AJs responses....
1. Why did you choose your screen name? What is your real name? (optional)........AlabamaJack - my great great grandfather was a riverboat gambler from Alabama and his name was Jack, from the stories I have heard years ago, he was one hell of a gamblin' fool and did quite well...Real name is Ronnie NLNR (no last name required)
2. Why did you join THP?...i have been growing hot peppers for a few years and joined a few other sites, but none were as informative and friendly/jovial as this site and I simply fell in love with it...you can ask anything and get a myriad of responses from smart ass answers that I always get a kick out of to serious ones - I give both kinds...
3. What's your favorite hot pepper plant?...got to be the Trinidad varieties (7 Pot, Scorpion, Congos) and the Foodarama Scotch Bonnet is now becoming one of my favorites...gorgeous tam shaped yellow pods...
4. One thing people don't know about me is....hmmmm, I talk so much about things I have done in the past, probably not much...I went to Registered Nursing school in the early 70s after I got out of the service but when I found out a civilian nurse couldn't do as much as I could as a corpsman in the navy, I decided this was not the field for me...and I sure as heck wasn't going to go back in the service..
5. My hobbies are...growing hot peppers of course, playing music in our band (Bodie Powell and Borderline), and just getting into online Texas Hold'em...
6. Show a peek of yourself as a child (optional)...only pictures are chiseled in stone and not very easily copied
7. My favorite food is...Fried Pork Chops, Turnip Greens, Purlpe Hull Peas and Jalapeno/Habanero Cornbread (Hey Grandpa, What's for supper)
8. My zodiac sign is...Leo
9. One thing I really hate is...people that are not nice to one another or bitch and complain about everything...if you don't like something, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out...
10. One of my surprising talents is...I can be good at most anything I try but I only am interested in growing hot peppers and playing my mandolin and guitar...used to be a pretty good weekend golfer with a 6 handicap...
11. One thing I do everyday is...pray that I wake up in the morning and can get vertical for the whole day...
12. If I had a million dollars, I'd...buld the biggest danged climate controlled greenhouse that would fit on my property that you would ever see so I could grow year round...heck, I might even move my bedroom to the greenhouse...
13. One place I'd love to go is...been most places I wanted to go and now am very content being at home...not much of a traveler any more
14. One thing I would want people to say about me when I am 6 feet under is...he was a good, honest, loving man
15. Two things I really love are...my sweet wife Linda and my loving companion Roscoe (weimaraner)
16. One book I enjoyed was...any of John Grishams stuff, especially Playing for Pizza...never laughed out loud so much while reading a book before in my life...
I nominate Derek (Potawie) for the next spotlight...