>>Mayday Mayday sh-------- mother >>@#%$#^%&*%*^&%*%^&*%^&*(&$*$&#$#$^@%^^%#&^%*$&^%* I don't believe this my >>biggest baby 700+ personal best.... I found a hole at the blossom nipple >>about the size of a bee-bee ball pellet.. You see the blossom end is >>hidden under the pumpkin and so i got a flash light to check it out and I >>saw a fruit fly crawling then dissappear so I dug under to investigate and >>there is a little dinky hole into the cavity....Well I could easily plug >>it and hope no one sees it. Which i doubt they could or would.. All the >>work i put in this baby gone..OR...Do I cheat or play by the >>rules..........man o man the temptation is great.....is this one of those >>games you try and get away with what you can.??.....OR .Are we really >>trying to uphold the standards...That is in question because the >>weigh-offs here have a AG. inspectors that really don't know where to look >>for problems.....They need an experienced grower to do the check. Or >>Growers to do it......and if your caught 15 yard penalty or maybe your >>out for the next season...... I don't want to be the only Dork following >>the rules to a tee....its real hard to do....after all that >>work...........Brock MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Well I deliberately posted my flaw to the network so everyone so I would know and i would be exposed and I wouldn't be tempted ..the group acts like a confessional for me..I had come to this decision not to be self righteous but I feared that it would be bad P.R for the growers. If the sponsers who put up the cash get a pumpkin that mushes in week...they may think its not worth it...this game reminds me alot of Blackjack . Mother nature the dealer! fortunetly I have a couple of 16's umless I take another HIT. .........................................Thanks for listening Brock