RE: NEW WORLD RECORD!
Hi Ray,
Chris again. I meant Clarence, not Collins. I'm getting my back east sites
mixed up. From what I heard Dave's pumpkin was in good shape. He wasn't
sure about what the HMB competition would bring and if it had taped to be
1160 or more he was going to fly it out to California and drive home in a
new Ford. He apparently wasn't willing to take on that expense without
being reasonably sure it would be a would be a new record. He wanted a
little more margin for error with the OTT measurements. I got to meet Dave
last year in Canby when he visited our site there and then went to HMB.
He's a nice guy from what I can tell and I'm sure he's feeling on top of the
world right now. Kirk Mombert pumpkin on Saturday taped out to be 1030 but
ended up being nearly 100 lbs. light for it's size. They had weighed Joels
first because it appeared to be the smaller of the two. Kirk said he's done
growing orange ones. They don't weigh enough. I'm still waiting to hear
how things went down south. I hope someone will post the results soon, but
they're all still probably having too much fun to get online with it.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LGOURD@aol.com [SMTP:LGOURD@aol.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 6:28 AM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: NEW WORLD RECORD!
>
> Rocky,
>
> I'm just trying to get the GPC (and all of pumpkin growing) to come back,
> full circle to what the WPC used to be (and that was most of the items you
>
> mentioned and "many more"). I understood that the formation of the GPC
> was
> all about getting the proper prize money to the top growers. Was it not?
> Or
> has there been some kind of change in the ideals of the GPC and the people
> at
> the top of the organization? I can quote statements made durring that
> time.
> This is a key question having to do with my defense concerning your
> statements about me. Bill Greer could have shared $50K if he had known
> about
> it! Of course some said Ray Waterman, "would not pay". And from what I
> have
> heard he was kept in the dark by the GPC. It did not even occur to me to
> ask
> him about it at the Clarence Weigh-Off on September 30th. I do have
> respect
> for growers and people for that matter. You on the other hand seem to
> blast
> me without regard for, "even being part of this forum". I asked a
> question
> that others wanted to hear also, "What was the prize money?". Then the
> punches started flying!
>
> I want to ask Dave Stelt about the health and condition of his pumpkin. I
>
> sincerely hope that was not a factor regarding the amount of loyalty
> exhibited along with the pumpkin? He and everyone else was invited and
> welcome to the Clarence event. And I might add, that, I'm very happy that
>
> Joe Pukos and his beautiful young family were able to win the award. I'm
> sure it will help them out greatly.
>
> Next stop 1200 lb!
>
> Ray Waterman
>
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