Hostess Brands closing....no more Twinkies!
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lol how is this thread still open
Mods must be sleeping.
Woooh-- good, then let's talk about politics......or religion...yeah. Religion....no-- no-- race....
or all three.....
How 'bout this..... I didn't vote for Obama because he is a black, muslim Democrat--
(just kidding.... !!!!!!!!!)
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Won't break my heart. I've never even eaten a Twinkie before.
Wha-what-what?! Get your butt to the store and have one! Make it a part of your cheat day. You will not be sorry.
Gross, she isnt missing anything.
I've never tried one either, don't care too. I'm more of a chocoholic. LOL0 -
That strike really backfired! Now you all don't have jobs! Unions = fail.
Corporate Greed = FAIL. Not unions. We are supposed to have that right to form unions in this country.
Yet another right that is going away.
Unions served their purpose. They can all go away now.
Yeah, the 5 day work week, 8 hour work days, Workers Comp.. safer work conditions... Things that the unions fought for that goventment put in place for the rest of the workers that didn't fight and sacrifice to make happen.
You may or may not believe that unions have their place but don't forget what they've done for workers everywhere.
(if this doesn't apply to your country, I'm sorry)
There was indeed a time when unions fulfilled a critical social purpose.
That time is long past.0 -
Man, I think the problem with this is that the execs saying 'it's hard to make a profit with the current pay for workers and benefits,' really means 'Each of us only made 500,000 last year and we really want 750k, so we're cutting costs to get that.'
They cry about profits like they're making nothing, but if they didn't take so much salary for themselves, there'd be more to go into the company.
I kind of want to go camp out at Walmart and see if the snack aisle is being stormed, though .0 -
It seems clear enough that you are overly emotional and irrational in your views on corporations and unions.
Thank you for reaffirming the value of critical thinking. I'll let someone else play with you now.
It's her natural state. It isn't even worth engaging her in conversation unless you are prepared to agree 100% with everything she says.0 -
good riddance
The government should have banned Twinkies years ago
Actually, it should ban the cows they get the cream for the Twinkies from! Milk is bad for you!!!!!!!!
I live on milk. They ban cows, I'll black market it. lol. I have never broken a bone and had very few cavities, and I'm clumsy, crazy, and eat lots of chocolate. I like to think its the milk. I think it does my body good. No matter what ppl want me to think.
The cow isn't to blame...is the crap hormones the food industry/government forces farmers to put in them to make them meatier so they can make more money. Fresh real milk, which no one has unless they're getting it from the utter themselves, is the only good milk.
You know, I've thought about trying raw milk, because it is readily available where I'm at (I'm extremely blessed to have access to a lot of farm fresh food), but I'm not so sure. I've heard horror stories about ... udder puss. :sick: I just can't get myself to give up pasteurization. I'm normally a big fan of natural and unadulterated.
Yes, we are going completely off topic.
I agree, the idea of fresh milk scares me. I like eating healthier, but I like a happy medium. I do not really care if the milk is pasteurized or has hormones. I realize they say it can cause cancer. Everything these days does. I want to feel better inside, and be happy. Milk has not hurt me yet. When it does, then I'll stop. Until then, I love milk. And cows actually. Love me some steak.
Also, I do not believe in "banning" everything. Let ppl do what makes them happy, if its unhealthy, its their life. Why start with food banning if you were going to attack unhealthy things? Why not start with smokes (norm and green), drugs, pharmaceuticals, alcohols, sex, tv, video games, cell phones, cars, and even dirty dollar bills. So much we could attack.
Ever seen Demolition man (movie)?
"I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think; I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy who likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I WANT high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green Jell-o all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiener""
Dennis Leary win.
LMAO!! Ditto. Life is about choice and education. Everyone deserves the freedom to choose if they want a pile of cheese fries, with a pizza and then a big hot fudge sundae followed by a cigarette. By educating that this is not always the best choice is how we counteract poor health not by banning things. Not everyone that participates in bad things is in poor health or has a bad reaction to the activity and they should have the right to choose if they want to participate in that activity.
AMEN!
I made LOTS of bad choices, and oh WHAT FUN I had making them! Would I do it over again the same way? Oh ya. In life, we never stop learning until we stop living.
