Re: [CH]V6 #258 Extending the listening season

Brad Ellis (h0t5auce@home.com)
Sat, 7 Oct 2000 02:53:39 -0500 

I don't know about anybody else, but I think picking peppers for Jim would
be an honor ... just to be part of this thing he's created would be an
amazing feeling. I've never been in the military (and I'm not trying to
lessen the importance of that act of duty in any way), but I imagine it
would be kind of like our chance to serve our chilehead country. I can
understand Jim's pride in accomplishing everything on his own (I share that
trait), but there's a lot of good-hearted people on this list that would be
proud to help. I plan to be picking at next year's open fields, but since
his brand of peppers are hotter than what I care for, somebody's gonna hafta
take those peppers I pick :-)~ (<-- that's my goatee?).

Brad

----- Original Message -----
From: <GarryMass@aol.com>
To: <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CH]V6 #258 Extending the listening season


> In a message dated 10/06/00 8:17:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jim@wildpepper.com writes:
>
> << :-)  "Hi Mr. Banker, here's my plan- I'm going to beg (or Begg :-)
>  everyone I know to help me out for free."  Great professional plan, huh?
>  ;-)  I'll make it legit or not at all. >>
>
> James,
> (with a school teacher, squirm in your seat, scowl directed at you)
> Listen up.
>
> I may not be as rock-ribbed an independent as Lord Byron, himself, but I
do
> admire your all-American "can-do;" "I'll make it on my own" attitude as
much
> as Byron would.  But this time it's misplaced.
>
> I'm hoit.  I loved Cameron's offer and was going to send a "me too" for
our
> appearance at Habanero Dreams next year.  Given all of your "extra"
> kindnesses and attitudes ("here's your sauce, send me this amount of
money;
> and oh, it's OK, I'll absorb the loss on the shipping costs myself") we'd
all
> love to help.  If it offends your professionalism, tough-ski skovloski.
> Here's your new business plan: "I know that everyone laughs at the value
of
> volunteers (except in hospitals, and Tennessee, and during the Revolution,
> and the Civil War, and Nader's Raiders), but these volunteers are my
friends.
>  They're coming in from all over the country, at their own expense, to
make
> sure I don't leave too much crop in my fields.  I guess that they're not
> really volunteers, since I'll be paying them according to the following
> collective bargaining contract: free peppers for their first hour of
'work.'
> A bottle of Smokin' Chipotle mailed to their eldest child for the second
> hour, a bottle of Ralph's presented on site for the third hour, ...etc."
> You know, Jim, it's good work if you can get it.  In fact, it's really not
up
> to you.  "Geeze Jim, I picked six bushels and I can only fit two into my
> luggage.  Whatta you wanna do with the other four?"  Of course, you could
> tell me not to come, but I'd be heartbroken.  The drawback is that we
might
> give you more crop than you can process in a timely way (a Ph.D. in
> Organization Behavior suggests that sort of problem), but, if not then why
> not?
> You've been a wonderful friend, an advisor, a business "partner" to most
of
> us (maybe all of us) on this list.  You really oughtta pay attention when
> "It's a Wonderful Life" churns through its horridly interminable reruns
this
> Christmas season.  Corny as it is, it's about us and the way we feel about
> you.
>
> Sir Gareth (armor streaked with salt water rust)
>