***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!
- 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.
Meg Me says
Mg Me!!
Na – I love salt, plus it works for so many cleaning solutions! Very multipurpose.
Barb says
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Love oxygen, but helium can be fun too!
SueP says
Mg me! I am sick of lugging my 80# vacuum around! :)
Carrie says
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Americium….it’s so patriotic ;)
Holly says
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Nina says
I periodically have my rings dipped in rhodium to keep them shiny and new looking, so I guess rhodium is my current favorite.
Thomas says
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Co – Cobalt.
Kenisha says
Mg ME!!! My favorite element is Oxygen…breathing is kind of a big deal around here! lOl.
Becky S. says
Mg ME! Please!
Julie says
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I never win anything…EVER. But, my favorite element would have to be oxygen. Without it, none of the other elements would even matter!
Robert says
Mg ME!Actually I am more of a Pt or Platinum guy like the engagement ring I just bought my fiance who loves your site….. shhhhhhhhh!!!!! Don’t tell.
Mary says
MG Me! I’m going with phosphorus….element #15, my favorite number.
Alecia says
“Mg ME!” I’ll go with CA (calcium) b/c it makes me old bones strong!! :)
Jessica says
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N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u is very important to my SCUBA diving career!
Lori P says
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Hannah says
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I like copper (Cu), especially in a hammered form, because the color and depth is amazing. And, you can apply heat to bring out even more color (blues, greens, yellows)… Love it!
Shannon says
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I like Hydrogen… cause it’s first :)
Liska says
Mg Me! I like antimony just because I like the name. Always thought it would be cool name for a girl but couldn’t get my dh to agree, LOL!
Lisa Martin says
Mg ME! I like Kr (krypton) because it reminds me of Superman.
Wendy Hogan says
Mg ME! My favorite element is He because of the funny way it changes your voice when you suck it in from a birthday party balloon. Which I’m sure now it’s illegal to do that. I’m not encouraging He sucking. I grew up in the late 70’s and 80’s, there’s lots of fun stuff we did that as it turns out is bad.
Julie says
Mg ME! Plutonium. Just sounds fun. Like the now-demoted non-planet.
Emily J says
Mg ME! Please please.
Whitney Sharpe says
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Au always reminds me of the Facts of Life ep where they are studying the periodic table, and one of the girls remember Au for gold because if someone steals your gold, you yell, “‘ay, you!”
Randy says
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I will have to go with Au (Gold). I am old enough to remember when Barry Goldwater ran for president and they held up signs for AuH2O. I even remember a carbonated soda called Gold Water. Plus, can you go wrong with GOLD?
Stephanie Palmer says
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Ne (NEON) because I just recently helped my boyfriends son with that project and his poster looked Awesome!
woo
Shaye C. says
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Melanie says
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I like Ar because all the good ones Argon!
hahahahaha
Mari says
Mg ME! I would have to say Oxygen is my fave because without it none of the others matter.
Marissa C says
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Any element I don’t have to memorize is fine with me!
Beth says
Mg ME!!! I’d have to say He is my favorite. It makes balloons float and voices change. FUN!!!
K @ Claiming Our Space says
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Lizzy says
Mg ME! I’m gonna have to go with the GOLD… for Team USA 2012!
lindy says
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I’m a big fan of Chlorine so I can safely send my girls into the baby pool. :)
Courtney says
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Neon, baby!
Taylor says
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I love Ne (Neon)! It makes such pretty colors!
Tasha Ruck says
Mg ME! My favorites are Au and Ag baby!
MH Toth says
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Barb says
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Zirconium, because I am known to ignite spontaneously *crazy laughter, in particular*.
Ellen says
Mg ME – I’ll have to say that I love carbon since it eventually becomes a diamond and of course, diamonds are a girl’s best friend, aren’t they?
Dani says
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Cu is my fav b/c I always like a little touch of Copper in any room!
Hillary Matlin says
Mg ME!!! My favorite is Tungsten W because it’s Swedish.
Sarah says
“Mg ME!” Hydrogen or “H” the most abundant element in the universe which at the right pressure and temperatures could be a solid. It is amazing what can happen in the stars!
Barb says
**Oh nooo but I didn’t mean to post twice. boo
Ann Marie says
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Stephanie R says
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Ne!
Jamie Smith says
Mg ME! My favorite elements today are AuAg (Gold/Silver) – only because I just read an article about the Colorado Airport conspiracy theory (???) and those two play a part in the whole shebang somehow. If you have a few minutes to waste, google it. But I seriously need those vacuums.
Megan says
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Einsteinium. Just because its fun to say!
Jessica says
Mg me! My favorite element is F because I can’t ever spell it right unless I really think about it.
Sara H. says
Mg ME! Ugh, all I can think about is chemistry class in high school – not my favorite! I’ll guess I’ll go with boring old oxygen, since breathing is kind of nice!
Bethany says
Mg ME! I do NOT have a favorite b/c I don’t really care about that kind of stuff. Sorry, well I guess oxygen b/c I like to breathe! Thanks!