Welcome to the AbsoluteWrite Water Cooler! Please read The Newbie Guide To Absolute Write

editing for authors ad

A publisher or agency using Google ads to solicit your novel probably isn't anyone you want to write for.


Go Back   Absolute Write Water Cooler > Pop Culture > Politics & Current Events
Reload this Page The street value of Twinkies after the company closes
Register FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read

Reply
Page 5 of 5 1234 5
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-19-2012, 02:56 AM   #101
Alessandra Kelley
Sophipygian
AW Moderator
 
Alessandra Kelley's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Chicago, Illinois USA
Posts: 7,249
Alessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsAlessandra Kelley is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Funny, I keep seeing news stories about grocery shelves wiped out of Hostess snacks, but our local supermarket's shelves were full to bursting with the chromatically eye-watering Hostess packages this morning.

We're a college neighborhood, even.

Then again, even our alderman says we're not so much a neighborhood as an anarcho-syndicate collective.
Last edited by Alessandra Kelley; 11-19-2012 at 03:10 AM. Reason: I can find the quote if needed
Alessandra Kelley is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 05:19 PM   #102
robeiae
Pyongyang-bred heartthrob...
P&CE Ombudsman/Arbiter/Thingamajobbie
 
robeiae's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Just north of the Maginot line
Posts: 33,349
robeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alessandra Kelley View Post
Funny, I keep seeing news stories about grocery shelves wiped out of Hostess snacks, but our local supermarket's shelves were full to bursting with the chromatically eye-watering Hostess packages this morning.
Overnight delivery. Go back later today and see what you see.

Check this out: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40

Yep, that's right.

Last night, one auction went over $100 for a box of ten (according to a friend).
__________________
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. --Thomas Hobbes

Ponds of Happenstance--blogging
Sailor on the Ponds--tweeting

No more motes: 3D-printing the return of self-provisioning
robeiae is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 05:36 PM   #103
robeiae
Pyongyang-bred heartthrob...
P&CE Ombudsman/Arbiter/Thingamajobbie
 
robeiae's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Just north of the Maginot line
Posts: 33,349
robeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
A good piece: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blog...e-twinkie.html

Some quotes from it:

Quote:
But, while the strike may well have sent Hostess over the edge, the hard truth is that it probably should have gone out of business a long time ago. The company has been steadily losing money, and market share, for years. And its core problem has not been excessively high compensation costs or pension contributions. Its core problem has been that the market for its products changed, but it did not...

But the simple truth is that this kind of failure is endemic to the system—there are always going to be companies that are unable to change in response to the marketplace. And those companies are supposed to go out of business. Not to be too clichéd about it, but this is what creative destruction is all about...

When organized labor represented more than a third of American workers, it was easy for unions to send the message that in agitating for their own interests, union members were also helping improve conditions for workers in general. But as unions have shrunk, and have become increasingly concentrated in the public sector, it’s become easier for people to dismiss them as just another special interest, looking to hold onto perks that no one else gets.
__________________
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. --Thomas Hobbes

Ponds of Happenstance--blogging
Sailor on the Ponds--tweeting

No more motes: 3D-printing the return of self-provisioning
robeiae is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 06:12 PM   #104
Monkey
Teaching, Learning, Loving
 
Monkey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Look up!
Posts: 7,772
Monkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
I can't believe no one's said it yet:

It's not the end of Twinkies. It's the end of CHEAP Twinkies made by Hostess.

Maybe.

__________________


Are my posts too long? I'm less chatty on Twitter.

A video of me being a monkey (or maybe a squirrel...)

And I write, too...
Monkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 06:19 PM   #105
robeiae
Pyongyang-bred heartthrob...
P&CE Ombudsman/Arbiter/Thingamajobbie
 
robeiae's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Just north of the Maginot line
Posts: 33,349
robeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Well, one of the biggest problems Hostess has had for a while now is that its Twinkies weren't cheap.

Personally, I'm reminded of General Motors here...

