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Yup you heard right Twinkies will be gone forever by next week 
So go out & hoard some of those snacks! 
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Posted - November 16 2012 : 8:56:09 PM
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dont worry, someone else makes 'em...under a diff name
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Posted - November 16 2012 : 9:03:13 PM
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also gonna be a "Obama" tax at Papa Johns' and Dennys'....the new medicare...
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Posted - November 16 2012 : 9:44:42 PM
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I heard this on the news but this is the second time this decade that they've filed for bankruptcy. They said it still is possible to get out of it if the workers would reason cooperatively.
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Posted - November 16 2012 : 10:05:25 PM
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quote:I heard this on the news but this is the second time this decade that they've filed for bankruptcy. They said it still is possible to get out of it if the workers would reason cooperatively.
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â November 16 2012Â :Â 9:44:42 PM
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nopes Today was the decission to stay or get out IB chose to liquidate EVERYTHING! So by the end of next week shelves will be bare of Wonder & Twinkies
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Posted - November 16 2012 : 10:18:39 PM
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Snowballs NO!!!! I never really liked twinkies but snowballs I did!
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Posted - November 16 2012 : 10:47:08 PM
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I was doing my best to help them out.
I have a Twinky and Hostess cup cake every day.
Now I will be going through Hostess withdrawl.
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 2:09:13 PM
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news I just read is that the other popular bakeries like Little Debbie, McKeen & others is interested in buying the brands! 
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 2:18:33 PM
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My favorites were the Hostess chocolate cupcakes and Drake Cakes Devil Dogs. 
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 2:41:28 PM
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Too big of name for someone else not to buy.. Wonder Bread /Hostess has been in finacial trouble for years...
Twinkies are nasty in my opinion, their other products are pretty tasty though.. I do beLIEve that Hostess was overpriced but quality stuff. But with little Debbie having a rack of cakes close buy.. the lesser price product sold..
I think the PANIC is greatly exagerated.. These products will live on soon
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 11:49:19 PM
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they turned down a good offer and now they have nothing
Hostess Brands is unprofitable under its current cost structure, much of which is determined by union wages and pension costs. The offer to the BCTGM included wage, benefit and work rule concessions but also gave Hostess Brands’ 12 unions a 25 percent ownership stake in the company, representation on its Board of Directors and $100 million in reorganized Hostess Brands’ debt.
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 11:50:09 PM
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| my fav are zingers
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 12:48:53 AM
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I too, like Zingers!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-Zinger-Super-Van-Plastic-Model-Car-Kit-734-/190716688970?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item2c6799ba4a
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 05:37:33 AM
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Watch the price of those billboard HO scale Wonder Bread boxcars go up fast on EBay, just like people are bidding up prices on real Hostess food products, as per recent news stories!
You can't eat 'EM, but you can always run 'EM! (the models)
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 09:39:49 AM
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 10:06:39 AM
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Good & funny pic, shaygetz
Don't forget this car by Life-Like
The Wonder Bread hopper is one I needs to find
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 5:29:36 PM
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It will blow over. Give it a couple of weeks and they'll be back to normal.
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Posted - November 20 2012 : 4:41:31 PM
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Bancruptcy court judge ordered Hostess /Wonder Bread to regroup & make another attempt to negotiate a deal to keep the company alive...
This story is kind of like Facebook stock... full of drama & hype!
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Posted - November 20 2012 : 8:36:32 PM
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W S J " Hostess Brands Inc. said Tuesday night that mediation talks with its bakers union failed and the company will proceed with plans to close down and sell its assets.
The company, which has already shuttered its plants and sent its workers home, will push ahead with its bid to embark on a shutdown that will leave 18,500 people unemployed and its iconic brands in the hands of new owners or gone, a spokesman said Tuesday evening. Chief Executive
The president of the union didn't even show up for the mediation.
A half a loaf is better than none
So much for union representation
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Posted - November 20 2012 : 9:26:13 PM
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I'm kind of in the minority in that I could easily go the rest of my life without seeing another Twinkie. But even so, I'm sure another company will start making them soon...probably in China.
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Posted - November 21 2012 : 12:00:42 AM
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[quote]Too big of name for someone else not to buy.. Wonder Bread /Hostess has been in finacial trouble for years...
