Re: my pumpkin's GONE!!!!!!!!!
Hi samething happedd to me I had a pumpkin that was at lest 400 pounds and when
I found it all smashed up in my garden I cryed for about five minutes, it not my
falt I cryed I'm11 years old!
T. D. Aker wrote:
> I can relate!
> Last week, someone tried, (in vain), to steal my Andersen 634 which is
> around 400 pounds.
> The problem was they had more pumpkin than manpower to lift it.
> They managed to roll it off the front porch, into the street, where they
> attempted to lift it into the back of a truck I suppose.
> But, the 634 got the better of them and they dropped it in the street
> cracking it in three places.
> Well, they must have figured "if we can steak it, we'll chop it up!"
> It looks as though they took a hatchet to the front and attempted to chop it
> in half.
> Well, the pumpkin got the better of them again, because they couldn't breach
> it's 3 and a half inch thick walls in the limited time they had.
> I awoke the next morning to find my pumpkin laying in the street in front of
> the house.
> Somehow, no one had run into it.
> I got her back on a dolly, rolled it into the garage and hoped it could last
> a week to Halloween.
> Well, I'm happy to report it DID make it fine.
> I cut it yesterday, and after some patching with gutter spikes, newspaper,
> and joint compound, it was right there with my other 400 pounders.
> I'll tell you, Chris not only grows big pumpkins, but the children of those
> pumpkins are damn near indestructible!
> Hey you little pumpkin thieves out there, I gotta pumpkin here that'll kick
> your asses!:)
> Tim Aker
> P. S., stealing pumpkins from your property isn't funny...it's theft, plain
> and simple.
> Maybe when the cops start treating it as such, the punks who do it will get
> the message.
> Hey, we invest a lot ot time and money growing these things!
>
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> At 10:28 AM 10/31/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Fellow pumpkineers,
> >I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO discouraged!!!!!! Last night Hubby and I carved 3 of
> >the giants into interesting Jack-o-lanterns saving the 400lber for tonight.
> >
> >When we woke this morning, it was GONE!!!! It has been on the front lawn
> >since the first week of October.We have been carefully keeping watch, but
> >all to no avail.
> >The one and only good thing is that we had opened the top in preparation
> >and harvested the seeds, so I suppose that is something.
> >Pumpkin Widow
> > P.S.The local Police think it's funny
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