tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40954668479413902702024-03-05T02:04:47.528-08:00Old Linn Run Coffee Bean Roastery 724-238-9102 oldlinnrunroastery@hotmail.comKandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-34190921132791364512014-10-01T08:36:00.001-07:002014-10-01T08:36:44.074-07:00Could you repeat that? HAHA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kandi here after a loooong break from the blog. Haven’t had enough time to pay attention to this.<br />
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Had to post something though after a phone conversation I just had. The photos depict my first and then final emotions. :-)<br />
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Having your own business sure does stay interesting. I’ll try to explain as briefly as possible without giving away the identities……<br />
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Did a follow up call to a business that has a few things going on, all farm to table type food related.<br />
Months ago, Dave gave one of the family members samples of our coffee along with the wholesale info to take back to the rest for potentially offering it at their “cafe”. <br />
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Here’s the conversation summary…..<br />
After identifying myself to the “Boss” and explaining the above story to him, I was given a lesson in what makes good coffee. They need a water filtration system and good water is essential (I agree with that). But, did you know that roasting the coffee is the LAST on the list of what makes good coffee?<br />
The answer to my question as to whether they had even tried our coffee yet….<br />
"We drink lots of coffee here, so I’m sure it was gone within the week. Hey, _______blank for the name__, did you try that coffee that you brought back from the installation place?” Heard from the background _________’s answer: “Oh yea, thanks”. Relayed back to me that ______ said thanks for the coffee. I ended the call by saying that I think the best route is to figure that “We won’t call you, you can call us if or when you’re ready and interested. Thank you for your time.” <br />
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and then for the photos above ….. <br />
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Reminds me of another call months ago. Waited for 2 years after an owner said he wanted our coffee in their high end store. Finally after several managers, they finally ordered and it was only dark roasted coffee (even after I mentioned that he might want to have a few medium or light roasts for other tastes).<br />
Fast forward a couple of weeks later, and knowing the coffee was sold……<br />
The manager said he wouldn’t order again because a couple of customers complained. Wait for the punch line. The customers said that the coffee was roasted <b>too dark</b>.<br />
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Refer to the photos again…..<br />
A friend, Michelle G, said I should’ve “Bitch Slapped him”. LMAO<br />
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God I love this business! Definitely keeps you on your toes as they say! Certainly need to have a sense of humor or you’d go nuts. Or maybe I am nuts!?? :-)<br />
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( I’m sure anyone that has their own small business can relate to these stories. )<br />
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Gotta go. Have e-mails to reply to:<br />
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<li> a large order from two farm owners near Penn State that found us while they were in Brazil at the farm where we get our beans</li>
<li>reply to TX from 2 ladies whose business has grown that they’re on Great American Country channel. Tried our coffee and sent us feedback “Your coffee is awesome!!! Thank you so much for sending samples. We’ll definitely be in touch”….etc</li>
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At least someone loves us. XXOO<br />
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<br />Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-66865926787046596662014-02-07T20:01:00.000-08:002014-02-07T20:50:01.410-08:00Must remember this when things get difficult. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought about having a coffee roasting business …</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Due to divorce, I left Nantucket with a baby, two large dogs and a 17 foot U-Haul towing an old Land Rover behind. With the help of my family, we moved back home to Ligonier arriving May 1, 1994. May Day! I remember thinking how significant it was. May Day meaning new beginnings OR May Day!! as the international distress signal. I think in our case, it was a little bit of both. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">In any case, I had hoped that this change of events would also bring along new, positive changes as time wore on. One thought I had was to start a coffee roasting business. A friend on Nantucket had done so and it piqued my interest. His was in a warehouse though. I had my own ideas of how to do this. At the time there was a building for sale in Ligonier that I always loved and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"> it was perfect for a cafe & roastery. I knew what I wanted, even down to the details of the furniture, ambiance etc. This was a time when there were no such businesses in Ligonier or the surrounding area. Now cafes in town are like antique stores used to be. (There are approximately nine to ten now. Not sure because some do not last long.) In any case, the idea didn’t work out for many reasons all those years ago.