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Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

Was curious if any of you have had this problem....

I'm working on my MBA and was in my finance class tonight and was doing an amortization table. One of the numbers to come up in my calculations was 1134.59. Immediately I thought, "1134 Holland". Then, later on, one of the numbers was 712.78. "712 Kuhn". This has been happening alot lately. It seems that whenever I see a number that matches a seed I now, I immediately make the associtation.

Next thing you know I'll be seeing pumpkins in ink blots. Seriously though. Does this happen to anyone else, or have I just gone overboard?

2/17/2004 1:00:47 AM

Wichita, KS

happens to me. My wife thinks I've gone nuts. Maybe. The other thing that happens... I drive through the country and scowel at properties with open spaces thinking "the owners are wasting all that land on horses when they could be growing pumpkins!" This is rough for me because I live in the country.

2/17/2004 1:31:02 AM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

Is very nice to know that this odd thing doesn't happen only to me!!!

2/17/2004 3:41:59 AM

New Hampshire

Every time I look at a digital clock I see a pumpkin weight.

2/17/2004 6:32:53 AM

Norton, MA

Yes me too. I knew Jim did it but I thought we were the only wierd ones. LOL! Alex.

2/17/2004 6:44:16 AM

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I was talking to our neighbor who lives at 723......

2/17/2004 7:08:51 AM

Brillion Wisconsin

Yes, I have this problem too. When I was estimating my new growing area sqft. I came up with 712 and 846. I decided to make it even larger at 960 sqft. Now I need to find a 960 Rose to plant. Good carma should count for at least 1% of growing technique.

2/17/2004 7:47:54 AM

Western Pa.

I've noticed this also occurs with the Pa. daily number,could just kick myself when 846,801, 705,etc., etc.,repeatedly show up. One year I had the wife stop and play my pumpkin weights on the way home from the weigh-off,guess what, we hit!

2/17/2004 9:25:32 AM

South Hill, Virginia

I do it when driving and I see those route numbers. Just about everyone brings to mind a pumpkin. It is an obsession isn't it.

2/17/2004 10:24:06 AM

I'm with Gordon... GO UTES!

I think it's very normal, or at least I hope!

When I was a Mustang freak, whenever I'd see 302 I'd
associate that with the engine displacement.

I'm also a Nikon freak, so the digits F5 were important
to me. When I'd go to the vending machine I'd check out
the item in slot F-5... Of course it's now D100. That's
a little less common.

Of course, I notice pumpkin weights as well. Hmm.. I live
at 12695... OH wait, that's five digits... that'll be
a while. 1269.5, hey, that would work!

Cliff

2/17/2004 10:58:31 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

You guys have problems, for sure :0)

2/17/2004 11:44:08 AM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

Cliff, you missed the 695 Handy in your address.

2/17/2004 12:19:09 PM

Cornelius, Oregon

A good way to choose a random seed for the patch is to keep track of lisence plate numbers. pick a few pumpkins you like and then keep track of how often you see them on the road. Whichever wins by planting time, go with it.

Example YPQ 582, or 783 XCD, or if it a low number say TYP 112, throw a 1 in front and you have an 1112 Handy.
Its kinda fun, but don't have a wreck.

I chose the 800 Edwards squash back in the spring of 2000 this way as my random seed and it ended up throwing the new Oregon Record at the time. It is a kick, and good practice for memorizing seeds.

Later
The Pumpkinguru

2/17/2004 12:43:14 PM

Jaffrey NH

happens all the time to me with times and numbers at school.

Douglas

2/17/2004 3:06:20 PM

it happens to me with the time on the clock...too bad the clock only goes up to 1259... and also with radio stations. i also look at people's grass filled lawns like Mr. Sprout and in my head I see elaborate flower gardens and pumpkin patches.
OH Yeah....anyone ever check out people's dirt? Tom and I pulled onto a side road one time to look at the dark dirt in a field we saw...it somewhere between my house and Joe's house.

2/17/2004 3:44:28 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

Brigitte,
Looks like we are then really lucky here in Germany. We don't have that am and pm thing...our digital clocks go up to 2359....that would be a nice weigh for sure... :-)

2/17/2004 4:19:15 PM

Wichita, KS

That's it. I'm switching to military time... Can you imagine...
2400 Atencio 2004
yeah baby yeah...

2/17/2004 4:36:48 PM

Key West, FL

happens to me too

I thought this was cool, the first 3 numbers of Steve Handy's phone number is 695..........

2/17/2004 6:24:20 PM

Norton, MA

I'm not sure about now but a month ago when you searched "pumpkin seed poker" you got 1458 results! Alex.

2/17/2004 6:27:28 PM

Ann Arbor, Mi

I almost never get to sleep in past 7:00 (thanks to my boys). I didn't stay up to see the New Year in, on Jan 01,2004 I woke at 7:47. I grew a 747 lber in '03, Is this a sign to grow this seed?

2/17/2004 7:28:37 PM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

Oh men!
I am realizing that we all are in trouble!
We've all got an obsession!
Obsessions are not good.
What can we do?

2/18/2004 2:30:10 AM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

In the year:

1458:Magdalen College at Oxford University was founded.
1373:Constantine VI of Armenia was assassinated.
1370:Steel Crossbow first used as a weapon of war.
1337:Beginning of the Hundred Years War between France and England
1260:Emperor Kameyama ascends to the throne of Japan.
940:Brian Boru, high king of Ireland was born.
846:Arab pirates sack the Vatican.
845:Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
723:The world's first mechanical clock is allegedly built in China
712:Tang Xuan Zhong succeeds Tang Rui Zong as emperor of China
695: Childebert II succeeds Clovis III as king of the Franks.
582:Agathias, Greek poet and historian died

2/18/2004 3:25:12 AM

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Just hang in there until spring Carlos. Hang in there folks.

2/18/2004 8:25:43 AM

I'm with Gordon... GO UTES!

Ah, the last four digits of my phone number are: 1690
OK! For me it's either 1690 or 169.0!!! LOL (I have a
better shot at the latter!)

2/18/2004 9:59:48 AM

Utah

the last four of my phone number are 5002....
wouldn't that be nice !!!
if i can't get that maybe i can get my address 1393....
but i'd better put the first one back up on my house (it fell off last fall), right now it says... 393. :O

2/18/2004 10:54:38 AM

I'm with Gordon... GO UTES!

I have planned, not one but TWO different seeds to
plant this year that are all sixes... the 666.6 Sawtelle
and the 666 Christensen. Please, don't tell me what this means!

2/18/2004 11:39:51 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

How about the 666 Peden?

2/18/2004 7:30:07 PM