days.

Mike

"Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message news:AmIde.16404$Y46.3321@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...

> Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people had 
> done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from quarter 
> past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
> 
> nearly run out of wrappers now.
> 
> Just wondering what others have done so far.
> 
> SK 
> 
>

According to :

>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people had 
>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from quarter 
>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>
>nearly run out of wrappers now.


Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?


>Just wondering what others have done so far.


I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
started to forget. 


-- 
UK Competitions: http://comps.org/

vicky i am doing them from 2 phones, in the hope i might actually win, one s 
a work phone with 500 free texts and the other is my personal phone with 
just over 100 texts free so its not really costing me anything, i can well 
imagine some people are literallyy sitting their entering hundreds of codes 
a day though, just like those people who paid i think i was 3k on that kit 
kat promotion to buy loads of kit kats to actually get some of the top 
prizes, do you remember seeing them in the paper, i think they got prizes 
worth about 156k for an outlay of something like 3k.

P.S  also do the nutigrain npn route on alternative days as it says no bulk 
entries and they may consider more than 2 entries via the npn route per day 
bulk, even though it says one entry per envelope is allowed.
good luck anyway.

SK
"Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...

> According to :
>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people had
>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from quarter
>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>
>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>
> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>
>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>
> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
> started to forget.
>
>
> -- 
> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/ 

p.s  dont forget to enter, naughty,naughty, you may just be missing out on a 
500 quid win. LMAO.
"Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...

> According to :
>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people had
>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from quarter
>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>
>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>
> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>
>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>
> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
> started to forget.
>
>
> -- 
> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/ 

although im getting bored now of enetering the codes  pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...

> According to :
>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people had
>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from quarter
>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>
>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>
> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>
>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>
> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
> started to forget.
>
>
> -- 
> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/ 

Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
Good luck mate!

"Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...

> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes  pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>> According to :
>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people had
>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from 
>>>quarter
>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>
>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>
>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>
>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>
>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
>> started to forget.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>
> 

hopefully andy,hopefully :-)   still plenty of days to go. With you being in 
Manchester you'll know city life magazine, when i was 18, awhile ago,but not 
that lomg agao :-) i won a trip to the atlanta olympics in 96 from a 
postcard draw from them , was absolutely fantatsic, 4 days of fulll 
hospitality and everything paid for, theyre pretty good for the smaller 
prizes too, remember henry j beans just off deansgate, also won a party 
night(food,beer etc,etc) for 8 people 3 years gao, was a fantastic night let 
me tell ya :-)

do u enter the city life ones.

www.citylife.co.uk


StefanK
"AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
news:mnPde.1140$CF.40528@news-1.opaltelecom.net...

> Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
> Good luck mate!
>
> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
> news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes  pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
>> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>>> According to :
>>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people had
>>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from 
>>>>quarter
>>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>>
>>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>>
>>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>>
>>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>>
>>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
>>> started to forget.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>>
>>
>
> 

Hi Stefan!

Yes, I know City Life very well... I sometimes enter competitions from the 
magazine, but keep forgetting to check out the website! I won a CD from the 
magazine once, which fades into insignificance compared to your briliant 
win! Wow, the Atlanta Olympics, that's a superb trip! I was a volunteer at 
the Commonwealth Games, but it's hardly the same!

The Henry J Beans thing sounded good too!

Keep it up!

Andy

"Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
news:YGPde.11352$YF5.8686@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...

> hopefully andy,hopefully :-)   still plenty of days to go. With you being 
> in Manchester you'll know city life magazine, when i was 18, awhile 
> ago,but not that lomg agao :-) i won a trip to the atlanta olympics in 96 
> from a postcard draw from them , was absolutely fantatsic, 4 days of fulll 
> hospitality and everything paid for, theyre pretty good for the smaller 
> prizes too, remember henry j beans just off deansgate, also won a party 
> night(food,beer etc,etc) for 8 people 3 years gao, was a fantastic night 
> let me tell ya :-)
>
> do u enter the city life ones.
>
> www.citylife.co.uk
>
>
> StefanK
> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
> news:mnPde.1140$CF.40528@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>> Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
>> Good luck mate!
>>
>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>> news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes  pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
>>> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>>>> According to :
>>>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people 
>>>>>had
>>>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from 
>>>>>quarter
>>>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>>>
>>>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>>>
>>>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>>>
>>>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>>>
>>>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
>>>> started to forget.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 

