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Ultra-Competitive Repeat Winners Dominate at Local Fairs: ‘I Don’t Take Vacations’
WSJ ^ | 15 Aug 2022 | Scott Calvert

Posted on 08/16/2022 12:51:59 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

This summer Larry Smith grew kohlrabi, lima beans, black cherry tomatoes, zucchini, five kinds of string beans, six types of peppers and more on a plot in Portland, Ore. Now he hopes the bounty is good enough to make him a champion gardener—once again.

The 65-year-old has won that title at the Clackamas County Fair every year since 1999, except for 2020 when the pandemic prompted the event’s cancellation.

“Obsessiveness” explains his long-running success, he said ahead of this year’s fair, which starts Tuesday. “I don’t think I’m the world’s best gardener, but I outwork people when it comes to the competitions. I don’t take vacations in the summer.”

“I just like to do it. I love sewing, making things. I love cooking and baking,” said Ms. Skeens, 74. She appeared on NBC’s “Today” show and was congratulated by a Walmart checkout clerk. But normal life has resumed in rural Virginia, she said: “I’m back to being me. I’m cleaning my house today.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Gardening; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: win
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Some go off the deep end in contests. A guy I worked with brought in his winning Irish Fruit Soda Bread, which was delicious!

I asked for the recipe, you would have thought I was asking for his wallet. I brought a piece home for dissection.

The internet knew all about it.

1 posted on 08/16/2022 12:51:59 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Full TXT:
https://archive.ph/fw4fu


2 posted on 08/16/2022 12:52:35 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“...on a plot in Portland, Ore.”

How long before the local commies either destroy it all or just steal it?


3 posted on 08/16/2022 12:57:00 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

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4 posted on 08/16/2022 1:08:16 PM PDT by Liz (MAN PROPOSES....GOD DISPOSES.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I like obsessiveness when it doesn’t look like obsessiveness.


5 posted on 08/16/2022 1:13:03 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Would sure be nice to read what you posted......but cant


6 posted on 08/16/2022 1:16:06 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Like a dey... they NEVER rest.


7 posted on 08/16/2022 1:16:44 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the sgod of Convenience.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

—”Would sure be nice to read what you posted......but cant”

Would sure be nice if you actually read anything posted .....but can’t?

“There is none so blind as he who will not see,” #2.


8 posted on 08/16/2022 1:20:01 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Track9

—”I like obsessiveness when it doesn’t look like obsessiveness.”

“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”


9 posted on 08/16/2022 1:21:39 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Dont be tryin to steal Granny's secret recipe...


10 posted on 08/16/2022 1:22:37 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: DUMBGRUNT
“I just like to do it. I love sewing, making things. I love cooking and baking,” said Ms. Skeens, 74. ...life has resumed in rural Virginia, she said: “I’m back to being me. I’m cleaning my house today.”

At my age, I'm ready to settle down with a good woman and willing to relocate. If you have the time, and are interested, call me Ms. Skeens, would love to meet you.

Sincerely, HT

11 posted on 08/16/2022 1:24:14 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: Magnum44

—”Dont be tryin to steal Granny’s secret recipe...”

Or Aunt Bee’s kerosene pickles...

That said, the internet knows almost all the recipes.


12 posted on 08/16/2022 1:25:11 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

What happens when you get to the top and realize you’re on the wrong ladder?


13 posted on 08/16/2022 1:28:55 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: Magnum44

And do not forget...

Can You Copyright a Recipe?
Recipes are usually not protected by copyright due to the idea-expression dichotomy. The idea-expression dichotomy creates a dividing line between ideas, which are not protected by copyright law, and the expression of those ideas, which can be protected by copyright law.

There are rare times where the idea and the expression of the idea are so intertwined that there is only one way, or very few ways, to express the idea. When this is the case, that expression of the idea is not protected by copyright law. A recipe’s list of ingredients, or simple directions, is so intertwined with the idea of that recipe that there are very few ways to express this idea; so, a simple list of ingredients or simple directions will not usually be protected by copyright.

https://copyrightalliance.org/are-recipes-cookbooks-protected-by-copyright/#:~:text=Recipes%20can%20be%20protected%20under,anecdotes%20alongside%20a%20recipe‘s%20ingredients.


14 posted on 08/16/2022 1:29:27 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Track9

—”What happens when you get to the top and realize you’re on the wrong ladder?”

Once saw a nightclub act with a young lady that could climb a straight ladder and jump around far better than Bluto ever could.

Maybe not for everyone?


15 posted on 08/16/2022 1:35:24 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
On many of my pheasant hunting trips to NW Kansas, the local radio station was always broadcasting local news and sell and swap information.. So and so has new puppies looking for a home. So and so looking to sell whatever. That was just so darn basic Americana that there is no way to describe it.

We always arrived on Friday, then the night of opening day, the local "Catholic Ladies" (commonly referred to by the land owner we hunted on) would hold a town banquet with prizes raffled off. All the food prepared by the "Catholic Ladies".

I just wish I hadn't become so addicted to city life with no experience on how to live out there.......

16 posted on 08/16/2022 1:36:15 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
“There is none so blind as he who will not see,” #2.

Then start posting #2 rather than the unaccessible #1.....How simple is that?

17 posted on 08/16/2022 1:39:06 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't walk thru the watermelon patch)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Talent is worth admiring. In all forms it never ceases to impress.


18 posted on 08/16/2022 1:43:18 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: All
One of the non-winners (but still a fan favorite):


19 posted on 08/16/2022 1:43:23 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: decal

Well he is obviously polluting the (fill in the blank) _____________ (ie, earth , water, air, noise), something, to be this successful. therefore he must be shut down for the sake of the (fill in the blank)_____________________ (children, racial harmony/diversity, minorities, women).

PS
why is it that people know what a woman is when discussing victimization, but a female (woman) judge cannot in normal discourse


20 posted on 08/16/2022 1:45:56 PM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOWhx) )
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