My wife Gloria and I are proud to own cards 13 and 14 from Rick O. I occasionally show it when visiting a hot shop; so far no one has given me the "professional courtesy" discount. - Tony On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:04:52 -0800, Mike Stallcup <michael.stallcup@msfc.nasa.gov> wrote: >I, too, have one of the first set of C-H cards from Rick Opersteny >(#36 - what ever happened to Rick?). Almost invariably, when I show >my card to the server at a restaurant, they look puzzled then they >laugh then I get served the good hot stuff. After dinner, while >clearing the dishes, they usually say something like, "You DID eat >it!" The servers at my favorite Mexican restaurant see me coming and >automatically bring a bowl of the salsa picante while the rest of the >family gladly stays with the mild stuff. > >Sadly, my new office (like my house) doesn't have any south-facing >windows for seed starting. However, last year I found habanero >seedlings at a local store so I think I can find some good plants >this spring. Looking forward to the warmer weather...