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">Fast forward to the spring of 2010. Poor Dave agreed to the “bean brain idea” & in June, we brought our roaster home to PA and began the adventure/business. No cafe and roastery in the building I wanted (or any building for that matter) yet. However, we have a small building for the roaster, the business is growing and 3 1/2 yrs old now.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"> Things are going the right way, just not fast enough for our taste. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">I think I must remember this quote. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kandi</span></i></span></span>Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-7410901438494011212014-02-03T14:23:00.003-08:002014-02-03T14:23:56.234-08:00New Client!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just roasted beans for a new client, Wild Purveyors in Lawrenceville!! Go check the store out! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wish they were closer to us. They were spotlighted in November’s episode of Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods show. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you Wild Purveyors! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hoping it works okay. Should be able to click on the Shop button, refer to above image, and click on 2 choices: fresh roasted beans or bath and beauty products.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It took me over a month to set this up, being the chicken about making mistakes that may not be able to be undone. This has been a trial and error experience. Please bear with me if there are issues at first. I will probably have to tweak this a bit. There’s no option for pick up/no shipping cost, for instance. Still have to figure that out with the site I’m using. </span></div>
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Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-20430181354573948062014-01-10T20:09:00.001-08:002014-01-10T20:24:13.119-08:00What’s New for 2014 and Looking BackLike everyone, we’ve been busy. Now that things have calmed down, there’s more time to attempt to grow the business. Have a ton of ideas, but not always the time and/or $ to see them come to fruition.<br />
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Hoping 2014 will be more productive & FUN too!<br />
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<li>We have some more potential businesses in the works to carry our coffee (and one or two that just didn’t “resonate” with us, a term our friend Granny Earth says now and then. LOL) </li>
<li>We’re trying to get the kinks worked out to offer OLR CUPS to be compatible with the Keurig.</li>
<li>Want to add to the items we offer </li>
<li>Commercial Kitchen of some type necessary to do some of those ideas we have</li>
<li>Get the Latte Friends membership started</li>
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Looking back through the year there have been some positive changes.<br />
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<li>We’re almost done with the roastery building, but not sure what to do with a home based business license. lol</li>
<li>Expanded our setup at Ligonier Country Market by adding a second tent. We wanted to make it less crowded for our Market friends and us.</li>
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Planet Goodness LLC in N. Vandergrift has added our coffee to their store.<br />
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Latrobe Art Center’s Neighborhood Cafe has been brewing and retailing our coffee for months now.<br />
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Giant Eagle in Ligonier has our shelf of coffee in the Bakery Section, as of November.<br />
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<li>Some customers set up an ongoing schedule to ship to them</li>
<li>Our coffee traveled to Scotland again, Nantucket, Alaska + it’s regular trip to Florida every month or so</li>
<li>Painted my first card with coffee to accompany gifts from a friend/customer to another friend/customer. Been wanting to try my hand at that for a looong time. It was a simple design but turned out okay I think. Cathy, Jen + Buddha acted like they liked it at least. lol</li>
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Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-42490335869705272582013-11-25T15:44:00.002-08:002013-11-25T15:44:51.921-08:00NEED FEEDBACK!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">If only the bags would stay neatly arranged. Have to figure out the technical difficulties. lol</span>Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-2909617116886914012013-11-21T17:03:00.003-08:002013-11-21T17:04:41.577-08:00Coffee is great for everything!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Just could not follow a recipe yet again, lol Made beef stew but ended up rubbing OLR's Dave’s Original dry meat rub on the beef before browning + along with the beef broth added some stout that has a hint of some delicious coffee ;~) . Think it’s a winner! </span>Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-68885049511723884552013-11-10T18:19:00.005-08:002013-11-10T18:19:45.517-08:00Make your Thanksgiving meal exceptional!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lot of time, effort and money is put into this holiday meal, making sure the appetizers, meal and desserts taste delicious. So why not go the whole way and offer great tasting coffee to? </div>
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Blairsville, Crumpet’s Tea Shop</div>
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Greensburg: Nature’s Way</div>
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Ligonier: Connections Cafe, G Squared, Giant Eagle & order thru Rosary Acres</div>
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Monroeville: McGinnis Sisters</div>
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Ohiopyle: Backyard Gardens Market</div>
