Rob's Lobs

[Rob]

Thanks, Salma. You always know how to cheer me up.

[riverbabe]

New CEO

07:24 IMCL Imclone: Stanford provides update on new CEO (30.36 )

Stanford notes IMCL announced that it has appointed John Johnson as the new CEO, effective August 27, 2007. Firm views the new CEO's strong commercialization experience a timely addition to IMCL as it expands the Erbitux franchise with BMY. Firm believes the new CEO will bring commercial experience and stability to IMCL. As IMCL's clinical pipeline advances to Phase 2, it will gain investor recognition as it starts to generate proof-of-concept data in 2008. Key catalysts in next 6-12 months include: 1) sBLA filing and compendia listing of Erbitux for 1st/2nd line use in CRC, 2) FLEX preliminary Phase 3 results in NSCLC by year end.

[Rob]

Yes, Riverbabe, the company finally hired a new CEO. That has been one of those clouds hanging over the comapny for quite some time. Personally I was hoping they would snag Susan D. Hellman from Genentech. I know nothing of this Johnson guy, but I feel relatively confident that Carl Icahn would not have stood for it if he didn't think Johnson could effectively take the helm.

[. . .] In his new position as ImClone's Chief Executive Officer, Johnson will purchase $500,000 of the company's common stock.

Well, at $30~$31 it's practically a steal. I'm hoping the news is taken by the street as a big plus.

[riverbabe]

Hey Rob, look at this! River

Imclone appoints John Johnson Chief Executive Officer (30.44 -1.51)

Co announces that that it has appointed John Johnson as its Chief Executive Officer, effective August 27, 2007. Prior to being appointed as Johnson & Johnson's Company Group Chairman of Worldwide Biopharmaceuticals in April 2005, Johnson served as President of Ortho Biotech Products. In his new position as ImClone's Chief Executive Officer, Johnson will purchase $500,000 of the company's common stock.

[New-born baby]

I almost had to sell my first born to get 3 points out of MSFT in a year. Those videos remind me of when I went to termite school to learn selling extermination jobs for a big national company.

------------billyjoe

I told ya.

[billyjoe]

I almost had to sell my first born to get 3 points out of MSFT in a year. Those videos remind me of when I went to termite school to learn selling extermination jobs for a big national company.

------------billyjoe

Wait a minute! Bill Gates hired this innovative communicator years ago!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhUAr-P_39U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk

[IIC]

What's really scarily attractive about GOOG is that they have so many ideas in the pipeline. It seems like they have tentacles that can touch every aspect of the PC, the internet, and internet commerce.

The question I have to ask was what the heck has MSFT been doing for the last 5 yrs????

MSFT has too much cash on hand...they try these wacko things that never work...Personally, I think Bill Gates should retire in his glory and hire some innovative people to run the show

[mrmarket]

Yes, I'm still holding my GOOG shares. As I said the last time, 600 is not a matter of if but when.

When it hits 600 I may sell ... depends on what's going on at the time.

What's really scarily attractive about GOOG is that they have so many ideas in the pipeline. It seems like they have tentacles that can touch every aspect of the PC, the internet, and internet commerce.

The question I have to ask was what the heck has MSFT been doing for the last 5 yrs????

[Rob]

Rob,
If I remember correctly you're a GOOG supporter. Are you still holding? I've got it in 3 accounts and am tempted to sell out of 1 or 2. Don't want to sound greedy but this will be the 2nd time I've got over 100 points out of it. This will never happen again in my lifetime.

-------------billyjoe

Yes, I'm still holding my GOOG shares. As I said the last time, 600 is not a matter of if but when.

When it hits 600 I may sell ... depends on what's going on at the time.

[billyjoe]

Rob,
If I remember correctly you're a GOOG supporter. Are you still holding? I've got it in 3 accounts and am tempted to sell out of 1 or 2. Don't want to sound greedy but this will be the 2nd time I've got over 100 points out of it. This will never happen again in my lifetime.

-------------billyjoe

[Rob]

BHI Sold

I sold my whole position in BHI this morning. 22.1% gain in 3 months. Looking at it now, it's a good thing I bailed.

It ain't like it used to be Tatnic. Kids today are raised on video games and not taught to do any physical work. They're (by and large) pretty worthless as farm labor and way too soft to pick up square bales all day in the hot sun.... it's sad!

That BaleBandit is great, but it costs about $60k so you have to make a LOT of square bales to justify buying it. http://www.balebandit.com/

Here's a slick little accumulator that'll only cost you about $13k (including the pickup forks and loader brkt) There's a demo video on this website.... http://www.hoelscherinc.com/indexhay.htm

BTW, good horse hay is going for about $6 per square bale today (18x18x40).... A productive piece of bottom land (properly maintained) can yeild about 250-300 bales per acre (per season) so 100 acres can yeild around $150-180k.... I know a fella in Georga that makes 250,000 square bales per year. He uses a "Rebaler" or "Unroller", converting his round bales into square bales as needed.... He uses this machine (about $35-40k including setup & engine) http://www.simpsonunroller.com/

That's some decent money...

Last time I bought some baled stuff it was straw for some site work I'd done around the house. $5/bale, about the same as horse hay up heya anyway. There are still alot of hay fields around these parts but rarely do you see many square bales...its all big rounders with the plastic wrap.

Heck, if I could find a farmer up here still baling square ones I'd volunteer to help him out, just for the excercise (or at least trade for some fresh beef for my labors, or fresh lamb...no horse meat thanks.

[Lyehopper]

Makin' $ on square bales....

geezz....that takes all the fun out of farming.

It ain't like it used to be Tatnic. Kids today are raised on video games and not taught to do any physical work. They're (by and large) pretty worthless as farm labor and way too soft to pick up square bales all day in the hot sun.... it's sad!

That BaleBandit is great, but it costs about $60k so you have to make a LOT of square bales to justify buying it. http://www.balebandit.com/

Here's a slick little accumulator that'll only cost you about $13k (including the pickup forks and loader brkt) There's a demo video on this website.... http://www.hoelscherinc.com/indexhay.htm

BTW, good horse hay is going for about $6 per square bale today (16x18x40).... A productive piece of bottom land (properly maintained) can yeild about 250-300 bales per acre (per season) so 100 acres can yeild around $150-180k.... I know a fella in Georga that makes 250,000 square bales per year. He uses a "Rebaler" or "Unroller", converting his round bales into square bales as needed.... He uses this machine (about $35-40k including setup & engine) http://www.simpsonunroller.com/

Obama got a white Mama....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtIqeV-6mk

yeah, but he's got a black wife so those campaign adds about him hooking up with white women are out