As always, a nice thing you are doing Jim,

Good Luck! and you know you have the “HSB’s” support.

Good Luck Jim!

Whoa that is awesome Jim! Goodluck with the training man! I hope all goes well

That is incredible! Good Luck!

Good luck, I hope your training goes great!

Thanks. Gotta start getting serious about it shortly… like 3 hours a day on it already isn’t serious

*That’s* why I was tuckered the other day. I hope to stay motivated- it’s going to cut into my blog time & I don’t know how long I’ll tolerate that

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 7:57 am said:

Thanks. Gotta start getting serious about it shortly… like 3 hours a day on it already isn’t serious

*That’s* why I was tuckered the other day. I hope to stay motivated- it’s going to cut into my blog time & I don’t know how long I’ll tolerate that

Get a blackberry Although the bigger posts don’t load (oh how I long for the few days Nick had the paging of the posts and most recent comment first )

Good luck Jim. I am certianly going to donate to this cause!

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 8:01 am said:

Get a blackberry Although the bigger posts don’t load (oh how I long for the few days Nick had the paging of the posts and most recent comment first )

Good luck Jim. I am certianly going to donate to this cause!

I think you & I were alone in that wish huv

WOW - Good luck Jim. What a great thing you are doing!! You are a good man.

Got two URL’s registered thanks to one of the folks from the ChileHeads list: StepUpForCharity.org & SteppingUpForCharity.org Nothing on them yet but hope to have a ‘click donate’ link. He also offered to set it up as a blog, but I told him there already was one

Dan @ BLP Labels on 5/9/2006 at 8:10 am said:

WOW - Good luck Jim. What a great thing you are doing!! You are a good man.

Nope- either chalking up attonement for my past or absolutions for my future

Nick named it ‘Stairway to Heaven’ but it certainly feels like it’s headed the other direction

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 8:11 am said:

Nope- either chalking up attonement for my past or absolutions for my future

Well, it’s better than having to pay cash for ‘indulgences’.

Good luck to ya…Here’s to the lactic acid buildup.

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 7:57 am said:

Thanks. Gotta start getting serious about it shortly… like 3 hours a day on it already isn’t serious

*That’s* why I was tuckered the other day. I hope to stay motivated- it’s going to cut into my blog time & I don’t know how long I’ll tolerate that

Jim, Good luck to you- it will take a huge commitment but if you stay focused on why you are doing this I think you will do great. The blog will miss you as much as you will miss it, I know I always enjoy when your on. It’s a good cause plus your a good person so that just equals good things!!!!!!!

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 8:08 am said:

I think you & I were alone in that wish huv

LOL - I know. I figured if I threw it out there again, maybe others will come over to our side

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 8:30 am said:

LOL - I know. I figured if I threw it out there again, maybe others will come over to our side

The Huvason speaking of people going to his “side”, the dark side, where no light escapes. The side which seeks adherents by way of abduction. Evil, just evil!

DEFCON Creator on 5/9/2006 at 8:38 am said:

The Huvason speaking of people going to his “side”, the dark side, where no light escapes. The side which seeks adherents by way of abduction. Evil, just evil!

So you’ve been to Casa Huvason

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 8:42 am said:

So you’ve been to Casa Huvason

Nope, but a member of my “family” was brought there, and finally escaped.

Good luck Jim. That’s one heck of a large amount of steps and time!!

Jim….How do you get back down?

Great cause…good luck!

Jim, I’ll work a few extra hours this week and donate my tips I am sure Ryan will be supportive in that, the Texas fund can wait a day or 2

btw I nominate acs as the charity you write the check to…..it’s a charity near and dear to my heart.

Jim,

Here’s my advice as a distance runner, take it for what it’s worth since I’ve never even dreamed of something of that magnitude.

1. Body glide will be your best friend. Don’t leave home without it, or your thighs will never forgive you.
2. Lay off the really hot stuff the night before. The only thing worse than fogetting the body glide is a ring of fire during the event. I speak from experience here.
3. Put back in what you take out while you’re doing it- I like accelerade much better than water, and Luna bars are light on the stomach (unlike power bars.) That way, when you finish, you’ll still be up for the ultimate post endurance experience - Pizza doused with the hottest sauce you can handle and plenty of beer. There may be no better experience in the world than a heavy capsaicin and beer buzz on top of runner’s high.

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 10:56 am said:

Jim, I’ll work a few extra hours this week and donate my tips I am sure Ryan will be supportive in that, the Texas fund can wait a day or 2

Yikes!! No way you’re touching the Texas fund I wouldn’t be forgiven.

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 10:57 am said:

btw I nominate acs as the charity you write the check to…..it’s a charity near and dear to my heart.

ACS is already getting two- the Hope Lodge is a recovery house for adults undergoing chemo & Stehlin Foudnation does research. We’ll save room for the National chapter as well.

John S. on 5/9/2006 at 12:19 pm said:

Jim,

Here’s my advice as a distance runner, take it for what it’s worth since I’ve never even dreamed of something of that magnitude.

1. Body glide will be your best friend. Don’t leave home without it, or your thighs will never forgive you.
2. Lay off the really hot stuff the night before. The only thing worse than fogetting the body glide is a ring of fire during the event. I speak from experience here.
3. Put back in what you take out while you’re doing it- I like accelerade much better than water, and Luna bars are light on the stomach (unlike power bars.) That way, when you finish, you’ll still be up for the ultimate post endurance experience - Pizza doused with the hottest sauce you can handle and plenty of beer. There may be no better experience in the world than a heavy capsaicin and beer buzz on top of runner’s high.

I was a distance runner too… many, many years- and pounds- ago
I’ll pass on the beer though- nasty stuff. I’ll have a nice Australian shiraz instead

And under the heading ‘the timing couldn’t be any worse’, I came in this morning and found the fire department has disposed of the stair stepper It was only on ‘loan’ (apparently for three years!!) and another department came by and claimed it about an hour ago. That *MAJOR* sucks. Sigh…..

Hey Jim, did you get the package yet? And, did it make it ok?

Yup- thanks Scott! Leaking out the top, but we knew that. It’ll be off to Blair shortly for repairs.

Several weeks ago, ChrisK, Eman, Ryan, and myself joined together and formed a small, informal chilehead society that we call, “The Hot Sauce Underground”. With efforts from each member, we came up with a limited number of special bottles of sauce that we all signed, (same general idea as the HSB signed bottle), and have added to our collection. These bottles are very cool, and would make a “special” addition to any chileheads collection.
Before I bore you to tears, here’s what we would like to do for Jim and his effort in raising money. I would like to put one of these bottles up for grabs on Ebay, (within a few days) and 100% of the selling price will go to the charity fund(s) that Jim mentioned above. I hope that I’m not stepping on any toes here, but I believe that this could be a fun way to help raise money for this cause, and to help “Brother Jim” out…

Thanks Tracy! That’s pretty cool Don’t worry about ’stepping on toes’- I haven’t felt them in a week Just remember though, you’re not helping “me” out- you’re helping me help “US” out

We gotta be related

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 2:09 pm said:

Several weeks ago, ChrisK, Eman, Ryan, and myself joined together and formed a small, informal chilehead society that we call, “The Hot Sauce Underground”. With efforts from each member, we came up with a limited number of special bottles of sauce that we all signed, (same general idea as the HSB signed bottle), and have added to our collection. These bottles are very cool, and would make a “special” addition to any chileheads collection.
Before I bore you to tears, here’s what we would like to do for Jim and his effort in raising money. I would like to put one of these bottles up for grabs on Ebay, (within a few days) and 100% of the selling price will go to the charity fund(s) that Jim mentioned above. I hope that I’m not stepping on any toes here, but I believe that this could be a fun way to help raise money for this cause, and to help “Brother Jim” out…

Great idea Tracy! Long live the HSU!

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 2:09 pm said:

Several weeks ago, ChrisK, Eman, Ryan, and myself joined together and formed a small, informal chilehead society that we call, “The Hot Sauce Underground”. With efforts from each member, we came up with a limited number of special bottles of sauce that we all signed, (same general idea as the HSB signed bottle), and have added to our collection. These bottles are very cool, and would make a “special” addition to any chileheads collection.
Before I bore you to tears, here’s what we would like to do for Jim and his effort in raising money. I would like to put one of these bottles up for grabs on Ebay, (within a few days) and 100% of the selling price will go to the charity fund(s) that Jim mentioned above. I hope that I’m not stepping on any toes here, but I believe that this could be a fun way to help raise money for this cause, and to help “Brother Jim” out…

Too cool guys, it sounds great- I can’t wait to see the bottle. What a great way to come out with a bang!- it’s a great cause to get in on and will hopefully be a “Big Release” for you. Good luck with it

jim campbell (Mild to Wild) on 5/9/2006 at 1:43 pm said:

Yup- thanks Scott! Leaking out the top, but we knew that. It’ll be off to Blair shortly for repairs.

Good deal!!!! Yeah, I tried to keep it from leaking but no go. Just kept cracking after about a day or so after I tried to temp repair it.

Gordon on 5/9/2006 at 10:30 am said:

Jim….How do you get back down?

Great cause…good luck!

Probably by medi-vac

I knew you were crazy….but not that crazy Jim!

Anyhow, before you get too busy with everything you’ll have on your plate, give me a call sometime so we can do the Willard while you can still eat/drink a bit!

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 2:09 pm said:

Several weeks ago, ChrisK, Eman, Ryan, and myself joined together and formed a small, informal chilehead society that we call, “The Hot Sauce Underground”. With efforts from each member, we came up with a limited number of special bottles of sauce that we all signed, (same general idea as the HSB signed bottle), and have added to our collection. These bottles are very cool, and would make a “special” addition to any chileheads collection.
Before I bore you to tears, here’s what we would like to do for Jim and his effort in raising money. I would like to put one of these bottles up for grabs on Ebay, (within a few days) and 100% of the selling price will go to the charity fund(s) that Jim mentioned above. I hope that I’m not stepping on any toes here, but I believe that this could be a fun way to help raise money for this cause, and to help “Brother Jim” out…

EXCELLENT idea, bring it on !!!!!! I will be watching for it….

good luck Jim

INCaneFan on 5/9/2006 at 3:13 pm said:

I knew you were crazy….but not that crazy Jim!

Anyhow, before you get too busy with everything you’ll have on your plate, give me a call sometime so we can do the Willard while you can still eat/drink a bit!

Happy to! Call the number on the bottle though- I don’t have yours.

Good luck to you on such a worthy cause. Thank you!!

