Re: How to Harvest (UNCLASSIFIED)

I failed to mention that the Harvest Party is theoretical (except for the part about the short fat elderly lady). 


On Oct 7, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Tooley, Leigh CIV USA AMC wrote:


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Kathy,

May I borrow a few of your lads?  All I seem to be able to gather are
old fisherman with bad backs.

Thanks!

Leigh "Cleopatra" Tooley


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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
Of Steve Haberman
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:19 AM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: RE: How to Harvest


You forgot the end where the strapping young lads hoist you on their
broad shirtless shoulders. They then carry you around like an Egyptian
Queen while praising your pumpkin growing prowess!
Meanwhile, your husband and I are fishing in peace and quiet.


Steve Haberman


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
Of Kathie Morgan
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:07 PM
To: Hort Pumpkins
Subject: How to Harvest

Way we do it here in California

Hold a harvest party.
Buy approx. one case of something cold to drink.
Invite 16-20 of the youngest best-looking guys you know (with your
husband's permission, of course).
Take pictures of everyone with the pumpkin to be harvested.
Hand-select four guys to tip the pumpkin up on one side.
Slide a tarp, folded in half, beneath the fruit.
Then roll or otherwise wrestle the fruit back up on its other side and
unfold the tarp.

Everybody rests and drinks a drink.

Then you have the guys each take a handle of the tarp. Everyone ready?
At the count of three, everyone lifts at once.
When they do, a short fat elderly lady gets underneath and shoves a
pallet beneath the pumpkin-on-the-tarp. I try to get it centered beneath the pumpkin and scramble out from underneath before the guys lose their 
grip and collapse in exhaustion.

If you followed these instructions carefully, you now have a kind of
layer
cake: pumpkin on top of a tarp on top of a pallet.
Here's where the forklift takes over and eases the layers into the bed
of the waiting truck.

Happy harvest to you all!

Kathie Morgan

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