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Marthe48

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8. Advice I've followed on the tap

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:00 PM

Aug 25

If it sounds like you're tapping your forehead, it isn't ripe enough.

If it sounds like you're tapping your belly, it is too ripe

If it sounds like you're tapping your chest, it's just right

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Imagine the *shock* of opening up a watermelon and seeing *this*! [View all] UTUSN Aug 25 OP

Sorry you got a bad one, happens with red ones, too. I've eaten some very good yellows ... marble falls Aug 25 #1

Thanks for empathizing. I realize there are far far worse things going on. Yeah, I've had poor reds, UTUSN Aug 25 #2

Reds and yellows 'thump' different, I think. I can almost always get a good red. marble falls Aug 25 #3

Have usually done well with thumping (deep, resonant). Recently the internet steered me a bit more, UTUSN Aug 25 #4

Back in the day, the melon guys had a knife that cut a triangular cut and it pulled our a triangular ... marble falls Aug 25 #6

Hah, "moderation"! not in my psyche! - and I-am-not-worthy of your down home know-how. My parents UTUSN Aug 25 #7

You'd fit right in here at Marble Falls. Ceptin' for that "Democratic" thing. marble falls Aug 25 #9

Advice I've followed on the tap Marthe48 Aug 25 #8

Coincidently, my head is quite like an unripe melon. marble falls Aug 25 #10

Golden & huskie *shocked* by intruders in their beds! UTUSN Aug 25 #5