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 2:09 pm said:

Several weeks ago, ChrisK, Eman, Ryan, and myself joined together and formed a small, informal chilehead society that we call, “The Hot Sauce Underground”. With efforts from each member, we came up with a limited number of special bottles of sauce that we all signed, (same general idea as the HSB signed bottle), and have added to our collection. These bottles are very cool, and would make a “special” addition to any chileheads collection.
Before I bore you to tears, here’s what we would like to do for Jim and his effort in raising money. I would like to put one of these bottles up for grabs on Ebay, (within a few days) and 100% of the selling price will go to the charity fund(s) that Jim mentioned above. I hope that I’m not stepping on any toes here, but I believe that this could be a fun way to help raise money for this cause, and to help “Brother Jim” out…

I want to start a secret society.

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:30 pm said:

I want to start a secret society.

Contact me huvason we can start a super secret society no one knows about

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:30 pm said:

I want to start a secret society.

I started one huv- I didn’t tell you that you were in it ’cause it was a secret

Dragon835 on 5/9/2006 at 6:27 pm said:

Good luck to you on such a worthy cause. Thank you!!

Thanks I’ll need it!

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:30 pm said:

I want to start a secret society.

There. done.

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 6:39 pm said:

I started one huv- I didn’t tell you that you were in it ’cause it was a secret

I don’t know - i’m not climbing up 66,000 stairs as an initiation

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:53 pm said:

There. done.

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

You must be really bored there Huv…

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 6:59 pm said:

You must be really bored there Huv…

LOL - just a little

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:54 pm said:

I don’t know - i’m not climbing up 66,000 stairs as an initiation

I think that eating an entire mega huge pizza, made from Talon should be the initiation for your club.

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 7:04 pm said:

I think that eating an entire mega huge pizza, made from Talon should be the initiation for your club.

LOL - I’m making that this weekend. There will definitely be pictures.

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:53 pm said:

There. done.

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

Very nice I bet that took a minute or two to come up with!

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 7:05 pm said:

LOL - I’m making that this weekend. There will definitely be pictures.

Oh yes! Gotta see some pics!

Aaron on 5/9/2006 at 7:05 pm said:

Very nice I bet that took a minute or two to come up with!

What do you mean? It’s on the membership card

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:53 pm said:

There. done.

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

How would know if you were in the club. Would there be secret hand shakes and neat hat with horns on them.

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 7:04 pm said:

I think that eating an entire mega huge pizza, made from Talon should be the initiation for your club.

I’m out then!

Bret on 5/9/2006 at 7:10 pm said:

How would know if you were in the club. Would there be secret hand shakes and neat hat with horns on them.

Twirling would also be a requirement.

Sorry Bret- didn’t get a chance to call today. Email me the order if you’d like: jim at wild pepper . com

Thanks!

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 7:13 pm said:

Twirling would also be a requirement.

I’m *definitely* out then

Jim, I have a dumb question. How many steps does the stairway you’re going to use have, and do your steps going down count, or just the going up part??

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 7:17 pm said:

Jim, I have a dumb question. How many steps does the stairway you’re going to use have, and do your steps going down count, or just the going up part??

It’s a stair mill- think ‘the gerbil running in the cage’ or the escalator from hell They only count the going up part.

Nick Lindauer on 5/9/2006 at 7:16 pm said:

Or 50+ Wings with Defcon Zero

The Creator is going to get me to try and do ONE wing of ZERO… but 50! That’s crazy!

Nick Lindauer on 5/9/2006 at 7:16 pm said:

Or 50+ Wings with Defcon Zero

You sir, have a charter membership in anything I think

Bret on 5/9/2006 at 7:10 pm said:

How would know if you were in the club. Would there be secret hand shakes and neat hat with horns on them.

BTW Bret. Thanx for the TALON for my “project”

Nick Lindauer on 5/9/2006 at 7:16 pm said:

Or 50+ Wings with Defcon Zero

Dead Man Walking…Dead Man Walking…I would love to hear you explaining that experience to your grandkids some day.

Nick Lindauer on 5/9/2006 at 7:42 pm said:

How about 50+ Defcon One Wings - huv and I did it, I’m sure some more of you can.

I do not believe I am one of those that can complete this task! I will eat my 10 and be happy

Nick Lindauer on 5/9/2006 at 7:42 pm said:

How about 50+ Defcon One Wings - huv and I did it, I’m sure some more of you can.

I’m up for it- probably cry also, but we love every minute of it

Nick Lindauer on 5/9/2006 at 7:42 pm said:

How about 50+ Defcon One Wings - huv and I did it, I’m sure some more of you can.

It’s definitely worth trying! They’re delicous!

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 7:51 pm said:

I’m up for it- probably cry also, but we love every minute of it

You’re allowed to cry after 50+ DEFCON ONE wings

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 7:13 pm said:

Twirling would also be a requirement.

LOL - missed that one! Trust me, you don’t want me twirling! I’m just on the Board. My 6 year is the twirlier. NYS competition in two weeks - all weekend in the gym

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 7:56 pm said:

It’s definitely worth trying! They’re delicous!

I bet- eyes tearing, nose running, numbness of the lips, tongue, and inside of your mouth, and the shrill shriek of your colon in the morning- but most definitely worth every wonderful minute of it

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 8:03 pm said:

I bet- eyes tearing, nose running, numbness of the lips, tongue, and inside of your mouth, and the shrill shriek of your colon in the morning- but most definitely worth every wonderful minute of it

That sounds about right

Hey Huvason, make any decisions on your vigilant search for a supplier?

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 8:06 pm said:

Hey Huvason, make any decisions on your vigilant search for a supplier?

I actually got lucky and got 10 cases off of EBAY. The problem is taht they came with caps but no liner in them. So I am trying to go through what you sent me to find a place for caps and shrink bands (the one site I told you about doesnot have the shrink bands).

SpecialityBottle seems to be pretty decent. Need to watch that shipping though! Thanx again for the research!

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 8:14 pm said:

I actually got lucky and got 10 cases off of EBAY. The problem is taht they came with caps but no liner in them. So I am trying to go through what you sent me to find a place for caps and shrink bands (the one site I told you about doesnot have the shrink bands).

SpecialityBottle seems to be pretty decent. Need to watch that shipping though! Thanx again for the research!

Hey Huv, got a great place for shrink for you. email me

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 8:03 pm said:

I bet- eyes tearing, nose running, numbness of the lips, tongue, and inside of your mouth, and the shrill shriek of your colon in the morning- but most definitely worth every wonderful minute of it

I hope you have that day off…..otherwise I feel really bad for the people you work with

loco luna brian on 5/9/2006 at 8:16 pm said:

Hey Huv, got a great place for shrink for you. email me

Will do!

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 8:14 pm said:

I actually got lucky and got 10 cases off of EBAY. The problem is taht they came with caps but no liner in them. So I am trying to go through what you sent me to find a place for caps and shrink bands (the one site I told you about doesnot have the shrink bands).

SpecialityBottle seems to be pretty decent. Need to watch that shipping though! Thanx again for the research!

Good deal- glad to hear it’s working out, got to be somewhat of a load off your mind. That much closer to a finished product and that will be a good feeling, Good luck man

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 8:17 pm said:

I hope you have that day off…..otherwise I feel really bad for the people you work with

Oh yeah- it’s disturbing on so many levels- trust me

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 12:48 pm said:

Yikes!! No way you’re touching the Texas fund I wouldn’t be forgiven.

I won’t touch the Texas fund Jim, but I will give to you what I would put in there because this is a way for me to show support for a fellow chilihead, and give to charities that I believe in. besides, we have enough to get there and pay for lodging, we’re just saving now for spending money, I am sure a few days won’t matter much

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 8:23 pm said:

Good deal- glad to hear it’s working out, got to be somewhat of a load off your mind. That much closer to a finished product and that will be a good feeling, Good luck man

Thanx. I owe a lot to my fellow HSB’ers!

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 8:29 pm said:

Thanx. I owe a lot to my fellow HSB’ers!

It really is a good bunch of folks on here- for the most part…lol

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 8:25 pm said:

Oh yeah- it’s disturbing on so many levels- trust me

Kind of like the email I sent you….
“I kicked her in the face” ROFL poor guy I bet he never does that agin

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 8:31 pm said:

It really is a good bunch of folks on here- for the most part…lol

Werd Good folks all around

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 8:31 pm said:

It really is a good bunch of folks on here- for the most part…lol

Aaron on 5/9/2006 at 8:32 pm said:

Werd Good folks all around

VERY true.

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 8:32 pm said:

Kind of like the email I sent you….
“I kicked her in the face” ROFL poor guy I bet he never does that agin

I bet, I just don’t get the joke because I can’t relate…….some not as blessed as others, if you get what I’m sayin’

LMAO, um, do i need to explain it or are you being facetious?

Tracy C on 5/9/2006 at 2:09 pm said:

Several weeks ago, ChrisK, Eman, Ryan, and myself joined together and formed a small, informal chilehead society that we call, “The Hot Sauce Underground”. With efforts from each member, we came up with a limited number of special bottles of sauce that we all signed, (same general idea as the HSB signed bottle), and have added to our collection. These bottles are very cool, and would make a “special” addition to any chileheads collection.
Before I bore you to tears, here’s what we would like to do for Jim and his effort in raising money. I would like to put one of these bottles up for grabs on Ebay, (within a few days) and 100% of the selling price will go to the charity fund(s) that Jim mentioned above. I hope that I’m not stepping on any toes here, but I believe that this could be a fun way to help raise money for this cause, and to help “Brother Jim” out…

I bid 1 billion dollars…..oh wait wrong site, I can’t wait for that auction, I hope many people realize what a good cause this is and bids and has a great time with it. I may just have to get in on that

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 8:43 pm said:

LMAO, um, do i need to explain it or are you being facetious?

Oh I get it- just joking that I don’t have it

Huv- didn’t know you needed shrink bands. I’ve a few on hand- yours for the taking unless I’m taking biz from a blogger What sizes & how many?

Jim, you are an animal! Train hard:)

loco luna brian on 5/9/2006 at 9:36 pm said:

Jim, you are an animal! Train hard:)

Which animal… a dodo?

Nah… something much more noble!

a dodo is a bird…not an animal….. hmmmm we could play a game, it’s called what kind of animal is Jim

loco luna brian on 5/9/2006 at 9:42 pm said:

Nah… something much more noble!

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 9:39 pm said:

Which animal… a dodo?

The Grand Nobel DoDo?

Jackass?

Jim needs to be more like a mountain goat if he is gonna do all that climbing!

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 9:33 pm said:

Huv- didn’t know you needed shrink bands. I’ve a few on hand- yours for the taking unless I’m taking biz from a blogger What sizes & how many?

Hey Jim, Thanx for the offer - but I’m going to need a bunch plus new caps (the caps I got did not have a liner). But thanx any way - I’ll beed to find a source anyway! But thank you for the offer!

Jim, you know yourself better than I ….

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 9:58 pm said:

Hey Jim, Thanx for the offer - but I’m going to need a bunch plus new caps (the caps I got did not have a liner). But thanx any way - I’ll beed to find a source anyway! But thank you for the offer!

