RE: [CH] Disappearance of chile head list
John Sphar (chilehead@pacbell.net)
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:06:00 -0700
You can view the archive at:
http://www.globalgarden.com/Chile-Heads/Archives/. New messages nomally post
very quickly to it.
John S.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
[mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com] On Behalf Of Perry C. Abernethy
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:04 PM
To: Doug Irvine
Cc: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: [CH] Disappearance of chile head list
Doug, I have tried several inquiries but no results. I thought I would query
you personally to see if the Chile Head list has disappeared? I have not
been getting any emails since June 24. Perry Abernethy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Irvine" <dougandmarie@shaw.ca>
To: <solsearch@aol.com>
Cc: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] belated poll reaction
> solsearch@aol.com wrote:
>> I'm another lurker who's been with the list for 8 or 9 years and I
>> see no reason to change this list's workings.? It's safe, easily
>> scrolled through (I get the digest) and I love the people.? I'd hate
>> it if anyone left---you/we are each such characters, most of whom
>> I've cherished meeting at Open Fields and on Food Network shoots
>> too.? I spent an hour today setting up soaker hoses in the precious
>> chile garden today so that my husband's 84 year old mother will be
>> able to keep the plants going when we leave for weeks later this
>> summer.? I'm a chilehead because of you guys!
>>
>> Let's clarify the directions, post them monthly or so onto the list,
>> communicate with folks who seem to need help, and leave the rest
>> alone.? The online poll was indeed not fairly structured, in that it
>> asked for answers to relocation questions that were irrelevant if you
>> chose the opposite direction in questions one and two.? I refused to
>> play.? My vote is to just let it be.
>>
>> Karen Z. in Cincy
>>
>> Zanger Communications LLC
>> 513-984-4865
>>
> AMEN! Karen, you and I have not met, you share your first name with
> our youngest daughter. I share your view on that dumb poll absolutely.
> The list has been around since the early 1990's and I have been on it
> since about 1995 or 6. Sure it may be a little bit of a nuisance to
> get ONTO the list, good, IMHO. The small difficulty keeps out the
> spammers, or at least makes it a lot more difficult for them to hit
> our list. Mike Bowers is aware of all this, and as time permits, will
> make some adjustments, he assured me.
> I believe that I am the elder on the list @ circa 1926, and a
> dedicated old C-H'er! Both Marie and I really enjoy our food with
> additional heat and due to Jim Campbell, even if my chile crop fails,
> Jim always comes to the rescue with his wonderful assortment of powders
and sauces.
> Good for your husband's mom! Tell her not to trip over a soaker hose!
>
> Cheers, old Doug Irvine on Vancouver Island British Columbia