RE: PGPGA Pennsylvania Pumpkin Bowl Vl Altoona, PA
Gordon,
I'm worried about you buddy. It sounds like a case of pumpkin withdrawal.
You need to spend some time with some of those big orange orbs you love so
much. I know it's been tough on you not having a patch this season to grow
a big one and I'd like to help you out. Why don't you come down to my patch
on Friday afternoon and spend a little time with mine. I'll even let you
help lift them up and move them into my truck with me. Orange, green, I
have both and there's beauty to be found in each of them. I'm even going to
carve a green one this year, and we'll see how it comes out. What do you
say? If that's not enough for you, you can do it again next Friday when I
load a round orange beauty up for Eugene, and the Lone Pine weighoff. If
that's not enough we can do it again on the 20th and you and the family can
join us in Des Moines for our last event of the season. Why I even have a
beautiful round orange backup fruit that's at 266" OTT that will be looking
for a place to go. Gordon you need a pumpkin fix. It won't cost you a
thing. I'm your friend man, I can help you out here.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
The Pumpkin Pusher
-----Original Message-----
From: S Tanner [s*@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:03 AM
To: pumpkin list
Subject: Re: PGPGA Pennsylvania Pumpkin Bowl Vl Altoona, PA
personally I go to see big orangish pumpkins.
green and white fruit are "ho hum" to me. I
guess it's the whole Halloween thing - you know
traditional orange jack o lantern pumpkins.
i don't see many carved squash when i'm out with my
kids and they are trick or treating. i guess they do
have the white pumpkins now- but i don't like them.
and what it this thing about this weight thing?
who defined heaviest as best? I personally don't like
it. I like size- volume. OTT rules!
how dissappointing is it to have a larger OTT fruit
loose to a smaller one, especially if its a white one
!
yikes ! heaven for bid. I won't even mention "green"
here. And what about shape? many people think
the best pumpkins are the nice round shaped ones. I
DO.
did you ever see the 878 Wilson - tall round nice
orange- best fruit ever in my book !
others like the really tall ones. aren't the tallest
buildings around cooler than the bigger dumpy
warehouse
ones- same with pumpkins right? I think so.
So there shouldn't there be more money for all of
those
categories too? and we, and the records people,
should keep track of all those catagories too- right ?
And what about city growers, suburban and out in the
country growers- shouldn't there be an award and more
money for each?
and what about the poor guy who comes in last place-
we all feel badly for him, especially if he's some
young kid who's a new grower.
and speaking of new growers shouldn't 1st year growers
have their own cateory ? 2nd year? 3rd ? what about
about the most improved gower from last year ?
and what if you moved and started in a new garden?
so there should be more money for all of those
different grower categories too- right? RIGHT !
and if have winners then we have losers -
well that isn't a very nice or pollicatally correct
thing to have.
and what if your fruit split before weigh off-
well that grower may have put in just as much
work or more, as the grower who wins, regardless
of color. so how does that poor guy feel.
certainly he feels worse that the guy with the big
squash that lost to the guy with the smaller pumpkin.
i mean at least the squash man still got $100. I know
what if we just give every one who shows up something
?
and if first prize is $10,000- then thats what we
should give every one. hey- i'd like that. ( I could
really use the money ) that would be fair right?
everyone would be happy and no one would get their
feelings hurt. ALL RIGHT !
so there we have it... all you people who run weigh
off- every one who shows up gets $10,000, OK.
-oh wait... what if you were going to show up
but couldn't make it because of some reason?
car trouble... family emergengy...
oh man - i give up... just when i thought i had
it all figured out too. I GIVE UP !!!
I guess all you people running the weigh offs-
will just have to continue doing the best you
can under the rules of the organizstions that
you belong, or the rules that you have come up
with, and you think work best for your weigh off.
and if people don't like them then i guess they are
still free to express their ideas and opinions
to you to help you out in your efforts. and you are
still free to listen or not, and make changes or not.
and they are still free to choose to go to your
particular weigh off, or not, or start their own weigh
off if the like.
-JUST MY OPINIONS-
-NO OFFENCE INTENDED TO ANYONE -
gordon
AMERICA, still the land of the FREE and home of the
BRAVE.
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