I'm with Uncle Steve... If I'd given hot sauce, and paid for the shipping of that hot sauce to everyone who asked, I'd be out of business already. I too am a sucker, but I have a vision statement that dictates which organizations I can sucker into. AND... our policy says they pick up or pay the shipping. It was a pretty easy response. Ya gotta like this listserv... great feedback. T --- jim@wildpepper.com wrote: > I pretty much give to anyone who asks, within my > financial means (which > are very limited). I've sent *tons* of stuff > overseas as several of my > fellow firefighters spent tours there (and Afghani). > School bands, > zoo's, churches, libraries, you name it- if I've a > spare minute or dime > I'll try to help. I need the absolutions ;-) > > Doesn't matter to me if some of them turn out to be > shysters- the credit > is for trying to help. Eternity will sort it out > with the ones who play > you for a fool ;-) > > 'S' for sucker, is stamped in the middle of my > forehead :-) > > -Jim C > Mild to Wild(R) > http://www.StepUpForCharity.org > ===== Tina Brooks VP Marketing, Peppermaster Hot Sauces www.peppermaster.com Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc. Phone: (450) 451-6770 26 St. Jean Baptiste Rigaud, Quebec J0P 1P0 ===== Join our hot pepper discussion group at http://www.thehotpepper.com Have you ever had an Elephant Pepper??? No? Ask me about my Elephant Pepper project: Feeding the world, one pepper at a time. =====