KEARTH 101 FREE GAS
So I really only listen to one station practically any time I'm in the car. That station is KEARTH 101, basically oldies. Well each morning at 8:30am and 9:30am they do a free gas giveaway game called beat the pump. When I started commuting to work I found that I was usually in the car during this giveaway. So I figured I might as well play since it really just took me calling in. So every morning I call in and generally when I finally get through to someone, they tell me that a winner has already been picked.
Usually I just call in for this particular contest but whenever I hear a contest going on I call just in case (not to mention it gives me something to do when I’m sitting in rush hour traffic). So about a month ago I finally won tickets to a Ricky Martin concert. Now this Ricky was Dean Martin's son not to be confused with Latin Ricky Martin. I wasn't able to go so they sent me a Dean Martin cd instead. I really have never won anything so I felt pretty lucky even though it was just a cd.
So today was my big day. I called in and I was caller number 11, which was the winning caller. So I got to play Beat The Pump, which is basically an electronic voice announceing, various amounts of gasoline. As the caller you are to tell them when to stop. It ranges anywhere from 1 gallon of gas to 101 gallons. So I won 73 gallons of gas, which I thought was pretty awesome. I guess the way it works is they send you a check for the average costs of however many gallons you won.
Gary Brian the host asked me a number of questions regarding the WGA and whether or not I was part of a union. They had a fun time poking at me because of where I work. It was a great way to start off what was already being a very slow starting uneventful day. Yay!
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I love people who win things, so I guess I love you. You give a better narrative on your blog than CNN news! I'm going to NYC to see Craig this weekend & they also have a theater strike (stagehands who say they get no respect), so we won't be going there. Surely by now he has the best Brooklyn pubs & eateries staked out.
Ask Brian about our weekly football parlays & you'll get an earful . . . it's been really wild, but fun. Keep up the great work . . . you're the only potential "movie mogul" I know.
hmm .. be careful. This can lead to you having to always mow the lawn.
You see - if you get on a hot streak you might win more gas, then some free tickets, then some cash .. pretty soon you'll think you can't lose and will quit your job to be a full time radio call in prize hound. As soon as you quit your job you'll start to go cold - call after call, station after station, you just aren't the lucky caller. It goes like this for weeks, months.
You start to worry about $. no good. You feel you aren't contributing to the household. no good. you start to do more around the house to compensate for losing money. no good. one day a kid from the block knocks on your door and asks if he can mow your lawn for 8 bucks - you love this kid - of course you want him to mow your yard!!. .. but .. then you realize you are a 'cash poor do nothing around the house guy' and your girlfriend walks by and before you know what you are saying you say "no - thanks for asking kid, I just like to mow my own yard" .. what the heck?!
So .. now your girlfriend/wife thinks you like to mow the yard - she finds this odd because you are normally just a pile of poo sitting on the couch but hey - she'll take what she can get. So - you mow and mow and mow .. lose $ on the radio call in shows, lose $, mow, lose $ .. and then .. you give up the "work from home professional radio show call in dude" dream and go back to work. Now - see - you are making good money again, money - eh' - who cares.
Trouble is - the kid comes back to ask if you'll pay 8 bucks for him to mow. Your wife beats you to the door this time and says "No thanks kid - my husband just enjoys mowing" .. you hear this from upstairs and drop to your knees and cry. what have you done??!!
All because of "free gas" ...
Some how this story of brians sounds all to framiliar
just dont spill your gas any where near shannons birds
Yay, indeed! That's awesome yo... so if they send you a check, do you actually even need to spend it on gas? Too bad it isn't a gift certificate for X number of gallons, at the rate we are going the value would near double every year.
Hmm, Brian's story is quite descriptive for being 'fictional'... he may have more personal experience then he's revealing, I'd take his word for it.