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Fab Freebie: Magnesium

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***

Wow. You guys are a lot more opinionated about the periodic table than I had assumed. Anyways, random.org selected the winner of this giveaway as… Andi W. (who likes Sodium for all of the salty snacks it provides, but admitted “My inner nerd wants to vote adamantium.”) Congrats Andi!

Hold onto your seats, chemistry nerds. We’re giving away some magnesium this week. It’s coming in the form of Oreck’s latest and lightest-weight upright vacuum ever – the Magnesium. In fact, at less than 8lbs it weighs in at about half the poundage of an ordinary upright. Not to mention its skinny but strong frame slides naturally under furniture and other hard-to-reach dust bunny havens. Oreck’s also throwing in the Ultimate Handheld Vac to round out your cleaning repertoire – and to boost the prize value to nearly $600!

Oreck Magnesium Giveaway

  • PRIZE: An Oreck Magnesium upright vacuum and the Oreck Ultimate Handheld Vac (a $599 value).
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “Mg ME!” and tell us…
  • BONUS QUESTION: … (you ready for this?) what’s your favorite element on the periodic table? Are you a big fan of Oxygen because of the whole breathing thing? Or Sodium because you’re a salty food addict? Or perhaps good ol’ Au & Ag (aka Gold and Silver)?
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, June 27th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
  • DISCOUNT: 15% off any Oreck product with code YOUNGHOUSELOVE (valid through July 9, excludes sale or refurbished items)
  • PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…

Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Oreck.

Comments

  2. Lisbeth says

    Mg ME!

    And while this is a difficult question, perhaps Helium due to its unique ability to make everyone sound like a giggly elf at parties.

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  11. Chris says

    Mg ME!
    “O” oxygen baby as it’s the 8th element on the periodic table and the vacuum prize is – hey fancy this!- 8 lbs!like whoa
    Die dust bunnies, die!

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  15. Rachel says

    Mg ME!
    Since I was never skilled at chemistry (which is sad since my hubby is a chemical engineer) I’m going to go with Hydrogen… cuz, y’know, water.

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  16. Whitney says

    Mg me…..sweet mary do we need a new vacuum!
    Ununoctium…..because I feel sorry for this element. You know it never gets picked as a favorite.

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  17. Ryan says

    “Mg ME!” Chemistry and I were not friends in school, so I’ll go with Chuck Norium, which is a shirtwoot dot com reference. Check the shirts out, they change daily and I think John would like them : )

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  22. Erin says

    Mg ME!! My favorite element is H – hydrogen, because it’s the first initial of both my kids, Henry and Hattie, and my last name! I looove your site! You have helped us a lot in decorating our new place, and I can’t wait to see the new deck!
    Erin

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  27. Janet M says

    Mg me please.
    My favorite element would be #51 Antimony-Sb, or the first element in the really old Tom Lehrer song The Elements. That song got me through a rather unremarkable college chem class.

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  29. Rebekah says

    Mg me! I guess I like lead because it’s one of the few I could remember the symbol for. Someone taught me it was PB like peanut butter which Is like lead…at 25 weeks pregnant I also feel like I have a pack of lead strapped to my front so I guess it is appropriate.

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  34. Toni says

    Mg me! I like potassium best, because it’s symbol is “K”. So, when I get a text asking a question, instead of answering “k” like I everybody else, I say “potassium”.

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  42. Kristie Bell says

    Mg ME!
    There was a Periodic Table poster that hung outside the ladies’ bathroom in a bar I frequented in college. I often stood there, waiting patiently for a friend to emerge, and assigned elements to close friends. MG was for my friend Molly, whose last name started with a G. I was either K (Potassium) or KR (Krypton), it went back and forth between me and my friend Kristin.

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  46. Kathleen Martin says

    Mg ME!!! I like Iron because with a sign like Fe, you’d never know what it was (if you didn’t know the periodic table, etc.) It’s a very secretive element.

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