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White Oak: Rooted Together</div>
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<br />Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-91098151907034066102013-10-24T15:18:00.000-07:002013-10-24T15:18:00.459-07:00Rosary Acres closing. It saddens us to realize that an asset to the area, Rosary Acres is closing. Unfortunately, they were not able to hang in there & realize one of their dreams. They will continue to take orders and our coffee will be on the list. I believe the list is in progress but here is a link to the facebook page.<br />
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This sad news has made me reflect.<br />
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My thoughts on having a small business…… any, including ours.<br />
Making a small business succeed is VERY difficult. The overhead has to be kept in line & of course you need the customers. Keeping the overhead affordable is a balancing act. How does a business grow and yet be frugal?<br />
Having a “brick and mortar” in a good location costs a LOT of $$$. First there is the building costs, utilities, insurances and, and, and…. Trying to compete with larger businesses as far as pricing is another dilemma. As a small business, especially a new one, you cannot get the great deals on product because you cannot afford the huge, bulk orders to get a better price or move them quickly enough if you could. Of course, you want everything now and your business space to look like <i>Martha Stewart </i>had just left. That can’t happen either. Once again, the overhead costs have to be watched carefully. That’s not to mention employees. If possible I think it’s best to stay away from hiring as long as possible. That is another drain on the profits plus the B.S. of Workmen’s Comp, S.S., W-2’s + more time & $$ expended/employee.<br />
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Personally, I have not had a paycheck in…. I don’t know when. I’ve always been self employed in some for or other and getting those 1099’s. No unemployment wages, no insurance, no nothing including no great verification of income when it comes time to go to a bank either.<br />
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No, having your own business does not mean “making the big bucks” as so many seem to think. It means little or no income and instead of one boss, everyone is your boss. You are solely dependent on anyone and everyone you deal with from clients to suppliers affecting your income.<br />
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However, as great as a challenge it is, it can be rewarding. It’s great to see the business grow, knowing your efforts were worth it. You have to be able to problem solve on a daily basis (some days more than others), numbers crunch, and the fun stuff: create and meet lots of interesting and very nice people (& bite your tongue once in awhile), realize that not everyone is in as big of a hurry as you are, and when necessary re-invent yourselves and a really difficult thing... you can’t take things personally, because it is business. Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-72009304952132359172013-10-24T15:17:00.000-07:002013-10-24T15:17:35.441-07:00Been a long time!!See the last time I was on here, we were gearing up for the Ligonier Country Market season. That was in May!!! Guess life got way too busy. I forgot all about this blog. Hopefully I will be better now that things have slowed down a bit.<br />
Hope we have some people interested enough to read these.Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-49121310211064763182013-05-17T19:40:00.003-07:002013-05-17T19:40:56.174-07:00Prepping for LCMGetting ready for the first day of the Ligonier Country Market. Sat. May 18th, 8am to 12<br />
We will be at our usual space, L-4 (the last row- at the exit side and across from Sand Hill Berries)<br />
Hope to see a lot of you there!!<br />
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Phew! So much to do to get ready for these markets! Dave roasts so that we have coffee that is as fresh as possible. Of course there is all the containers filled with so many items + the tent, coffeemakers, airpots and and and. I cannot sleep because I am sure I am forgetting something.<br />
The good old alarm rings way too early, 5 am and I am usually just getting to bed somewhere between midnight and 2 am.<br />
If any of you think I remind you of a zombie…… now you know why. LOL<br />
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Hoping all goes well tomorrow. It is always tough the first time, getting into the swing of things again.<br />
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Please come say hello and maybe even buy some coffee!!<br />
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Delicious on meat, vegetables and some fish!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Okay, now who do I get mad at, me or Dave?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">He calls at 7 am to tell me it is National Coffee Day. I am to send in ideas of coffee songs to WYEP and maybe hear our name and the song at 4:20 pm.. Wrong!!!! It is Harold Schultz’s birthday…think “Charbucks” and not Nat’l Coffee Day.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">So….. enjoy ALL those 9 songs I posted on facebook </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> in honor of National Coffee Day- September 29 2013</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Linn-Run-Coffee-Bean-Roastery/105002949554694"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Linn-Run-Coffee-Bean-Roastery/105002949554694</span></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Enjoy Harold Shultz’s birthday today but don’t drink any burnt coffee. haha</span></span>Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-53215624609119811332013-04-25T05:28:00.000-07:002013-04-25T05:28:21.913-07:00HAPPY NATIONAL COFFEE DAY!