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Re: Measuring Tape

I felt so sorry for my Uncle Bill, that I place my pumpkin on my
daughters see-saw horse and launched it towards his home.   Did it land
in your yard by mistake?  

Diana Newman wrote:
> 
> Duncan McAlpine wrote:
> 
> > Lawrence Cowell wrote:
> > >
> > > ----
> > > From: Duncan McAlpine <mcalpin@eskimo.com>
> > > To: pumpkins@athenet.net
> > > Date: Thursday, July 24, 1997 5:57 AM
> > > Subject: Measuring Tape
> > >
> > > I can't seem to find a measuring tape to take readings for my
> > pumpkin.
> > > I currently use a 8 foot....I think I will have to start using my
> > > surveying tape of 100 feet.
> > > --
> > > Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
> > > Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
> > > http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
> > > http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
> > >
> > > I solved this problem by purchasing an electronic tape. I have to
> > just
> > > take a stroll around my pumpkin and it reads of the measurement.
> > > Cheaper than the surveyers I had used previously! Good exercise as
> > > well taking that walk every morning :)
> > When I start walking around my pumpkin in the moring, I will have to
> > pack a lunch because I will get hungry when I come back home.
> > http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/big.htm
> 
>  Now, I will admit that since this is the first time I have ever tried
> to grow one of these pumpkins, and in fact, this is the first garden I
> have ever tried, period. Therefore I am hoping that you all will be
> considerate and give me the aid I need to do my poor best at this new
> "sport".  Therefore, I have a question; my pumpkin has set fruit now,
> and one of them, at four days old,  is presenting a problem I didn't
> think I would have to deal with; does anyone here know the settings for
> my satelite navigation system? I have to circumnavigate the thing in the
> morning again, and unfortunately it is blocking my view of the sun, and
> its' gravitational mass is so great it is forming it's own magetic
> field. My compass and survey equipment won't work. (sigh) Could you all
> take some pity on a novice?
> 
> ;-)
> 
> C'mon, ladies, we can't let these braggarts get the best of us!
> 
> diana

-- 
Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
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