yea the commonwealth were good too, manchester was buzzin when they were on 
wasnt it, the question for the atlanta trip was " what is budweiser 
otherwise known as", it was a postacr draw, i remember it was a tuesday 
night and this draw closed on the friday, i had a quick scan of a bottle of 
bud, and saw loads of things but decided to opt for "King  Of Beers" as the 
answer, i thought damn it closes friday, so i decided to post it first class 
on the wednesday morning, which i duly did, must have arrived their on 
friday cos at exactly 18:08 and ,i remeber cos i looked at me watch at 
excatly the same time as me parents phone rang(not that i live their now of 
course LOL), answered said the usual hello, is that Mr Kkaniuk, which one i 
said, Stefan, yes, speaking, well congratulations you have won teh city life 
olympic competition, all i can say is i very nearly dropped the phone, the 
guy then gave me the phone number of the lady at some promotion company to 
call in the morning to sort out the internal london flight tickets and the 1 
grand spending money which was part of the prize as well.

all i can say is that it was one experience i will never forget, the only 
problem being, as you can imagine, all me friends and family wanted to come 
with me, so i decided,literally to put all teh names in a hat and draw it 
that way and the lucky winner was me mate Craig, you know city life also 
gave me loads of their promo stuff to wear while we were out their as 
well,made some fantastic m8s while we were over their as well, all of whom i 
still kep in touch with now, so theres always a bed for me in atlanta any 
time i like.

A never forgotten experience i can tell you.
All this from one simple postcard draw.
SK.
"AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
news:ERPde.1142$CF.40461@news-1.opaltelecom.net...

> Hi Stefan!
>
> Yes, I know City Life very well... I sometimes enter competitions from the 
> magazine, but keep forgetting to check out the website! I won a CD from 
> the magazine once, which fades into insignificance compared to your 
> briliant win! Wow, the Atlanta Olympics, that's a superb trip! I was a 
> volunteer at the Commonwealth Games, but it's hardly the same!
>
> The Henry J Beans thing sounded good too!
>
> Keep it up!
>
> Andy
>
> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
> news:YGPde.11352$YF5.8686@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>> hopefully andy,hopefully :-)   still plenty of days to go. With you being 
>> in Manchester you'll know city life magazine, when i was 18, awhile 
>> ago,but not that lomg agao :-) i won a trip to the atlanta olympics in 96 
>> from a postcard draw from them , was absolutely fantatsic, 4 days of 
>> fulll hospitality and everything paid for, theyre pretty good for the 
>> smaller prizes too, remember henry j beans just off deansgate, also won a 
>> party night(food,beer etc,etc) for 8 people 3 years gao, was a fantastic 
>> night let me tell ya :-)
>>
>> do u enter the city life ones.
>>
>> www.citylife.co.uk
>>
>>
>> StefanK
>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>> news:mnPde.1140$CF.40528@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>> Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
>>> Good luck mate!
>>>
>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>> news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>>> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes 
>>>> pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>>> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>>>>> According to :
>>>>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people 
>>>>>>had
>>>>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from 
>>>>>>quarter
>>>>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>>>>
>>>>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
>>>>> started to forget.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 

Thanks for sharing your experience, it was really interesting to read.

Really nice of City Life to give you some promo stuff to wear too! Sounds 
like you really had the VIP treatment!

A couple of years ago I won a great prize in the Observer Sports Monthly, it 
was a trip to Barcelona, to see a match at the Nou Camp (not that I'm 
particularly into football, but it was a great experience and I love 
Barcelona).

We were sent the plane tickets and everything else was supposed to be sorted 
when we arrived in Barcelona. We waited for our driver to collect us from 
the airport, but there was no sign, so after half an hour we got a taxi. 
Arrived at the hotel, and they knew nothing about the booking! I showed them 
the letter, and thankfully after a phone call to London, the manager sorted 
it out! The rest of the trip was superb, had a great time in my favourite 
city!

It's great that you've made some friends in Atlanta Stefan, wish I'd made 
some friends in Barcelona!

"Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
news:76Qde.5461$%K6.968@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...

