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Old 11-16-2012, 07:29 PM
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Love the Queen Twinkertiti, Nbsdave !

I get worried when I see a Company where more than 50% of the Big Boys haven't come up through the ranks [and/or] haven't spent many years "living" in that type of business.

Excessive pay for the top Execs is another unhealthy sign.
We won't even mention BHP-Billiton or Transocean and their drilling rigs !

And a small personal sadness for me : It sounds like I will now never have the chance to try one of the legendary Twinkies. Though I must admit that was down near the bottom of my Bucket List.
Nil desperandum . . . perhaps one day I shall find a previously undiscovered pharaoh's tomb . . . and there it will be, with a shaft of sunlight falling slantwise onto its glowing [or twinkling] golden sarcophagus . . .
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I worked for Remington making cartridges

I was unionized in Bridgeport CT

Bit by bit they moved to Arkansas, one reason was in Arkansas an operator ran 10 automatic machines. The Bridgeport Union grew up before any automation so it was an operator on 2 machines.

The Union is out for the Union on some occasions what they want coincidentally is what the workers want.

Fortunately, the heads of the unions have salaries comprable to the union members so they can identify with them.
But then, union members want what the union officers demand, not what they are worth.
I've seen a job shut down because there was an 8" shovel being used instead of the mandated 7". It all makes sense to me.
Long live the Twinkie.
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I worked for Hostess as a road driver for 3yrs enough to finish out my 30 yrs as a TEAMSTER. thank you Hostess. if you ever saw them make that crap you would NEVER eat them again. I'm just sayin-------
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Its union crap like bread had to be delivered separately from the cakes thus taking 2 truck and 2 trips when one would do. They are based in TX already. Bimbos or Flowers will get them.
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Does anyone else find it incredibly ironic the you Americans finally agree to legalize pot then immediately choose to stop production of Twinkies??! Oh the Humanity!
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In all my years of pot smoking, I never EVER thought "man, I sure could go for a twinkie".............Just never happened, and never will. POTato chips, certainly, but Hostess? Hardly!

But, some venture capital vulture will buy up the name, and crank up production in a month or so. And all those Trekkies buying up all the OG hostess product will be looking like quite the jerk.
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Unions at one point in time were so great for this nation, now they have become a cancer in most instances.
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I worked for Hostess as a road driver for 3yrs enough to finish out my 30 yrs as a TEAMSTER. thank you Hostess. if you ever saw them make that crap you would NEVER eat them again. I'm just sayin-------
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Does anyone else find it incredibly ironic the you Americans finally agree to legalize pot then immediately choose to stop production of Twinkies??! Oh the Humanity!
AHAHAHHA! that's awesome.

I suppose as long as weird flavored Doritos are still being made it's ok?
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And all those Trekkies buying up all the OG hostess product will be looking like quite the jerk.

Hostess hoarding would just be like smearing pig shit on a sow.
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