Don’t give up so fast there, bud Your call, but I’ve a bunch of shrinks… more evidence I need help

Just to re-iterate a point made earlier - the people on this blog are the best. I made a post about looking for some shrink bands, and received not one but two offers for free bands (Thanks again Jim and Brian!) Although I haven’t met most of you, I consider you all friends!

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 10:00 pm said:

Jim, you know yourself better than I ….

Why I stay in the background and hide behind John

Huv- if you’ve already shelled out the money for the caps, you can order the liners separate. A bit of a pain to put them in, but should save re-ordering twice.

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:14 pm said:

Huv- if you’ve already shelled out the money for the caps, you can order the liners separate. A bit of a pain to put them in, but should save re-ordering twice.

I didn’t know that, thanx I will look into it! I sent you an email a few minutes ago!

WAS SAPPONING!!!!!!!!!!

eman on 5/9/2006 at 10:23 pm said:

WAS SAPPONING!!!!!!!!!!

Hey eman- how’s it going

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 10:25 pm said:

Hey eman- how’s it going

good, just got done sanding the second coat of mud in the babys room…you?

Hmmm… not seeing your email huv.

Jim, this is really cool!!!!!!!!! We will do our best to raise whatever we can to help out.

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:30 pm said:

Hmmm… not seeing your email huv.

I’ll try again. Did you ever get that email issue worked out? You never let me know!

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:11 pm said:

Why I stay in the background and hide behind John

ROFL, …….

eman on 5/9/2006 at 10:33 pm said:

Jim, this is really cool!!!!!!!!! We will do our best to raise whatever we can to help out.

Thanks eman! Don’t you worry about anything for just a bit- you’ve already got your hands full

eman on 5/9/2006 at 10:30 pm said:

good, just got done sanding the second coat of mud in the babys room…you?

I’m alright man- good stuff about your undercover sauce, you guys rock

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 10:34 pm said:

ROFL, …….

And if you’ve seen John and me, you know that’s a pretty easy task

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 10:34 pm said:

I’ll try again. Did you ever get that email issue worked out? You never let me know!

I resent - and it shows they went out! I sent from gmail, naybe i’ll resend from my work address.

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:35 pm said:

Thanks eman! Don’t you worry about anything for just a bit- you’ve already got your hands full

me???? I don’t have anything going on right now…do i lol

It is for a great cause and when we saw some of the money is going to cancer research…we are IN!!

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 10:35 pm said:

I’m alright man- good stuff about your undercover sauce, you guys rock

yeah, I thought that was a great idea Tracy had!!!

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 10:35 pm said:

I’m alright man- good stuff about your undercover sauce, you guys rock

Oh yeah… well he’s not in

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:53 pm said:

There. done.

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 10:37 pm said:

I resent - and it shows they went out! I sent from gmail, naybe i’ll resend from my work address.

Think you might have to- still nothing. Even checked the spam folder. They’re not reaching me at all.

Recently I was able to spend a short time with Jim. During our visit I come to know without doubt, Jim is well versed in the art of giving.

You go my friend! If anyone can do this…”YOU CAN”!!!!

MSK on 5/9/2006 at 10:41 pm said:

Recently I was able to spend a short time with Jim. During our visit I come to know without doubt, Jim is well versed in the art of giving.

You go my friend! If anyone can do this…”YOU CAN”!!!!

Thanks Randy! You’re not too bad at it yourself

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:41 pm said:

Think you might have to- still nothing. Even checked the spam folder. They’re not reaching me at all.

I am not sticking my nose in but Huvason if you need to send it to me I can forward it to Jim- if that is an easy option. I have received mail from the both of you……….

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:41 pm said:

Think you might have to- still nothing. Even checked the spam folder. They’re not reaching me at all.

Sent from work address. Got a delivery receipt this time!

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 10:40 pm said:

Oh yeah… well he’s not in

you lost me on that one

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:36 pm said:

And if you’ve seen John and me, you know that’s a pretty easy task

I’ve seen pictures but I may ask you to do a demonstration in Ft. Worth

MSK, how is the kido?????

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 6:53 pm said:

There. done.

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

I’ve been practicing the secret handshake

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 10:47 pm said:

I’ve been practicing the secret handshake

Your in Vic!

i believe eman is an integral part of the HSU…..

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 10:46 pm said:

I’ve seen pictures but I may ask you to do a demonstration in Ft. Worth

Happy to if John will

. Huv, you do have to much time on your hands

eman on 5/9/2006 at 10:45 pm said:

you lost me on that one

I was jealous of the HSU, so I started my own secret society:

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

So far its me and Vic if he learns the secret handshake

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 10:48 pm said:

Your in Vic!

SWEEEEET :!:

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:49 pm said:

Happy to if John will

That would be awesome

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 10:50 pm said:

I was jealous of the HSU, so I started my own secret society:

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

So far its me and Vic if he learns the secret handshake

be careful Vic you’ll be his scapegoat for the kidnapped homunculus

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 10:45 pm said:

Sent from work address. Got a delivery receipt this time!

Received and replied! That one worked anyway.

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 10:50 pm said:

. Huv, you do have to much time on your hands

LOL - Not much! Not much at all actually.

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 10:50 pm said:

I was jealous of the HSU, so I started my own secret society:

HOT SAUCE

Highly Obscure Top - Secret And Ultra Covert Earthmen

So far its me and Vic if he learns the secret handshake

oh, now i get it…duh
been a long day!!!!!

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 10:52 pm said:

be careful Vic you’ll be his scapegoat for the kidnapped homunculus

I’m innocent I tell you!

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 10:53 pm said:

LOL - Not much! Not much at all actually.

just a fast thinker, right? He has to do something while waiting at his daughters twirling competitions.

Mission statement to match:

Humans Out To Secretly And Ultimately Convert Earthlings?

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 10:52 pm said:

be careful Vic you’ll be his scapegoat for the kidnapped homunculus

I have a rock solid alibi

Mrs Ryan, looke like you are about to move into 4 th palce on the posting. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!!

eman on 5/9/2006 at 10:55 pm said:

just a fast thinker, right? He has to do something while waiting at his daughters twirling competitions.

TRUE…. States Regionals and Natioanls all coming up - plenty of time to think!

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 10:56 pm said:

Mission statement to match:

Humans Out To Secretly And Ultimately Convert Earthlings?

JIms in too. Ask Vic to show you the handdshake!

eman on 5/9/2006 at 11:00 pm said:

Mrs Ryan, looke like you are about to move into 4 th palce on the posting. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!!

LMFAO…… i didn’t mean to pass you, I don’t consider you a beer fart seriously

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 11:01 pm said:

JIms in too. Ask Vic to show you the handdshake!

I’ll be sure to wash my hands first, You don’t know where I’ve been

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 11:01 pm said:

JIms in too. Ask Vic to show you the handdshake!

WooHoo! I’m in!!

I think as long as you don’t kick him in the face Vic, you’ll be ok

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 11:01 pm said:

LMFAO…… i didn’t mean to pass you, I don’t consider you a beer fart seriously

beer fart??????

Just a comment Ryan made to CaJohn…..still cracks me up when I hear it,

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 11:05 pm said:

I’ll be sure to wash my hands first, You don’t know where I’ve been

I don’t think it can be any worse than mine dude Firehouse today You probably *really* don’t want to compare

huvason on 5/9/2006 at 11:00 pm said:

TRUE…. States Regionals and Natioanls all coming up - plenty of time to think!

you need to come up with a drinking game you can play with the other dads while watching

hide the homunculus?

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 11:09 pm said:

I don’t think it can be any worse than mine dude Firehouse today You probably *really* don’t want to compare

Ok- you win, I could only imagine

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 11:08 pm said:

Just a comment Ryan made to CaJohn…..still cracks me up when I hear it,

my all time favorite is doody doody stupid head!

eman, here’s your chance to pass me and stay ahead, I am going to walk on the treadmill for awhile I bid you all goodnight and have a great day tomorrow…..

all right peeps, i was just told i am tired and am ready for bed

will chat tomorrow
night all

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 11:07 pm said:

I think as long as you don’t kick him in the face Vic, you’ll be ok

I don’t have to worry about that, trust me……..not enough to raise the leg, shoot barely enough to tape……..lol, genetics I guess- I hear it skips a generation

eman on 5/9/2006 at 11:13 pm said:

all right peeps, i was just told i am tired and am ready for bed

will chat tomorrow
night all

Eman, you know that’s only supposed to only work through the second trimester right?

All right- I’m outta here too. Gotta go try and find another stinkin step mill to work out on tomorrow since they got rid of the one here today. Man, I’m still peeved about that!

Folks- thanks again. I’ll try not to let you all down!

Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 11:17 pm said:

Eman, you know that’s only supposed to only work through the second trimester right?

Ryan! What the f— Chuck!?! how the heck are ya man

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/9/2006 at 11:20 pm said:

All right- I’m outta here too. Gotta go try and find another stinkin step mill to work out on tomorrow since they got rid of the one here today. Man, I’m still peeved about that!

Folks- thanks again. I’ll try not to let you all down!

Good Night Jim………..

eman on 5/9/2006 at 11:12 pm said:

my all time favorite is doody doody stupid head!

You’ve been hangin’ with the kids down the street again, haven’t you?

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 11:20 pm said:

Ryan! What the f— Chuck!?! how the heck are ya man

Not a whole lot, working on my second job the last couple nights. How bout you?

MSK on 5/9/2006 at 11:25 pm said:

You’ve been hangin’ with the kids down the street again, haven’t you?

I’m the “little kid” that said that How’s your daughter doing? Mrs. R told me last night what happened. I really hope things go well.

Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 11:27 pm said:

Not a whole lot, working on my second job the last couple nights. How bout you?

Livin’ La Vida Loca baby……..

I’m off tomorrow- on my third beer- talkin’ wit you guys- it don’t get much better brother

Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 11:28 pm said:

I’m the “little kid” that said that How’s your daughter doing? Mrs. R told me last night what happened. I really hope things go well.

Thanks Ryan! All is ok now. Turns out her body wasn’t getting rid of all the fluids since giving birth. It had progressed enough to affect her breathing, vision, chest pain and an irregular heartbeat. She is home now and resting.

Now for the other trauma inflected parties…..We had the baby all night! Boy oh boy, are we out of practice…LOL! It’s amazing I tell you! A 21″ kid kicked our ass!!!!!!!

MSK on 5/9/2006 at 11:45 pm said:

Thanks Ryan! All is ok now. Turns out her body wasn’t getting rid of all the fluids since giving birth. It had progressed enough to affect her breathing, vision, chest pain and an irregular heartbeat. She is home now and resting.

Now for the other trauma inflected parties…..We had the baby all night! Boy oh boy, are we out of practice…LOL! It’s amazing I tell you! A 21″ kid kicked our ass!!!!!!!

