>Try washing your hands with milk or yogurt then with soap & water. My >wife has no complaints when I've been handling chile's & use these >procedures before a night of intimacy. ;=) > > > Seems like you are denying your wife one of life's little pleasures there...but I'll just leave that alone (me being the chaste maiden that I am *G*) On the chile front. I dont have any five foot plants like Jim's crop, but the plants all seem to be thriving (all except the pepperoncinis which has light green leaves but that's okay). I have frozen alot of peppers and am on bullet (popper, whatever you call it) patrol next weekend for a party so I am sure I'll use up alot of the fresh peppers then. I dont think I'll make any bullets from the habs or scotch bonnets this time. There were definite casualties last time I tried that. I hope everyone had a great weekend. We finally got rain here and it actually feels a bit Autumnish outside this evening. I'm sure it'll be back in the 90s manana. take care all, Suz