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In honor of National Coffee Day </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For more songs related to our beloved coffee……please go to our facebook page.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have attached nine songs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We are hoping to get a song on with mention of OLR on it today too!</span>Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-612367521715405592013-04-12T12:45:00.000-07:002013-04-12T12:45:05.886-07:00Agave blooming At Phipps<br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Isn’t this beautiful? Don’t think this particular Agave is used for the Agave Nectar people like to put in our coffee at Ligoneir Country Market but it gives you an idea what the plant looks like. We have a lot of questions and this is always one of them….. “What is Agave?” Thought this would give a visual answer.</span></span></div>
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Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-23386269938259087302013-04-05T13:41:00.000-07:002013-04-05T13:41:18.224-07:00Wow, time has passed.There has been a lot of minor issues to take care of lately. Had to pay attention to them.<br />
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Update on the domain name….. do not own it yet. GoDaddy said they could act as my (??? can’t remember term used) and determine a suitable price that the current owner would sell it for. Isn’t that so very kind?<br />
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On a positive note….. love the sun!! Maybe spring is here finally!<br />
Sure sign for us is when we have to start sending out checks and applications for Ligonier Country Market and the May Mart etc<br />
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<b>Our kick off again this year is….</b><br />
<b>The West Overton Garden Society’s Annual May Mart May 11th 9 am - 1 pm? The Old Distillery building (changed from the usual barn location)</b><br />
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<i>There will be pastries and OLR coffee for sale at the entrance in the "Distillery Room". Tables are provided to sit and enjoy acoustic music as well. The main fun is perusing the many beautiful potted flowers, herbs, vegetables and heirloom tomatoes. Oh where to begin….or should I say stop? It can be an expensive day for me. There should be a swap table too! Bring a plant and swap for another one.</i><br />
<i><b>Hope to see you there!</b></i><br />
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Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-39001656364708736942013-03-22T20:19:00.000-07:002013-03-22T20:19:00.335-07:00Domain name rant continued :-)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please excuse these long posts. I hope that they will help other small businesses in some way. Maybe you can use our trials and tribs to learn what to do or….not to do. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last time I posted here I was ranting and raving about the fact that I discovered some obscure website had our loooong domain name. I was not able to purchase it after the local website designer let it expire & someone else came in the “back door” and purchased it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am still royally pissed off that this stuff is legally allowed to occur…if it is legal!!! Our name is associated with a random page with Thai language on the side. I copied some of the Thai and translated it over a site online. It took me to a facebook page of some young man (assuming Thailand) with horrid photos of abused dogs, some skinned alive.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of friends taught me about the “whois” links to find out who owns our domain name and the expiration date…...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sanserif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Wild West Domains, Wild West Domains dns@wildwestdomains.com<br />Wild West Domains<br />14455 N Hayden Rd Suite 219<br />Scottsdale, Arizona 85260<br />United States<br />+1.4805058800 Fax -- +1.4805058844 </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sanserif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I chatted w/Intuit rep- How can I get ownership when it expires soon? He said: domain name was purchased through GoDaddy. I had to contact them & to relay details.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chatted w/GoDaddy rep explaining in detail the situation. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the information gained:</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;">Once domains expire it can take up to 90 days to be released by the Registry in order to be able to register the domain again. So you wouldn't be able to get it back right away. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;">You can try and see if the current registrant will sell it to you, </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;">otherwise you can attempt to capture it with a backorder or wait until it is released a register it again.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His suggestion: use the backorder option. I created a GoDaddy account. OLR paid $20.98 to backorder our domain name. It will be monitored and we’ll be alerted if there's any other buyers. If not, we'll buy it for $20.98 OR if so, get into a bidding war via domain auction. Hopefully no one will want it. (side note: if you ever need to actually speak to someone at GoDaddy, there isn’t a toll free # & the wait was 18 minutes when I tried... did the online chat instead) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please WISH US LUCK with this!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I became more curious. Obviously Wild West Domains LLC’s business is buying expired domain names and “holding them for ransom” to sell to the actual business or person that created it. I did some more research. I wondered if I should add WildWestDomains.com on my backorder list and buy that too OR what if I just kept the bidding going to get the SOB to have to pay a tidy sum for it? Revenge…… fun to think about. ;~) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I researched, I began to connect the dots. Something “smelled rotten in Denmark"…or Arizona this time. Go Daddy is located in Arizona. Wild West Domain is located in Arizona….same area code too. hmmmmmmmm </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I found this article from 2008:</span></div>