Government Twinkies?
__________________
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. --Thomas Hobbes

Ponds of Happenstance--blogging
Sailor on the Ponds--tweeting

No more motes: 3D-printing the return of self-provisioning
robeiae is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 06:23 PM   #106
Monkey
Teaching, Learning, Loving
 
Monkey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Look up!
Posts: 7,772
Monkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsMonkey is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
See, I didn't even know how much Twinkies costed anymore because the last time I bought one was... 1998? 99?

I assumed, though, that they were a couple of bucks and not as "good" as they used to be.
__________________


Are my posts too long? I'm less chatty on Twitter.

A video of me being a monkey (or maybe a squirrel...)

And I write, too...
Monkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 06:33 PM   #107
kayleamay
I'm on the phone.
 
kayleamay's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Vantucky, WA
Posts: 15,129
kayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskayleamay is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by robeiae View Post

Government Twinkies?
I think they have to reclassify sugar as a vegetable first.
__________________
"I never said, 'I could write.' I said, 'I could, right?'."

Hushpuppy: "When it all goes quiet behind my eyes, I see everything that made me flying around in invisible pieces. When I look too hard it goes away. And when it all goes quiet, I see they are right here. I see that I'm a little piece of a big, big universe and that makes things right. When I die, the scientists of the future, they're gonna find it all. They're gonna know, once there was a Hushpuppy and she lived with her daddy in the bathtub." ~ Beasts of the Southern Wild
kayleamay is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 07:44 PM   #108
Don
All Living is Local
 
Don's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Agorism FTW!
Posts: 19,921
Don is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by robeiae View Post
Well, one of the biggest problems Hostess has had for a while now is that its Twinkies weren't cheap.

Personally, I'm reminded of General Motors here...

Government Twinkies?
They could change the heart in the logo to a round rainbow-lookin' thingie and declare them "Too Delicious To Fail." Then they could move some of their factories to China and introduce deliciousness to those who have not yet had that experience. Later their Chinese Advanced Technology Center could develop new, tastier rice cakes.
__________________
I'm now blogging. And tweeting.

The 'social contract' is to the politician what 'original sin' is to the priest. ~Don
The vision of the helpful and protective state is the most pervasive and counter-productive ideology in the world today. ~Don
Centralization induces apoplexy at the center and anemia at the extremities. ~ Lamennais

I tend to blame the Feds for Don, actually.
If they'd get it right, we wouldn't need Don pointing out that they'd gotten it wrong.
~ Medievalist
Don is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 10:44 PM   #109
rhymegirl
Spring has Sprung! Wahoo!
 
rhymegirl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: New England
Posts: 21,143
rhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Now I'm hungry for a Twinkie.
__________________
I mostly hang out in Office Party. Mostly.

.
It Bloggles the Mind
rhymegirl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 10:45 PM   #110
Williebee
Assume Good Intentions
SuperModerator
 
Williebee's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: between the 1 and the 0
Posts: 15,317
Williebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
i have a recipe.
__________________
"Assume Good Intentions." Read the Newbie Guide.
"I Found A Knife"

"We're writers; we own our words. Please choose them to add light and not just heat."

"Bad advice is cunning because it dresses up as whatever it is new writers want to hear." -- Alex Adams
Williebee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 11:30 PM   #111
rhymegirl
Spring has Sprung! Wahoo!
 
rhymegirl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: New England
Posts: 21,143
rhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrhymegirl is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
I heard a DJ on the radio today saying he decided to buy some Twinkies to see how they taste these days. He was disappointed.

Have they really gone downhill in taste? I haven't had one in a long time.
__________________
I mostly hang out in Office Party. Mostly.

.
It Bloggles the Mind
rhymegirl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-19-2012, 11:37 PM   #112
missesdash
You can't sit with us!
 
missesdash's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 6,194
missesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmissesdash is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Well they've agreed to a mediation. No shut down.
__________________
missesdash is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 12:52 AM   #113
Williebee
Assume Good Intentions
SuperModerator
 
Williebee's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: between the 1 and the 0
Posts: 15,317
Williebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsWilliebee is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
link

Quote:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain...said he wanted the parties to try one last time to reach agreement. Drain will serve as the mediator at a session scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. Only one day of talks is set for now.