> yea the commonwealth were good too, manchester was buzzin when they were 
> on wasnt it, the question for the atlanta trip was " what is budweiser 
> otherwise known as", it was a postacr draw, i remember it was a tuesday 
> night and this draw closed on the friday, i had a quick scan of a bottle 
> of bud, and saw loads of things but decided to opt for "King  Of Beers" as 
> the answer, i thought damn it closes friday, so i decided to post it first 
> class on the wednesday morning, which i duly did, must have arrived their 
> on friday cos at exactly 18:08 and ,i remeber cos i looked at me watch at 
> excatly the same time as me parents phone rang(not that i live their now 
> of course LOL), answered said the usual hello, is that Mr Kkaniuk, which 
> one i said, Stefan, yes, speaking, well congratulations you have won teh 
> city life olympic competition, all i can say is i very nearly dropped the 
> phone, the guy then gave me the phone number of the lady at some promotion 
> company to call in the morning to sort out the internal london flight 
> tickets and the 1 grand spending money which was part of the prize as 
> well.
>
> all i can say is that it was one experience i will never forget, the only 
> problem being, as you can imagine, all me friends and family wanted to 
> come with me, so i decided,literally to put all teh names in a hat and 
> draw it that way and the lucky winner was me mate Craig, you know city 
> life also gave me loads of their promo stuff to wear while we were out 
> their as well,made some fantastic m8s while we were over their as well, 
> all of whom i still kep in touch with now, so theres always a bed for me 
> in atlanta any time i like.
>
> A never forgotten experience i can tell you.
> All this from one simple postcard draw.
> SK.
> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
> news:ERPde.1142$CF.40461@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>> Hi Stefan!
>>
>> Yes, I know City Life very well... I sometimes enter competitions from 
>> the magazine, but keep forgetting to check out the website! I won a CD 
>> from the magazine once, which fades into insignificance compared to your 
>> briliant win! Wow, the Atlanta Olympics, that's a superb trip! I was a 
>> volunteer at the Commonwealth Games, but it's hardly the same!
>>
>> The Henry J Beans thing sounded good too!
>>
>> Keep it up!
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>> news:YGPde.11352$YF5.8686@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>>> hopefully andy,hopefully :-)   still plenty of days to go. With you 
>>> being in Manchester you'll know city life magazine, when i was 18, 
>>> awhile ago,but not that lomg agao :-) i won a trip to the atlanta 
>>> olympics in 96 from a postcard draw from them , was absolutely 
>>> fantatsic, 4 days of fulll hospitality and everything paid for, theyre 
>>> pretty good for the smaller prizes too, remember henry j beans just off 
>>> deansgate, also won a party night(food,beer etc,etc) for 8 people 3 
>>> years gao, was a fantastic night let me tell ya :-)
>>>
>>> do u enter the city life ones.
>>>
>>> www.citylife.co.uk
>>>
>>>
>>> StefanK
>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>> news:mnPde.1140$CF.40528@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>> Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
>>>> Good luck mate!
>>>>
>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>>>> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes 
>>>>> pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>>>> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
>>>>> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>>>>>> According to :
>>>>>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people 
>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from 
>>>>>>>quarter
>>>>>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
>>>>>> started to forget.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 

well the americans over their seemed to love us, because we were english, 
they wanted to know everything about what it was like over here,even the 
promo gear attracted a bit of attention,some people even knew the magazine 
lol

and as for certain clubs we went to in down town atlanta,well the simple 
fact we were english was enough   LMAO.
"AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
news:t7Rde.1143$CF.40502@news-1.opaltelecom.net...