Glad to hear everything is ok, I’m sorry I was not on last night and didn’t know. You and your family are in our prayers……….

MSK on 5/9/2006 at 11:45 pm said:

Thanks Ryan! All is ok now. Turns out her body wasn’t getting rid of all the fluids since giving birth. It had progressed enough to affect her breathing, vision, chest pain and an irregular heartbeat. She is home now and resting.

Now for the other trauma inflected parties…..We had the baby all night! Boy oh boy, are we out of practice…LOL! It’s amazing I tell you! A 21″ kid kicked our ass!!!!!!!

Glad to hear she’s home and doing better. Had me worried. I know how you feel about getting your butt kicked by a child. I’m a stepfather of two, and though I didn’t know the kids when they were just babies, they walked all over me for a while.

Nick Lindauer on 5/9/2006 at 7:16 pm said:

Or 50+ Wings with Defcon Zero

Nick, respiratory failure is not a very good initiation.

loco luna brian on 5/9/2006 at 8:16 pm said:

Hey Huv, got a great place for shrink for you. email me

Actually, I think The Huvason DOES need a shrink.

Mrs.Ryan on 5/9/2006 at 11:11 pm said:

hide the homunculus?

The Huvason tried that, it ate his spleen.

DEFCON Creator on 5/10/2006 at 7:46 am said:

Actually, I think The Huvason DOES need a shrink.

Funny, that’s not the first time i’ve heard that!

DEFCON Creator on 5/10/2006 at 7:49 am said:

The Huvason tried that, it ate his spleen.

LOL - I think he escaped. I haven’t seen him since the the Nickackly picture was taken. I bet my daughter has him! - I hope he doesn’t eat her spleen (not sure if you need your spleen or not )

MSK on 5/9/2006 at 11:45 pm said:

Thanks Ryan! All is ok now. Turns out her body wasn’t getting rid of all the fluids since giving birth. It had progressed enough to affect her breathing, vision, chest pain and an irregular heartbeat. She is home now and resting.

Now for the other trauma inflected parties…..We had the baby all night! Boy oh boy, are we out of practice…LOL! It’s amazing I tell you! A 21″ kid kicked our ass!!!!!!!

Vic on 5/9/2006 at 11:49 pm said:

Glad to hear everything is ok, I’m sorry I was not on last night and didn’t know. You and your family are in our prayers……….

Likewise MSK. I had missed out on some of the recent updates. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

“9 vertical miles”??? Holy crap, buddy. That’s almost like climbing Everest twice in one day. You’re nuts, Jim, but at least you’re nuts for a good cause. Good luck!

Nuts, huh? Pretty high praise coming from you

Yes pmac- you’ll be able to donate direct. A fellow ChileHead is setting up StepUpForCharity.org & that site will contain a chunk of the information not found here. Nick doesn’t know it yet, but I’m going to ask to ‘borrow’ the paypal link he’s set up here on the blog (however that works) to put on that site as well.

Gall bladder surgery, stairs; gall bladder surgery, stairs… I still think I have it easier

Nothing climbing a few stairs!!! Good luck Jim and train hard.

Thanks Cheffy! Had my physical evaluation today in order to lay out a program with a bit more design to it, rather than the random training I’ve been doing

Mental exam still waiting

Just dropped in to see who’s bloggin’. Then it’s back to the yard work.

jim campbell- Mild to Wild(R) on 5/12/2006 at 12:39 pm said:

Thanks Cheffy! Had my physical evaluation today in order to lay out a program with a bit more design to it, rather than the random training I’ve been doing

Mental exam still waiting

Jim, you’re a Campbell and a Chilehead! This makes you exempt from any mental exams..

Tracy C on 5/12/2006 at 12:43 pm said:

Just dropped in to see who’s bloggin’. Then it’s back to the yard work.

Yard work???

most of us dont call raking all that sand yard work

Oh Ok, maybe you have to wash that boat, I see…

Tracy C on 5/12/2006 at 12:46 pm said:

Jim, you’re a Campbell and a Chilehead! This makes you exempt from any mental exams..

Only ’cause they know it’d be useless

The charity site, though under construction, is now up and running.

http://www.StepUpForCharity.org

Thanks to a fellow ChileHead, who put the site together in about a day! Thanks to Nick also for use of the PayPal account.

Well, that’s odd… and disappointing. The local YMCA just stated that they were uninterested in hosting this attempt in exchange for donations… despite needing a fundraiser for a new facility. No reason offered- just ‘take a hike, but not here’. Oh well!

Well that really blows!
I’m sure that a better door will open.

Hey Jim want me to go STEP on them.LOL

jim campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/18/2006 at 6:45 pm said:

Well, that’s odd… and disappointing. The local YMCA just stated that they were uninterested in hosting this attempt in exchange for donations… despite needing a fundraiser for a new facility. No reason offered- just ‘take a hike, but not here’. Oh well!

Dang man I guess they are just not very charitable at the moment :l I am pretty sure something good will come of this!!

Bret on 5/18/2006 at 7:10 pm said:

Hey Jim want me to go STEP on them.LOL

Thanks for the offer I just don’t understand why they wouldn’t accept free money for no more trouble than leaving the lights on one night. I’ll pitch it to the Healthplex where I’m currently training. Much nicer facility anyway. Mmmm… hydrospa for the breaks

I’ve been having a setback of sorts as well. Earlier in this thread, I mentioned that I’m going to list a bottle on Ebay to raise a few $$ for the charities.
I wanted to do the listing as a Charity auction. I’ve ran into a problem with the “middle man” that ebay uses to transfer the funds with this type of auction. Long story short, I want to get this going, so it looks like I’ll just have to do this as a regular type of auction. As I stated before, ALL (100%)of the selling price of the bottle will go to the Paypal account that Nick has set up.

You’re too kind Tracy! I keep insisting that we must be related Be sure to see me at Ft Worth or Houston so that I can say thanks in a better fashion that this

jim campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/18/2006 at 7:22 pm said:

You’re too kind Tracy! I keep insisting that we must be related Be sure to see me at Ft Worth or Houston so that I can say thanks in a better fashion that this

Keep training Jim - you’ll find a place eventually! If not, i’ll sell some of this old sauce I have (it’s got all this wax on it anyway!), and you can rent something!

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 7:19 pm said:

I’ve been having a setback of sorts as well. Earlier in this thread, I mentioned that I’m going to list a bottle on Ebay to raise a few $$ for the charities.
I wanted to do the listing as a Charity auction. I’ve ran into a problem with the “middle man” that ebay uses to transfer the funds with this type of auction. Long story short, I want to get this going, so it looks like I’ll just have to do this as a regular type of auction. As I stated before, ALL (100%)of the selling price of the bottle will go to the Paypal account that Nick has set up.

Groov’n man, have you set a date to post it? Is there any man here that would not donate to charity? Especially when something as cool as this is up for grabs? Nay I say. If there be such a man amonsgst us that would bite his thumb at such good deeds, may a pox be cast upon you and your home

Yea! What Ryan just said…AND may the flies of a thousand camels infest your lower regions!

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 8:34 pm said:

Yea! What Ryan just said…AND may the flies of a thousand camels infest your lower regions!

and crabs…don’t forget the crabs…nasty little things they be…not that I’d know, but I hear a bottle of HSU will cure that up in a second

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 8:35 pm said:

and crabs…don’t forget the crabs…nasty little things they be…not that I’d know, but I hear a bottle of HSU will cure that up in a second

Arrr matey..cures scurvy and whatever else ails yer bag-o-bones

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 7:59 pm said:

Keep training Jim - you’ll find a place eventually! If not, i’ll sell some of this old sauce I have (it’s got all this wax on it anyway!), and you can rent something!

Thanks man! Wouldn’t hear of it though. I’ve a few waxed topped ones that would go first. The ultimate ‘fall back’ plan is to just use the weight room at the firehouse. Easier for my crew members to heckle me If I get a wifi set up, I’ll try to post through the event. Anything to help with the shear boredom- I’m expecting that to be one of the bigger obstacles.

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 8:45 pm said:

Arrr matey..cures scurvy and whatever else ails yer bag-o-bones

We’re gonna find out I’ll rub some sauce on for a set & see what happens. Can’t be any worse than linament.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/18/2006 at 8:47 pm said:

Thanks man! Wouldn’t hear of it though. I’ve a few waxed topped ones that would go first. The ultimate ‘fall back’ plan is to just use the weight room at the firehouse. Easier for my crew members to heckle me If I get a wifi set up, I’ll try to post through the event. Anything to help with the shear boredom- I’m expecting that to be one of the bigger obstacles.

Any help you need with wi-fi - let me know. I can even get you a wireless router or lend you a laptop if needed. Email me for anything you need.

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 8:50 pm said:

Any help you need with wi-fi - let me know. I can even get you a wireless router or lend you a laptop if needed. Email me for anything you need.

Too kind sir! Thanks. I appreciate the offer.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/18/2006 at 8:54 pm said:

Too kind sir! Thanks. I appreciate the offer.

I’m serious - it would be no big deal.

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 8:56 pm said:

I’m serious - it would be no big deal.

I know you are Should be able to take care of it ‘in house’ though. A couple of the firehouses are already hot spots & we’ve a pretty extensive intranet. All firefighters moonlight & a few of them run some pretty sophisticated web companies.

I promise that you will be the first person I turn to if I run into troubles! Thanks again.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/18/2006 at 9:01 pm said:

I know you are Should be able to take care of it ‘in house’ though. A couple of the firehouses are already hot spots & we’ve a pretty extensive intranet. All firefighters moonlight & a few of them run some pretty sophisticated web companies.

I promise that you will be the first person I turn to if I run into troubles! Thanks again.

NO problem!

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/18/2006 at 9:01 pm said:

I know you are Should be able to take care of it ‘in house’ though. A couple of the firehouses are already hot spots & we’ve a pretty extensive intranet. All firefighters moonlight & a few of them run some pretty sophisticated web companies.

I promise that you will be the first person I turn to if I run into troubles! Thanks again.

NO problem!

Not sure how that double posted!

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 8:50 pm said:

Any help you need with wi-fi - let me know. I can even get you a wireless router or lend you a laptop if needed. Email me for anything you need.

I need a lap top and a Talon pizza and some of the Huvs special winning hot sauce and a new truck and………

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 9:09 pm said:

I need a lap top and a Talon pizza and some of the Huvs special winning hot sauce and a new truck and………

LOL - Notice it was an offer to borrow a laptop. The pizza is WAY too expensive to ship, but the recipe is free (dough, talon, cheese - heat - eat). Not sure what your talking about with the sauce . ummm truck, let me see……. Just got a new one today (the little ford escape HYBRID - trying to save then environment), but you can’t have it

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 9:09 pm said:

I need a lap top and a Talon pizza and some of the Huvs special winning hot sauce and a new truck and………

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 9:15 pm said:

LOL - Notice it was an offer to borrow a laptop. The pizza is WAY too expensive to ship, but the recipe is free (dough, talon, cheese - heat - eat). Not sure what your talking about with the sauce . ummm truck, let me see……. Just got a new one today (the little ford escape HYBRID - trying to save then environment), but you can’t have it

Ok tracy. I’ll lend you the laptop, SHIP you a pizza, give some of this mythical sauce of mine and let drive the truck.

