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1 No more twinkies 11/16/2012, 11:11 am
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http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/20115859/hostess-going-out-of-business-nearly-18000-to-be-laid-off
2 Re: No more twinkies 11/16/2012, 11:29 am
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The golden goose will be the main course tonight.
3 Re: No more twinkies 11/16/2012, 1:14 pm
ZVUGKTUBM
I read the news this morning.....
I wasn't addicted to Twinkies, but I have enjoyed sweet treats my whole life.
I do a little freelance writing at the Fiverr.com website for fun (it has put over $600 in my PayPal account since Oct 2010). One of my repeat clients is a guy who has me research and write on health issues. His most recent order was to have me write on the health effects of consuming sugar, using this article as my main reference:
Is Sugar Toxic?
I eat candy every day and have Hershey bars and a bag of spice drops in the drawer next to my work-station. After reading this article and writing this paper, I may do my damndest to swear-off sweets/refined sugar. I was real tempted to reach for a piece of chocolate after dinner last night, and I did not go for it. We will see how long it lasts.
I wasn't addicted to Twinkies, but I have enjoyed sweet treats my whole life.
I do a little freelance writing at the Fiverr.com website for fun (it has put over $600 in my PayPal account since Oct 2010). One of my repeat clients is a guy who has me research and write on health issues. His most recent order was to have me write on the health effects of consuming sugar, using this article as my main reference:
Is Sugar Toxic?
I eat candy every day and have Hershey bars and a bag of spice drops in the drawer next to my work-station. After reading this article and writing this paper, I may do my damndest to swear-off sweets/refined sugar. I was real tempted to reach for a piece of chocolate after dinner last night, and I did not go for it. We will see how long it lasts.
4 Re: No more twinkies 11/16/2012, 6:25 pm
VectorMan
Unions sucking a company dry until it fails. Is that part of their plan?
Union members that lost their jobs should be ineligible for food stamps.
Union members that lost their jobs should be ineligible for food stamps.
5 Re: No more twinkies 11/18/2012, 12:03 pm
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ZVUGKTUBM wrote:I read the news this morning.....
I wasn't addicted to Twinkies, but I have enjoyed sweet treats my whole life.
I do a little freelance writing at the Fiverr.com website for fun (it has put over $600 in my PayPal account since Oct 2010). One of my repeat clients is a guy who has me research and write on health issues. His most recent order was to have me write on the health effects of consuming sugar, using this article as my main reference:
Is Sugar Toxic?
I eat candy every day and have Hershey bars and a bag of spice drops in the drawer next to my work-station. After reading this article and writing this paper, I may do my damndest to swear-off sweets/refined sugar. I was real tempted to reach for a piece of chocolate after dinner last night, and I did not go for it. We will see how long it lasts.
Is it toxic? I have a sweet tooth.
6 Re: No more twinkies 11/18/2012, 12:49 pm
2seaoat
First, if anybody thinks twinkies and ding dongs are going away.....they are buying into the propoganda you are being fed. The company is in bankruptcy. This is plan and simple union busting, and the company is using the bankruptcy court to shed contracts and people, and they will emerge from bankruptcy lean and mean with your twinkie coming to you as they always have.......bet on it.......profits will be back to record levels, creditors will be paid, and people will be rehired, and they will make indentured servant wages as the transformation of America from the land of the free and brave to the land of the exploited....but you will have your ding dongs.
7 Re: No more twinkies 11/18/2012, 1:47 pm
ZVUGKTUBM
Is it toxic? I have a sweet tooth.
No one has a bigger sweet tooth than I do, and the lecture in the video below changed my life this week. It is an hour and 29 miniutes, but well worth the time. This video has had more than 2.5 million views since it was posted on YouTube in July of 2009.
I am now pretty cetain that my high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, and high triglycerides were attributable to my sugar intake; not my fat intake. My triglycerides dropped to high within the normal range about 4 years ago, and now I know that this was due to me giving up daily Coca-cola. We'll see if me giving up most of my other sugar helps bring these other things in range without me using meds.
I have not had a piece of candy in 3 days, and for me this is a miracle. The cravings come and go, but I read yesterday that sugar is as addictive as cocaine is. I am not giving it all up in total, but will from here on out greatly moderate my sugar intake.
8 Re: No more twinkies 11/19/2012, 3:26 pm
Floridatexan
VectorMan wrote:Unions sucking a company dry until it fails. Is that part of their plan?
Union members that lost their jobs should be ineligible for food stamps.
Are you nuts? Nobody EATS that garbage anymore.
10 Re: No more twinkies 11/19/2012, 3:30 pm
Floridatexan
Z, try TRUVIA, made from the stevia plant. Also, I like unrefined sugar (SUGAR IN THE RAW) and honey. And did you know that dark chocolate is good for your heart? A few simple changes can make a big difference.
11 Re: No more twinkies 11/19/2012, 3:53 pm
ZVUGKTUBM
Floridatexan wrote:Z, try TRUVIA, made from the stevia plant. Also, I like unrefined sugar (SUGAR IN THE RAW) and honey. And did you know that dark chocolate is good for your heart? A few simple changes can make a big difference.
No, I will not consume any artificial sweetener, including stevia. I am going to indulge in sugar once in awhile. I am just not going to do it in large quantities, an not daily, as before. I have a giant-size Hershey bar a bag of Publix spice drops in a drawer next to my desk, and I have not touched any of it since I watched that video last Thursday.
Even raw-sugar contains fructose, which is poison, according to Dr. Robert Lustig (the lecturer in that video). I will from here on out consume candy like I do beer (which I love)-occasionally, and in small quantities.
12 Re: No more twinkies 11/19/2012, 4:16 pm
Sal
VectorMan wrote:Unions sucking a company dry until it fails. Is that part of their plan?
Union members that lost their jobs should be ineligible for food stamps.
So, the smart money guys loaded Hostess up with debt, failed either to competently market pre-existing products or develop new ones, made poor decisions that stymied growth, gave themselves obscene raises, demanded (and got) wage cuts from employees the first time they went into bankruptcy, stole from employees’ self-funded pensions, and were already in bankruptcy AGAIN when the strikes started, and it's the union's fault because they wanted a living wage?
Sounds about right.
It's the new American way.
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