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17 Nov 2012, 6:24 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
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"Live Better / Work Union" == B U L L S N O T ! ! !
In most cases, unions do in fact provide a better life for workers. I know from personal experience, as I grew up in a union household.

Okay, I'll temper my opinion just a bit in regard to your experience, but of the three unions I've been in so far, two of them dissolved when the companies ceased to exist (leaving us workers unemployed and on our own), and one of them did nothing to help me fight a wrongful complaint against me. So if asked again to start or join a union, I'd be inclined to say "No".



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17 Nov 2012, 7:06 pm

You might consider stocking up now, with the idea of selling them on e-bay 10 years hence.



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17 Nov 2012, 7:08 pm

^ They'll still be just as tasty, no doubt...



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17 Nov 2012, 7:15 pm

Fnord wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Fnord wrote:
"Live Better / Work Union" == B U L L S N O T ! ! !
In most cases, unions do in fact provide a better life for workers. I know from personal experience, as I grew up in a union household.

Okay, I'll temper my opinion just a bit in regard to your experience, but of the three unions I've been in so far, two of them dissolved when the companies ceased to exist (leaving us workers unemployed and on our own), and one of them did nothing to help me fight a wrongful complaint against me. So if asked again to start or join a union, I'd be inclined to say "No".


Were any of those the United Steel Workers of America? Because that had been my Dad's old union.

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17 Nov 2012, 7:23 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Fnord wrote:
"Live Better / Work Union" == B U L L S N O T ! ! !
In most cases, unions do in fact provide a better life for workers. I know from personal experience, as I grew up in a union household.
Okay, I'll temper my opinion just a bit in regard to your experience, but of the three unions I've been in so far, two of them dissolved when the companies ceased to exist (leaving us workers unemployed and on our own), and one of them did nothing to help me fight a wrongful complaint against me. So if asked again to start or join a union, I'd be inclined to say "No".
Were any of those the United Steel Workers of America? Because that had been my Dad's old union.

No.

Let's just say that two of the unions were in central lower Michigan, and leave it at that.



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17 Nov 2012, 7:28 pm

No more twinkies! What will murderers and assassins do now?

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17 Nov 2012, 7:33 pm

^^^ There's always Kentucky Fried Chicken.



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17 Nov 2012, 7:34 pm

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^^^ There's always Kentucky Fried Chicken.


I have heard of the "twinkie defense" but I have never heard of the "KFC defense".

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17 Nov 2012, 8:04 pm

^^^^^The " K.F.C." defense will work down here,something about the heat and the eleven secret herbs and spices.A deadly combination.



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17 Nov 2012, 8:18 pm

Just what exactly are those "Eleven herbs and spices", anyway?



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17 Nov 2012, 8:26 pm

The Colonel carried the secret to his grave.



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17 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm

Sooo....

In the event of a nuclear holocaust, we won't have Twinkie reserves to fall back on?

Seesh.


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17 Nov 2012, 10:30 pm

We still have Cheetos.^^^^^^



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17 Nov 2012, 10:40 pm

Well, I’ll always carry a little bit of Hostess with me….


At least until I can get that wonder bread unstuck from the roof of my mouth. :roll:


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18 Nov 2012, 12:57 am

Some people will carry a lot of hostess with them for a lot longer...
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18 Nov 2012, 4:51 am

Fnord wrote:
Just what exactly are those "Eleven herbs and spices", anyway?


IIRC, someone did a chemical analysis once and discovered that there are really only 4 things in the KFC coating, and they are salt, pepper, flour, and MSG. I never did trust that colonel...


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