BUT…… you need to climb 66,000 steps.

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 9:17 pm said:

Ok tracy. I’ll lend you the laptop, SHIP you a pizza, give some of this mythical sauce of mine and let drive the truck.

BUT…… you need to climb 66,000 steps.

I’ll do it huvason Tracy will find some excuse not to

I’ll do it! I’ll do it! As long as I don’t have to actually *eat* the pizza

Yeah, so back to charity fund raising…who wants to bid on a sauce to support Jim?

jim campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/18/2006 at 10:01 pm said:

I’ll do it! I’ll do it! As long as I don’t have to actually *eat* the pizza

LOL - I’ll eat the pizza for you Jim. Next one is going to have DEFCON ONE chicken breast on it!

chrisk on 5/18/2006 at 9:57 pm said:

I’ll do it huvason Tracy will find some excuse not to

You’re definitely eating some Chris!

chrisk on 5/18/2006 at 9:57 pm said:

I’ll do it huvason Tracy will find some excuse not to

Yea, sorry. Got bad knees and my back is starting to give out.

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 10:07 pm said:

You’re definitely eating some Chris!

Eat it! Eat it! Open up your mouth and feed it! have some more turkey, have some more ham, it doesn’t matter if it’s fresh or canned, just eat it.

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 10:07 pm said:

Yea, sorry. Got bad knees and my back is starting to give out.

LOL -

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 10:07 pm said:

Yea, sorry. Got bad knees and my back is starting to give out.

and he’s going blind…we all know what that’s from

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 10:06 pm said:

Yeah, so back to charity fund raising…who wants to bid on a sauce to support Jim?

Is the auction up yet?

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 10:10 pm said:

Is the auction up yet?

Don’t know, we’ll have to ask Old Man Tracy

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 10:12 pm said:

Don’t know, we’ll have to ask Old Man Tracy

Well Old Man? Did you get the auction worked out yet?

To answer your earlier question Ryan, I’m thinking of doing the listing this weekend. Probably for 10 days. That way it won’t be going off until after the Memorial Day weekend.
I’m open for suggestions if anyone has any. Maybe Jim may want to post a link on his site to the auction? Just a thought..

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 10:13 pm said:

To answer your earlier question Ryan, I’m thinking of doing the listing this weekend. Probably for 10 days. That way it won’t be going off until after the Memorial Day weekend.
I’m open for suggestions if anyone has any. Maybe Jim may want to post a link on his site to the auction? Just a thought..

I will bombard the blog with shameless plugs for this auction…all in the name of charity of course

EBAY AUCTION COMING!!! Help support Jim in effort to raise money for charity and breaking a world record by placing your bid for a limited edition Hot Sauce Underground…the sauce FOR chileheads, BY chileheads. All proceeds will be donated to charity. This is a non profit auction. This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the HSU, Jim Campbell, and the number 3

Bid on the auction or the Pink Helmet Brigade will lay the smack down on you!

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 10:22 pm said:

EBAY AUCTION COMING!!! Help support Jim in effort to raise money for charity and breaking a world record by placing your bid for a limited edition Hot Sauce Underground…the sauce FOR chileheads, BY chileheads. All proceeds will be donated to charity. This is a non profit auction. This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the HSU, Jim Campbell, and the number 3

“the number 3″ — you crack me up What about the letter D?

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 10:22 pm said:

EBAY AUCTION COMING!!! Help support Jim in effort to raise money for charity and breaking a world record by placing your bid for a limited edition Hot Sauce Underground…the sauce FOR chileheads, BY chileheads. All proceeds will be donated to charity. This is a non profit auction. This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the HSU, Jim Campbell, and the number 3

Something tells me that this could be very interesting..That’s a good thing.

Never before in the history of man has there been an auction so fierce, so commanding, so deadly…(ok, maybe not deadly, but tantelizing works) its HSU the AUCTION! Raise money for charity or suffer the consequences…

huvason on 5/18/2006 at 10:24 pm said:

“the number 3″ — you crack me up What about the letter D?

D sucks…I’m thinking along the lines of say…Q

Charity auction for Jim. Be there, or be square…and bid dammit!

I’m gonna have to bail out here soon. Thunder is shaking the house.

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 10:27 pm said:

I’m gonna have to bail out here soon. Thunder is shaking the house.

That is the wrath of Ebay…the word has not been spread enough of this awesome, humongous, nothing more important auction…All must please the gods…place your bid (coming soon to an Ebay listing near you)

Well if ya have to go, ya have to go. Take care Tracy, I’ll catch ya later

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 10:26 pm said:

D sucks…I’m thinking along the lines of say…Q

Q works for me……

Maybe it won’t last long. Looks like most of it is over the water.

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 10:30 pm said:

Well if ya have to go, ya have to go. Take care Tracy, I’ll catch ya later

Have a good one Tracy. Hey I think I read somewhere that there is a charity auction? Know anything about it or what it is for

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 10:23 pm said:

Bid on the auction or the Pink Helmet Brigade will lay the smack down on you!

Whatca Gonna Do When the P.H. Birgade Comes For You!!!!!

Good night Tracy, if your still out there. We got your e-mail- funny stuff, that guy was evil

Vic on 5/18/2006 at 11:11 pm said:

Whatca Gonna Do When the P.H. Birgade Comes For You!!!!!

They will cry and beg for mercy

Tracy, if you’re still alive, both orginal and chipotle Tracy make an awesome combo for putting on corndogs

I had a little of the chipotle on my tuna sandwich yummy stuff that is

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 10:07 pm said:

Yea, sorry. Got bad knees and my back is starting to give out.

Me too Got a bit of catching up here it seems.

Tracy C on 5/18/2006 at 10:13 pm said:

To answer your earlier question Ryan, I’m thinking of doing the listing this weekend. Probably for 10 days. That way it won’t be going off until after the Memorial Day weekend.
I’m open for suggestions if anyone has any. Maybe Jim may want to post a link on his site to the auction? Just a thought..

I’d be happy to post a link! So far this has only gone out to chileheads anyway. That, and family. Wait- that’s redundant

Ryan on 5/18/2006 at 10:25 pm said:

Never before in the history of man has there been an auction so fierce, so commanding, so deadly…(ok, maybe not deadly, but tantelizing works) its HSU the AUCTION! Raise money for charity or suffer the consequences…

Make it more deadly and fierce- offer the bottle as a ‘prize’ for the highest bid, with votes equaling dollars

And, thanks again!

Sure thing Jim..It’s going to be fun.

Find out tomorrow if the HealthPlex will let me do it at their place. YMCA told me they weren’t interested :-/ Figure that one out! Oh well- all the more money for the ACS & others!

Good luck Jim. Hope that let you do it there

Post test. They aren’t showing up again

OK… I can’t quote a message again

Jim…. Did you get the Gym. Hope you did!

huvason on 5/24/2006 at 10:00 pm said:

OK… I can’t quote a message again

Jim…. Did you get the Gym. Hope you did!

Thanks.

Should find out in the morning. Talked to the director of the place & he took it up his chain of command & have heard nothing but ‘well, this is a no-brainer decision’. Only one left to check with is the CEO of the Hospital.

I must confess to having been a bit confused when I started getting emails this morning about flyers being done up- something about ‘as per the discussions on the blog’. This afternoon I went back by the blog & saw nothing out of the ordinary- a thread that had been closed for being off topic (Yikes!! Are there any that *aren’t*?) and the usual banter. I remain puzzled until CaJohn tipped me off to go back & look at the closed thread in its’ entirety.

Not to infringe on Blair, but I was blown away at what I read.

I wouldn’t even begin to know how to start in expressing my gratitude. CaJohn& Blair conspiring- how incredibly cool is that?!

You guys are gonna be the death of me yet though- this blog doesn’t seem to come alive until after my bedtime! Or as Huv says, only until after I leave

See Jim, you chased everyone back into the bushes again!!!

CaJohn on 5/26/2006 at 6:44 pm said:

See Jim, you chased everyone back into the bushes again!!!

I’d have a complex if I wasn’t used to it

It’s safe to come out everyone!! I’m headed to bed as I have to be at the firehouse tomorrow. I promise to check all of the threads from start to finish to make sure that ya’ll haven’t snuck something in on me Buncha danged undead if you ask me- only coming out at night

BTW CaJohn- any news of your conversation this afternoon, or am I to be surprised?

Night all!

eBay Link.
I’ll give it a try. A bonus- on the correct thread

jim campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/27/2006 at 7:54 pm said:

eBay Link.
I’ll give it a try. A bonus- on the correct thread

Ah ha, I can never find the right threads
Best part of this auction. It expires on 6/6/6
My birthday! The day they release the remake of THE OMEN

I’ve found it! pmac - finishes the day after my 21st. Ill have funds in the bank then

On another note, I never realised that cape fear pepper co was run by you guys

MattUK on 5/28/2006 at 5:33 am said:

On another note, I never realised that cape fear pepper co was run by you guys

Who guys? Just ’cause we’ve the same last name doesn’t mean we’re related “Campbell” is simply Scottish for “Smith”. To *REALLY* add to the confusion, there are two other Jim Campbells in the chile world and another sauce manufacturer named Jeff Campbell. We outnumber the humunculusus

No relation. Beyond the pod that is.

jim campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/28/2006 at 6:16 am said:

Who guys? Just ’cause we’ve the same last name doesn’t mean we’re related “Campbell” is simply Scottish for “Smith”. To *REALLY* add to the confusion, there are two other Jim Campbells in the chile world and another sauce manufacturer named Jeff Campbell. We outnumber the humunculusus

Well I presumed (now I’m not too sure) ryan has something to do with Cape Fear as if you follow the link from his name, it shows their labels

Ryan@angrypepper on 5/28/2006 at 12:11 am said:

?

or am I just being stupid?

I have my first bid in anyway - anyone know hoe much the shipping cost is to the UK?

I’ll cover your shipping cost if you win.

I thought you were talking about the Tracy/Jim Campbell thing. You might be brain dead from exams, but I seriously doubt you’re stupid

jim campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/28/2006 at 6:46 am said:

I’ll cover your shipping cost if you win.

