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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Rocky Mountain Int'l (OTC:RMIL former OTC:OVIS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Just My Opinion who wrote (22389)	11/28/1997 4:34:00 PM
From: Ditchdigger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 55532

I would expect that Al is to mature for this childish request,others need the group mentality, for lack of their individual commitment-the buddy system... DD

To: Just My Opinion who wrote (22389)	11/28/1997 6:17:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 55532

Al-len, Did you know that your esteemed leader, RileyG is guilty of censorship??? Remember the Forbes article he posted?? Well he left off the last two paragraphs since they didn't substantiate his wild-ss views on the value of this company and its inactive bottling operations. Here's the complete article: A monster beverage event By Robert Lenzner TAKE A WALK around New York City on a warm weekend afternoon and observe what people are drinking. Coca-Cola? Starbucks coffee? A can of beer? All these, but by far the greatest number of people are quaffing plain aqua from plastic bottles. Bottled water, which used to be available only in health food stores, can now be found in supermarkets and convenience outlets, on pushcarts and at newsstands. Bottled water is the fastest-growing beverage category in the U.S. "Water has expanded from a tap water substitute into the beverage arena," says Gary Lamont, marketing vice president at McKesson Water Products Co., a division of McKesson Corp., a supplier of health products. "What used to be just for the upper elite is now a monster beverage event." As one might expect from a consumer economy, people aren't drinking water just from the tap. They are buying the stuff. Paying handsomely, too. A large bottle of S.Pellegrino-a favorite mineral water among the hip, well-heeled crowd-costs $1 to $1.25 wholesale. At Gotham Bar & Grill, one of New York City's top restaurants, the same bottle costs $6.25. Quite a markup. "People are willing to pay $3 for a cappuccino coffee, sometimes more than once a day. So why not pay $1.50 for water?" asks William O'Donnell, president of SanPellegrino USA. If switching to plain water isn't necessarily easy on the American pocketbook, it promises to do something for the American waistline. Bottled spring water has no calories, no additives, no sugar. Some of it carries calcium, magnesium, potassium and sulfates needed by the body. A lot of people think the bottled stuff tastes better. Publicity over rusty urban water pipes and scares about contamination from animal feces have scared many people. They object to the taste of chemicals like the chlorine necessary to purify city water systems. The International Bottled Water Association suggests that a 200-pound person doing moderate activity should drink 88 ounces of water a day. The association may be a suspect source, but the fact is that it is almost impossible to drink too much water. That's more than you can say of competing beverages. Compared with soft-drink sales of about $30 billion, the $3.4 billion bottled water business is small change, but it is growing at an annual rate of 9%. In 1976 Americans consumed on average 1.5 gallons of bottled water; by last year this had grown to 11 gallons. In Europe the figure averaged out to 19 gallons per head. this is where RileyG started snipping...* Large companies like Nestl‚ have gotten the message. Among its holdings, the Swiss food giant owns Perrier and ten American brands, including Poland Spring and Arrowhead. All together, Perrier Vittel S.A. has some 27% of the U.S. market. Suntory Water Group, the U.S. arm of the giant Japanese brewing company, is also growing through acquisition. McKesson, and Great Brands of Europe-part of Groupe Danone, the French food giant-are major factors, too. PepsiCo's already got an entry, Aquafina. Rumors abound about Coke joining in. If you want a pure play in bottled water, there's Vermont Pure, a small regional company. Based in Randolph, Vt., it is selling at around $2 a share in the over-the-counter market. "In three years we've gone from $6.5 million sales and a $4 million loss to over $17 million sales and making money," says Timothy Fallon, president and chief executive officer. *********** Verdict?? If a company like Vermont Pure has revenues of $17 million and IS profitable has only sells for $3 31/32 per share, what makes you yeas so positive that RMIL is worth even more, ESPECIALLY since it is now publically acknowledged by the yeas that the bottling plant is non-operational? What makes you believe RileyG anymore than Joseph Goebbels?? Both of them are propaganda ministers with a knack for selective truth. But wait.... did you read about how the big boy bottlers are grabbing market share and likely forcing the small fry out of the market?? They just can't compete. Hope that $10 million comes in next week so I can publically apologize. I will apologize one week after the announcement, if any. That will give the SEC time to verify and react. Regards, Ron