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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:40:16 PM EDT
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Cut plug in end, invert bottle of everclear
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:44:20 PM EDT
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Nice yellow or white belly, thump it with your finger and listen for a hollow sound.
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:45:57 PM EDT
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I use the knuckle rap method because my Uncle did. I have no idea what to listen too.
Using a tool would not be appropriate ET reA 
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:49:12 PM EDT
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slow motion video capture and a 44 mag are my preferred method
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:50:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:50:41 PM EDT
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racist
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:51:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:52:24 PM EDT
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looks like a melon?
 
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:53:22 PM EDT
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tag
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:54:13 PM EDT
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Only way to be 100% sure is to cut it open
 I used to work in produce. 
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Posted: 6/13/2010 12:56:22 PM EDT
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no idea but best I've ever had was locally grown in Iraq
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:01:00 PM EDT
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What's the secret for picking a good, sweet watermelon?
Tap on the Watermelon. It should produce a B flat pitch. (I am not kidding) If you have someone with "Perfect Pitch" or is musical they can help you figure out what a B flat sounds like. |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:02:19 PM EDT
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nm
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:04:51 PM EDT
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What's the secret for picking a good, sweet watermelon? Tap on the Watermelon. It should produce a B flat pitch. (I am not kidding) If you have someone with "Perfect Pitch" or is musical they can help you figure out what a B flat sounds like. As in... 
"dat watermelon be flat!"? |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:08:45 PM EDT
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Quoted: wowQuoted: What's the secret for picking a good, sweet watermelon? Tap on the Watermelon. It should produce a B flat pitch. (I am not kidding) If you have someone with "Perfect Pitch" or is musical they can help you figure out what a B flat sounds like. As in... http://hoboken411.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/hoboken-crushed-watermelon-victim.jpg "dat watermelon be flat!"? |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:11:09 PM EDT
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What's the secret for picking a good, sweet watermelon? Tap on the Watermelon. It should produce a B flat pitch. (I am not kidding) If you have someone with "Perfect Pitch" or is musical they can help you figure out what a B flat sounds like. As in... http://hoboken411.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/hoboken-crushed-watermelon-victim.jpg "dat watermelon be flat!"? No as in the musical note....... The watermelon you posted a photo of is "No good" The OP wanted a "Good" one. |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:11:53 PM EDT
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Thump it.
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:11:56 PM EDT
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slap that sucker, it should vibrate pretty good, a non-ripe watermelon is too dense and feels more like hitting a bowling ball, you can also tell an overripe melon by too much vibration but it takes some time to get a good feel.
Get one that vibrates pretty good, try it, if it's overripe get on that vibrates a little less. All about those good vibrations! |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:15:44 PM EDT
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Thump it. +1 a bottle of vodka for the soak and salt for garnish
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:20:53 PM EDT
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Nice size yellow spot, good vibration / hollow sound when you thump it. Thump it with your fingertip, not your knuckle.
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:29:10 PM EDT
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I just ask someone nearby in the grocery store to guide me.
If I need to pick out tomatoes, I look for an old Italian lady. If I need hot peppers, I ask Hector who works at the deli. If I need a watermelon, I ask the stockboy because, ummm, he handles a lot of fruit. - BG EDIT: Any woman over the age of 40 is also a good target. Sometimes they even pick out the fruit or veggie for me. |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:32:41 PM EDT
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Thump it. This. |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:33:07 PM EDT
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Honestly?
nevermind 
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:42:48 PM EDT
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I use the knuckle rap method because my Uncle did. I have no idea what to listen too. Using a tool would not be appropriate Please put back the maglite picture. So I can ask, "What sound does that mag lite make when it hits a melon?" And the older members here will giggle at the sound that shall not be mentioned. |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:44:26 PM EDT
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Nice yellow or white belly, thump it with your finger and listen for a hollow sound. Exactly. It applies to all melons. |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:45:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:45:18 PM EDT
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What's the secret for picking a good, sweet watermelon? Tap on the Watermelon. It should produce a B flat pitch. (I am not kidding) If you have someone with "Perfect Pitch" or is musical they can help you figure out what a B flat sounds like. As in... http://hoboken411.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/hoboken-crushed-watermelon-victim.jpg "dat watermelon be flat!"? Hahaha Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:52:08 PM EDT
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Petey Green knows all.
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Posted: 6/13/2010 1:55:47 PM EDT
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We've had good ones and bad ones but never with any consistency. What's the secret for picking a good, sweet watermelon? You can't "pick" a good one. It's a wives tale. I used to work in a produce department. I would get stupid women asking me this 100 times a day. I would try to educate them, and then finally, all us produce guys decided that women were not able to be educated. Women argue with you when you try to give them facts and truth. It was easier to pretend you were picking out a good one for them, make it look like you were going through some process, so you could shut her the FLOCK up and get her the HELL out of your face (working w/ the public causes pissy attitudes like this). When we would cut watermelons to put plastic wrap on them, of course we would try to pick a better one, but it's impossible. Using all of our powers of divination occasionally failed and we had to throw it out. I've heard it all. I've heard the B.S. about "thumping" them. I've heard the B.S. about "bee stings" (black dried sugar that is on the outside). It's all B.S. These corporate watermelon farmers know how to get most of their crop edible. Helen Keller is just as likely to pick out a watermelon as any produce worker. |
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Posted: 6/13/2010 3:22:04 PM EDT
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We've had good ones and bad ones but never with any consistency. What's the secret for picking a good, sweet watermelon? You can't "pick" a good one. It's a wives tale. I used to work in a produce department. I would get stupid women asking me this 100 times a day. I would try to educate them, and then finally, all us produce guys decided that women were not able to be educated. Women argue with you when you try to give them facts and truth. It was easier to pretend you were picking out a good one for them, make it look like you were going through some process, so you could shut her the FLOCK up and get her the HELL out of your face (working w/ the public causes pissy attitudes like this). When we would cut watermelons to put plastic wrap on them, of course we would try to pick a better one, but it's impossible. Using all of our powers of divination occasionally failed and we had to throw it out. I've heard it all. I've heard the B.S. about "thumping" them. I've heard the B.S. about "bee stings" (black dried sugar that is on the outside). It's all B.S. These corporate watermelon farmers know how to get most of their crop edible. Helen Keller is just as likely to pick out a watermelon as any produce worker. I for one would like to hear some other tales from the ALPD* Sure, most days I'm sure it was business as usual, but then all hell breaks out in roots & tubers and everyone races to the squad carts... 
*Alabama Produce Department |
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