> Thanks for sharing your experience, it was really interesting to read.
>
> Really nice of City Life to give you some promo stuff to wear too! Sounds 
> like you really had the VIP treatment!
>
> A couple of years ago I won a great prize in the Observer Sports Monthly, 
> it was a trip to Barcelona, to see a match at the Nou Camp (not that I'm 
> particularly into football, but it was a great experience and I love 
> Barcelona).
>
> We were sent the plane tickets and everything else was supposed to be 
> sorted when we arrived in Barcelona. We waited for our driver to collect 
> us from the airport, but there was no sign, so after half an hour we got a 
> taxi. Arrived at the hotel, and they knew nothing about the booking! I 
> showed them the letter, and thankfully after a phone call to London, the 
> manager sorted it out! The rest of the trip was superb, had a great time 
> in my favourite city!
>
> It's great that you've made some friends in Atlanta Stefan, wish I'd made 
> some friends in Barcelona!
>
> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
> news:76Qde.5461$%K6.968@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>> yea the commonwealth were good too, manchester was buzzin when they were 
>> on wasnt it, the question for the atlanta trip was " what is budweiser 
>> otherwise known as", it was a postacr draw, i remember it was a tuesday 
>> night and this draw closed on the friday, i had a quick scan of a bottle 
>> of bud, and saw loads of things but decided to opt for "King  Of Beers" 
>> as the answer, i thought damn it closes friday, so i decided to post it 
>> first class on the wednesday morning, which i duly did, must have arrived 
>> their on friday cos at exactly 18:08 and ,i remeber cos i looked at me 
>> watch at excatly the same time as me parents phone rang(not that i live 
>> their now of course LOL), answered said the usual hello, is that Mr 
>> Kkaniuk, which one i said, Stefan, yes, speaking, well congratulations 
>> you have won teh city life olympic competition, all i can say is i very 
>> nearly dropped the phone, the guy then gave me the phone number of the 
>> lady at some promotion company to call in the morning to sort out the 
>> internal london flight tickets and the 1 grand spending money which was 
>> part of the prize as well.
>>
>> all i can say is that it was one experience i will never forget, the only 
>> problem being, as you can imagine, all me friends and family wanted to 
>> come with me, so i decided,literally to put all teh names in a hat and 
>> draw it that way and the lucky winner was me mate Craig, you know city 
>> life also gave me loads of their promo stuff to wear while we were out 
>> their as well,made some fantastic m8s while we were over their as well, 
>> all of whom i still kep in touch with now, so theres always a bed for me 
>> in atlanta any time i like.
>>
>> A never forgotten experience i can tell you.
>> All this from one simple postcard draw.
>> SK.
>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>> news:ERPde.1142$CF.40461@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>> Hi Stefan!
>>>
>>> Yes, I know City Life very well... I sometimes enter competitions from 
>>> the magazine, but keep forgetting to check out the website! I won a CD 
>>> from the magazine once, which fades into insignificance compared to your 
>>> briliant win! Wow, the Atlanta Olympics, that's a superb trip! I was a 
>>> volunteer at the Commonwealth Games, but it's hardly the same!
>>>
>>> The Henry J Beans thing sounded good too!
>>>
>>> Keep it up!
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>> news:YGPde.11352$YF5.8686@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>>>> hopefully andy,hopefully :-)   still plenty of days to go. With you 
>>>> being in Manchester you'll know city life magazine, when i was 18, 
>>>> awhile ago,but not that lomg agao :-) i won a trip to the atlanta 
>>>> olympics in 96 from a postcard draw from them , was absolutely 
>>>> fantatsic, 4 days of fulll hospitality and everything paid for, theyre 
>>>> pretty good for the smaller prizes too, remember henry j beans just off 
>>>> deansgate, also won a party night(food,beer etc,etc) for 8 people 3 
>>>> years gao, was a fantastic night let me tell ya :-)
>>>>
>>>> do u enter the city life ones.
>>>>
>>>> www.citylife.co.uk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> StefanK
>>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:mnPde.1140$CF.40528@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>>> Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
>>>>> Good luck mate!
>>>>>
>>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>>> news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>>>>> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes 
>>>>>> pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>>>>> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>>>>>>> According to :
>>>>>>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries people 
>>>>>>>>had
>>>>>>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from 
>>>>>>>>quarter
>>>>>>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
>>>>>>> started to forget.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 

Hehe! ;)

Fantastic ice-breaker!

"Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
news:8uRde.18521$5A3.6481@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...

