Remember........back in the day,well before the internet..
The alarm clock would sound.........,as you woke,weary-eyed,reached out and pressed the snooze button,giving another ten minutes of rest.
Begrudgingly you crawled,or fell, out of bed,hopped in the shower,scrubbed up and headed for the kitchen for that first cuppa,and a piece of toast as you filled your 'Gladdy' with freshly cut sandwiches,and raced off out the door to work. Stopping at the newsagent,you would buy your 'daily' to read on the train,or if driving,you would make do with a glance at each and every traffic light at all the latest headlines.
Ahhhhh!....they were the days.How times have changed.
Now,after throwing the alarm clock out the window,you hurriedly get out of bed,race to have a shower,whilst cleaning your teeth,grabbing your mobile and rushing down the stairs to the computer room.Switching it on,you curse as the silly thing takes what seems to be an eternity to go through it's start-up routine."Hurry up" you shout,"haven't got all day for this....stupid device..c'mon,c'mon...hurry,hurry",as the screen finally comes to life.
"Right,OK now", you mumble to yourself as you finally log on to Hotcopper and click on the daytrade thread.Has he posted yet,you say to yourself, as you frantically look for HLL's update,where is it........where is it,why hasn't he posted yet?
As you are looking, your partner soon yells out...."Honey,coffee's made,toast is ready" as the aroma of freshly made coffee fills the air.
"Not now,honey,not now" you yell back,"he hasn't posted yet...soon,soon.....just one more minute". "Just one more minute".
You click the daytrade thread again and still no post.Your fingers are now trembling as you anxiously await that post."Where is it.........,where is it",you mumble again.And then it dawns on you,you look at the bottom corner of the screen and see that is only ten past six.........Errrrrr!,ten past six and no HLL.........Errrrrr!
Filling in time, you first of all check the Weather site for the latest weather report,then onto Marketwatch,Kitco,Forexfactory to check all the overnight action.Finally you check the NYtimes and The Australian sites for all the latest news....and the Iron ore price...."who has got the Iron ore price" you ask yourself.
By now it is 7:20 am,and clicking back to Hotcopper you find HLL has now posted.Relieved you quickly devour all the information,reading twice to fully comprehend all that HLL has gathered.Satisfied,you now log off and head to the kitchen."Wait,wait a minute,what have I done" you think to yourself,as you realised you forgot to thumb up HLL's post.Quick,log in again and thumb that post up.
You finally make it to the kitchen,only to find the coffee has gone cold,and all that remains on your plate is a few crumbs of what was once toast and marmalade.
Damn dog has beaten you to breakfast again.............
Grabbing your keys,you head out the door,satisfied with the knowledge you have gained from HLL.
Driving to work,you recount HLL's post,the gold price,copper price,the DOW.....everything,another fine post.Then you think...um,um....did he quote Art Hogan.....Hmmmmm.....I don't think he quoted Art Hogan this morning..
