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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

  3. Evelyn says

    “Mg ME!”

    Ti – Titanium

    Why? Because it’s one tough cookie…it’s strong and resistant and the color is pretty too :)

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  4. Lydia says

    Mg Me!

    I think cadmium is my favorite, not because of anything to do with the actual element, but because cadmium blue was a gorgeous shade in a box of colored pencils I once had. I’ve had a positive association with the word ever since!

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  5. Meghan says

    I think I’ll have to go with GOLD – Au. And hopefully I’ll win the gold award on this one. Mg ME!

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  10. Danielle says

    Mg me!!!!!

    Hmmm. I’ll go with carbon as my favorite element. It is everywhere, in all the organic matter around us. But I’d consider Mg, especially if it got me this awesome new vac.

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  11. Andrew Moyer says

    Mg ME!

    My favorite element is Na, because it was a hilarious part of a pneumonic device my buddy and I made up for the 17 essential elements for a Veterinary school exam this past semester!!

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  14. Shellie says

    Mg ME!

    I probably shouldn’t admit I had to Google the periodic tale to even name any elements…..but I pick Seaborgium, because its Sg, my initials!

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  19. RebeccaK says

    Mg ME!

    Hmm, I love Mg, actually, because it is an awesome supplement. I also really love Cu as it is just beautiful.

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  21. Chelsea says

    MG ME!

    I had to make a papier-mâché atom in school, and chose boron (B) because it was easier (atomic number of only five!), and have had a soft spot in my heart for it since then.

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  28. Elizabeth says

    Mg ME!
    Good old K (potassium) is my favorite. Mainly because it’s the first element in the first full row on the table and my nerdy self memorized that entire row by looking at it (as I zoned out) every day in chemistry class. I can still recite the whole row…weird.

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  30. Elizabeth says

    Mg ME!

    I don’t know about favorite element. However, I can recite almost the whole table because my high school chem teacher taught us the table to the tune of star wars! It works!

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  44. Meredith says

    Mg ME Please!!!
    Being the Biology nerd that I am, my fellow Biology dork roommate and I hung the Periodic Table of Elements right about our pantry in our kitchen. It was quite the subject matter whenever we had parties. Which were few and far between, we were nerds.
    I would have to say Oxygen. It is imperative to our existence.

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  45. Chris says

    Mg ME!

    Oh golly, I’m not clever at all right now, but I am remembering the days of yore when on rare occasion at a birthday party or something (don’t panic…I’m about as puritan as they come) someone would get ahold an a helium balloon and talk in a funny voice, so He for me.

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  48. Marci says

    Mg ME!!

    I am a chef, so it has to be Sodium. I am a firm believer that everything tastes better with seasoning!

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