> well the americans over their seemed to love us, because we were english, 
> they wanted to know everything about what it was like over here,even the 
> promo gear attracted a bit of attention,some people even knew the magazine 
> lol
>
> and as for certain clubs we went to in down town atlanta,well the simple 
> fact we were english was enough   LMAO.
> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
> news:t7Rde.1143$CF.40502@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>> Thanks for sharing your experience, it was really interesting to read.
>>
>> Really nice of City Life to give you some promo stuff to wear too! Sounds 
>> like you really had the VIP treatment!
>>
>> A couple of years ago I won a great prize in the Observer Sports Monthly, 
>> it was a trip to Barcelona, to see a match at the Nou Camp (not that I'm 
>> particularly into football, but it was a great experience and I love 
>> Barcelona).
>>
>> We were sent the plane tickets and everything else was supposed to be 
>> sorted when we arrived in Barcelona. We waited for our driver to collect 
>> us from the airport, but there was no sign, so after half an hour we got 
>> a taxi. Arrived at the hotel, and they knew nothing about the booking! I 
>> showed them the letter, and thankfully after a phone call to London, the 
>> manager sorted it out! The rest of the trip was superb, had a great time 
>> in my favourite city!
>>
>> It's great that you've made some friends in Atlanta Stefan, wish I'd made 
>> some friends in Barcelona!
>>
>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>> news:76Qde.5461$%K6.968@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>>> yea the commonwealth were good too, manchester was buzzin when they were 
>>> on wasnt it, the question for the atlanta trip was " what is budweiser 
>>> otherwise known as", it was a postacr draw, i remember it was a tuesday 
>>> night and this draw closed on the friday, i had a quick scan of a bottle 
>>> of bud, and saw loads of things but decided to opt for "King  Of Beers" 
>>> as the answer, i thought damn it closes friday, so i decided to post it 
>>> first class on the wednesday morning, which i duly did, must have 
>>> arrived their on friday cos at exactly 18:08 and ,i remeber cos i looked 
>>> at me watch at excatly the same time as me parents phone rang(not that i 
>>> live their now of course LOL), answered said the usual hello, is that Mr 
>>> Kkaniuk, which one i said, Stefan, yes, speaking, well congratulations 
>>> you have won teh city life olympic competition, all i can say is i very 
>>> nearly dropped the phone, the guy then gave me the phone number of the 
>>> lady at some promotion company to call in the morning to sort out the 
>>> internal london flight tickets and the 1 grand spending money which was 
>>> part of the prize as well.
>>>
>>> all i can say is that it was one experience i will never forget, the 
>>> only problem being, as you can imagine, all me friends and family wanted 
>>> to come with me, so i decided,literally to put all teh names in a hat 
>>> and draw it that way and the lucky winner was me mate Craig, you know 
>>> city life also gave me loads of their promo stuff to wear while we were 
>>> out their as well,made some fantastic m8s while we were over their as 
>>> well, all of whom i still kep in touch with now, so theres always a bed 
>>> for me in atlanta any time i like.
>>>
>>> A never forgotten experience i can tell you.
>>> All this from one simple postcard draw.
>>> SK.
>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>> news:ERPde.1142$CF.40461@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>> Hi Stefan!
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I know City Life very well... I sometimes enter competitions from 
>>>> the magazine, but keep forgetting to check out the website! I won a CD 
>>>> from the magazine once, which fades into insignificance compared to 
>>>> your briliant win! Wow, the Atlanta Olympics, that's a superb trip! I 
>>>> was a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games, but it's hardly the same!
>>>>
>>>> The Henry J Beans thing sounded good too!
>>>>
>>>> Keep it up!
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:YGPde.11352$YF5.8686@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>>>>> hopefully andy,hopefully :-)   still plenty of days to go. With you 
>>>>> being in Manchester you'll know city life magazine, when i was 18, 
>>>>> awhile ago,but not that lomg agao :-) i won a trip to the atlanta 
>>>>> olympics in 96 from a postcard draw from them , was absolutely 
>>>>> fantatsic, 4 days of fulll hospitality and everything paid for, theyre 
>>>>> pretty good for the smaller prizes too, remember henry j beans just 
>>>>> off deansgate, also won a party night(food,beer etc,etc) for 8 people 
>>>>> 3 years gao, was a fantastic night let me tell ya :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> do u enter the city life ones.
>>>>>
>>>>> www.citylife.co.uk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> StefanK
>>>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>>>> news:mnPde.1140$CF.40528@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>>>> Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
>>>>>> Good luck mate!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>>>>>> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes 
>>>>>>> pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>>>>>> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
>>>>>>> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>>>>>>>> According to :
>>>>>>>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries 
>>>>>>>>>people had
>>>>>>>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from 
>>>>>>>>>quarter
>>>>>>>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
>>>>>>>> started to forget.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 

not to mention the stunning good looks LOL, seriously though i would 
recommend Atlanta for a holiday anytime, it is known a s a certain capital 
of fun and believe me it is, i know we enjoyed it.
http://www.atlanta.com/

"AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
news:nERde.1146$CF.40512@news-1.opaltelecom.net...

