[KwartzLab] pumpkins for Hacky Halloween

[Robert Gissing]

What do we do with all the pumpkin gouk?  200 pumpkins makes a very large
mess.  If the pumpkin supplier does not take tje rest back for refund we can
take the unused ones to tje composyers at the dump.  I don't think it's
right to take pumpkins back to supplier Without a refund so that he can
resell them the next day.  Or we give the umused onrs to foodbank Who can
give them away topeka want to carve them.
Gus
On Sep 22, 2011 10:21 AM, "Jeff Schmidt" <digitalfalcon at rogers.com> wrote:
> So just to clarify, this is for the people who don't bring their own
pumpkin?  Or for everyone?
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> Also, regarding the saws - I wasn't able to come out on Tuesday so I don't
know what was discussed.  But I suggest one blade per pumpkin plus about 20%
extra to account for breakage.  People could then take the blades home with
them.  It's definitely best to buy them online.  I can get one gross (144
blades) for $50.  That is for big, thick blades that are unlikely to break.
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> There's also no need to use patterns - people could draw their own
patterns and then "trace" the lines with the saw.
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> - Jeff
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>>From: doug moen <doug at moens.org>
>>To: KwartzLab Public Discussion List <discuss at kwartzlab.ca>
>>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:10:01 AM
>>Subject: [KwartzLab] pumpkins for Hacky Halloween
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>>I talked to the guy at Nauman's farm.  Their best offer is this:
>>* Early on Saturday Oct 29: get a pickup truck from a rental agency.
>>* 9am on Saturday, we show up at the farm with the truck, they load
>>us up with pumpkins.  We pay for all the pumpkins (half price).
>>* After the event, before they close, we bring back any pumpkins we
>>didn't use, and they dispose of them.  No refunds, but they don't
>>charge us for accepting waste, either, and they help us unload.
>>
>>They charge for pumpkins based on size. The smallest pumpkin that is
>>easy to carve is $4.  The $5 pumpkin looks like a reasonable size (not
>>too small or large).  So 100 $5 pumpkins will cost $250.  We let them
>>know in advance how many pumpkins of what size we will need, and they
>>ensure that those pumpkins are available and waiting for us when we
>>show up.
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>>That's a completely workable plan. It requires $250 for pumpkins
>>(unless we get < 100), plus truck rental, plus it's a full day's work
>>for at least one volunteer.
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>>I'm not sure that we'll find a pumpkin farm desperate enough to
>>dedicate a truck and a worker to spend a day at our event in exchange
>>for the opportunity to sell 100 pumpkins, on what is probably a very
>>busy day for pumpkin sales.  (The dynamics change if we hold the event
>>at a pumpkin farm, but I'm not pursuing that idea.)
>>
>>However, I will continue talking to pumpkin farms to see if there is a
>>better deal out there.
>>
>>Doug.
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