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Hey sandy that rules!!! I am solely a fresh roasted/fresh ground/french press guy. There are a couple of pretty awesome coffee places around me. I am considering getting a countertop roaster soon, have you ever used one? Can you suggest any? Thinking of taking my brewing to the next level with a small bodum vacuum too!Quote:
Originally Posted by bigsandy
How in depth do you get into the coffee selection? Do you ever get to go to south america to visit the plantations?
I love what I do (although golfing or fishing for a living would be great), I just hate the people I have to deal with. A bit of a catch 22Quote:
Originally Posted by bigsandy
atm what is it you do?
Nodded off siting here at lunch ... been that kind of week.
Nice BEHL bomb there, hopefully it will perk things up come Monday ...
Back to the grind.
Bill, we got a little contest tonight, eh? :popcorn:
Go 9ers
Yeah, thanks for the advice, was on the fence... ends up my original low cost buy was a partial fill, so the math worked out pretty good, pretty much pulled the original out, +/- a couple of bucks, not worth counting.Quote:
Originally Posted by bassmaster
Luckily, it rallied a little during my drive to work, so I scooted at $4.16. Hopefully, it will form a new pattern with a clear buy point above or below that resistance line.. but at least if it tanks, I'm clear.
Yeah, if you notice, I only post there when I see you or Bill have been there. I rarely post there, as they simply argue too much and try to bash each other's street cred. When I first joined the site, I tried to chime in there, but they attacked me pretty hard, so I quit looking over there. That's why I refrained from posting a SIRI chart here for so long, I didn't want the daily price prediction wars to start over here. Those guys are way to sirious over there. I like this thread, cause you can put in your 2 cents, whether newbie to trading or a quasi-old-timer know it all, but you don't get bashed, and there aren't endless arguments as to who predicted the right price, which as far as I'm concerned is silly... since there aren't high probability ways to do that on a daily price and time scale (day in and day out), you only can get those some of the time, ie. with TA, you can call a target, but when it gets there, unless its close and there is momentum, who knows when it will hit... moreover, a TA guy knows they won't all hit anyway... and that you can only make the probability call infrequently. The rest of the time you sit and wait for the patterns and such to show up. Sometimes, I think they need to split that thread into intraday for traders, and notintraday for longs... likely less fights that way. When I first logged on, I assumed the thread, based on the name was for strictly traders, ie. no reason a long term person should watch ticks all day... a daily chart is used for timing, but its the monthly/weekly they should look at, not where the price is every 15 mins. Anyway, I left a brief reply, but I don't want to argue over there.Quote:
Originally Posted by bassmaster
911 - going to go grab a coke
I am an atm engineer/technician/instructor. Everytime you guys pay that 1.50 surcharge when you get money out, your paying my salary. Thanks:DQuote:
Originally Posted by stang3O2
Hey Tib, though a Raven fan over here I will be watching tonight. My boss lives in Co. and is a huge Denver fan. He travels here every other week and all we talk is football. I'm also consumed by my fantasy league so I try to watch as many games as possible and Denver could be interesting this year as well as the 9ers. I think Hill will get the job over Alex Smith this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Los Tiburones
Did everybody catch that enormous volume on bcle today...NOT. I think that's an all-time low for any stock I've ever watched. Just a smidge over 153K wooohooo!!
my RTGV had only 508 more shares traded :pQuote:
Originally Posted by atmgeek1
dr d, thanx for the post on the other thread. i agree with your thoughts on how it got wild for a minute there.
friday trading over. time to regroup , relax and pop a beer.:cheers:
everyone have a great weekend.
508!! LOL, that stock scares me.Quote:
Originally Posted by bassmaster
Hope you catch some fish!
BTW, Alaska - those things you catch aren't fish, they are monsters... geez, I'd be afraid to swim in those waters.