I thought you were talking about the Tracy/Jim Campbell thing. You might be brain dead from exams, but I seriously doubt you’re stupid

No sorry Jim, I seem to be confusing you. I’m still revising (I have neuropharmacology on wednesday ) so don’t have the time to read the rest of the comments. Probably why I managed to confuse you - I was on out Ryan etc and Cape Fear. I’ll keep my eye on the bottles anyway. I’m liking the HSU bottle - very subtle

If anyone didn’t know I’m pharmaac (I think most people do tho as when I send anonymous emails, they come back sometimes saying Hi Matt etc)

MattUK on 5/28/2006 at 6:42 am said:

I have my first bid in anyway - anyone know hoe much the shipping cost is to the UK?

Shipping cost to the UK via USPS Airmail Parcel Post is right around $35.00. Insurance included.

jim campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 5/28/2006 at 6:17 am said:

No relation. Beyond the pod that is.

Good morning Mr. Smith.

MattUK on 5/28/2006 at 6:41 am said:

Well I presumed (now I’m not too sure) ryan has something to do with Cape Fear as if you follow the link from his name, it shows their labels

or am I just being stupid?

You’re not being stupid Matt.
Ryan is not Cape Fear, but he has assisted us with his creativity in doing some art designs for us. Many plans in the works..stay tuned!

BTW..best wishes on the bidding!

Tracy C on 5/28/2006 at 8:51 am said:

Good morning Mr. Smith.

You too there Tracy “Smith”…

Tracy C on 5/28/2006 at 8:51 am said:

Good morning Mr. Smith.

And a good morning to you Mr Smith, though now it is afternoon. Just walked in the door & need to catch up on the Indy 500 & see what’s going on. It’s then off to the GNC to pitch them for donations

Morning everybody. I would like to take a moment to bring some much needed attention to something…Charity. We all know and love Jim Campbell. A man that dedicates his life to not only saving lives by being a firefighter, but the love of all things hot and spicy-something we can all relate to. Jim is trying to raise money for charities via “Step up for Charity”. In an effort to support Jim in his fund raising efforts, an auction has been placed on ebay. 100% of the proceeds of this auction is going to Jim’s charity fundraiser account set up by Nick here on the HSB. However, no attention is being brought to this auction here on the HSB. The winner of this auction will recieve 2 great collector’s bottles of sauce. One is a limited addition by the Hot Sauce Underground (signed by all 4 members), the other is a signed bottle of Backdraft from Jim Campbell himself. Included is a custom made “Box of Fire” display case to hold the bottles. Please, for charity’s sake, check out the auction, place a bid. The item number on Ebay is 4466025256. If you have any questions regarding this, you may contact Tracy C. Thank you for your attention to this and for helping out Jim with his charity work.

You are too kind sir! Thank you for the comment. The real thanks need to go to folks like Tracy and Nick and the rest of the bloggers who are supporting it without a ‘dog in the fight’ as it were- just out of the kindness of their hearts.

One of the ACS checks will be written in memory of Robert Campbell (my uncle) who died yesterday morning, quite unexpectedly, from brain cancer. Headed for Hannibal Missouri Friday for the service & will be ‘off blog’ for a day or two.

Jim Campbell (StepUpForCharity.org) on 5/30/2006 at 4:26 am said:

One of the ACS checks will be written in memory of Robert Campbell (my uncle) who died yesterday morning, quite unexpectedly, from brain cancer. Headed for Hannibal Missouri Friday for the service & will be ‘off blog’ for a day or two.

Sorry to heat that Jim.

huvason on 5/30/2006 at 7:31 am said:

Sorry to heat that Jim.

Meant “hear” not “heat”

Jim Campbell (StepUpForCharity.org) on 5/30/2006 at 4:26 am said:

One of the ACS checks will be written in memory of Robert Campbell (my uncle) who died yesterday morning, quite unexpectedly, from brain cancer. Headed for Hannibal Missouri Friday for the service & will be ‘off blog’ for a day or two.

Our Condolences from Defcon HQ, Jim.

Jim Campbell (StepUpForCharity.org) on 5/30/2006 at 4:26 am said:

One of the ACS checks will be written in memory of Robert Campbell (my uncle) who died yesterday morning, quite unexpectedly, from brain cancer. Headed for Hannibal Missouri Friday for the service & will be ‘off blog’ for a day or two.

Sorry to hear of your loss Jim, our condolences to you and your family……Vic & Wendy

Condolences and prayers from my family.

My thoughts are with you my friend.

Sorry about the lost Jim.

Very sorry to hear, Jim. Our thoughts are with you.

Jim Campbell (StepUpForCharity.org) on 5/30/2006 at 4:26 am said:

One of the ACS checks will be written in memory of Robert Campbell (my uncle) who died yesterday morning, quite unexpectedly, from brain cancer. Headed for Hannibal Missouri Friday for the service & will be ‘off blog’ for a day or two.

Jim, I am very sorry to hear about your Uncle, I’ll keep you in my thoughts.

Condolences Jim from the pmac’s.

Thanks one and all.

Can we just make a one time donation or do we have to donate by amount of stairs. Please update me as I would like to donate.

MrFreeze on 5/30/2006 at 6:24 pm said:

Can we just make a one time donation or do we have to donate by amount of stairs. Please update me as I would like to donate.

I’m pretty sure you can click on the “Make a Donation” link and simply donate. I haven’t done it yet - bidding on the eBay auction bottles right that that support this cause. If I dont win that i’ll be donating directly.

Jim Campbell (StepUpForCharity.org) on 5/30/2006 at 4:26 am said:

One of the ACS checks will be written in memory of Robert Campbell (my uncle) who died yesterday morning, quite unexpectedly, from brain cancer. Headed for Hannibal Missouri Friday for the service & will be ‘off blog’ for a day or two.

Sorry to hear that Jim. My thoughts are with you and your family

huvason on 5/30/2006 at 6:35 pm said:

I’m pretty sure you can click on the “Make a Donation” link and simply donate. I haven’t done it yet - bidding on the eBay auction bottles right that that support this cause. If I dont win that i’ll be donating directly.

There is a direct donation you can use paypal our cc.

Jim Campbell (StepUpForCharity.org) on 5/30/2006 at 4:26 am said:

One of the ACS checks will be written in memory of Robert Campbell (my uncle) who died yesterday morning, quite unexpectedly, from brain cancer. Headed for Hannibal Missouri Friday for the service & will be ‘off blog’ for a day or two.

Jim are thoughts and prayers are with you …….

Sorry to hear of the loss of your uncle, from the THT’s.

MrFreeze on 5/30/2006 at 6:24 pm said:

Can we just make a one time donation or do we have to donate by amount of stairs. Please update me as I would like to donate.

Yes you can do a one time donation via paypal on the “Make a Donation” link at the top of this page.
If you don’t do Paypal, there is information on the stepupforcharity website to pay by other means, directly to a bank that has an account set up for this charity.

Jim, sorry to hear about your uncle

Matt on 5/31/2006 at 2:16 am said:

Jim, sorry to hear about your uncle

Thanks again, all. Good luck on the exam Matt!

Third time’s a charm

Soliciting feedback for an idea: Several folks have expressed interest in helping out and here’s a thought. I’d be happy to send out a 4 pack of my sauces to anyone (within reason) that cares to auction them off to their social group, work place, church, etc by whatever means they’d like; raffle, drawing, bid, etc. In recognition of this, I will also send a bottle or two of one of my bbq sauces for the person doing so for their trouble. These sauces won’t be ones that Nick carries so as not to cause him consternation Send the money raised through the channels already established.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Comments?

Jim, I am shooting you an email, please read!!

Nick Lindauer on 5/31/2006 at 5:10 pm said:

Sounds like a good idea, as long as everyone you send them out to doesn’t put them up on eBay or something like that

I’m confused.. If Jim is donating items to be sold for charity, what difference does it make where people choose sell those items, as long as the funds go to the charity?

Tracy C on 5/31/2006 at 7:45 pm said:

I’m confused.. If Jim is donating items to be sold for charity, what difference does it make where people choose sell those items, as long as the funds go to the charity?

I think eBay would saturate it a bit too much. I mean, if there are 6 sets of the same thing there, how much are they going to fetch? I ain’t Blair I think keeping it local would also help get some interest to a different crowd- how many of your social folks are bloggers? I mean, this is something we do in the closet right? Don’t want people thinking we’re weird or something They aren’t signed or anything anyway so I really have to doubt the eBay value of something that can be had commercially just as easy.

Let me clarify that a bit lest I be misunderstood. When I said “I ain’t Blair” I meant that I wouldn’t have the drawing power that he would. No way my stuff is commanding the prices that his is

Jim Campbell (StepUpForCharity.org) on 5/31/2006 at 7:57 pm said:

Let me clarify that a bit lest I be misunderstood. When I said “I ain’t Blair” I meant that I wouldn’t have the drawing power that he would. No way my stuff is commanding the prices that his is

I don’t know - I have a couple of bottles of your that will never be for sale

Alright folks!!
Less than 24hrs left on the ebay auction for Jim Campbell’s signed bottle of sauce. Also included is a Hot Sauce Underground bottle, (containing sauce made with Jim’s Red Savina Peppers), signed by 4 HSB members AND also includes a really Hot display case!! 100% of the proceeds of this sale go to stepupforcharity. BID BID BID!!!

Thanks again Tracy & all who’ve bid.

My blog time just got cut again- work has changed their security & internet settings so that *every* time I log out, all settings are deleted.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/5/2006 at 9:23 pm said:

Thanks again Tracy & all who’ve bid.

My blog time just got cut again- work has changed their security & internet settings so that *every* time I log out, all settings are deleted.

Yuck! How is the training coming Jim?

Aaron on 6/5/2006 at 9:25 pm said:

Yuck! How is the training coming Jim?

The ol’ bod is breaking down a bit, I fear Pushing 50 probably wasn’t the best time in my life to try this I’ve hit 21,000 stairs pretty consistently now last few times in 4.25 machine hours & 4.75 hours real time. A trip to the GNC center for the high protein, creatine, & joint support stuff (and that’s NOT a clip! ) has got me up another notch. ‘Fraid there’s still several notches to go though I’ll feel better about it if/when I start knocking down 30,000 in 6 hours.

I think it will already be a success though. The Governors office of Fitness & Health here in the State (Indiana) has contacted me about getting the event out. That should help the fundraising I hope.

Sorry you asked?

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/5/2006 at 9:32 pm said:

The ol’ bod is breaking down a bit, I fear Pushing 50 probably wasn’t the best time in my life to try this I’ve hit 21,000 stairs pretty consistently now last few times in 4.25 machine hours & 4.75 hours real time. A trip to the GNC center for the high protein, creatine, & joint support stuff (and that’s NOT a clip! ) has got me up another notch. ‘Fraid there’s still several notches to go though I’ll feel better about it if/when I start knocking down 30,000 in 6 hours.

I think it will already be a success though. The Governors office of Fitness & Health here in the State (Indiana) has contacted me about getting the event out. That should help the fundraising I hope.

Sorry you asked?

