Re: Official Weight question
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Official Weight question
- From: "* P* M* <t*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 22:48:20 PDT
Me too. I emailed a guy who posted on the list. he said to email him if
I had questions about his list. I did and I recieved no reply.
>From: SteveS012@aol.com
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Official Weight question
>Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 15:31:32 EDT
>
>In a message dated 8/5/99 12:19:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>thepumpkinmaster@hotmail.com writes:
>
> > I am already a little sick of these pumpkin politics. One guy said to
>go
> > to his contest you have to buy the expensive carrying tarps (wonder how
>much
> >
> > he made on that) and now ppl are worried about where they can weigh.
>Who
> > cares if your weight doesn't "count" for some ppl. This is a sport for
>fun
> > and for ourselves. It is kind of sickening how everyone is worried
>that
> > they have to go to a special event to make sure their pumpkin can
>count.
>I
> >
> > understand the top growers going to these sanctioned events because
>they
>are
> >
> > trying to win money, but for us novices, we shouldn't have to worry at
>all.
> >
>
>I don't understand the whole deal about weigh-offs either, actually. Some
>imply that you have to be some sort of "member" of a specific organization,
>etc. I am confused how it all works. I thought ALL AG growers were
>basically
>united, we HAVE to be in order to have standardized weighing methods, to
>know
>what pumpkin is officially bigger than another, etc. Now I hear stuff about
>having to be a member of the organazation, or something. Then you have to
>BUY
>a tarp from a specific place....whoah, that seems a bit far. (Considering
>it
>costs tons of money and time to GROW the pumpkin, and instead of WINNING
>anything, you have to PAY MORE?!). I used to think these weigh offs were
>open
>to ANYONE who had a big enough pumpkin! Now it seems so exclusive, and each
>weigh off seems so disconnected from others. I am totally confused at how
>it
>all works.
>
>
>
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