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  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-11 16:29
    Whit wrote: »
    Hey these aren't Hostess, but are a New Orlean's Classic...

    http://www.hubigs.com/


    ...mmmmmmm - F.r.i.e.d...p.i.e.s!

    Darn it Whit - now I'm hungry!!!
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-08-11 20:18
    davejames wrote: »
    Electric - so are you saying I should package my product in a cigarette-smoking Beenie Baby?

    How about an edible Bogart Beanie Baby stuffed with nicotine-laced blueberries?

    Bogie8a.jpg
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-11 20:49
    How about an edible Bogart Beanie Baby stuffed with nicotine-laced blueberries?


    DONE!! :lol:
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-12 08:53
    I called a few Hostess outlets near LA and nobody has them. Those two flavors are seasonal... summer only... but this year, nobody has seen either flavor.

    http://www.hostessbrands.com/BakeryOutlets.aspx?pc=90503&r=10
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-12 09:10
    erco wrote: »
    I called a few Hostess outlets near LA and nobody has them.


    Thanks for checking.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-08-12 09:33
    One explanation for their scarcity might be the price of blueberries:
    If you've been to a farmers market in the last week, you know blueberries are at a premium.

    Some vendors are selling them for as much as $5 a pound, which is, on average, about $1.50 more than what you would find last year.

    http://futures.tradingcharts.com/news/futures/Market_basket__Blueberries_at_a_premium__more_are_on_the_way_162931119.html

    Bakeries probably have a price point over which they won't bother making a product.
    But if you need a source of income for retirement, maybe blueberries are in your future???
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-12 10:17
    But if you need a source of income for retirement, maybe blueberries are in your future???

    My first occupation I considered (as a kid back in the 1950s) was farming. But then over years I realized just how much work that entailed coupled with all the restrictions/regulations...and that I could make more money in the electronics industry...well, the most "farming" I do now is setting up the drip irrigation system for my "North Dakota-farm-girl" of a wife's garden.

    Our blueberry plants aren't doing too well, BTW. Not her fault, just too hot in the south Bay Area.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-12 12:12
    Time to get Nuntius, the garden avenger robot, growing blueberries on the cheap!
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-12 13:30
    erco wrote: »
    Time to get Nuntius, the garden avenger robot, growing blueberries on the cheap!

    ...um, from the Nuntius video, I don't think the blueberries would survive!
  • JimInCAJimInCA Posts: 80
    edited 2011-08-13 21:20
    davejames wrote: »
    ...well, the most "farming" I do now is setting up the drip irrigation system for my "North Dakota-farm-girl" of a wife's garden.
    .

    And her Jalapeno Jelly is to die for...
    Jim...
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-13 21:35
    davejames wrote: »
    ...um, from the Nuntius video, I don't think the blueberries would survive!

    Oops, I meant Prospero! :)
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-08-14 10:15
    I was in a convenience store yesterday, and there was a rack of Hostess products that included fruit pies: Apple, Cherry, and Blackberry. "OMG! Cherry! That's one of the flavors Dave was looking for!" So I bought it, planning to post a picture in this thread, like it was Waldo or Carmen Sandiego.

    Oh, cripes, Phil, you idiot! Strawberry, not Cherry! What to do with it now? Feed it to Browser? Nah, that would be animal cruelty.

    So, this morning, I ate it for breakfast. Dave, I have only this to say: Don't be an enabler for your friend's addiction. Do him a much bigger favor, intervene, and get him into a twelve-stop recovery program.

    (Excuse me. I've got to go purge now.)

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-14 13:43
    They're fine fuel on a 100-mile bike ride, but otherwise slamming one for breakfast will make your day a bit more "interesting"!
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-15 12:39
    "OMG! Cherry! That's one of the flavors Dave was looking for!" So I bought it, planning to post a picture in this thread, like it was Waldo or Carmen Sandiego.
    -Phil

    I laughed out loud!!! :lol:

    Thank you for thinking of me and my buddy's quest. Sorry it didn't set well with you. I find the cherry excessively sweet myself.
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-15 12:40
    JimInCA wrote: »
    And her Jalapeno Jelly is to die for...
    Jim...

    Thanks Jim - I'll let Peggy know!
  • TubularTubular Posts: 4,701
    edited 2011-08-16 13:43
    Dave,

    By accident I came across a store here in Oz that specializes in US food imports (usafoods.com.au). I checked - Twinkies, Ding Dongs, but not fruit pies you seek. Sorry.

    Perhaps your campaign might find common ground our bring back the Polly Waffle campaign. No success yet.

    Anyway the good news is the search has gone global...
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-16 14:09
    erco wrote: »
    They're fine fuel on a 100-mile bike ride, but otherwise slamming one for breakfast will make your day a bit more "interesting"!

    Is it just me who gets double words occassionally at the end of a line? I went back to edit my original post, which reads "more more", but it is correct in the edit box. Check my post #44 above. It's driving me quite mad...
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-08-16 14:15
    erco,

    That's been happening to me a lot, too. I think it's a browser issue, though, when it renders the edit box. Are you using Firefox by any chance?

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-16 14:21
    No sir, just IE8 & IE9.
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2011-08-16 17:55
    Tubular wrote: »
    Anyway the good news is the search has gone global...

    Tubular - thank you!
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2011-08-17 06:08
    @erco

    I'm using Firefox (version 3 something). I don't see any double words in your posts.
    No sir, just IE8 & IE9.

    Please. Switch to a better, more secure browser...

    :)
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-08-17 08:52
    The double words appear for me (Firefox) when I'm editing something in the Quick Reply box, am near the end of the line, and delete something. There remains a bit of detritus displayed at the end of the line that's not really part of the text that gets submitted. It doesn't happen all the time, though.

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-17 08:56
    My mistake. It only shows double double on IE8/XP. My home machine shows fine using IE9/Vista.
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2011-08-17 12:33

    There is but one rule that the users of the forum always seem to follow:

    No matter how off topic the original thread can be, it will eventually end up being a technical discussion.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-08-17 12:38
    Is that because we're single-minded, socially-crippled techno-dweebs?

    -Phil
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-08-17 12:41
    Technical cross section of a Blueberry Muffin:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/thatgreenplant/592839249/

    Cross section of a Strawberry:

    http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202646
  • ctwardellctwardell Posts: 1,716
    edited 2011-08-17 12:45
    What we REALLY need to find/bring back are the cherry and apple pies from McDonald's that were properly deep FAT fried and glazed in SUGAR.

    C.W.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-17 13:54
    Is that because we're single-minded, socially-crippled techno-dweebs?

    Actually, 79% of medical researchers and doctors tested assert that, in more than 92% of our conscious waking moments, that the human brain is multitasking 4 or more foreground tasks, while dozens of simultaneous tasks are in play in the background. Theoretically.
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2011-08-17 16:17
    erco wrote: »
    Actually, 79% of medical researchers and doctors tested assert that, in more than 92% of our conscious waking moments, that the human brain is multitasking 4 or more foreground tasks, while dozens of simultaneous tasks are in play in the background. Theoretically.

    So you're saying "Yes"?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-17 16:44
    Well actually, we'll need to look more closely at your question and delve deeply into it before we can really answer it truthfully. Technically...
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