Not sorry one bit! Sounds like it is going pretty well! Sounds like you are on a pretty decent pace but then again I don’t know what it takes to step like that That will be awesome if you can get a little help from the Governors office!!!

Aaron on 6/5/2006 at 9:53 pm said:

Not sorry one bit! Sounds like it is going pretty well! Sounds like you are on a pretty decent pace but then again I don’t know what it takes to step like that That will be awesome if you can get a little help from the Governors office!!!

Gov’s office of fitness just sent out a ‘blast email’ to some 13,000 addresses- *that* ought to spike the stats a bit Logos are up on the major sponsors page as well- still have to work on the ‘others’.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/8/2006 at 6:33 am said:

Gov’s office of fitness just sent out a ‘blast email’ to some 13,000 addresses- *that* ought to spike the stats a bit Logos are up on the major sponsors page as well- still have to work on the ‘others’.

Very cool. Still didn’t see any issues with the PDF I made a few weeks back! I am going to recheck again to see if i’m crazy.

ANYONE who wants a PDF flyer I created for Jim let me know…… (after of course I check it again!)

huvason on 6/8/2006 at 7:20 am said:

Very cool. Still didn’t see any issues with the PDF I made a few weeks back! I am going to recheck again to see if i’m crazy.

ANYONE who wants a PDF flyer I created for Jim let me know…… (after of course I check it again!)

I’d like it again, please! I want to post a few. Thanks.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/8/2006 at 8:29 am said:

I’d like it again, please! I want to post a few. Thanks.

No problem JIm - I’ll send in the AM!

Hello, I am shooting this out to the community in Canada.

This is what I have on my agenda for today. It is work related and has to do with this whole post on the Stairway to Heaven.
I am putting together a special rate plan from Bell Mobility, which is a cell phone carrier in Canada, for the Firefighters in my area, but in no way will it be localized to here, I will be letting the Firefighters here distribute it as far and wide as they want. The flyer Huvason sent me will be getting sent out with the offer from Bell, so 2 flyers, one for the rate plan, one for the charity for them to make donations to, and the offer on my rate plan is that I will donate $10 for each and every new activation that they give me. This might not generate much, but i need to make a little to donate a little. For all the canadians on the blog you can if interested contact me and I will hook you up with an even better deal I know of and do the same charity deal, (I have a great offer that RealEstate qualify for but I can not offer to a different market in print ). Although I know there ae not too many canadians out there. If you run an IT dept or manage or know the manager of specific department that might be able to use this tool, I can shoot you off a flyer in soft copy. I can work for BC, Alb, Ont(my home) and QC.

huvason on 6/8/2006 at 9:46 pm said:

No problem JIm - I’ll send in the AM!

Kim you are right, there is an error in the flyer. Iam fixing it now. Will send to you ASAP when it is done.

pmac on 6/9/2006 at 10:20 am said:

Hello, I am shooting this out to the community in Canada.

This is what I have on my agenda for today. It is work related and has to do with this whole post on the Stairway to Heaven.
I am putting together a special rate plan from Bell Mobility, which is a cell phone carrier in Canada, for the Firefighters in my area, but in no way will it be localized to here, I will be letting the Firefighters here distribute it as far and wide as they want. The flyer Huvason sent me will be getting sent out with the offer from Bell, so 2 flyers, one for the rate plan, one for the charity for them to make donations to, and the offer on my rate plan is that I will donate $10 for each and every new activation that they give me. This might not generate much, but i need to make a little to donate a little. For all the canadians on the blog you can if interested contact me and I will hook you up with an even better deal I know of and do the same charity deal, (I have a great offer that RealEstate qualify for but I can not offer to a different market in print ). Although I know there ae not too many canadians out there. If you run an IT dept or manage or know the manager of specific department that might be able to use this tool, I can shoot you off a flyer in soft copy. I can work for BC, Alb, Ont(my home) and QC.

Pmac…. there is an slight error in the flyer. I am creating a new PDF right now. Some of the text for the peopl Jim is helping got cut off.

OK… new flyer is done. I emailed it to JIM and PMAC.

Anyone else want a copy, let me know.,…..

huvason on 6/9/2006 at 10:59 am said:

OK… new flyer is done. I emailed it to JIM and PMAC.

Anyone else want a copy, let me know.,…..

Got it Huv & thanks again! Came through fine this time. Going to put it up at the Dicks’ BBQ chain stores hopefully, with a collection can. Can you also send me your Fat Kids logo? I’m trying to get yours & Cape Fears put up on the donor page also.

27,270 in 4.5 hours We’re getting there.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 7:22 pm said:

27,270 in 4.5 hours We’re getting there.

Kepp up the great work…..I am rooting for ya…..

Thanks fellow Hoosier Saw you were from South Bend- an Irish fan?

MrFreeze on 6/19/2006 at 7:26 pm said:

Kepp up the great work…..I am rooting for ya…..

Let’s try keep up the good work, that sounds better.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 7:27 pm said:

Thanks fellow Hoosier Saw you were from South Bend- an Irish fan?

No, I grew up in Michigan, so I am a State fan. Lived here in Indiana for 4 1/2 years now.

Sounds bad only if you’re from Australia

Hey Jim did you get the –cross– cutting room floor bottle from pmac???

Yes I did- and my thanks are profuse and boundless. Still not clear on who I owe for what on that one, but name it and it’s yours!

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 7:32 pm said:

Yes I did- and my thanks are profuse and boundless. Still not clear on who I owe for what on that one, but name it and it’s yours!

Just glad to help out a fellow chilihead…….

Still trying to figure out if that was you or him or both! Fess up now, or I’ll have to guess

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 7:35 pm said:

Still trying to figure out if that was you or him or both! Fess up now, or I’ll have to guess

I just saw that you were asking pmac about it and I knew that I had just bought it from pmac. So I let pmac know that if you wanted it it was your’s…..pmac just swapped it for a different bottle, it all worked out.

Cool! Well now at least I know how to settle it out

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 7:48 pm said:

Cool! Well now at least I know how to settle it out

As I said earlier just happy to help out a fellow chilihead, not looking for anything….As far as I am concerned it is already settled

Yup. Uh huh. Okay. Who’s arguing?

Got my first ’sport massage’ yesterday also. WOW! What a difference that has made in the way I feel today

Thanks for the chat Mr Freeze! An appropo name for South Bend, btw Firehosue tomorrow so it’s bedtime.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 8:00 pm said:

Thanks for the chat Mr Freeze! An appropo name for South Bend, btw Firehosue tomorrow so it’s bedtime.

Alright take care, hockey is coming up game 7. Then work at 10:00pm. Later and nice chatting.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 7:22 pm said:

27,270 in 4.5 hours We’re getting there.

Great! Keep training!

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 7:32 pm said:

Yes I did- and my thanks are profuse and boundless. Still not clear on who I owe for what on that one, but name it and it’s yours!

No one and nothing JimC.
MrFreeze was glad to have a shot at a lower numbered bottle.
I think the thank you was good enough for both of us

The rest we can just call carma between you and myself. No one else needs to know the details.
You are welcome Mr Campbell.

Duh Karma even

Hey jim how you doing

pmac on 6/19/2006 at 9:27 pm said:

No one and nothing JimC.
MrFreeze was glad to have a shot at a lower numbered bottle.
I think the thank you was good enough for both of us

The rest we can just call carma between you and myself. No one else needs to know the details.
You are welcome Mr Campbell.

That was what I tried to tell Jim. Glad to help out a felow chilihead……

..

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/19/2006 at 7:58 pm said:

Got my first ’sport massage’ yesterday also. WOW! What a difference that has made in the way I feel today

Jim, did they supply you with a drool cup?

Bret on 6/19/2006 at 9:57 pm said:

Hey jim how you doing

Fine Bret! You’re about two hours past my bedtime with that post though How’d the weekend sampling go?

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/20/2006 at 8:33 am said:

Fine Bret! You’re about two hours past my bedtime with that post though How’d the weekend sampling go?

Great…… You need your beauty sleep.LOL… Jim is there anything you can email me that we can put on our web site about what your doing. Bret

Bret on 6/20/2006 at 8:44 am said:

Great…… You need your beauty sleep.LOL… Jim is there anything you can email me that we can put on our web site about what your doing. Bret

Bret, I have a PDF flyer I created for Jim. I will email it to you.

huvason on 6/20/2006 at 9:12 am said:

Bret, I have a PDF flyer I created for Jim. I will email it to you.

hey huvason- can you shoot me over a copy also please

DEFCON Creator on 6/20/2006 at 7:44 am said:

Jim, did they supply you with a drool cup?

Didn’t need one of them- it was actually nice to be able to walk again so soon after one of the long workouts. The FD’s fitness guru told me it would make a difference & was he ever right!

huvason on 6/20/2006 at 9:12 am said:

Bret, I have a PDF flyer I created for Jim. I will email it to you.

Thanks again folks.

huvason on 6/20/2006 at 9:12 am said:

Bret, I have a PDF flyer I created for Jim. I will email it to you.

Thank you sir. And hows the day find you.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 6/20/2006 at 9:26 am said:

Didn’t need one of them- it was actually nice to be able to walk again so soon after one of the long workouts. The FD’s fitness guru told me it would make a difference & was he ever right!

I take it it was a deep tissue massage. Those things are amazing, they had to smack me out of my coma last time I had one.

Bret on 6/20/2006 at 9:50 am said:

Thank you sir. And hows the day find you.

All is great Bret. I emailed you the flyer. I also owe you a picture back - I will mail it to you tomorrow.

Vic on 6/20/2006 at 9:20 am said:

hey huvason- can you shoot me over a copy also please

On it’s way Vic.

huvason on 6/20/2006 at 10:11 am said:

All is great Bret. I emailed you the flyer. I also owe you a picture back - I will mail it to you tomorrow.

On it’s way Vic.

Got it. See what I can do.

DEFCON Creator on 6/20/2006 at 9:54 am said:

I take it it was a deep tissue massage. Those things are amazing, they had to smack me out of my coma last time I had one.

Thought it was more likely to PUT me in one from the pain Deep tissue, BS! Felt more like osteo

LOL!

WOW!!! $1025.00 for the #3. THANK YOU VERY MUCH whoever you were

pmac on 7/6/2006 at 6:27 pm said:

Now at least you know the other set to follow will go for a cool grand because there wre 2 bidders at 1000 or more
So one wouldn’t want to waste their time unless a grand is what they are willing to drop. WoW some serious dough boys girls and would be owners of these 2 bottles.
Jim…No pressure. …Iiii’m just kidding there big guy….theres tons o’ prssure now hhehehehh, get out there and train young man!!

Wrong thread dammit !!!

pmac on 7/6/2006 at 6:28 pm said:

Wrong thread dammit !!!

