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Super squash: 2,554-pound pumpkin carves out new US recordState and national records fell over the weekend at the Great Pumpkin Farm in the Buffalo suburb of Clarence, when Scott Andruszs entry broke the previous national record of 2,528 pounds, The Buffalo News reported.
https://apnews.com/article/oddities-business-new-york-01d93175a9d08cb5e910fe8d8603a796
n this photo provided by The Great Pumpkin Farm, Emmett Andrusz, from left, Steve Andrusz and Scott Andrusz, pose with the record setting 2,554-pound pumpkin, in Clarence, N.Y., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Scott Andrusz's entry broke the previous record of 2,528 pounds. (The Great Pumpkin Farm via AP)
niyad
(113,498 posts)THAT one), with Shannon Doherty about people involved in these pumpkin competitions. "Obsessed" would be putting it mildly.
Phoenix61
(17,009 posts)niyad
(113,498 posts)niyad
(113,498 posts)a friend who showed giant bull mastiffs, and she invited me to several shows. The level of competetiveness, rancor, suspicion, jealousy, etc., blew me away. And then it cracked me up.
jimfields33
(15,902 posts)niyad
(113,498 posts)Last edited Tue Oct 4, 2022, 02:06 PM - Edit history (1)
the bingo subculture. Fascinating.
jimfields33
(15,902 posts)I had a friend who had different bingo halls on her calendar for practically every day of the week. It was amazing. Hopefully she evened out financially.
niyad
(113,498 posts)in NM. I was there for ten days. She took me to seven different bingo halls. I was stunned at the amount of money flowing through those places.
Brother Buzz
(36,450 posts)Actually, we won't know this years Half Moon Bay's weigh-in results until the Columbus Day weekend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Moon_Bay_Art_and_Pumpkin_Festival
niyad
(113,498 posts)that I attended, was a mere 1,830+ pounds. Slackers!
Brother Buzz
(36,450 posts)niyad
(113,498 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,450 posts)I understand there's a cottage industry selling the seeds; some legitimate, many fraudulent.
niyad
(113,498 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,450 posts)It's not uncommon to see unsold Halloween pumpkins dumped in the fields. The lazy fluffy ewes like it if they are busted up first.
niyad
(113,498 posts)the porch or in the garcen. It amuses me to see how long it takes the critters to get into them. I know. I am so mean!
DFW
(54,425 posts)Out of all the deities people pray to, at least The Great Pumpkin is real.
ProfessorGAC
(65,122 posts)...reported a 960# pumpkin thus year. I thought that was huge.
This thing is 2.5 times the size. That's one big pumpkin!