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Twinkies are DYING for realzz !!

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#61 - 2012-11-20 19:11:11 UTC
Rapidly changing situation.

"WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Twinkies will live to see another day.

Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union agreed on Monday to try to resolve their differences after a bankruptcy court judge noted that the parties hadn't gone through the critical step of private mediation. That means the maker of the spongy cake with the mysterious cream filling won't go out of business yet."


http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Twinkies-maker-Hostess-lives-at-least-another-day-4050597.php

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#62 - 2012-11-20 19:14:24 UTC
Webvan wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:


The point is that everyone's life is absolutely different, and under a plethora of circumstances.

Your experience is not necessarily universal nor does it imply that by any means.

Neither is anyone's.

Actually it does apply since you pulled the class warfare card and assumed that I have never gone through any such experience. Actually more than once, but really none of your business. As for any difference, purely economical, not union as is the case here. So it's really not circumstances as you seem to make it out to be, but that they brought it upon themselves by bringing the unions in. I just stay away from unions, easy as that. And now I sit back an laugh as as the unions fight each other over the carcass of the economy they help to wreck; teamsters vs. bakers in this case, over the corpse of an American icon, maybe we'll see them beat each other up like in the good old days.



Let's just all agree to keep this on Twinkie's specifically, m'kay ?

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#63 - 2012-11-21 00:28:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Webvan
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Let's just all agree to keep this on Twinkie's specifically, m'kay ?
Teamsters vs. bakers is about this situation. Bakers union blew it out of the water. Teamsters union which had agreed to a deal, offered to assist in whatever way needed. I'm mostly waiting for Al Capone to open the meeting with a baseball bat heh.
m'kay?


As for negotiations, they failed of course. Chances are production will move to Mexico or overseas after a sell off. Highly doubt any investors will buy out and remain in the US with the attached unions.

I'm in it for the money

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#64 - 2012-11-21 02:55:00 UTC
Negotiations failed Tuesday Evening Sad

http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/20/news/companies/hostess-mediation-fails/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#65 - 2012-11-21 17:37:18 UTC
Webvan wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Let's just all agree to keep this on Twinkie's specifically, m'kay ?
Teamsters vs. bakers is about this situation. Bakers union blew it out of the water. Teamsters union which had agreed to a deal, offered to assist in whatever way needed. I'm mostly waiting for Al Capone to open the meeting with a baseball bat heh.
m'kay?


As for negotiations, they failed of course. Chances are production will move to Mexico or overseas after a sell off. Highly doubt any investors will buy out and remain in the US with the attached unions.

LOL Smile They might as well move production to China while they're at it. Chinese factories might excel at producing that stuff. Lead-filled Twinkies, formaldehyde Ho Hos, etc.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#66 - 2012-11-21 18:36:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Apparently they are in with the Judge atm to determine if Hostess has a right to shutter operations.

We should know by this evening.

Edit: A Twinkiless Gotham City !!! Big smilehttp://www.bookpatrol.net/2012/11/twinkieless-in-gotham.html#.UK0c8mfg9ww

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#67 - 2012-11-21 22:33:18 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:

LOL Smile They might as well move production to China while they're at it. Chinese factories might excel at producing that stuff. Lead-filled Twinkies, formaldehyde Ho Hos, etc.

Quite possibly Bimbo might buy it. Half the bakery junk food at my local supermarket is made in Mexico.

I'm in it for the money

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#68 - 2012-11-23 13:34:40 UTC
Get 'em while you can. Sad

http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/letters/16543908-474/hostess-executives-sank-company.html

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Johnny Bloomington
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#69 - 2012-11-24 08:20:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Johnny Bloomington
If we can get the feds to take marijuan@! off the fed controlled substance act, we can have the states legalize pot and save Twinkies!

Pot > Munchies = more Twinkies sold

Jita markets can bank on that.

CCP wish list: show damage on ships and open that door!
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#70 - 2012-11-24 14:01:50 UTC
Johnny Bloomington wrote:
If we can get the feds to take marijuan@! off the fed controlled substance act, we can have the states legalize pot and save Twinkies!

Pot > Munchies = more Twinkies sold

Jita markets can bank on that.



I live in San Fran and obtain legally along with everyone else and NOBODY I know has eaten a Twinkie in years. At least 20 years for me tbh, so.........no.

Cheetos maybe, but not Twinkies. Too sweet. Doughnuts are better.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#71 - 2012-11-24 21:40:55 UTC
I've removed some off topic posts. Keep it on topic and civil please. Thank you.

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Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#72 - 2012-11-24 22:29:15 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:


I live in San Fran and obtain legally along with everyone else and NOBODY I know has eaten a Twinkie in years. At least 20 years for me tbh, so.........no.

Cheetos maybe, but not Twinkies. Too sweet. Doughnuts are better.
Of course they don't eat Twinkies in SF, people are too obsessed with walking around the city naked. Donuts make perfect sense, they like have handles but nekid peeps don't need to use their hands to carry them Shocked

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#73 - 2012-11-24 22:38:16 UTC
Webvan wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:


I live in San Fran and obtain legally along with everyone else and NOBODY I know has eaten a Twinkie in years. At least 20 years for me tbh, so.........no.

Cheetos maybe, but not Twinkies. Too sweet. Doughnuts are better.
Of course they don't eat Twinkies in SF, people are too obsessed with walking around the city naked. Donuts make perfect sense, they like have handles but nekid peeps don't need to use their hands to carry them Shocked



Clever Lol But honestly it was about 15 guys in the Castro (all old and ugly) and not the rest of the 850,000 fine citizens. The major popular media exaggerates so much it's pathetic.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#74 - 2012-11-28 17:25:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Edit: Oops, redundant post. Sorry, should have scrolled up before posting. Oops
Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#75 - 2012-11-28 17:28:42 UTC
Came across this today, and it seems relevant.

"In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." ~Miyamoto Musashi
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#76 - 2012-11-28 17:50:45 UTC
Bane Necran wrote:
Came across this today, and it seems relevant.


lol. Yeah I saw that one the other day as part of an article about American Priorities.

Nobody gives a whit about Climate Change yet they'll go into a frenzy over bad snack foods.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#77 - 2012-11-29 23:17:58 UTC
And of course: Judge OKs bonuses for execs in Hostess liquidation


http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/29/news/companies/hostess-bonuses/index.html?hpt=hp_c2


.......on top of being behind in employee pension obligations.

Greed kills all.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882