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I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do believe I hit on something. Now what to do with this? (Maybe we should all backorder the domain name GoDaddy.com and make them pay big $$$ thru the auction process. ) Seriously though, I’m wondering if there is some agency out there that I should report this too. Nothing like wasting time on this when there is soooo much to do otherwise but this is just not right!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you think? Would love to see the comments here on the blog!!!</span>Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-10472049696008698342013-03-18T18:24:00.005-07:002013-03-18T18:24:58.728-07:00Pissed off and had to vent….Recently, I said that I was now going to use this blog to chronicle the trials and tribulations of being a small business owner plus the typical promo info.<div>
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This post is venting. I am P.O’d right now. Was on Intuit and typed in our looooong name of Old Linn Run Coffee Bean Roastery to see if it was available for the .com domain name. We do own several other versions. However, it is still unavailable. Out of curiosity I searched it to find some obscure website with another language written on it as well. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!</div>
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Now, let me explain why we did not own it to begin with. In the beginning stages of our existence the domain name was the least of our worries. Purchasing the names and having a website were a frivolous expense. We needed other items to get our business up and running. In fact, we still are not ready to get that website going but plan to in the near future. </div>
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Fast forward to about a year or so after we began. The word was out, our business was getting a local following etc. I was still neglect in purchasing those domain names. A website designer inquired as to how our business was going etc……a bar conversation. He asked if we had a website. Reply: not yet, we are using facebook for now and can’t justify the cost ++ </div>
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(Background info: I am a do it yourself kind of gal and I had no intention of paying him to design a website. I planned on using Intuit or GoDaddy. I might also add that I am very protective of “our baby” and do not want someone else having control over this business unless we think it will be to our advantage. As a mother with a Mother Grizzly bear attitude of “Don’t mess with my cub!!”, this attitude also transfers to OLR.)</div>
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Back to the story, about a week later I bump into the website designer and he informs me that he bought our loooong name .com domain name and that he linked it to our facebook. After hearing my angry response, I was told that I had given permission. Remember the background info?? Not a chance!!! Plus Dave was there and insisted that did not happen. Now on first thought you would say, “That was a nice gesture linking it to our facebook page.” However, this person is infamous for this and does so in an effort to get your business as a web designer/host. I preceded to buy up as many other versions as possible. </div>
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When the domain was due to renew I was alerted and told that I could get it transferred if I contacted him or I would have to wait it out til it was officially available again. Now, it is not available and belongs to some strange person/company with what appears to be Thai??? copied part of it, Ex: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.oldlinnruncoffeebeanroastery.com/%e0%b8%ab%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%b8%e0%b8%94%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a3%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%87%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%a2%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%95%e0%b8%b4%e0%b8%a7%e0%b8%84%e0%b8%93%e0%b8%b4%e0%b8%95/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #048d99; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="หยุดเคร่งเครียดติวคณิตศาสตร์เกี่ยวกับกระดาษคณิตศาสตร์">หยุดเคร่งเครียดติวคณิตศาสตร์เกี่ยวกับกระดาษคณิตศาสตร์</a></span></div>
