Re: Andrew's comments

Mike,
 
Maybe I worded my response wrong, but I still disagree here. This is were we get into problems. What is to prevent a grower from weighing a pumpkin in Mid August, because he, she feels the pumpkin will not last until October. If I had felt that way I would have weighed my 1058 Uow sooner then I did last year. When people ask what my personal best is, I say 1020 pounds because I feel the 1058 doesn't count. I think they should all be weighed at some form of weigh off with many witnesses around. If your going for a State record or provincial record I really think it needs to be weighed at a weigh off, because I know if the Canadian record was weighed at the local feed store with no credible witnesses or only one or two of your friends around, growers would always question its validity or say it doesn't count because it wasn't weighed at a weigh off GPC or not. Just my opinion
 
andrew
 
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From: a*@hotmail.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 6:55 PM
Subject: Andrew's comments

>>Its not really a official new State record unless weighed at a sanctioned site on Oct 5th.
I strongly disagree.  As long as the pumpkin is weighed properly, is in good shape and credibly witnessed, the date and location of the weighing is irrelevant. I am personally dedicated to promoting the sport of giant pumpkin growing rather than promoting sanctioned weighoffs. This is the very reason I made my ' EXH, DQ, UOW, EST' post. A grower should not be penalized or his achievement made less significant just because he either does not have organized weighoffs in his area or has chosen to weigh his pumpkin through a channel other than an organized weighoff event. The location of the scale has nothing to do with the pumpkin it weighs or the effort it took to get it there.
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