> Hehe! ;)
>
> Fantastic ice-breaker!
>
> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
> news:8uRde.18521$5A3.6481@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>> well the americans over their seemed to love us, because we were english, 
>> they wanted to know everything about what it was like over here,even the 
>> promo gear attracted a bit of attention,some people even knew the 
>> magazine lol
>>
>> and as for certain clubs we went to in down town atlanta,well the simple 
>> fact we were english was enough   LMAO.
>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>> news:t7Rde.1143$CF.40502@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>> Thanks for sharing your experience, it was really interesting to read.
>>>
>>> Really nice of City Life to give you some promo stuff to wear too! 
>>> Sounds like you really had the VIP treatment!
>>>
>>> A couple of years ago I won a great prize in the Observer Sports 
>>> Monthly, it was a trip to Barcelona, to see a match at the Nou Camp (not 
>>> that I'm particularly into football, but it was a great experience and I 
>>> love Barcelona).
>>>
>>> We were sent the plane tickets and everything else was supposed to be 
>>> sorted when we arrived in Barcelona. We waited for our driver to collect 
>>> us from the airport, but there was no sign, so after half an hour we got 
>>> a taxi. Arrived at the hotel, and they knew nothing about the booking! I 
>>> showed them the letter, and thankfully after a phone call to London, the 
>>> manager sorted it out! The rest of the trip was superb, had a great time 
>>> in my favourite city!
>>>
>>> It's great that you've made some friends in Atlanta Stefan, wish I'd 
>>> made some friends in Barcelona!
>>>
>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>> news:76Qde.5461$%K6.968@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>>>> yea the commonwealth were good too, manchester was buzzin when they 
>>>> were on wasnt it, the question for the atlanta trip was " what is 
>>>> budweiser otherwise known as", it was a postacr draw, i remember it was 
>>>> a tuesday night and this draw closed on the friday, i had a quick scan 
>>>> of a bottle of bud, and saw loads of things but decided to opt for 
>>>> "King  Of Beers" as the answer, i thought damn it closes friday, so i 
>>>> decided to post it first class on the wednesday morning, which i duly 
>>>> did, must have arrived their on friday cos at exactly 18:08 and ,i 
>>>> remeber cos i looked at me watch at excatly the same time as me parents 
>>>> phone rang(not that i live their now of course LOL), answered said the 
>>>> usual hello, is that Mr Kkaniuk, which one i said, Stefan, yes, 
>>>> speaking, well congratulations you have won teh city life olympic 
>>>> competition, all i can say is i very nearly dropped the phone, the guy 
>>>> then gave me the phone number of the lady at some promotion company to 
>>>> call in the morning to sort out the internal london flight tickets and 
>>>> the 1 grand spending money which was part of the prize as well.
>>>>
>>>> all i can say is that it was one experience i will never forget, the 
>>>> only problem being, as you can imagine, all me friends and family 
>>>> wanted to come with me, so i decided,literally to put all teh names in 
>>>> a hat and draw it that way and the lucky winner was me mate Craig, you 
>>>> know city life also gave me loads of their promo stuff to wear while we 
>>>> were out their as well,made some fantastic m8s while we were over their 
>>>> as well, all of whom i still kep in touch with now, so theres always a 
>>>> bed for me in atlanta any time i like.
>>>>
>>>> A never forgotten experience i can tell you.
>>>> All this from one simple postcard draw.
>>>> SK.
>>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:ERPde.1142$CF.40461@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>>> Hi Stefan!
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I know City Life very well... I sometimes enter competitions from 
>>>>> the magazine, but keep forgetting to check out the website! I won a CD 
>>>>> from the magazine once, which fades into insignificance compared to 
>>>>> your briliant win! Wow, the Atlanta Olympics, that's a superb trip! I 
>>>>> was a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games, but it's hardly the same!
>>>>>
>>>>> The Henry J Beans thing sounded good too!
>>>>>
>>>>> Keep it up!
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>>>
>>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>>> news:YGPde.11352$YF5.8686@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>>>>>> hopefully andy,hopefully :-)   still plenty of days to go. With you 
>>>>>> being in Manchester you'll know city life magazine, when i was 18, 
>>>>>> awhile ago,but not that lomg agao :-) i won a trip to the atlanta 
>>>>>> olympics in 96 from a postcard draw from them , was absolutely 
>>>>>> fantatsic, 4 days of fulll hospitality and everything paid for, 
>>>>>> theyre pretty good for the smaller prizes too, remember henry j beans 
>>>>>> just off deansgate, also won a party night(food,beer etc,etc) for 8 
>>>>>> people 3 years gao, was a fantastic night let me tell ya :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> do u enter the city life ones.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> www.citylife.co.uk
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> StefanK
>>>>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:mnPde.1140$CF.40528@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>>>>> Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
>>>>>>> Good luck mate!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>>>>> news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>>>>>>> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes 
>>>>>>>> pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>>>>>>> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
>>>>>>>> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>>>>>>>>> According to :
>>>>>>>>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries 
>>>>>>>>>>people had
>>>>>>>>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes from 
>>>>>>>>>>quarter
>>>>>>>>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, then
>>>>>>>>> started to forget.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 