CEO Greg Rayburn said the company needs a final decision on Tuesday...

One hope for the unions and the employees was raised earlier in the day Monday when private equity firm Sun Capital Partners disclosed it wants to buy Hostess as a going concern, including reopening the shuttered factories and continuing union representation of Hostess workers.
__________________
"Assume Good Intentions." Read the Newbie Guide.
"I Found A Knife"

"We're writers; we own our words. Please choose them to add light and not just heat."

"Bad advice is cunning because it dresses up as whatever it is new writers want to hear." -- Alex Adams
Williebee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 01:05 AM   #114
kuwisdelu
kimochi warui
P&CE Ombudsman/Arbiter/Thingamajobbie
 
kuwisdelu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Posts: 26,511
kuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentskuwisdelu is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by robeiae View Post
Well, one of the biggest problems Hostess has had for a while now is that its Twinkies weren't cheap.

Personally, I'm reminded of General Motors here...

Government Twinkies?
I'm up for government twinkies.
__________________
(a blog.) ...last updated 17 September 2012
(a twitter.) ...last updated whenever
kuwisdelu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 01:08 AM   #115
robeiae
Pyongyang-bred heartthrob...
P&CE Ombudsman/Arbiter/Thingamajobbie
 
robeiae's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Just north of the Maginot line
Posts: 33,349
robeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Now they're asking for a Bain Capital. Fascinating.
__________________
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. --Thomas Hobbes

Ponds of Happenstance--blogging
Sailor on the Ponds--tweeting

No more motes: 3D-printing the return of self-provisioning
robeiae is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 06:59 AM   #116
muravyets
huh? You want the what with the who now?
 
muravyets's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Posts: 6,327
muravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsmuravyets is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
So... apparently, Sun Capital Partners is run by Twinkie fiends. Hallelujah!
__________________
Hell is other people. -- Jean Paul Sartre

Rule of thumb: Mura is not subtle.

Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!

 The Grand Navigators, collaborative fantasy adventure party.
Cafe Muravyets, hang out of lazy writers.
Art: Portfolio and Studio Blog.
muravyets is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 05:45 PM   #117
Don
All Living is Local
 
Don's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Agorism FTW!
Posts: 19,921
Don is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Reason does a decent job of lining up all the culprits in Who Killed Hostess? They even mention the high cost of sugar, thanks to tariffs imposed courtesy of the Sugar Lobby.
__________________
I'm now blogging. And tweeting.

The 'social contract' is to the politician what 'original sin' is to the priest. ~Don
The vision of the helpful and protective state is the most pervasive and counter-productive ideology in the world today. ~Don
Centralization induces apoplexy at the center and anemia at the extremities. ~ Lamennais

I tend to blame the Feds for Don, actually.
If they'd get it right, we wouldn't need Don pointing out that they'd gotten it wrong.
~ Medievalist
Don is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 05:49 PM   #118
robeiae
Pyongyang-bred heartthrob...
P&CE Ombudsman/Arbiter/Thingamajobbie
 
robeiae's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Just north of the Maginot line
Posts: 33,349
robeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsrobeiae is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don View Post
Reason does a decent job of lining up all the culprits in Who Killed Hostess? They even mention the high cost of sugar, thanks to tariffs imposed courtesy of the Sugar Lobby.
Love the take on Krugman's column.
__________________
I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. --Thomas Hobbes

Ponds of Happenstance--blogging
Sailor on the Ponds--tweeting

No more motes: 3D-printing the return of self-provisioning
robeiae is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 05:54 PM   #119
PorterStarrByrd
.. and the 'voices'
 
PorterStarrByrd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Moose Rapids, Quebec
Posts: 11,218
PorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsPorterStarrByrd is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by kayleamay View Post
I think they have to reclassify sugar as a vegetable first.
sugar cane ... sugar beets ... maple trees ... etc

should be a short leap ... let's get on it before we die of twinkie withdrawl syndrome


