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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2012-01-11 11:01
    @DaveJames: It ain't looking good for Hostess, much less their Blueberry pies!

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204257504577154402317896574.html
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2012-01-11 11:17
    erco wrote: »
    @DaveJames: It ain't looking good for Hostess, much less their Blueberry pies!

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204257504577154402317896574.html

    DUDE! I heard this on the news coming into work today. Bummer. I'm hoping that they'll come out of Chp11 ok; seems they went through this a couple years back.

    Don't know how my Hostess-junkie friend is going to take it.
  • bill190bill190 Posts: 769
    edited 2012-01-11 11:21
    This is serious!

    "Ding Dongs" and "Twinkies" are now threatened...

    Even worse, Coke and Pepsi have been "downgraded"!
    http://www.dividend.com/blog/?p=41551

    Is this the beginning of the end for the "geek" diet?
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-01-11 11:39
    It is a sad day indeed.

    But if you stock up on Twinkies, they have a half life of 200 years.
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,245
    edited 2012-01-11 11:41
    Jim, I almost corrected you that 200 years was too short... because I read your statement as "shelf" life. :D
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-01-11 11:46
    doggiedoc wrote: »
    Jim, I almost corrected you that 200 years was too short... because I read your statement as "shelf" life. :D

    :0

    I'm sure there a a few packages in bomb shelters that will out live us!
  • idbruceidbruce Posts: 6,197
    edited 2012-07-11 17:37
    I have been meaning to review and respond to this thread for quite some time, but I always forget. I am always seeing several varieties of Hostess fruit pies, near the courtesy booth, at the local supermarket. However, I also forgot what flavors you were seeking. Now that I have reviewed the thread, I will let you know in the next couple of days if I can help with the craving.

    Bruce
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2012-07-11 18:16
    Every time, just reading the title of this thread gives me a sugar headache...

    -- Gordon
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2012-07-11 20:03
    ROFL !!!!!!!!! * dies a tad here *

    I was at HyVee and right there was the hostess Pies .And I come home to this old thread resuscitated. WIN!

    no Pie for me ..I have to loose the extra mass not gain it ! .


    Peter..
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2012-07-12 08:38
    idbruce wrote: »
    I have been meaning to review and respond to this thread for quite some time...

    Hi Bruce - thank you for the follow up! Any new leads would be greatly appreciated.

    BTW, Forumista markeric scored 2 (TWO!) Strawberry pies last week at a local store, and was very kind to pronto-quicko ship them to this strawberry-pie-starved part of the country.

    My buddy was shocked (shocked I tell ya!) when I presented the tasty treat to him Sunday morning at band warm-up.

    Later,

    Dave
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2012-07-12 08:40
    So did he eat them, or put them in a glass case on the wall "for emergencies only"? :)

    When things get rare, you have to use them up slowly. Nike stopped making my favorite marathoning shoes 7 years ago, so I stockpiled 5 pairs of Kukinis from various sources. Every year I would open a fresh pair and savor the rare newness of my beloved shoes. Just this year, I opened up my very last pair and guess what I found upon closer examination?

    TWO LEFT SHOES, DOOOOOOOOHHHHH!
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2012-07-12 08:42
    erco wrote: »
    So did he eat them, or put them in a glass case on the wall "for emergencies only"? :)

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

    :thumb:
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2012-07-12 09:19
    Well, I'm into Raspberry Pi now a days.
    Oh, sorry wrong thread:)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2012-07-12 09:23
    Heater. wrote: »
    Well, I'm into Raspberry Pi now a days.
    Oh, sorry wrong thread:)

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?131430-Wireless-technology-Bluetooth-Blackberry-blueberry-strawberry-Holle-Berry
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2012-07-12 09:31
    The Cake is a Lie ..

    So lets all eat Pie !!!!!
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-07-12 09:35
    I notice that Dave did not explicitly say he gave both pies to his buddy -- only that he presented him with "the tasty treat." I suspect there might be a hidden finder's fee or "pie tax" in play here. :)

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2012-07-12 09:39
    Or quite possibly Dave, knowing his friend's low willpower, elected to save one for a future crisis.

    Comfort food rocks. Pass the gummi bears!
  • idbruceidbruce Posts: 6,197
    edited 2012-07-12 09:40
    The Cake is a Lie ..

    So lets all eat Pie !!!!!

    I must defy....

    Cake don't lie!!!!!!!
    "pie tax" in play here.

    Say it ain't so :)
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2012-07-12 12:09
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I notice that Dave did not explicitly say he gave both pies to his buddy -- only that he presented him with "the tasty treat."


    ...ummm...errrr...:blush:
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2012-07-12 12:17
    nearly 3400 views of this thread so far. Don't you guys have any shame? This is junk food you are talking about.
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2012-07-12 12:19
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    nearly 3400 views of this thread so far. Don't you guys have any shame? This is junk food you are talking about.

    Hey! We know what's important!!!

    "...junk food..."??? SMILE when you say that buster!

    :smile:
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2012-07-12 14:02
    It's a "junk Food" Public Service Announcement"

    We're all just civic minded!
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-07-12 14:30
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    nearly 3400 views of this thread so far. Don't you guys have any shame? This is junk food you are talking about.

    Loopy, did you forget a smiley?

    Must be an American thing.

    Oh wait, your American. :)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2012-07-12 14:37
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    nearly 3400 views of this thread so far. Don't you guys have any shame? This is junk food you are talking about.

    3440 and counting, Loopy. Thanks for your support, there's no such thing as bad PR!
  • markaericmarkaeric Posts: 282
    edited 2012-07-12 20:13
    6 more on their way (in an ironically appropriate box might I add), so perhaps you can keep one or two for yourself this time. :) They should arrive well before the "best by" date, but I did keep them in the fridge before I got a chance to send them out.

    Blueberry is still MIA, but there no longer appears to be a universe-wide shortage of the strawberry flavored kind that I was experiencing a couple weeks ago.
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2012-07-12 21:55
    ...wwwoooooooHOOOOOOOO!!! Thanks Mark!

    Believe me, I'd like to snag all 6 and have an old fashioned glut-out! BUT, with the recent (medically needful) weight loss effort, all I'm able to do is snif the bag.

    Thanks again.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2012-07-13 02:21
    I suppose that this topic is providing Parallax with lots of new visitors. The ways of the Web are truly mysterious.

    I grew up on a daily dose of Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes in my lunch bag. And my mom would even make sugar and butter Wonderbread sandwiches to take to school.

    I left the USA physically in bad shape and it was all due to an old-fashioned doughnut habit. I had three events that were somewhat like a stroke. But by eating Chinese takeout, the blood chemistry has all cleaned up and I am better than ever.

    No more doughnuts, no more sugar, no more pizza, no more french fries, ....... Thin people live to ripe old ages.
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2012-07-13 18:52
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    noms noms !
  • markaericmarkaeric Posts: 282
    edited 2012-07-13 19:00
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    No more doughnuts, no more sugar, no more pizza, no more french fries, ....... Thin people live to ripe old ages.

    I could do without all those things, except pizza. You would have to pry that away from my cold, dead hands. High fructose corn syrup isn't sugar, right? heh
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2012-07-13 19:47
    I have the pudding ones too!
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