Re: I'm Back

Thanks for the run down!

You guys sure have kept busy........George Brooks.......whats with the
barking pumpkins?

Rick

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> From: B Rado <rado1000@hotmail.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: I'm Back
> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 4:07 PM
> 
> Well, lessee, it's been quite a season.  Since you left...
> 
> I thought about building a pumpkin sling to keep the pumpkin airborne 
> and dry and rot-free, though Wayne talked me out of it.  He'd been 
> there, done that (as usual) except his goal was for the pumpkin to have 
> a round bottom.   
> 
> You might ask Dan Shapiro about his robotic pumpkin tender with built-in 
> leaf turgor sensor, and also ask him how many are in an "omigod" of 
> pumpkins.  I believe he is thinking of adding a lightning generator to 
> his system for next year, though his neighbors may have gotten an 
> injunction against him in that regard.  (I'm not sure if the lightning 
> was to experiment with its effect on pumpkins or to zap the squirrels.)
> 
> This year we've also heard tales of a tree pumpkin that insisted on 
> growing up, and a very large pumpkin grown with no main stump (Beth 
> Carlson, that's your cue...  How big was it again?)
> 
> George Brooks can give you an update on his barking pumpkins...  I think 
> you were still on the list when that topic was introduced.
> 
> Tooger continues to wrestle with the mystery pumpkin disease...  Rick, 
> that might be a good area for you to apply your talents...  Tim, what 
> were the details again?
> 
> There's been some chat on the subject of colchicine - I know you are 
> quite knowledgeable about that.  Someone has suggested blenderizing 
> crocus roots to achieve some mutations.  Who's doing this?  Rick, 
> comments?  Would this be effective and perhaps safer than the medical 
> grade stuff?
> 
> Lubadub is working on some kind of patented varmint control system...  
> The SPGA guerilla team sneaked a groundhog inside his armored compound.  
> It couldn't get out and thus the SPGA successfully diverted Lub's 
> attention from the pumpkin to the groundhog.
> 
> Lessee, ZooDoo is in pumpkin detox, but that didn't keep him from 
> beating out Lubadub (it's hard to tell whether to credit Joe's growing 
> techniques or the groundhog)......  PumpkinWitch had some hard times; 
> she says she is recuperating, but sadly we don't hear much from her.  A 
> delightful new pumpkin poet has surfaced to keep Tony Hickman on his 
> toes.    And I think Barbara Kincaid has a new recipe for pumpkin soup, 
> if you've got a good supply of clothespins and a pot that can hold 220 
> pounds of the stuff.
> 
> And now we are in the post pumpkin depression stage...  or is it 
> post-pumpkin delirium?  Boats and bobsleds are everywhere, and POV has a 
> flying pumpkin that could probably get better altitude with a rotor 
> attached.  Listers have put Atlantic Giants everywhere from China to the 
> Vice President's residence (now THAT's a Gore-y story!).
> 
> Come on folks, help me update Rick!  What highlights of the season have 
> I missed?
> 
> Beth
> 
> (That may have been more than you asked for, Rick, but you DID start a 
> conversation, no??)
> 
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