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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

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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