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I am so pissed off I cannot express it!!! Now what? I’ve read about hacking and theft of websites and domain names. This is ridiculous that you have to be fearful to the point of purchasing domain names for your new business almost before you’ve done anything else. There isn't much you can do but hope that your customers find you. Fortunately, unless you search the entire name with the .com on it the search is routed to us…. I hope.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ingredients<br style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;" />1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee Old Linn Run coffee, of course! <br style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;" />1 tablespoon brown sugar<br style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;" />1 jigger Irish whiskey (1 1/2 ounces or 3 tablespoons)<br style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;" />Heavy cream, slightly whipped<br style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;" />Directions<br style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;" />Fill footed mug or a mug with hot water to preheat it, then empty. Pour piping hot coffee into warmed glass until it is about 3/4 full. Add the brown sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Blend in Irish whiskey. Top with a collar of the whipped heavy cream by pouring gently over back of spoon. Serve hot.</span><br style="outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;" /></span></div>
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<li style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 14px; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 6px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Make sure the sugar is well dissolved in the coffee – check the bottom of the glass for granules</span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 14px; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 6px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">One measure of whiskey is plenty – but make it an Irish measure!</span></li>
<li style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 14px; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 214); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 6px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Be gentle with the cream. A light whip is all you need to layer it on top</span></li>
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Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-75254872000425370602013-03-08T21:38:00.002-08:002013-03-08T21:38:36.607-08:00Getting ahead of ourselves. ;~)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-2136545106661397112013-03-08T20:10:00.001-08:002013-03-16T19:52:12.455-07:00Roasting away!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dave just finished roasting for orders and samples</span>. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">Our favorite destination for one order…. to Jansen and his troop in Afghanistan. Got word from his mother that this may be the last to be sent there. He will be coming home soon. </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>To quote Cathy: "this is it for Jansen he will be heading home the end of april beginning of may so this should cover him. Though he told me the last batch went quickly because they have been doing 22 hour days and coffee is a good thing.” Good news for Jansen’s family! </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">We have very nice people donating to help with the coffee shipments to Jansen. We wanted to thank you, if you are reading this. Now the next question is, should we try to continue to send to Jansen’s Special Ops troop even though he won’t be there anymore? The rest of the troop still will be “doing 22 hour days”. What do you think? I’m wondering how we could do this. Anyone interested in continuing the “Adopt Jansen’s Troop” with or without Jansen? Please let me know.</span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We are taking samples to a couple businesses in Pittsburgh if everything works out connecting. There is a new cafe opening, a catering business plus a small microbrewery that wants to try our coffee in their recipes. Will keep you posted. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, have word from Matt and Laurel Highlands Meadery. The batch using our coffee </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“is<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">going good just ageing now. Will taste and sweeten in 2 weeks and should be good by the end of April.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> We hope to have a taste!!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span> </span><a href="http://www.laurelhighlandsmeadery.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">http://www.laurelhighlandsmeadery.com/</span></a></span>Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-37051845670396567742013-02-26T19:22:00.001-08:002013-02-26T19:25:38.598-08:00$124/lb for your morning coffee???<a href="http://money.msn.com/frugal-living/post.aspx?post=9993572f-6247-4090-9b96-67ee4dd12a2a#scptifs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">http://money.msn.com/frugal-living/post.aspx?post=9993572f-6247-4090-9b96-67ee4dd12a2a#scptifs</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">$124/lb for pre-packaged, ground, stale coffee……</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We have been telling our customers to buy the DIY filters. It saves money in the long run and you can have coffee you actually like. Most don’t believe it or think it is too difficult. Maybe this will article will help.</span>Kandi and Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04700638150470149549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095466847941390270.post-89678424552238386932013-02-25T06:45:00.001-08:002013-02-25T06:45:18.443-08:00For those that ask “What is Agave?” <h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Photo © Paul g. Wiegman</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Sharing a post from Phipps conservatory Facebook page. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">We offer Agave Nectar along with raw sugar for those that need a sweetener added to their coffee. We often are asked, “What is Agave?” Here is your answer.</span></span></h3>
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