tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post3838912887682336331..comments2023-11-05T03:42:11.256-05:00Comments on Queenbee's Blog: Apple’s Profits Are Flat, and Stock DropsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-3413278918191448362013-01-25T12:04:05.846-05:002013-01-25T12:04:05.846-05:00Talk about Contrary Indicator I didn't want to...Talk about Contrary Indicator I didn't want to let StillWater run away from me and put in a bid below close on Tuesday. Of course it went straight down for the last two days. I think I will hold it this time as Platinum is still in short supply. If they just do half the changes that The Clinton Group (not Bill Clinton) mentioned it could hit 18-20. Best thing its main mining is done in Montana. Queenbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726258173148844436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-38833121924535401922013-01-25T11:12:51.178-05:002013-01-25T11:12:51.178-05:00Spam cleanup done. Also people can relate to sport...Spam cleanup done. Also people can relate to sports and are busy with children and going out to dinner and movies. They have no desire for reality to creep into their cozy lives. Just don't touch my remote and I need to record 5 channels at once not just 2.Queenbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726258173148844436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-181067035667297132013-01-25T08:16:13.185-05:002013-01-25T08:16:13.185-05:00With Japan deciding to take the currency war situa...With Japan deciding to take the currency war situation to a new high, I wonder what other countries may follow? Any ideas?<br /><br />How long can one kick the can down the road before they collapse?<br /><br />I keep reading articles where the 'government' knows what is best for me...yet a government that can't even take care of its own house wants me to trust IT to make decisions for my benefit?<br /><br />chicken littlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-22326960072346045582013-01-25T08:01:53.493-05:002013-01-25T08:01:53.493-05:00You also have to be able to understand what you re...You also have to be able to understand what you read and be sure it is correct.<br /><br />GAW--I just read that Canada is thinking of trying to tax wind power? Now, isn't the wind free? Or has Canada discovered how to control that? :-)<br /><br />KNOW what you read and take the time to explore the FACTS. There is a new tv channel down here for 'old' people. COZY tv. I think almost every ad is a 'come on'. LIke " if you are on Medicare, call to get your FREE knee/back brace which will help your pain." <br /><br />Can you imagine? They will convince people it is FREE for which they will bill Medicare an enormous rate for a brace (which will relieve pain, how?)<br /><br />The amount of sheer graft and corruption advertised on tv is unbelievable and suckers in so many uninformed people that it is scary. Look at all the internet 'Universities' they advertise.<br />Chicken littlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-20699525382585757952013-01-24T23:56:22.776-05:002013-01-24T23:56:22.776-05:00I do read a lot still, on the web. But when I show...I do read a lot still, on the web. But when I show the pages I read to others, I can see their eyes glaze over. A site like Zero Hedge is way beyond their understanding, might as well be written in an alien language.<br /><br />Even if they did read it, they don't really comprehend it. Most of the people at my work can't follow simple written instructions, and they are in a hgih tech industry supposedly full of smart people.<br /><br />Maybe it's just that IQ levels have shrunk in the last 20 years or so, or I'm just cranky, but it seems to me the "average" person these days is barely smarter than a can of soup.gawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-1160013628182362542013-01-24T23:51:18.868-05:002013-01-24T23:51:18.868-05:00Sadly, I think people are just reading less these ...Sadly, I think people are just reading less these days, period.<br /><br />Print sales are way down, newspapers are barely surviving, if that.<br /><br />I personally have no time to read these days, and I use to be avid. <br /><br />Young people that I work with seem barely literate at all, and I really doubt they could finish a thick novel, never mind a series. The only thing most of them read on any given day would be text messages from their friends, all 1 letter short forms from other barely literates. Proper spelling and sentence structure, let's just say they aren't priorities.gawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-80249565449309405692013-01-24T19:13:18.942-05:002013-01-24T19:13:18.942-05:00Someone in the dr.'s office had a phone and wa...Someone in the dr.'s office had a phone and was trying to get his Netflix to work. I guess to watch tv while waiting.<br /><br />I have to wonder how long Netflix will do well when everyone has a computer with Amazon and other merchants. Course, the odds are that people are to ditch ALL books and simply read on Kindle, iPads, etc.