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Well said Bill.I think I stirred up a hornets nest
on this one.
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From:
h*@pei.sympatico.ca
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:57
PM
Subject: Re: Andrew's comments
Mike : I must disagree; Your assessment is sending
the wrong message, date means nothing, different
parts of world has
different growing seasons, so that allows for different weigh off, times.
BUT all the
participants in a certain area must play on a level
playing field which means, a window to grow in, wouldn't
it be nice if we
could grow until a day before blowup, weigh it & claim the best. You got
it wrong, that's not the
way it is, when it becomes this, we can do away
with weigh off's & then it becomes who ever can bull shit the
best. Is
that what you want ?????
ps: Mind you; I'm not saying this because of
having a great year, my year is terrible; it's just I believe in good
sport man ship & hate to have it muddled up. & ruined for future
years for the true completive grower coming
along.
At 07:55 PM
9/9/02, you wrote:
>>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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