Re: Con
I second that one........Wayne
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> From: Mike Stephenson <beacon@teleport.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Con
> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 9:27 PM
>
> >Quietly, Silently, Whispering with wood under my knuckles I write this
> quick
> >Oregon Update. Weather here has been good the past few weeks. Pumpkins
> live
> >despite the damage from the storm in August. Squash are also alive
although
> >just barely. The 400 pound barrier has been broken 3 times so far and
one
> >more over 500, with a #454 (Oregon Sate Fair Champion), #474.5 (Squash,
> >Puyallup Fair Champion), #486 (Clackamas County Fair Champion), and a
> #517.5
> >(3rd at the Puyallup Fair Weighoff). Here are the players left in the
> >patch.....
>
> >#900.8 Lyons, two squash remain, both look to be over 250 pounds.
> >#469 Hester, One fruit remains, looks over 250 lbs.
> >737 Stellpflug, one squash remains, 250+.
> >801.5 Stelts, One fruit remains, 250+.
> >720 Hester, One fruit remains, 250+.
> >879 Holland, One fruit remains, 250+.
> >946.5 Geerts, One fruit remains, 250+.
> >697 Ciliberto, 5 fruit remain, 250+.
> >935 Lloyd, 2 fruit remain, 250+.
>
> >the experimental patch houses 30 fruit over 250 pounds on the chart.
> >obviously this is far from a detailed weight estimate, but to not jinx
what
> >is left I reduced the cut off for exceptional fruit down to 250 pounds
> insted
> >of 900 pounds.
>
> >Take Care,
> >The Pumpkinguru
>
>
> Boy am I confused, first your "season is over" , then the above listed
> awards. And then tonight on the local news I see you with your estimated
> 860+- lb. pumpkin.
>
> All due respect but I can only hope that next year my "season is over" in
> this fashion.
>
> Again, all due respect, but if you can tell the local news how you are
doing
> why did you find it necessary to lead this group into the belief your
> "season is over".
>
> Makes me wonder, makes me wonder, makes me wonder.
>
> Mike Stephenson
>
>
>
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