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RGarri7470 wrote:
I am pretty sure his bass was weighed on certified scales in a post office
before witnesses.
Ronnie


I'm 99% positive it was weighed on feed scales.

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RGarri7470 wrote:
I am pretty sure his bass was weighed on certified scales in a post office
before witnesses.
Ronnie


I'm 99% positive it was weighed on feed scales.

RichZ©

You are probalby right. I based my comment on Bill Babb's report in the
February, 1989 Bassin' magazine:

"Someone at the store mentioned the (Field & Stream) Big Fish Contest and urged
Daddy to enter it. He had the fish weighed on a set of certified scales at the
post office. According to the contest rules, he had the fish's dimensions and
weight notarized. The fish weighted 22 pounds four ounces."

A family member told Babb that in an interview.

This is from an article by Louis Bignami at Fine Fishing - he also quoted the
above.

As Perry remembered it, the fight wasn't much. It rarely is with really huge
bass. After the fish was landed, Perry toted it over to the J. J. Hall and Co.
General store. In a Sports Afield article Perry said, "It was almost an
accident that I had it (the fish) weighed and recorded." A buddy mentioned the
Field & Stream Contest with its $75 merchandise prize. So Perry took his fish
to the post office where, several hours after it was caught, the big female
weighted 22 pounds 4 ounces and measured 31 inches long and 27 inches around.



Ronnie

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Thats what I was thinking... but rather grocery scales of some sort. Feed
scales/grocery scales... just about the same thing. right?

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"RichZ" wrote in message
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RGarri7470 wrote:
I am pretty sure his bass was weighed on certified scales in a post
office
before witnesses.
Ronnie


I'm 99% positive it was weighed on feed scales.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

We have to remember that in those days post office/feed store/general store
was all in one.
So IMHO everyone is correct. ;-)
Joe Z.

"Charles B. Summers" (remove extra dot) wrote in
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Thats what I was thinking... but rather grocery scales of some sort. Feed
scales/grocery scales... just about the same thing. right?

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"RichZ" wrote in message
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RGarri7470 wrote:
I am pretty sure his bass was weighed on certified scales in a post
office
before witnesses.
Ronnie


I'm 99% positive it was weighed on feed scales.

RichZ©
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In those days??? Georgia is still like that, aint it??

No offense Ronnie! LOL

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"Joe" wrote in message
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We have to remember that in those days post office/feed store/general
store
was all in one.
So IMHO everyone is correct. ;-)
Joe Z.

"Charles B. Summers" (remove extra dot) wrote
in
message ...
Thats what I was thinking... but rather grocery scales of some sort. Feed
scales/grocery scales... just about the same thing. right?

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"RichZ" wrote in message
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RGarri7470 wrote:
I am pretty sure his bass was weighed on certified scales in a post
office
before witnesses.
Ronnie


I'm 99% positive it was weighed on feed scales.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

In Arizona some places too. My mom's grocery store sells feed and contains
an official post office.
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"Charles B. Summers" (remove extra dot) wrote in
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In those days??? Georgia is still like that, aint it??

No offense Ronnie! LOL

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"Joe" wrote in message
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We have to remember that in those days post office/feed store/general
store
was all in one.
So IMHO everyone is correct. ;-)
Joe Z.

"Charles B. Summers" (remove extra dot)
wrote
in
message ...
Thats what I was thinking... but rather grocery scales of some sort.
Feed
scales/grocery scales... just about the same thing. right?

--
Visit Charles at: www.thebasspro.net
www.secretweaponlures.com
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
www.midtennclassic.org
"RichZ" wrote in message
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RGarri7470 wrote:
I am pretty sure his bass was weighed on certified scales in a post
office
before witnesses.
Ronnie


I'm 99% positive it was weighed on feed scales.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

In those days??? Georgia is still like that, aint it??


NO - nowadays those stores have gas pumps too!

But, the article by Babb says he left the general store and took it to the Post
Office. Maybe they had feed scales there, too.
Ronnie

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RGarri7470 wrote:
the article by Babb says he left the general store and took it to the Post
Office.

In which case, probably remembered it backwards. The say the memory is the
2nd thing to go. I wish I could remember the 1st thing.


RichZ©
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Y'all must have moved another step above Tennessee then. We still have to go
to the fillin' station.

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"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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In those days??? Georgia is still like that, aint it??


NO - nowadays those stores have gas pumps too!

But, the article by Babb says he left the general store and took it to the
Post
Office. Maybe they had feed scales there, too.
Ronnie

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The story I recall was that the PO scale wasn't big enough so they went to
the feed store.

RichZ©
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