Re: armstrong 301/steve
- Subject: Re: armstrong 301/steve
- From: T* P* M*
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 20:42:19 PDT
Well, I personally thought you were further mocking scott then you said
"maybe you are on to something with the seed" I dind't miss it, just
thought it was also an insult but we have all overreacted and lets just
forget and move on. I am sorry Steve for jumping on your case
>From: SteveS012@aol.com
>Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: armstrong 301/steve
>Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 16:48:34 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/22/99 10:05:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Scott_Armstrong@LNOTES5.bankofny.com writes:
>
> > Ahhh.........steve steve steve........what exactly is it that causes you
>to
> > write these things? At this time, i will refrain from some naming some
> > possible ailments that i think you may have. however, i will say this
> > much, you say this is a joke? excuse me? do you know me?, because i
>don't
> > know you. Yes, people do joke on this list, but 9 times out of ten
>it's
> > between people that have some sort of a repore with eachother. You and
>i,
> > do not share such a history. I resent the fact that you insulted my
>only
> > officially weighed effort of last year. I worked a hard and long 5
>months,
> > and lost my biggest. My 301 was grown in 64 sq. ft, that in itself i
>think
> > is a pretty good accomplishment. who do you think you are to try and
>take
> > that away from me? True, it's probably not the most popular seed in
>the
> > world.....but ya know what? i gave most of them to friends and
> > family.....people who never even grew anything in there lives, who
>watched
> > me from seed to harvest grow my giants. I introduced these people to
>the
> > sport/hobby, what have you done other than act like a total moron, and
> > insult people whenever you get a chance?. You need to relax, and maybe
> > think about what you're going to post on the list, i think for the most
> > part people are pretty tolerant, but you've crossed the line on many an
> > occasion. I think we all would appreciate you keeping your snide, or
>in
> > your opinion "funny" remarks to yourself.
> >
> > scott
>
>Scott, I am sorry if you took that as an insult. But if you would have read
>on....I balanced that out by adding something like "Then again....maybe you
>have something special, and just don't want anyone else to find out!". Now
>did you miss that part? Funny how you find the "negative" but totally
>missed
>the "positive" that immediately followed. Now if you made fun of my seed or
>pumpkin, which many have done, I would not only NOT be offended, but join
>in!
>And I have! It's all in fun, and I know no one means anything serious by
>it.
>I also have spent my whole summer last year growing that pumpkin, about 5
>hours every single day. Built tents, floating row cover, spent hours each
>night setting up a hundred gallons of hot water bottles around it to keep
>it
>and the other pumpkins from freezing, and after all that, a week or two
>before it was finished, it ended up being destroyed by a tractor. I didn't
>even GET a pumpkin to WEIGH after all that work.
>I carefully proofread (almost) everything I post. If I would have thought
>someone would have taken offense (and I guess you would be the only one who
>actually could, but I really didn't think you would, since what I wrote was
>so stupid, and it was meant to be), I would not have posted it. As far as
>repore, I thought I had repore with almost all of the regulars on the list
>by
>now. But again, if you were offended by that stupid little line in my
>reply,
>then I'm sorry. But remember, there was a compliment in that reply too. I
>find it interesting that everyone always finds the negative, and misses the
>positive, and takes everything (especially from ME!) SO seriously.
>
>
>
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