Re: Middle aged pumpkin growers
old pumpkin growers don't die; they just get sag rings ;-)
"Miguel E. Mejía" wrote:
> Hi
> I'm Miguel from Argentina. This is an answear for Kathie Morgan.
> I DO NOT wrote "OLD grower".
> I Wrote: I'm 40 (not young- not old). Not young because my eldest daughter
> is nearly 15 years old, and no old because I have enough spirit to begin
> with the pumpkins in a country without wheigts off and competitions. I will
> grew them only for my personal satisfaction. (but I have no places where to
> look for seeds, please send some to me)
> Here in the south when you are forty, you are ok, plenty of life.
> Miguel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@netdex.com>
> To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 11:11 AM
> Subject: Middle aged pumpkin growers
>
> > Hey, you kids,
> > I was replying to the chap from - was it Argentina? - who said he was an
> > OLD punkin grower, 40 already. While that may be old in the southern
> > hemisphere, it ain't old here, and the digging WE do is for planting,
> > not burying. K (40+++)
> >
> > I'm the one who wrote about 82, it wasn't a definition of old, merely
> > defining 41 as middle age. I do have plenty of fun, I also figure that
> > I'm looking forward to the second half of my life. I think anyone who
> > worries exessively that the title "middle age" or "old" means your done
> > for need to rethink things. Those terms are just definitions, not ways
> > of life. I'm still bald, 41, "middle aged" and I'm comfortable with it.
> > I'll leave it at that, and get back to enjoying the tongue in cheek
> > humor this thread started with. Good luck with next year's pumpkins.
> > Matt
> >
> > Loren Vanderschoot <lvander@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > I figure since he only wants to live to 82, then maybe HE is old. I am
> > over 50 and have no such plans of rolling over in my grave so early in
> > life. I have known 25 year old people to be "old" and 75 years olds to
> > be "young". It is more a state of mind and attitude. Sounds like he
> > needs more fun in his life.
> > Pam
> >
> > From: Kathie Morgan [SMTP:fishrap@netdex.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 7:54 PM
> > Would someone tell him that here in the USA 40 is NOT old. Unless you're
> > a squash. K
> >
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