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morristown, Tn email fredwhitacrejr@yahoo.com

yes there was someone getting seeds for auction but the growers were to mail seeds when they get the email when is that auction i have the seeds set up you should to 14 seeds in two sets and two 11 seed sets of watermelons

11/11/2012 1:38:07 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Say what?

11/11/2012 2:19:40 PM

Torrance, Ca.

He wants to know if the guys in your area Glenn have the seed packs with pumpkin seeds and also watermelon seed in sets. Also the auction time for the seeds auction and when he can get that.

For someone in your area with the auction seed info and email.


For the pumpkin seeds and watermelon seeds.

11/11/2012 3:00:19 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

lol Chris...OK that seems alot clearer to me now...?!?!

11/11/2012 8:31:28 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Glad to help ;)

11/11/2012 8:58:19 PM

canal winchester ohio

Your explanation of the prior post reminds me of the old woman on the movie "AIRPLANE".....excuse me, I speak jive....lol

11/11/2012 9:21:50 PM

West Michigan---Hasekg39@gmail.com

Cut him some slack jack

11/11/2012 9:36:33 PM

morristown, Tn email fredwhitacrejr@yahoo.com

no i have seeds for a auction but have not got the email from the one that is haveing auction and was getting seeds colected and held by the grower tell told by the club having the auction to mail out

11/12/2012 12:05:23 AM

South Hero, VT

Could someone interpret the above message? I feel as if I have senior dyscognitive malfunction.

11/12/2012 7:15:44 AM

West Michigan---Hasekg39@gmail.com

Fred you laugh make me.........I'm not sure what you are talking about but I think it's down the hall way and the second door on the right.

11/12/2012 8:03:24 AM

Omaha, Ne.

Hard to understand without ...... and some of these ,,,, and a couple of ??

11/12/2012 8:32:22 AM

South Hero, VT

That should have been "senior dyscognitive DISfunction".

I'm alright now. I just took my medication. :-)

11/12/2012 8:38:51 AM

Torrance, Ca.

What ever club is waiting for Fred's seeds, please email him.

11/12/2012 9:04:48 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

I believe that there is going to be an auction, where the winning bidders will then get the seeds sent directly from the grower (in this case Fred/Tim) saving time and effort for the middleman handling the auction and collection of funds...right?

11/12/2012 9:33:30 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

...but Chris is right, if you are a club and showed interest in Fred/Tim's seeds, please contact him before a gasket is blown...

11/12/2012 9:35:02 AM

nOVA sCOTIA

you guy's crack me up :))))

11/12/2012 1:30:48 PM

Massachusetts

same here!!!

11/12/2012 1:53:59 PM

Eddyz@efirehose.net

Hey That would be me I think, cause Fred or Tim sent me an email and I did make a post

This was for the BP fundraiser Auction.

I have your info, but our date conflicts with the SUPER BOWL, which Denver is going to win by the way.

11/12/2012 2:00:37 PM

Germany

oops, hopefully I can solve some of the confusion: A few minutes ago I noticed that Fred did respond to a message from someone who was looking for auction seeds for Italy:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewThread.asp?b=1&p=461437

Fred, there you will find the contact email address, then you should be able to contact someone who could respond with some helpful details (hopefully).

11/12/2012 2:29:40 PM

South Hero, VT

Thank God for our translators! And thank you for letting me know I don't have some type of senior cognitive impairment. :-)

11/12/2012 2:36:24 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Now that was funny VTSteve!!!

11/12/2012 4:44:04 PM

morristown, Tn email fredwhitacrejr@yahoo.com

yes italy too
but someone was getting seeds from growers to have a auction
and the growers would mail seeds from there homes when told to

11/12/2012 4:52:35 PM

West Michigan---Hasekg39@gmail.com

like huffspumpkins said ya need to learn to talk jive "Turkey"

Glad to see ya got it worked out Fred

11/12/2012 5:35:24 PM

morristown, Tn email fredwhitacrejr@yahoo.com

thank iceman when you need them mailed let me know when is th auction iceman

11/12/2012 7:57:02 PM

Rapid City, SD

auction is over.........north shore boyz won...........send the seeds to him.........he he

11/13/2012 1:24:24 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Yea, got the same email Matt! Just go on Glenn's diary Fred and you can find his email there :)


Thanks Matt!

11/13/2012 3:26:43 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Thanks Matt...that is awesome...so 1495 Stelts or 904 Stelts, which one did I win?

11/13/2012 6:24:22 PM

Massachusetts

both

11/13/2012 6:38:40 PM

Torrance, Ca.