Just hang tight with your BCLE because I sold mine 2 days ago for a $200 profit so that means it gonna go real high real soon.....:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by atmgeek1
If it does take off, maybe we should call you Cramer. LOL, just a joke, wouldn't want to push that name on anyone. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sworntwofun
For you car guys....
Watch this one at about 4:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM8ArZ3o8qE
Then watch all the vids here....
http://video.kenblockracing.com/flash/player/
Hey Tree...I knew as I was pushing the "Post Quick Reply" button that I would derail the stock talk to coffee talk. But, since it's the weekend.....and you typically don't/won't drink beer, wine or cocktails for breakfast, what the hell, right?....lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by thetree
Actually to begin home roasting, just use a good hot air popcorn popper. You'll get a better feel for how the coffee roasting process works by watching the beans whirl around in the popper. Once you have mastered that, or at least developed your roasting style, then you can invest in a counter top roaster. OR...as one of our local coffee nuts has done, you can retrofit the rotisseri (sp) on your gas grill! There are a ton of coffee nuts around and a couple of great sites are coffeed.com and coffeegeek.com. Both have great sources for small amounts of green coffee beans for home roasters.
I have travelled to countries of origin to buy coffee, but that was back in the mid to late 90's when most coffee brokers we schlepping 'commerical' grade coffees to us roasters. Now, with mass appeal of specialty coffee, most brokers cater to us...mostly cause we're willing to pay insane prices for the really good stuff. I do buy direct when it makes sense.
As for the brewing process, to each his own. Alot of it has to do with the type of coffees you're brewing. Some coffees do really well in vaccum pots and others do well in chemex brewers, french presses and so on. You already brew in french press so vacuum won't be that big of a change in flavor profiles.
As for being involved in the selection....there's only 6 (4 of us can roast) of us in our little company so we're all involved in the selection. that's the fun/challenging part.
Right now we've got some 'rock star' coffees..our Brazil Conquista is selling really well and our Colombian and Ethiopian Yirgacheffe are stellar!
Btw...what part of the country you live in?
Have a great weekend...
news from ASFX
http://money.aol.com/rtn/pr/child-he...734?channel=pf
Child Health and Safety Product Distribution Channel Changes
PR Newswire
posted: 4 HOURS 5 MINUTES AGO
WESTON, Fla., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kidz-Med, Inc. (the Company), a subsidiary of American Scientific Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ASFX), is announcing a change in the distribution channels of its flagship product, the Kidz-Med Thermofocus.
Recently, the Company has learned of Walgreens' intent to cut many SKUs out of their planograms going in to the 2009/2010 year, including the Kidz-Med Thermofocus. To the Company's knowledge, this decision is solely the retailer's and is based upon economics. The retailer continues to maintain interest in its relationship with American Scientific Resources, Inc., the infrared thermometer and in other ASR products.
Fortunately, management has made numerous contingency plans. Around the same time, the Company received reliable information that another distinguished baby specialty retailer has placed an initial order of the product. Meanwhile, renewal orders from Walgreens are expected to fall off as early as the end of August. No word has been given as to when reorders might resume.
Dr. Christopher Tirotta, CEO of American Scientific stated, "We continue to have a strong working relationship with Walgreens, and they have indicated interest in future products that Kidz-Med would like to bring to market. We look forward to the day when the Kidz-Med brand can once again be displayed in their stores nationwide."
The economical environment has forced most every industry to revise short-term strategies and future plans; the retail industry has faced unique market conditions over the past recent quarters.
As Myron E. Ullman, III, and, Robert A. Niblock (Chairman of the National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association, respectively) said in a joint statement last spring, "This is a historic time for our industry. The challenges and opportunities before our members are unprecedented."
That doesn't sound like it will make the stock rocket.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sworntwofun
"the Company received reliable information that another distinguished baby specialty retailer has placed an initial order of the product."
what, someone on the hub told ASFX someone placed an order with them?
Game on! Go Broncos! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Los Tiburones
It will be interesting anyway, to watch SF and Denver. They both need a good solid team.