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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Mar 4, 2016 20:22:04 GMT -8
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson
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Post by 2centsplus on Mar 4, 2016 21:34:24 GMT -8
Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Alexander Pope
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Post by tuffett on Mar 5, 2016 3:14:28 GMT -8
Roses are red AAPL is green
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Post by bud777 on Mar 5, 2016 5:31:02 GMT -8
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Mov’d earth and heaven, that which we are, we are: One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Alfred Tennyson
Cheers to the longs
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Post by ericinaustin on Mar 5, 2016 6:14:56 GMT -8
There once was a stock called AAPL That for months should have been called " crapple "
Then March came along. And everyone got long
And we started making cash by the bag full.
Ericinaustin
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Post by nagrani on Mar 5, 2016 7:14:30 GMT -8
$ $$ $$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$ $$ $ $$$ ?
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Post by rezonate on Mar 5, 2016 7:48:12 GMT -8
Wither Apple March press event rumours?
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Post by rickag on Mar 5, 2016 11:26:57 GMT -8
For all you Aggie fans, aTm just won the SEC regular basketball season title. gig'em While I was at work and couldn't watch
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Post by JDSoCal on Mar 5, 2016 12:25:23 GMT -8
Met a girl named Hope in a truck stop once.
A few days later, I had to go to the doctor and get a penicillin shot.
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Post by bud777 on Mar 5, 2016 12:32:28 GMT -8
Met a girl named Hope in a truck stop once. A few days later, I had to go to the doctor and get a penicillin shot. TMI
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Post by coma on Mar 5, 2016 12:41:40 GMT -8
I'm allergic to penicillin and I never met a girl named Hope in a truck stop or otherwise.
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Post by firestorm on Mar 5, 2016 12:47:29 GMT -8
Met a girl named Hope in a truck stop once. A few days later, I had to go to the doctor and get a penicillin shot. What rig were you drivin'? That reminds me of a California guy I knew long ago. He had affairs wherever he could, and got the clap; unfortunately his wife was a nurse and found his penicillin prescription in the glove box of his truck. Fortunately, he could talk his way out of anything.
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Post by firestorm on Mar 5, 2016 12:54:04 GMT -8
By the way, I've changed my mind on the whole Apple vs. FBI skirmish, and have come firmly down on the side of Apple. I don't like ANYONE getting into my personal information, whether it be corporations, criminals, government, or terrorists (though I did hear a report on the radio last night about criminals abandoning their burner phones in favor of the iPhone, which they consider a "gift from God"–or Allah, as the case may be. So I guess I was right after all that terrorists have become a market for Apple).
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Post by bud777 on Mar 5, 2016 13:12:45 GMT -8
Years ago, I worked on a missile tracking ship that would stay on station for months at a time. After a two month mission, we headed into Yokosuka Japan, home of the 7th fleet. The base was surrounded by all the bars and services that you imagine. Two weeks out, someone organized a clap pool. Everyone put in $10 and the winner was the first one to report to the medic with a case of clap.
I ran into the medic at the officer's club the second night we were there and asked him if anyone had won the pool. He sat at the bar, shaking his head and said, "It was the damnedest thing I have ever seen. Someone came into the sick bay the day before we docked with all the symptoms. I think it was the first case of psychosomatic clap in history."
I am not capable of making something like this up.
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Post by gtrplyr on Mar 5, 2016 14:42:53 GMT -8
Off Topic Post .... I just returned from a visit to our newly opened Tesla center here in Burbank CA . I was very impressed with what I saw and just wanted to relay this to the board .... First off , the place was NOT crowded and I don't credit that with a lack of interest but rather the fact this location is off the beaten path. Unlike the location in Santa Monica which is in a very crowded shopping area (Third Street Promenade) this location was designed as a service center/ recharging stop/ new order pickup center so I didn't expect to see a ton of people there. What I did notice was salespeople who were very well informed and excited to be helping sell the product , something I'm seeing less and less of in our beloved fruit store : ( The center was designed so that you could bring in your Tesla and get a full charge in 1 hr. while you are traveling a long distance ... from what I'm told there are more and more of these dotting the landscape in CA making it possible to conveniently drive longer distances. If you were to bring your car to this location there was a Starbucks next door and probably 5-6 restaurants you could get a quick bite to eat .. a hr. later you would have a full charge for FREE. If you were driving a typical vehicle you are looking at the equivalent of 10-12 gallons of gas which at some point recently would be about $40-50. The thing that really struck me was watching a customer picking up his Tesla .... his wife was taking pics as he was getting into the car and the person working with them was showing off the self-parking feature .... it was the first time I have seen a car park itself and I was impressed. Bottom line: Customers are thrilled when they pick up their cars and employees seem excited to be there ... the whole experience reeks of Apple when the iPhones were first introduced. I guess anything can get old and I'm sure in 10 years the Tesla experience will also lose some luster but right now I think they are knocking it out of the park. I guess we will see how much demand there is at the end of March when they open up preorders for a car that no one has seen or driven. Frankly the specs are still very sketchy ..... But I'm pretty sure they will be selling at least 1 Cheers to the long .
