Rant: the $40 raffle ticket at the Portland bike swap got me a best friend, not a bike
I dropped $40 on a raffle ticket just to kill time and ended up standing next to a guy who now runs 30 miles a week with me. Anyone else meet a real friend through something dumb like a raffle or a lost glove?
Lost my dog's leash at a trailhead once and some random lady helped me search for it for an hour. Three years later she's the godmother of my kid, so, dumb luck wins again. Best forty bucks you ever spent, even if the bike would have been cool too.