Re: Andrew's comments

As one of the top grower in the WORLD you have the right, earned it.

At 10:14 PM 9/9/02, you wrote:
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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