;)

11/13/2012 6:43:40 PM

morristown, Tn email fredwhitacrejr@yahoo.com

lame lol

11/13/2012 8:43:10 PM

NSW, Australia (barracatcher7@hotmail.com)

got the seeds Fred, thanks again!

11/14/2012 12:53:08 AM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

You know,... I have an IQ of over 150, and I can't understand anybody!

11/14/2012 4:35:04 PM

Germany

Ok, a brief intro into the wonderful world of the "what happened above": Let´s start with So.Cal.Growers entry ";)", well, I think it means that something further up in the thread was funny (sort of), could have been taken as something serious (sort of) but wasn´t (definitely).
Now let´s continue with marleys entry "both", that´s pretty clear, it refers to something related to a number like "two", probably the seeds 1495 and 904. Hence, something is wrong with those two seeds, or has been interpreted the wrong way. A potential answer is: THE ANSWER MUST BE "both", because both are Stelts seeds and a monobrow is a unique set which makes one out of two...you just can´t take one and skip the other...both are one, and just one is merely none, and seeds are representatives of the grower, and, and, and...and therefore So.Cal.Grower had to ";)". Everything else (the upper entries) are much more difficult to explain in detail. I better leave this to someone else who wants to do that.

11/14/2012 5:18:26 PM

President - GPC

ThankZ Pumpking....something I can finally understand.!

11/14/2012 5:21:22 PM

Germany

WiZzy, it´s something you already knew, right? If you can´t find the answer, the answer is "monobrow ruleZ", right?

11/14/2012 5:23:26 PM

Massachusetts

Pumpking, thanks, on the floor now, cheeks hurt,sides hurt , can't stop laughing,....................... ;)

11/14/2012 5:38:06 PM

Germany

|:)

11/14/2012 5:40:38 PM

Germany

or this one?

11/14/2012 5:47:24 PM

Germany

|:-)

11/14/2012 5:47:39 PM

Germany

Is any of the two an official icon already?

11/14/2012 5:49:30 PM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

I love winter!

11/14/2012 5:55:50 PM

Germany

yeah, it´s a cool season (literally speaking)

11/14/2012 6:00:32 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

lol Jorg, calmly put down the Weizenbock, and step away from the computer.

11/14/2012 6:28:00 PM

Germany

hands up or not, Luke???

11/14/2012 6:29:28 PM

Rhode Island

what the hell happened to faster tim? did he beat fast fred on a race around the old pumpkin patch?

11/14/2012 6:31:58 PM

Germany

Ooops, a new task. Well, Pap, I guess the correct answer will be "There´ll never ever be an old patch, there´s always a new patch."

11/14/2012 6:34:41 PM

Omaha, Ne.

omg lmaf can't stop lol gota lov turkey talk mmmmmmmturkey

11/14/2012 6:35:27 PM

Germany

gooooble gooooble gooooble. Anything else turkeys can say? I prefer the "mmmmmmmturkey", but at this stage the turkey can´t contribute to the talk any longer, I suppose. Poor (but yummy) little turkey.

11/14/2012 6:38:13 PM

Omaha, Ne.

right on im getting the jive thanks for the belly roll

11/14/2012 7:02:36 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Thanks for saving my day! :)

11/14/2012 8:17:13 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Glad we got that all worked out....now who is sending me those 2 seeds?? (1495 and 904 Stelts)

11/14/2012 8:47:26 PM

Germany

N.S.B., this question brings us back to the problem I addressed with "Everything else (the upper entries) are much more difficult to explain in detail. I better leave this to someone else who wants to do that."...hope you find someone.


|:-) ???

11/15/2012 3:46:30 AM

Hinckley MN

so where is amelio this winter?

11/15/2012 9:16:02 AM

Ontario

Now there's a name I have'nt heard in a while, did he in fact grow a giant? anyone know . Just curious.(:0) Terry
And yes I know what it did to the cat. (:0)

11/15/2012 10:59:15 AM

Piqua, Ohio

I think Pumpking is one of his drinking buddies, he may know. Wasn't he going to grow a world record with his dung mound?

11/15/2012 12:56:06 PM

Germany

J.S., I better don´t tell you what I wanted to tell you right now as I read your comment. Just kidding is one thing, drinking is another, but the one with the name which had been on ignore mode in various cases...this goes way tooooo faaaar! No, I don´t know anything about his current world record which was too heavy for the cranes to lift it onto decent scales. The only thing I know is, in his last breaths on BP he seemed to dislike things like GPC, and therefore he probably wouldn´t have attended a GPC event. The maths equation derived therefrom is: He grew a WR = he won´t let it enter a GPC weigh-off. Did you see his WR on the 2012 GPC list? The answer is NO! Hence, according to above equation he must have grown a WR, because he hasn´t entered his WR pumpkin into a GPC weigh-off, right?