Yes, I choose to eat as healthy as I can, but sometimes I choose to splurge and be bad. I think I can manage my food choices. :happy: I just think it's really sad when we have an obesity problem but the market is flooded with stuff like Hostess because farm subsidies make it so cheap to produce. If we want our weight problem to go away, things like cucumbers and lettuce should be the cheaper options, not Twinkies.0 -
I just feel bad for the workers losing their jobs.0
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I loved Twinkies as a kid and if someone put one in front of me today I might be tempted. It's no loss, if Twinkies genuinely will be no more.0
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Going to buy lots. Put in freezer. Remove in about a year or year and a half, sell on eBay.
It may not be the Underpants Gnomes' 3-step plan, but I see mad profits about 18 months from now...0 -
They used to have chocolate-covered Twinkies, called Choc-o-diles - YUM! Twinkies used to be really good when the cream in the center was different. But the cream tastes funny now, so I don't buy them anymore. Little Debbie cakes take their place, but they're a once or twice a year treat.
Like at least one previous poster said, someone is sure to buy the recipe if not the company, just like Keebler makes Mother's Cookies now.0 -
It would be helpful if they could ban the sun--it causes skin cancer!
Yes, why hasn't the government banned cancer yet? Everyone knows that making something illegal makes it disappear. :laugh:
Exactly! Look at all the success we've had with the War on Drugs!
And the war on poverty! There aren't any more poor people, dontcha know?
Don't forget the war on terrorism!
And the war on illiteracy!0 -
Man, I think the problem with this is that the execs saying 'it's hard to make a profit with the current pay for workers and benefits,' really means 'Each of us only made 500,000 last year and we really want 750k, so we're cutting costs to get that.'
They cry about profits like they're making nothing, but if they didn't take so much salary for themselves, there'd be more to go into the company.
I kind of want to go camp out at Walmart and see if the snack aisle is being stormed, though .
Why do people ALWAYS assume that the ONLY expense to operating a business is labor?
I mean, EVERYTHING has gone up! Gas prices, food prices, packaging prices, and then on top of those expenses, health insurance rates have gone up. Sure, there are CEO's making lots more money than the people at the bottom, but these are also the same people that you want to tax at 40% of their income. You can't have it both ways! You can't expect the CEO's to pay incomes, health benefits, AND pay taxes to support people that aren't even on their payroll too.0 -
If you can call what the union was asking for greedy, then what the Corporate Officers did was criminal.
I can still put the shoe on the foot of someone that does work in those factories and see where they are coming from. They are seeing the Corporate officers of the company they work for give THEMSELVES huge raises while asking the people that do the actual work to take less.
You are incapable of differentiating between two possibly concurrent failures, aren't you? You simply cannot fathom that the execs could have done something stupid AND the union did something stupid. The execs gave themselves a raise, so then everything that follows is solely their fault, right?
Yes. Anytime a Corporate officer puts himself before all of his other employees - he / she is a sorry sack of *kitten*.
Karma is a b*tch and she will come back to bite them in the *kitten*.
If they knew they might have to file bankruptcy..............there should have never been a raise given to themselves. They are nothing but a bunch of GREEDY B@st@rds
It seems clear enough that you are overly emotional and irrational in your views on corporations and unions.
Thank you for reaffirming the value of critical thinking. I'll let someone else play with you now.
I am a critical thinker. It is necessary for my career. I don't hide the fact that I don't like Corporations, even though I am a Corporate Employee.
I don't fit into their selfish agendas and politics they play.0 -
It would be helpful if they could ban the sun--it causes skin cancer!
Yes, why hasn't the government banned cancer yet? Everyone knows that making something illegal makes it disappear. :laugh:
Exactly! Look at all the success we've had with the War on Drugs!
And the war on poverty! There aren't any more poor people, dontcha know?
Don't forget the war on terrorism!
And the war on illiteracy!
I can't tell if I'm laughing... or crying.0 -
I am a critical thinker. It is necessary for my career.
Thank gawd you're in a union.
(To protect you from being fired for incompetency.)0 -
I am a critical thinker. It is necessary for my career.
Thank gawd you're in a union.
(To protect you from being fired for incompetency.)
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It seems clear enough that you are overly emotional and irrational in your views on corporations and unions.
Thank you for reaffirming the value of critical thinking. I'll let someone else play with you now.