Sorry. Wasn’t trying to pad the stats. Really Ouch- I figured to be the last one yelled at for wrong thread- I try so hard to stay on topic

Took the day off today- only did an hour. Getting psyched to try and do 40,000 on Sunday (in 8 hours). That $1000+ bid will sure give some added motivation! Hope I’m not out of line here, but if I do get this record, I’d be happy to send a copy of the cert to go with the sauces for those who won them. “Who you are” would stay safe.

Thanks again!

$1025 - VERY NICE!

Nick- got the check. THANKS! Loco Brian- got the patch & sauce. THANKS! Cheffy- got the updated flyer. THANKS! Brett- got the FC500. THANKS! Hope I haven’t forgotten anyone 41,220 yesterday & can’t move today. Good night all

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 7/10/2006 at 8:31 am said:

Nick- got the check. THANKS! Loco Brian- got the patch & sauce. THANKS! Cheffy- got the updated flyer. THANKS! Brett- got the FC500. THANKS! Hope I haven’t forgotten anyone 41,220 yesterday & can’t move today. Good night all

41,000 is incredible and so are you Jim! Keep up the good work. This comment was prompted by the fact that I was winded after running the laundry up my basement stairs this morning That’s about.. 15

41,000 again today. If my typing starts to look like Brets, call here and tell my wife to pick my head up off the keyboard

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 7/15/2006 at 6:12 pm said:

41,000 again today. If my typing starts to look like Brets, call here and tell my wife to pick my head up off the keyboard

Thanks Jim.

Oh Nice Job Keep up.

Bret on 7/15/2006 at 6:44 pm said:

Thanks Jim.

Just funnin’ with ya

Good night all!

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 7/15/2006 at 6:46 pm said:

Just funnin’ with ya

Good night all!

t ID #45110 Quote Good night Jim

huvason look who on the bottom of the of the Top 20

Bret on 7/15/2006 at 6:59 pm said:

huvason look who on the bottom of the of the Top 20

Welcome bret!!!!!!!!

51,002 on Friday. 8 hours machine time, 9.25 hours ‘real’ time. Good luck all at the wing contest- wish I could be there

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 7/22/2006 at 6:27 pm said:

51,002 on Friday. 8 hours machine time, 9.25 hours ‘real’ time. Good luck all at the wing contest- wish I could be there

Thats amazing Jim, do you currently know what the record is? I imagine you do, just figured I would ask as I am curious.

pmac on 7/22/2006 at 8:01 pm said:

Thats amazing Jim, do you currently know what the record is? I imagine you do, just figured I would ask as I am curious.

Haven’t been by the site, have you? Yup- record is 66,204. At this point I hope is only ‘by how much’ not ‘if’ I break the record.

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 7/22/2006 at 8:10 pm said:

Haven’t been by the site, have you? Yup- record is 66,204. At this point I hope is only ‘by how much’ not ‘if’ I break the record.

You’ll break it Jim…. Have faith (we do!)

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 7/22/2006 at 8:10 pm said:

Haven’t been by the site, have you? Yup- record is 66,204. At this point I hope is only ‘by how much’ not ‘if’ I break the record.

You definitely got this man! That is gonna be awesome stuff. Make sure someone takes alot of pictures of the event.

huvason on 7/22/2006 at 11:42 pm said:

You’ll break it Jim…. Have faith (we do!)

You are the Man.

Bret on 7/23/2006 at 8:41 am said:

You are the Man.

Picked up a Habby Horse for you Bret. Will send it tomorrow……

huvason on 7/23/2006 at 8:43 am said:

Picked up a Habby Horse for you Bret. Will send it tomorrow……

Thank you. Did everybody get to try your sauce.

Bret on 7/23/2006 at 8:46 am said:

Thank you. Did everybody get to try your sauce.

Everyone was stuffed eating delicious FREE DEFCON wings! But they took it home!

huvason on 7/23/2006 at 8:43 am said:

Picked up a Habby Horse for you Bret. Will send it tomorrow……

So what’s for Dinner tonight. CHICKEN.

Bret on 7/23/2006 at 8:49 am said:

So what’s for Dinner tonight. CHICKEN.

LOL probably!

Man, I thought it would have been a Maalox quiche.

DEFCON Creator on 7/23/2006 at 4:36 pm said:

Man, I thought it would have been a Maalox quiche.

That was around 1am when I got hit with the worse case of indegestion I ever had! Man it was bad…. But its all good now!

Nautilus just informed me that they are donating TWO Stairmasters to the cause. WOW!! Gonna raffle one I think, and let the FD ‘buy’ the other for a donation. Gotta do some thinking here….

Jim- StepUpForCharity.org on 8/10/2006 at 11:46 am said:

Nautilus just informed me that they are donating TWO Stairmasters to the cause. WOW!! Gonna raffle one I think, and let the FD ‘buy’ the other for a donation. Gotta do some thinking here….

Now that’s some good news! Congrats. (and of course good luck next week)

Jim- StepUpForCharity.org on 8/10/2006 at 11:46 am said:

Nautilus just informed me that they are donating TWO Stairmasters to the cause. WOW!! Gonna raffle one I think, and let the FD ‘buy’ the other for a donation. Gotta do some thinking here….

Definitely cool.

DEFCON Creator on 8/10/2006 at 12:02 pm said:

Definitely cool.

Nice

Jim- StepUpForCharity.org on 8/10/2006 at 11:46 am said:

Nautilus just informed me that they are donating TWO Stairmasters to the cause. WOW!! Gonna raffle one I think, and let the FD ‘buy’ the other for a donation. Gotta do some thinking here….

Nice, more to the cause. Thats awesome, good luck.

Thanks guys!

I’ll buy a raffle ticket myself for you Bret Sigh… gotta go pretend I’m actually on the taxpayers’ dime for a bit (classroom training).

Later.

Hey Jim, just noticed you’re only one day away! The best of luck to you! It’s nice to see someone with the bigger picture so clearly in focus! Kudos to you and best of luck once again, I know you’ve been working your tail off for this.

kristi on 8/15/2006 at 10:10 am said:

Hey Jim, just noticed you’re only one day away! The best of luck to you! It’s nice to see someone with the bigger picture so clearly in focus! Kudos to you and best of luck once again, I know you’ve been working your tail off for this.

Thanks. Working my tail off is truer than you might think, but the wife likes it

Best wishes to ya, Lt. Jim “Buns of Steel” Campbell…You’re truly an American Hero!!

Tracy C on 8/15/2006 at 6:33 pm said:

Best wishes to ya, Lt. Jim “Buns of Steel” Campbell…You’re truly an American Hero!!

I second that thought- the “Buns of Steel” part of course, LOL

btw…….Tracy you have mail!

Tracy C on 8/15/2006 at 6:33 pm said:

Best wishes to ya, Lt. Jim “Buns of Steel” Campbell…You’re truly an American Hero!!

Good luck tommorrow jim. I know you can do it

Good Luck tomorrow Jim, we’re all there in spirit to support you.

All the best Jim. We are proud of you!

Good luck, Jim. Not that you’ll need it after all your training!

Rock on Jim! On behalf of the smoking community, I hope that we live long enough to receive your mighty lungs…what you’re doing would kill any one of us Good luck man!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

All the Best!

CaJohn on 8/16/2006 at 12:33 am said:

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

All the Best!

Damn, Big Daddy, I was just about to try and be the first to tell Jim, good luck and all the best on the day of the event, you snuck in, in front of me!

Well Jim, All the best, and I think I speak for all of us here, when I say we’re proud of you and support you all the way, representing all of us chileheads!

Wether it be one step or 100,000 steps, your the man for everything you’ve done. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BigShow

Get some rest and … Good luck Jim!

Good morning all,

and good morning Jim. Hope you are well rested.
Good Luck today Jim, go all the way.
You already impressed us here at HSB (so far),
so anything else you accomplish is just a bonus.

Good luck, Jim! Can’t wait to see you on the news tomorrow!

Hey huv- if you’ve sent that flyer, I didn’t get it. My mail has crashed (again!!) at the worst possible time. If anyone has a good recommendation for an ISP/hosting/merchant services, I’m ALL EARS! IQuest sucks!

Jim Campbell- StepUpForCharity.org on 8/21/2006 at 9:51 am said:

Hey huv- if you’ve sent that flyer, I didn’t get it. My mail has crashed (again!!) at the worst possible time. If anyone has a good recommendation for an ISP/hosting/merchant services, I’m ALL EARS! IQuest sucks!

Got you changes, will make them shortly. NOt sure if you will get them thoug - anyplace else I can send it?

I’ll also send you who i use for web\commerce\email….

Hello Everyone! I’m a first timer here at the HSB and glad to be here! I was so encouraged to find so many others who are in my shoes (passionate about hot sauce…oh ya! and trying to get my recipe into the market) I was wondering if anyone would be open to giving me advice on how to begin mass production? Don’t worry, for most of you I’m not a threat as a competitor as I am trying to enter a local asian “specialty” market on the other side of the world. Please pardon me for being a little leary revealing details but right now there is some urgency and demographic sensativity in starting up. (I would like to be the first in my area to mass produce hot sauce… There! I said it! ) I would be more than happy to tell all after that point Hows that for honesty? :o) The opportunity is enormously unique as there is only imported brands and none local. I hope everyone understands that I’m not being exclusive here. If you contact me personally I will be more than happy to give you the scoop. I appreciate all my fellow chileheads and look forward to joining the manufacturing ranks and helping others in the future! Thanks in advance!

Umm… It’s me again and I think I left my request/comment in the wrong area… TOLD YOU I WAS NEW! Anyhow, Jim although I don’t know you personally I commend you on your efforts. We need more people like you on this planet. Thanks for being an encouragement to me. I trust everything went great.

No problem Roro! And if you’ll contact me, I’ll tell you everything I know about hot sauce manufacturing. Or at least, everything I’ve learned in doing it for over a decade. Happy to help! jim at wildpepper . com Be sure to put ‘hot sauce’ or ‘chile peppers’ in the subject header so that it gets past the filters.

Roro on 11/29/2006 at 7:09 pm said:

Umm… It’s me again and I think I left my request/comment in the wrong area… TOLD YOU I WAS NEW! Anyhow, Jim although I don’t know you personally I commend you on your efforts. We need more people like you on this planet. Thanks for being an encouragement to me. I trust everything went great.

Hello Roro, Nick should be able to help in getting a thread started for you, also check out thre HSB Forum there’s several Threads dedicated to sauce making, trust me when I say you’ve came to the right place.

Good Luck

Jim- StepUpForCharity.org on 11/29/2006 at 7:15 pm said:

No problem Roro! And if you’ll contact me, I’ll tell you everything I know about hot sauce manufacturing. Or at least, everything I’ve learned in doing it for over a decade. Happy to help! jim at wildpepper . com Be sure to put ‘hot sauce’ or ‘chile peppers’ in the subject header so that it gets past the filters.

Whats up Jim, how was your Thanksgiving?