Re: [CH] Almost 20 years ago...

jjk (jknoll4@cox.net)
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:32:16 -0600 

Congrats, Jim.  I know it has been a long time coming, and glad to see 
that you will be able to focus on your day job for a while.  Thanks for 
all you have done over the years.  JJK

On 2/19/2011 9:36 AM, Jim wrote:
> Nearly 20 years ago, about the same time I started to try and make a 
> side business out of chile peppers, I stumbled onto this list.  
> Lurking for a bit, I noticed that no one *ever* posted about 
> commercial topics.  My first post concerned asking if it were wrong to 
> talk business.  Early responders included Rael, Carpo, and Firegirl 
> for certain, and I believe ol' Doug and even older Tony Flynn chimed 
> in as well.  It was a result of those early posts, that the phrase 
> 'evil corporate type' entered our chile bantering vocabulary on the 
> list.  I'd hope that almost 20 years of observing 'the code' buys me a 
> bit of forgiveness, as I stray dangerously close to the edge here :-)
>
> I’m happy to announce that Mild to Wild Pepper & Herb Co® (my evil 
> corporate persona :-) has changed hands!  As many of you know, with my 
> job change two years ago, the amount of time I could spend on the 
> pepper business went to ‘zero’.  It has been a struggle trying to do 
> 60 hours/week at the real Fire Department and then trying to find the 
> time to take care of the ‘other’ fire department as well.  
> Fortunately, rather than see it continue on a rapid downward spiral, 
> The Great American Spice Company (Ft Wayne, IN) has stepped in and 
> taken over.  Mr Barry Tippmann is the new owner and folks should see 
> some immediate improvements to both the web site and the customer 
> service.  Barry is as nice a guy as you could care to meet, has a good 
> business sense about him, and that will only mean great things for the 
> continued availability of all your favorite sauces.  He is even 
> talking about wanting to continue the "Open Fields" tradition though 
> we are likely too late for this year.  Please be patient with us as we 
> continue to work on the transfer!  You will soon see a new face under 
> the banner at the trade shows- please be sure and stop in, make 
> yourself known, and tell him ‘hi’.
>
> Thanks again for an incredible 20 years in the pepper business!
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> -Jim C
> http://www.StepUpforCharity.org
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JJK
CH # 1149
from somewhere in the Midwest

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