It's her natural state. It isn't even worth engaging her in conversation unless you are prepared to agree 100% with everything she says.
Yes, I will fight to the end for my beliefs and opinions. I have just as much a right to my beliefes as anyone else here.
Agree to disagree and keep it moving.0 -
I am a critical thinker. It is necessary for my career.
Thank gawd you're in a union.
(To protect you from being fired for incompetency.)
I am not in a union. I am a Corporate I.T. Manager.0 -
Well I have mixed feelings about 18,000 people losing their jobs and unfortunately Americans love junk food.
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Man, I think the problem with this is that the execs saying 'it's hard to make a profit with the current pay for workers and benefits,' really means 'Each of us only made 500,000 last year and we really want 750k, so we're cutting costs to get that.'
They cry about profits like they're making nothing, but if they didn't take so much salary for themselves, there'd be more to go into the company.
I kind of want to go camp out at Walmart and see if the snack aisle is being stormed, though .
Why do people ALWAYS assume that the ONLY expense to operating a business is labor?
I mean, EVERYTHING has gone up! Gas prices, food prices, packaging prices, and then on top of those expenses, health insurance rates have gone up. Sure, there are CEO's making lots more money than the people at the bottom, but these are also the same people that you want to tax at 40% of their income. You can't have it both ways! You can't expect the CEO's to pay incomes, health benefits, AND pay taxes to support people that aren't even on their payroll too.
Because most people have never run a business or even taken classes in accounting or business management. :laugh:
Inflation is killing us. There is no blame there except the Federal Reserve, which dictates our monetary policy and was put in place to allow our nation to be able to run up a huge debt that we can no longer even pay the interest on.0 -
It would be helpful if they could ban the sun--it causes skin cancer!
Yes, why hasn't the government banned cancer yet? Everyone knows that making something illegal makes it disappear. :laugh:
Exactly! Look at all the success we've had with the War on Drugs!
And the war on poverty! There aren't any more poor people, dontcha know?
Don't forget the war on terrorism!
And the war on illiteracy!
I can't tell if I'm laughing... or crying.
No doubt! We could do this all day! I always say that I have to laugh about it to keep from crying.0 -
It seems clear enough that you are overly emotional and irrational in your views on corporations and unions.
Thank you for reaffirming the value of critical thinking. I'll let someone else play with you now.
It's her natural state. It isn't even worth engaging her in conversation unless you are prepared to agree 100% with everything she says.
Yes, I will fight to the end for my beliefs and opinions. I have just as much a right to my beliefes as anyone else here.
Agree to disagree and keep it moving.
Yep. Your insistence that your way is the only way is certainly worth the aggravation you seem to feel on a regular basis.0 -
They used to have chocolate-covered Twinkies, called Choc-o-diles - YUM! Twinkies used to be really good when the cream in the center was different. But the cream tastes funny now, so I don't buy them anymore. Little Debbie cakes take their place, but they're a once or twice a year treat
Mmmm, choco-o-diles. When I was visiting my brother in Louisiana a couple years ago, I mentioned them. He'd never heard of them but wanted to try one, so we went all over looking for them. Never found any. When I got back to CA, I found out they only make them on the west coast. So when we were in Sacramento visiting family earlier this year, we went to a Hostess outlet store and found them. He liked them so much he bought 3 boxes to take back to LA with him. :laugh:0 -
Well there goes my zombie survival plans...0
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Unless you are in Canada... Canada is still producing Twinkies.0
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Twinkies are super disgusting processed trans fat laden chunks of puke!!0
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Unless you are in Canada... Canada is still producing Twinkies.
Cheap perscription drugs and twinkies. Gotta love america's hat.0 -
Twinkies - rarely eat them, love em when I do. But they are a junk food institution. Hope new company keeps them. We gotta have some junk food to love.
I will not get on my political soap box, I will not get on my political soap box, I will not get on my political soap box0 -
I better go buy out all the twinkie's at my nearest grocery store. :bigsmile:0
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How will we ever survive the zombie apocalypse now?
This was my first thought, too. We are doomed now. What will we eat as we cower in the back of half-looted convenience stores waiting for the throng of living corpses to shuffle down the street out of sight? The shuffle slowly and we could be in th back of that store awhile.0
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