Wasn't the New York Ontario Western a case of "it's too big for someone else to not buy"? Granted it seems impossible NOT to be able to make money on what Hostess sold...
Twinkies are nasty in my opinion, their other products are pretty tasty though.. I do beLIEve that Hostess was overpriced but quality stuff. But with little Debbie having a rack of cakes close buy.. the lesser price product sold..
As is probably the case; consumers will buy anything that is made cheaper, hence the chinese movement. I was guilty of it too, but now I"m only trying to pay for the great quality of American-made or second-hand.
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Posted - November 21 2012 : 12:39:34 AM
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Have you ever notice on the subject of Unions, that people either beLIEve they are REALLY perfect, or horribly bad!
My opinion of either one of those radical views, is totally incompetent. I've found most people who hate unions has never had a job where a union is present. I don't beLIEve any union is all bad, nor are they all perfect..
As for the Twinkie company who has had money trouble for years.. It appears that they were unable to obtain management & supervision that could do math...
Spending money like they are in congress.... Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong...
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Posted - November 21 2012 : 09:33:20 AM
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quote:I've found most people who hate unions has never had a job where a union is present. I don't beLIEve any union is all bad, nor are they all perfect..
Originally posted by walt - November 21 2012 : 12:39:34 AM
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Years ago, as a 19 year old tool gopher for a non-union sheet metal shop, I accidentally started a small war with the electricians union on a job I was at. My crime...running an extension cord that was over 50' in length. You see, I needed to get a union hack...er...electrician to run another box before I could do that. Yes, I have a very dim view of unions...
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Posted - November 21 2012 : 10:26:00 AM
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The Bad news is the Twinkies are gone!
The Good news is we get to keep Big Bird!
Regards,
John
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Posted - November 21 2012 : 10:27:04 PM
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^^ Ditto what the last two guys said. 
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Posted - November 21 2012 : 10:29:39 PM
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quote:The Bad news is the Twinkies are gone!
The Good news is we get to keep Big Bird!
Regards,
John
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â November 21 2012Â :Â 10:26:00 AM
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I just read that & I'll bet the judge whoever he is will get ALOT of haters
Me included!! BOOOO!! HISSSSS!!
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Posted - November 21 2012 : 11:07:29 PM
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My friends raided out our local Smart an Final store and bought ALL the twinkies and are selling them at school for $2-$4 a piece!! They've been making bank!
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Posted - November 22 2012 : 12:08:27 AM
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quote: [quote]I've found most people who hate unions has never had a job where a union is present. I don't beLIEve any union is all bad, nor are they all perfect..
Originally posted by walt - November 21 2012 : 12:39:34 AM
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Years ago, as a 19 year old tool gopher for a non-union sheet metal shop, I accidentally started a small war with the electricians union on a job I was at. My crime...running an extension cord that was over 50' in length. You see, I needed to get a union hack...er...electrician to run another box before I could do that. Yes, I have a very dim view of unions...
Originally posted by shaygetz - November 21 2012 : 09:33:20 AM
when i was between college and high school I worked construction one summer, no one got a summer construction jobs but I got lucky. $100/week in 1955, fast car, drop dead gorgeous girl friend---- I didn't want to go to college. We were constructing a corporate research lab over 300,000 sq ft.
I had to join the International Hod Carriers Union. While my job mainly involved mixing morter and keeping the brick layers supplied and happy we did any other grunt job required like digging out footings. One time a truck arrived with a load of 2x6s and we were told to unload and carry to another area. I proceeded to put 2 on one shoulder and 2 on the other , wanted to get the job done to go back to my regular job.
I was quickly told by the shop stewart only 2 boards. I argued with him that i wanted to get back to the cool interior of the building. I was told either obey or I'm through
Later went to a union meeting. One of the members stood up and objected to a new by law that the officers wanted to put into constitution. He was told to sit down and didn't. The president had him forcibly removed.
The day of the union is over, they were their own undoing
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Posted - November 22 2012 : 12:50:15 AM
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I hate all Fords because I drive a Pinto...
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Posted - November 22 2012 : 02:17:41 AM
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Good point, Walt!
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Posted - November 22 2012 : 11:55:31 AM
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Did I mention that my dad and brother are union firefighters, my uncle a union police officer, my grandfather a union postal worker, another uncle a union electrical worker and yet another uncle a union auto worker?