11/15/2012 1:38:58 PM

Germany

Just for the entertainment of those who joined BP during the past couple of months, and probably haven´t noticed the scientific entries of the "a-man", he used a specific vocabulary...an example is given above: "dung mound". We could use the abbreviation d/m for dung mound. There are a couple of further things which consist of more than one word, and as you read them you would relate them to the "a-man". Now the big question is, what might be hidden behind the following abbreviations:

1) b/a
2) f/a
3) b/s
4) a/h/n
5) m/s (probably one of the favorites)
6) s/s/'s'
7) o/a
8) p/c
9) s/p
10) s/y/o/s (yes, that´s tricky)

...and this brings us back to the reason why this thread is in the Seed Auctions and Raffles section...all current BP members are welcome to send me an email with their suggestions for answers 1) - 10) (deadline will be Sunday Nov. 18th, midnight...wherever you´re sending your email from), and the participant with most hits will win a couple of my 907 Wagler 11, 710 (uow/dmg) Wagler 12 and 148 (uow) Wagler 12 seeds (and in case of many participants with the highest number of hits, the earliest entry will win)...I will take care of postage. Yes, the 907 is a (1385 x 1161) x (1385 x 1161), awesome, isn´t it? The 710 is 1789 Wallace 'Freak' x 1723 Marshall, and the 148 is the little genetics pumpkin on a secondary of...here it comes...1789 Wallace 'Freak' x self.

11/15/2012 1:56:26 PM

Belgium

I only know what the thirth one means....... b/s....stands for BULLSHIT

11/15/2012 2:10:17 PM

Germany

did he use this word so often?

11/15/2012 2:15:42 PM

Germany

BTW, your comment makes me conclude that you also lost contact with the "a-man" and don´t know if he had grown a decent sized white giant, right? (...as far as I recall, there was a period when he was aiming at a white giant...but his name has not appeared on the list of pumpkins entered in the LEGOLAND weigh-off, which, as far as I recall, was the weigh-off he wanted to attend...long long time ago, before he probably changed mind.

11/15/2012 2:19:14 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

Who needs Amelio when you have the Watermelon forum to read? Winter is among us.

11/15/2012 2:33:13 PM

Germany

Luke, what´s going on in the watermelon world? Is there a new equivalent to "a-man" who had entered the world of scientific entertainment, but this time used the gate into the watermelon garden?...any particular thread you would recommend to read?

11/15/2012 2:35:50 PM

Torrance, Ca.

He asked a question Luke!

11/15/2012 2:51:19 PM

Germany

Thank you for your support, Chris. I´ll try to stay patient...maybe he´s reading the watermelon news right now and will switch back to this thread in a couple of hours.

11/15/2012 3:07:32 PM

Belgium

maybe you should go to a psychiatrist

11/15/2012 3:34:35 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

I was almost banished to the watermelon board last year for mentioning the name that can't be mentioned. Thank goodness they took pity on me, it can get pretty duck dynasty over there.

11/15/2012 3:51:34 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

No hablo Ingles

11/15/2012 3:53:34 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

lol Andy!

11/15/2012 4:11:33 PM

Piqua, Ohio

I was just screwing around Pumpking, hope I didn't piss you off!

11/15/2012 4:34:42 PM

Germany

Josh, thanks to your immediate response right here right now I don´t feel pissed off. Makes me happy that I don´t need to explain that I neither have anything to do with this guy, nor know anything he had done (or grown) within the past season.

11/15/2012 4:40:29 PM

President - GPC

I dont think anyone haZ to worry about 'he who'Z name we will not mention' looking in thiZ forum....for seedZ...lol
the pic I saw of hiZ fruit...well it waZ smaller than a toilet seat...he waZ using as a reference....

Maybe thiZ year I wont get bubZ addressed to 'he who'Z name we will not mention'....lol

11/15/2012 4:55:27 PM

Germany

Thank you WiZzy for this helpful input. Looks like a new strategy of AG optimization. Why? The toilet seat reference made me recall this pic here (and see the text below):

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/DisplayPhoto.asp?pid=4792

...and someone who wants to develop his own way of optimization might easily go from the "velvet cusion vs. pumpkin" comparison to the "toilet seat vs. pumpkin" comparison as a quality criterion. It´s kind of an optimization towards practical use. (It´s just a few years to go, then you´ll find them in all higher quality builders stores...right next to the toilet seats. Believe me, WiZzy!)

