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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] butterflies & Okra, now pumpkin races
  • Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:53:15 -0700 (PDT)

I would think the water to already be darn cold in Maine. But, that sounds
like fun. If you post any pics of this pumpkin boat race, please provide a
link ....bobford


--- On Sat, 10/11/08, SJC <indexer AT localnet.com> wrote:

> From: SJC <indexer AT localnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] butterflies & Okra, now pumpkin races
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 4:50 PM
> bob ford wrote:
> > There was a guy on the news this morning paddling a
> pumpkin (big pumpkin he had hollowed and used as a boat). I
> didn't see from where, but it was a biggg pumpkin
> ....bobford
> >
> >
> Yep. Annual event here in the williwogs. Cut the top off,
> usually with
> a chain saw but the pumpkins are tender this year on
> account of so much
> rain, so we'll use the SawzAll on ours. Peter taped
> ours yesterday and
> is figuring about 1400 pounds---that's if it
> doesn't explode before
> morning. I heard at noon today that my neighbor Sam's
> pumpkin exploded
> while they were milking, startled everybody. Probably half
> or so will
> explode before they are used, but if it doesn't:
> Hollow it out with a
> hoe and a coal hod, and carefully set it in the
> Passagasswaukeag River
> about a quarter mile above the Bay, 'man' it with 2
> people(hopefully
> skinny) with shovels for paddles, at least one dog
> (required), put up
> your flag, wait for the pistol, and go for the rapids.
> This is
> considered an adult activity, mind you; kids have their own
> races. Some
> years none of them make it to the finish line (the
> footbridge from
> Belfast to East Belfast). Hardest part is getting the
> pumpkin parts out
> of the river afterward.
>
> All this, of course, follows the bed races, held in
> September.
>
> Ya use whatcha got.
>
> Susan Jane
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