<br /><br />this stands to reason...until they LOSE it all somehow through a tech glitch OR some other avenue. Otherwise, how will they sell us more STUFF?<br /><br />I like my dr. I can be honest and he's always willing to understand that I CONTROL my health. Like when I told him that statins raise blood sugar, don't you know. And that the ADA has lowered the AC1 rate. He knows I read a LOT; that I'm not stupid; that I take responsibility for me; and that I am willing to do preventative care but will call the shots. Like I've told him I will NOT take any 'new' meds unless it is a life and death situation and even then I'd try to do research.<br /><br />People hate people who read. It's a fact.<br /><br />Funny tidbit--my 10 yr. old granddaughter was writing spelling word sentences and said, "I'm tired of using the word eat so I'm substituting with DEVOUR. chicken littlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-82784314289780511242013-01-24T17:46:09.757-05:002013-01-24T17:46:09.757-05:00Sad if you look at a Netflix chart it closed at 10...Sad if you look at a Netflix chart it closed at 103 yesterday. That means you had to buy it yesterday as it opened at 144. Now I would like to be one of the insider who knew it would open at 144. I don't know how that happens.Queenbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726258173148844436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-10277348579222280682013-01-24T17:20:37.168-05:002013-01-24T17:20:37.168-05:00CL I would change doctors or maybe you don't h...CL I would change doctors or maybe you don't have a choice with the VA. I have no such restrictions and never wait more than 15 minutes. In and out in 30 minutes. Has an accident not paying attention to where I was walking and splat face first. My arms took most of it, but I guess that is why the nose is on your face. No major damage done just sore. <br /><br />Back to stocks I see that another bite was taken out of the AAPL today. Seemed to me that no one has shiny metals, but everyone owns a slice of the apple. Watch for Netflix and here is why,<br /><a href="http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/01/how-did-netflix-inc-nflx-become-worth-more-than-aapl/" rel="nofollow">How Did Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) Become Worth More Than AAPL?</a>Queenbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726258173148844436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-62722592621790910282013-01-24T17:16:47.703-05:002013-01-24T17:16:47.703-05:00Ah, nothing like the hypocrisy of money--Huffingto...Ah, nothing like the hypocrisy of money--Huffington and Goldman Sacs are in partnership for 'job' creation.<br /><br />Why can't they write headlines any more? Huffington needs money so she's joining with man she accuses of being devil to get it?<br /><br />Humming ABBA's MONEY, MONEY, MONEY song. Tis what makes the world go round ;-)chicken littlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-89360115596959954022013-01-24T12:17:25.688-05:002013-01-24T12:17:25.688-05:00With today's drop in PM prices, you'd thin...With today's drop in PM prices, you'd think that I bought more of the shiny stuff yesterday, but no I did not.The Contrary Indicatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796855686546909.post-91185697774116341992013-01-24T12:16:42.059-05:002013-01-24T12:16:42.059-05:00funny story on health care--
Went to the dr. toda...funny story on health care--<br /><br />Went to the dr. today. Appt. for 9:30am. Now, you MUST arrive at least 15 minutes prior to scheduled appt. So I get there and people are lining the walls. Notice on door says: We will not open before 9am as we are conducting a meeting. Sorry for any inconvenience.<br /><br />Me mouthing off in hall---riight...THEY don't have to notify anyone 24 hours ahead. They CHARGE if we miss appt. They can keep us standing and waiting.<br /><br />Usual questions: Never smoked? Occasional drinking. Fine. You got your flu shot? Good. You lost 14 pounds. How?<br /><br />My reply: So I AM watching my carbs more BUT I refuse to diet. Simply doing what I can do without feeling deprived.<br /><br />Keep doing it.<br /><br />Get prescriptions (including one for pain which I tell him I try to take no more than one at night and suffer as I don't want to have to keep getting more. That I'm sometimes up watching Dobie Gillis at 5am while rubbing my back in pain. That I can tell a front is going to come through as my scar from melanoma is hurting like the devil (never mind my tailbone from when I broke it falling down 5 stairs 20 years ago!)<br /><br />Leave and think--Gee, if this is what it is like WITH medical, what will it be like AFTER the government gets involved? The same gobbermint that still has yet to 'GET' that we've married for 40 some years (still listing hubby as married with NO dependents BUT has approved me for insurance!!!!)<br /><br />Leave and laugh. With my luck, although I used sanitizer like an addict, I'll get the darn flu and have to go back.CLnoreply@blogger.com