This is a picture of the actual hotel we stayed in as part of our prize from 
City Life.
http://www.atlantaphotos.com/cgi-bin/display.pl?imageid=acvb.%20hilton_ext

we were right up their on the 12th floor :-)


"Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
news:KLRde.24647$p06.22387@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...

> not to mention the stunning good looks LOL, seriously though i would 
> recommend Atlanta for a holiday anytime, it is known a s a certain capital 
> of fun and believe me it is, i know we enjoyed it.
> http://www.atlanta.com/
>
> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
> news:nERde.1146$CF.40512@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>> Hehe! ;)
>>
>> Fantastic ice-breaker!
>>
>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>> news:8uRde.18521$5A3.6481@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
>>> well the americans over their seemed to love us, because we were 
>>> english, they wanted to know everything about what it was like over 
>>> here,even the promo gear attracted a bit of attention,some people even 
>>> knew the magazine lol
>>>
>>> and as for certain clubs we went to in down town atlanta,well the simple 
>>> fact we were english was enough   LMAO.
>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>> news:t7Rde.1143$CF.40502@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>> Thanks for sharing your experience, it was really interesting to read.
>>>>
>>>> Really nice of City Life to give you some promo stuff to wear too! 
>>>> Sounds like you really had the VIP treatment!
>>>>
>>>> A couple of years ago I won a great prize in the Observer Sports 
>>>> Monthly, it was a trip to Barcelona, to see a match at the Nou Camp 
>>>> (not that I'm particularly into football, but it was a great experience 
>>>> and I love Barcelona).
>>>>
>>>> We were sent the plane tickets and everything else was supposed to be 
>>>> sorted when we arrived in Barcelona. We waited for our driver to 
>>>> collect us from the airport, but there was no sign, so after half an 
>>>> hour we got a taxi. Arrived at the hotel, and they knew nothing about 
>>>> the booking! I showed them the letter, and thankfully after a phone 
>>>> call to London, the manager sorted it out! The rest of the trip was 
>>>> superb, had a great time in my favourite city!
>>>>
>>>> It's great that you've made some friends in Atlanta Stefan, wish I'd 
>>>> made some friends in Barcelona!
>>>>
>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>> news:76Qde.5461$%K6.968@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>>>>> yea the commonwealth were good too, manchester was buzzin when they 
>>>>> were on wasnt it, the question for the atlanta trip was " what is 
>>>>> budweiser otherwise known as", it was a postacr draw, i remember it 
>>>>> was a tuesday night and this draw closed on the friday, i had a quick 
>>>>> scan of a bottle of bud, and saw loads of things but decided to opt 
>>>>> for "King  Of Beers" as the answer, i thought damn it closes friday, 
>>>>> so i decided to post it first class on the wednesday morning, which i 
>>>>> duly did, must have arrived their on friday cos at exactly 18:08 and 
>>>>> ,i remeber cos i looked at me watch at excatly the same time as me 
>>>>> parents phone rang(not that i live their now of course LOL), answered 
>>>>> said the usual hello, is that Mr Kkaniuk, which one i said, Stefan, 
>>>>> yes, speaking, well congratulations you have won teh city life olympic 
>>>>> competition, all i can say is i very nearly dropped the phone, the guy 
>>>>> then gave me the phone number of the lady at some promotion company to 
>>>>> call in the morning to sort out the internal london flight tickets and 
>>>>> the 1 grand spending money which was part of the prize as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> all i can say is that it was one experience i will never forget, the 
>>>>> only problem being, as you can imagine, all me friends and family 
>>>>> wanted to come with me, so i decided,literally to put all teh names in 
>>>>> a hat and draw it that way and the lucky winner was me mate Craig, you 
>>>>> know city life also gave me loads of their promo stuff to wear while 
>>>>> we were out their as well,made some fantastic m8s while we were over 
>>>>> their as well, all of whom i still kep in touch with now, so theres 
>>>>> always a bed for me in atlanta any time i like.
>>>>>
>>>>> A never forgotten experience i can tell you.
>>>>> All this from one simple postcard draw.
>>>>> SK.
>>>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>>>> news:ERPde.1142$CF.40461@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>>>> Hi Stefan!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, I know City Life very well... I sometimes enter competitions 
>>>>>> from the magazine, but keep forgetting to check out the website! I 
>>>>>> won a CD from the magazine once, which fades into insignificance 
>>>>>> compared to your briliant win! Wow, the Atlanta Olympics, that's a 
>>>>>> superb trip! I was a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games, but it's 
>>>>>> hardly the same!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Henry J Beans thing sounded good too!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Keep it up!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>>>> news:YGPde.11352$YF5.8686@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>>>>>>> hopefully andy,hopefully :-)   still plenty of days to go. With you 
>>>>>>> being in Manchester you'll know city life magazine, when i was 18, 
>>>>>>> awhile ago,but not that lomg agao :-) i won a trip to the atlanta 
>>>>>>> olympics in 96 from a postcard draw from them , was absolutely 
>>>>>>> fantatsic, 4 days of fulll hospitality and everything paid for, 
>>>>>>> theyre pretty good for the smaller prizes too, remember henry j 
>>>>>>> beans just off deansgate, also won a party night(food,beer etc,etc) 
>>>>>>> for 8 people 3 years gao, was a fantastic night let me tell ya :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> do u enter the city life ones.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> www.citylife.co.uk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> StefanK
>>>>>>> "AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
>>>>>>> news:mnPde.1140$CF.40528@news-1.opaltelecom.net...
>>>>>>>> Hopefully it will be worth it in the end Stefan!
>>>>>>>> Good luck mate!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>>>>>>>> news:ogKde.22580$vU4.3971@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>>>>>>>> although im getting bored now of enetering the codes 
>>>>>>>>> pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>>>>>>>> "Vicky Conlan"  wrote in message 
>>>>>>>>> news:d57qjo$1tdq$1@magenta.plig.net...
>>>>>>>>>> According to :
>>>>>>>>>>>Just thought it would be intyeresting to see how mant entries 
>>>>>>>>>>>people had
>>>>>>>>>>>done already today, i have done 18 so far, 3 every 15 minutes 
>>>>>>>>>>>from quarter
>>>>>>>>>>>past the hour to 55 mins to the hour.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>nearly run out of wrappers now.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Are you doing them on an O2 free SMS sim?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Just wondering what others have done so far.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm doing 1 an hour, at most.  I started off doing 1 an hour, 
>>>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>>>> started to forget.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>>> UK Competitions: http://comps.org/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 