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Post by redinaustin on Mar 5, 2016 15:00:20 GMT -8
Simply put, Elon understands that Apple Stores were about much more than selling product. Angela does not.
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Post by Since84 on Mar 5, 2016 15:16:33 GMT -8
Interesting that the 'off-topic' post on the weekend thread is that Tesla Showrooms are becoming what the Apple store was...
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Post by artman1033 on Mar 5, 2016 17:12:28 GMT -8
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Post by Since84 on Mar 5, 2016 17:34:56 GMT -8
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Post by Since84 on Mar 6, 2016 5:37:24 GMT -8
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Post by rickag on Mar 6, 2016 6:50:46 GMT -8
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Post by chinacat on Mar 6, 2016 12:09:57 GMT -8
Off Topic Post .... I just returned from a visit to our newly opened Tesla center here in Burbank CA . I was very impressed with what I saw and just wanted to relay this to the board .... Without meaning to detract in any way from your description of the Tesla center, I have to observe that the demands on and and responsibilities of the employees in the Apple Stores are very different. There is a much larger catalog of products, both hardware and software, to be familiar with. The direct interaction of customers with the software across different many devices, along with interactions between various software entities (both Apple developed and external) creates a far greater universe of possible incompatibilities and complications. Note that I am not implying that cars are not complex machines, but only that there is far less variety in the ways that the customers interact with them. There may not be as much excitement at the Apple Stores as there was when the iPhone was released, but one of the places I see do excitement when I visit the stores in either Cambridge or Boston is among children who are often getting some kind instruction or are simply playing with the devices on display. I have no doubt that they will be future customers.
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Post by rezonate on Mar 6, 2016 14:24:59 GMT -8
Mrs. Rez had a great time taking a Tesla 90 for a drive back in November. The Rockville, MD store was in a mall, with a back door to the parking garage. Several super charger stations there, about half full with local drivers topping off while shopping. The experience of being in the store was fun, different, modern, exciting. Stripped down decor, focus entirely on the product and the customer. YOU are front and center with the product. The sales staff were all ex-Ferrari/Jaguar/Italianesque auto salespeople, gender mix 60/40 M/F. All quite knowledgeable, not concerned with making the sale (direct quote: "the product sells itself".) Once our book marketing hits, fingers crossed to put a down payment on one, once we get off the book tour. Don't want to be dragging a Tesla around after a Winnebago. On second thought...
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Post by deasys on Mar 6, 2016 15:37:57 GMT -8
Mrs. Rez had a great time taking a Tesla 90 for a drive back in November. The Rockville, MD store was in a mall, with a back door to the parking garage. Several super charger stations there, about half full with local drivers topping off while shopping. The experience of being in the store was fun, different, modern, exciting. Stripped down decor, focus entirely on the product and the customer. YOU are front and center with the product. The sales staff were all ex-Ferrari/Jaguar/Italianesque auto salespeople, gender mix 60/40 M/F. All quite knowledgeable, not concerned with making the sale (direct quote: "the product sells itself".) So…just like the Apple Store then? I think that's the way George planned it… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors#Facilities
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Mar 6, 2016 18:12:24 GMT -8
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Post by rezonate on Mar 7, 2016 9:51:58 GMT -8
Mrs. Rez had a great time taking a Tesla 90 for a drive back in November. The Rockville, MD store was in a mall, with a back door to the parking garage. Several super charger stations there, about half full with local drivers topping off while shopping. The experience of being in the store was fun, different, modern, exciting. Stripped down decor, focus entirely on the product and the customer. YOU are front and center with the product. The sales staff were all ex-Ferrari/Jaguar/Italianesque auto salespeople, gender mix 60/40 M/F. All quite knowledgeable, not concerned with making the sale (direct quote: "the product sells itself".) So…just like the Apple Store then? I think that's the way George planned it… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Motors#FacilitiesI think the difference lately at the Apple Store is not putting the customer before the technology. It was once about "how do you live your life? Oh really? Well, this Apple product can help YOU live your life better." Now, it is just about the colors, features, textures. The revised Photos application and cloud integration is atrocious. The music experience just keeps stumbling down hill. Have you tried using an actual iPod lately (not just the music app on your iPhone)? Bleh. Getting back to the customer at the center should be a major strategic line item for the next 36 months. Because after years of neglect, it is going to take that long to turn the battleship.
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