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Mark,
Worlds largest maybe, world record no, needs to
weighed on a predetermined day in your area before the season starts, it can't
be at the growers convience. Geneva Emmons played by the rules and for somebody
to take that crown away from her they have to abide by the same rules. World's
largest pumpkin is streching it, I could live with that but world record that is
not fair to the growers who hold the current record.
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From:
k*@adelphia.net
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:04
PM
Subject: RE: Official or Not
If I showed you a 1508 lb
pumpkin tomorrow, let you cut it open after being weighed to insure there's no
foul play/water/weights inside and that it was a perfect specimen with no
faults, had the scale certified before & after weighing, in front of many
witnesses (perhaps a fair, televised local news clip, etc) with GPC/WPC
members (better yet, Officials) present as well as perhaps someone from
Guiness or Cornell's Extension (maybe even a notary public?) I think I
wouldn't be the only person to say/write that I grew the world's largest
pumpkin ever/to date, or that I hold the world record (after all, "record"
doesn't mean winner of a contest but accurately/truthfully RECORDED, right?)
(All above provided nobody else was heavier than 1508.)
Mark K
You are correct it doesn't count, too many
variables can affect the outcome. I'll give the example of my pumpkin, if I
weighed it tommorrow and its a new Canadian record, I would be robbing Al
Eaton of his accomplishment and he is being penalized for playing by the
rules. We are all given a date and a time frame to have are pumpkins weighed
and I feel this is what makes the hobby so challenging, if we are all given
the opportunity to weigh are pumpkins anytime we want ,then there is no need
for weigh offs and the hobby would die because then there would be no rules,
and as for witnesses how can you possibably intrust them to Judge
impartially when they are your neighbors, friends etc
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From:
k*@adelphia.net
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002
10:33 AM
Subject: RE: Official or Not
This is an extremely
unusual scenario but what if:
In 2001, by the time you
fixed all the slashed tires on the truck (or maybe the truck broke down on
the way) & got to the weighoff (at nite) when everybody was gone
except a photographer for the newspaper, the scale company person, the
head of the organization and a few members, and... your pumpkin was
weighed, witnessed & photographed at 1270 lbs, does it not count
because you weren't there during proper hours?
OR...
In 2001, you didn't see
that last pumpkin out in the back field until 10/30 (actually it was green
& blended in with the leaves,) you harvested it, had it weighed on a
certified scale, witnessed & photographed at 1270 lbs, does it not
count because you weren't there on the 5th at a sanctioned
event?
Mark
P.S. Can I REALLY count
on 6-8 guys' help on 10/5/02 about 8-9am? Can 1 of you bring
a full-size pickup truck? It won't fit in my Blazer & I don't
want to miss the Clarence, NY show; or maybe Altoona pays more--it's
about 200 miles farther than Clarence so I'd need everybody here by 6am or
so. I can make some heirloom tomato sandwiches for the
road...
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