11/15/2012 5:03:14 PM

Connellsville, Pa

Hate to change the subject, But I had an idea on a big money maker for our pumpkin clubs. A monthly calender with a different growers picture on each month. Seems like a sure fire money maker to me. I already am voting for Mr October.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=189710

We need ten more models. I am sure the Wiz and SmallMouth Luke would pose, Possibly Darren and HandyHomegrown too.

11/15/2012 5:39:47 PM

Omaha, Ne.

ahhhhhhh don't say it again. if you say it 3 times he'll come back to haunt us.lol.

I thought of him when the dinosaurs kept braking records. lov to see him eat his words.

11/15/2012 5:40:06 PM

Omaha, Ne.

Got my shirt off and I'm taking the picture now. Can I be Mr. July?

11/15/2012 5:44:40 PM

Omaha, Ne.

cool I found my old speedo's

11/15/2012 5:47:14 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

lol Andy... that was funny...but Ted I forgot about that one...

11/15/2012 8:34:41 PM

Hot West Tennessee

76 replies about? Who's on first?

11/15/2012 11:08:26 PM

morristown, Tn email fredwhitacrejr@yahoo.com

02/03/13 8:00PM (EST)    BP Benefit Auction    Details - coming soon here is the auction we growers will be mailing seeds from are homes when told to in a email

11/16/2012 2:45:15 AM

So. Maine

LOL @ Torange

11/17/2012 6:53:50 PM

Germany

WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR, wait til next year, and see how it develops...

11/17/2012 6:59:39 PM

Germany

currently it looks like the population of excessive responses to this thread died (sort of).

11/17/2012 7:00:46 PM

Germany

...and you and TNorange will notice that I respond line by line...

11/17/2012 7:01:36 PM

Germany

...to increase the number of entries...

11/17/2012 7:01:57 PM

Germany

...noticeably...

11/17/2012 7:02:07 PM

Germany

...to keep it alive.

11/17/2012 7:02:19 PM

Germany

It´s the others´ turn now.

11/17/2012 7:02:49 PM

Bottom of ohio

Gentelman, if you dont know or understand, please dont post. the one you post against may not understand, thanks Bill

11/17/2012 7:20:47 PM

Sparta, NC

I agree Bill

11/17/2012 7:33:35 PM

South East

Ditto Bill

"Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged"

Shame on thoes in this post that have judged a man not knowing the man they are judging and if you do know this man then you are not a very nice person and your day too will come to be judged.

11/17/2012 7:41:22 PM

SW Ohio

Agreed!

It's a shame that someone who enjoys growing pumpkins so much and sharing seeds with others has to be the object of ridicule with every post that he makes.

It's one thing to cut up and have fun but shouldn't have to be at someone else's expense.

11/17/2012 7:58:09 PM

formerly RGG

Never make fun of the little man. There is no honor in that. Besides, he may grow a bigger pumpkin than you. lol

11/17/2012 8:16:24 PM

formerly RGG

Judgement

11/17/2012 8:17:36 PM

formerly RGG

day

11/17/2012 8:17:47 PM

formerly RGG

is

11/17/2012 8:17:56 PM

formerly RGG

just

11/17/2012 8:18:06 PM

formerly RGG

around

11/17/2012 8:18:19 PM

formerly RGG

the

11/17/2012 8:18:27 PM

formerly RGG

corner.

11/17/2012 8:18:40 PM

nOVA sCOTIA

i love Tina And Frank:))))

11/17/2012 8:19:02 PM

Omaha, Ne.

100 got to love winter

11/17/2012 9:25:16 PM

Omaha, Ne.

aw crap, now I'm going to hell...again. Sorry tim/fred I hope yyou could take a joke. Sence the other can't, and play the God card.

11/17/2012 9:46:23 PM

Omaha, Ne.

Ever get pissy and make a reply. Only just to hit the deleat button. I missed the delete and hit the post reply. oops!

11/17/2012 10:40:58 PM

Connellsville, Pa

Was just good natured ribbing. I certainly wasnt being mean. Freds good in my book. Calm down folks.

11/17/2012 11:25:44 PM

Torrance, Ca.