Wow, the hotel looks fab! What a great prize!
And yes, I can imagine that there are some great lookers there! ;)


"Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
news:iQRde.24667$p06.10710@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...

> This is a picture of the actual hotel we stayed in as part of our prize 
> from City Life.
> http://www.atlantaphotos.com/cgi-bin/display.pl?imageid=acvb.%20hilton_ext
>
> we were right up their on the 12th floor :-)
>
>
> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
> news:KLRde.24647$p06.22387@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
>> not to mention the stunning good looks LOL, seriously though i would 
>> recommend Atlanta for a holiday anytime, it is known a s a certain 
>> capital of fun and believe me it is, i know we enjoyed it.
>> http://www.atlanta.com/
>> 

oh yep  wink:-)wink:-)
"AndyMcr"  wrote in message 
news:vaSde.1147$CF.40475@news-1.opaltelecom.net...

> Wow, the hotel looks fab! What a great prize!
> And yes, I can imagine that there are some great lookers there! ;)
>
>
> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
> news:iQRde.24667$p06.10710@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
>> This is a picture of the actual hotel we stayed in as part of our prize 
>> from City Life.
>> http://www.atlantaphotos.com/cgi-bin/display.pl?imageid=acvb.%20hilton_ext
>>
>> we were right up their on the 12th floor :-)
>>
>>
>> "Stefan Kaniuk"  wrote in message 
>> news:KLRde.24647$p06.22387@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
>>> not to mention the stunning good looks LOL, seriously though i would 
>>> recommend Atlanta for a holiday anytime, it is known a s a certain 
>>> capital of fun and believe me it is, i know we enjoyed it.
>>> http://www.atlanta.com/
>>>
>
>