Re: How not to move a pumpkin !
George, did you get that on video? would have been nice addition to your
next project.. Maybe the Blair Pumpkindude Project.....
George Webster wrote:
> List,
> Today I learned how NOT to move a
> pumpkin........
> This morning I decided to remove the last
> pumpkin in the patch and sell it. It only weighed
> 200 pounds so I figured I could move it by
> myself (across 30 feet of garden, 30 feet of
> lawn and 40 feet of patio to the truck out front).
> It would have been easy to call some of the
> local Napa growers......Pete, Loren or Greg and
> ask them to bring a tarp and help me.
> But did I do this ??.............Nooooooo !
>
> First I slid my 200 pound baby on to a piece of
> cardboard to protect it, (that was easy enough).
> Then I asked my wife Paula to slip a 2' x 3' piece of plywood under the
> cardboard and
> pumpkin when I tilted it up on its side........on
> the count of 3.......up I tilted, under went the
> plywood, down came the pumpkin.....on my left
> foot.....three crunched toes, nothing broken, only a slight limp (I
> lucked out).
> Its not centered on the plywood (sled) says
> Paula.....o.k., once again on 3.....I tilt it up,
> she centers the plywood and down the stupid
> pumpkin comes......this time my right foot gets
> it.......three more crunched toes, nothing serious
> ......now I am limping on both feet.
> I can handle the pain so I tie a rope to the "sled"
> and I start draging the ugly gord thru the garden
> soil. Paula says "let me help you pull it dear".
> I say yes....(another mistake)........we tugged and pulled and dragged
> the lousy cucurbit about 10 feet when the sled popped out.....we
> went from pulling 200 pounds to pulling zero
> pounds instantly.......this sudden loss of weight
> sent us flying thru the air. Paula landed in a
> soft dusty spot in the garden. I wasn't as
> fortunate......I landed in a 4 foot high tansy bush
> that borders the patch.
> As I lay sprawled out in the tansy, a very dusty
> Paula walked over to me and gave me one of
> those looks......you know, "THE LOOK" !!
> Needless to say, no more help from her.
>
> I took my time and I managed to drag that
> crummy pumpkin out front to the truck.
> We are laughng about it now....even though
> I have 6 crunched toes, scratches from the
> tansy bush, rope burns on both hands, grass
> stains on my knees and a sore back.
>
> Seriously gang, get help when moving pumpkins over 100 pounds. We were
> lucky
> we didn't get hurt.
> George Webster
> Napa, Ca
> PumpkinDude@webtv.net
>
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