A few more cold months Darren, a few more months my friend ;)

11/18/2012 12:43:34 AM

Hot West Tennessee

All good here. Just saying. 104

11/18/2012 12:55:49 AM

Rhode Island

wow--what a waste of good message board space. we all need a laxative.

11/18/2012 2:34:13 AM

formerly RGG

lol pap

11/18/2012 7:41:39 AM

formerly RGG

it's awl in fun

11/18/2012 7:42:16 AM

formerly RGG

Fred really is a nice guy. I have met him at several weigh-offs. He loves this hobby and the man doesn't have a mean bone in his body. Know what I mean ?

11/18/2012 7:44:41 AM

Omaha, Ne.

If we get to oversensitive. And start jugging joking as good or bad. There will be no humor on this site. Its the mistakes that sparks spontaneity and wit. History on this site shows that it will happen again and again.

11/18/2012 1:18:23 PM

South East

I have humor, heck just look at our diary from the past couple of years. The problem is one might see it as joking but to another it is not. We are adults here are we not? You can joke but when the joke keeps going on and on and inbetween them jokes you(not anyone specific)(maybe not meaning to) bring up stuff(again that seems funny to you) that the person you are joking about, its not right guys and you know it. Read these words(I know it is a bit long) and if you feel the same after reading these words, them I am sorry..(I'm just a mother too with a child with special needs) Tina :)

11/18/2012 3:04:43 PM

South East

The Special Mother
Did you ever wonder how mothers of disabled children were chosen?
Somehow I visualize God hovering over the earth selecting his instruments of propagation with great care and deliberation. As He observes, He instructs His angels to make notes in a giant ledger.
"This one gets a daughter. The Patron saint will be Cecelia"
"This one gets twins. The Patron saint will be Matthew"
"This one gets a son. The Patron saint.....give her Gerard. He's used to profanity"
Finally He passes a name to an angel and smiles. "Give her a disabled child".
The angel is curious. "Why this one God? She's so happy"
"Exactly," smiles God. "Could I give a disabled child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel!"
"But has she patience?" asks the angel.
"I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of sorrow and despair. Once the shock and resentment wears off, she'll handle it. I watched her today, she has that feeling of self and independence that is so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has his own world. She has to make him live in her world and that's not going to be easy."

11/18/2012 3:06:43 PM

South East

"But Lord, I don't think she even believes in you"
God smiles, "No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect - she has just enough selfishness"
The angel gasps - "Selfishness? is that a virtue?"
God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally she won't survive. Yes here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a 'spoken word'. She will never consider any 'step' ordinary. When her child says "Momma" for the first time she will be present at a miracle and will know it. I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...ignorance, cruelty and prejudice...and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life because she is doing my work as surely as if she is here by my side"
"And what about her Patron saint?" asks the angel, his pen poised in mid air.
God smiles "A mirror will suffice"

.

11/18/2012 3:07:01 PM

formerly RGG

Tina, that was touching and very well said. Most all of us need to make a better effort to be aware of the feelings of other people we come in contact with. It is called empathy. There is a little old lady at the nursing home my mother is in. I used to hear her day after day making groaning sounds that sounded plain evil to me. I used to hardly ever even look her way. One day I saw a nurse interacting with her. The old lady had a smile on her face and thanked the nurse and blessed her. After that my opinion of her was totally changed. I go out of my way to greet her every day and I always give her a small piece of chocolate which she dearly loves. She always smiles and thanks me several times. I am so glad I finally realized she is just a lonely old woman in the middle stages of dementia who really appreciates anyone who is willing to stop and ask how she is doing today. I now know who she really is and am grateful I found out.

11/18/2012 4:16:27 PM

Omaha, Ne.

Now I understand.

11/18/2012 6:02:48 PM

East Jordan, MI

Thank you Tina.

11/18/2012 6:46:37 PM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

This thread is now worthy of all the space devoted to it. ;-)

11/18/2012 7:39:58 PM

Anchorage Alaska

Tina , Frank ..as parents of a mentally retarded child .. we thank you.. nice

11/18/2012 8:14:13 PM

Omaha, Ne.

Your right. I easily forget myself. raised a rough neck, In a family full of guys. I don't have the gifts of that you have. I'm not as far along as most. My walk will cause problem with others, But I am Learning and growing. If I cause you any pain then I'm sorry.

Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. (And there family's)

11/19/2012 12:18:52 AM

East Jordan, MI

Thank you Darren.

11/19/2012 7:40:37 PM

Colorado

$12000....O sorry i saw all the post.....I thought it was an auction......my bad.... Carry on.... disreguard

11/20/2012 9:54:23 PM