I KNOW they held off on this until after the election ..
__________________
http://porterstarrbyrd.blogspot.com/


We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo

The reason I spend so much time out of the box is that somebody crapped in it Porter Starr Byrd
PorterStarrByrd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 06:10 PM   #120
Don
All Living is Local
 
Don's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Agorism FTW!
Posts: 19,921
Don is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsDon is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by robeiae View Post
Love the take on Krugman's column.
I almost mentioned that but didn't want to bias the members of his fan club...
__________________
I'm now blogging. And tweeting.

The 'social contract' is to the politician what 'original sin' is to the priest. ~Don
The vision of the helpful and protective state is the most pervasive and counter-productive ideology in the world today. ~Don
Centralization induces apoplexy at the center and anemia at the extremities. ~ Lamennais

I tend to blame the Feds for Don, actually.
If they'd get it right, we wouldn't need Don pointing out that they'd gotten it wrong.
~ Medievalist
Don is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 06:12 PM   #121
veinglory
volitare nequeo
AW Moderator
 
veinglory's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: right here
Posts: 23,267
veinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsveinglory is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by PorterStarrByrd View Post
sugar cane ... sugar beets ... maple trees ... etc

should be a short leap ... let's get on it before we die of twinkie withdrawl syndrome


I KNOW they held off on this until after the election ..
I once heard a Kellog's presenter vehemently assert that sugar was a nutrient.
__________________
Coming Soon: Taniwha in the Cleis Press anthology 'Beach Bums' [pre order now!]
New Release: Broken Sword via Amazon Kindle
veinglory is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-20-2012, 10:20 PM   #122
Roger J Carlson
Moderation in All Things
 
Roger J Carlson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: West Michigan
Posts: 12,587
Roger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate complimentsRoger J Carlson is so great that we've run out of appropriate compliments
Quote:
Originally Posted by veinglory View Post
I once heard a Kellog's presenter vehemently assert that sugar was a nutrient.
Isn't it?

According to Wikipedia
Quote:
A nutrient is a chemical that an organism needs to live and grow or a substance used in an organism's metabolism which must be taken in from its environment.[1] They are used to build and repair tissues, regulate body processes and are converted to and used as energy.
Quote:
Organic nutrients include carbohydrates, fats, proteins (or their building blocks, amino acids), and vitamins.
(Underlining mine.)

Sugar is a carbohydrate, so by this definition at least, it is a nutrient.
__________________
--Roger J. Carlson
Roger J Carlson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-14-2012, 04:53 AM   #123
sulong
It's a matter of what is.
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Portland OR
Posts: 1,709
sulong is a splendid one to beholdsulong is a splendid one to beholdsulong is a splendid one to behold
Quote:
Originally Posted by sulong View Post
Sadly, no matter what happens to this company and their employees, someone, somewhere, will always make twinkies. They're too good of sellers to just go away.
Seems to be turning into a feeding frenzy for Twinkies.

Quote:
(Reuters) - Hostess Brands Inc, the bankrupt Twinkie and Wonder Bread maker, has received bids for assets being sold by about two dozen parties including Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) and Kroger Co (KR), according to a media report on Thursday.
Some of the bidders are interested in acquiring all of the Hostess assets, while others are just focused on its cake or breads businesses, said the report by Bloomberg, which cited a person familiar with the matter.
__________________
Our Flag needs washed

Quote:
Originally Posted by Plot Device View Post
Otherwise he's a narcisistic asshole committing serial acts of linguistic masterbation with a keyboard.

"There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody." —Adlai Stevenson
sulong is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 5 of 5 1234 5

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Custom Search

Buy Scrivener 2 for Mac OS X (Regular Licence)

If this site is helpful to you,
Please consider a voluntary subscription to defray ongoing expenses.


All times are GMT +4.5. The time now is 04:47 PM.

Contact Us - Absolute Write - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.