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Mike,
From your side of things, yes I don't think it
matters as much. But from the growers side for it to be a new record it should
be weighed at a weigh off. Your site is very important to all us growers and
especially me, and this sport wouldn't be what it is today without your site.
But for weights to count for something we need a little more rules in are sport.
To us growers a official weight counts for a lot more then a UOW , EST, EXH
does.
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From:
a*@cogeco.ca
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 7:34
PM
Subject: 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
----- Original Message -----
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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