Back in the 80s I was part of the high rise building boom in Ocean City, MD. There was one union job out there, they always had someone on strike, it was always delayed for one reason or another, they even made a very bad name for themselves trying to bring unions to the beach companies. To cap it off, once finished, the building was 6" out of plumb and slowly sinking at one end. They were the laughing stock of the beach and lost any credibility with us, especially when we found out that, if we had gone union, our jobs would have gone to other union members with more seniority.
In short, while I may never have driven all those cars, I grew up around enough of them to know the sound of their engines...I grew up appreciating what they did FOR us in the past, while still not caring for what they are doing TO us today. My Grandfather drew on the PO pension for 4 years longer than he worked for them. That all sounds great until one realizes that that kind of math doesn't work in the real world. Somebody somewhere has to pay for it and with $16 billion in red ink this year $11b of that in pensions, who will it be at 42 cents a stamp?
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Posted - November 22 2012 : 2:12:59 PM
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I know it's hard to think in these numbers, but I think you meant 16 trillion in debt. 
In the days of Dickensian abuse of labor, union formation was necessary to arbitrate for workers in many industries. Now they're an anachronism, having become little better than a pyramid shakedown racket. Unions arose to push back against unfair business management, but no such opposing force exists to keep union management from being corrupt.
The unions were unwilling to compromise on wages, despite the fact that the economy has gone belly up and the sales for Hostess products are not what they used to be. That's how the free market works, and better to have a job at a lower wage than not to have one at all. An employee can choose to belt tighten, get a part time job, or look for other work, but those those very realistic options that most people are facing these days were said to be unfair.
So the union bosses held their ground, and forced Hostess out of business. And what are they saying now? That those 18,500 displaced employess can find other work! 
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Posted - November 22 2012 : 3:08:59 PM
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quote:I know it's hard to think in these numbers, but I think you meant 16 trillion in debt.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â November 22 2012Â :Â 2:12:59 PM
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I was referring to the PO's red ink for just this year...a mere drop in the bucket compared to the national debt.
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Posted - November 22 2012 : 4:25:22 PM
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| "unions are the bastard children of management"
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Posted - July 12 2013 : 03:10:05 AM
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| Love'm or hate'm, Twinkies will return to store sheves on Monday...
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Posted - July 12 2013 : 2:43:31 PM
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I've been surviving with knock off snowballs. Still just as good
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Posted - July 12 2013 : 11:38:26 PM
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| I was at the local Kroger tonight and they have Twinkies in stock. The wife vetoed them
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Posted - July 13 2013 : 02:47:14 AM
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| WHERE is Microben hiding? No comment yet? After claiming Twinkies are "gone forever", I thought this would be an exciting day for him...
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Posted - July 14 2013 : 04:13:39 AM
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He was last spotted face-first in a Hostess display. 
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Posted - July 14 2013 : 04:27:03 AM
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all you guys can have all the damned Twinkies you want, each of you take my life time share of them and divide it equally......That type food is what put me through open heart surgery, being Diabetic and all!
HEAR that Ben, eat my share!
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Posted - July 14 2013 : 04:44:31 AM
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You're better off without them, John. Twinkies are Satan's loofah sponges anyway... I hate those sickly sweet things. Now brownies on the other hand... 
P.S. Sorry John, but I accidentally hit "Alert Moderator" on your post. Apparently it's a one-click emergency deal in case you've fallen and you can't get up.
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Posted - July 14 2013 : 06:08:05 AM
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quote:You're better off without them, John. Twinkies are Satan's loofah sponges anyway... I hate those sickly sweet things. Now brownies on the other hand...
P.S. Sorry John, but I accidentally hit "Alert Moderator" on your post. Apparently it's a one-click emergency deal in case you've fallen and you can't get up.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â July 14 2013Â :Â 04:44:31 AM
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Boy, you ain't kiddin' on that one..... Satan's loofah sponge....ERRRRR I got "sucked in" on them a few times over the years, hence, why I said what I said about my life time share of them!
As for the fallen and can't get up..... now a MONTH ago, and that woulda been a serious problem! Falling and the whole open heart surgery, being externally glued back together on the outside, open heart, it may have been on the floor! So....I may not have been able to get back up....talk about "Blowing a pipe from te boiler pipe welds they done to me!
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