tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post4250446606454343472..comments2023-06-13T04:23:03.632-05:00Comments on Urban Sketchers Midwest: Death Knell for TwinkiesUrban Sketchershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193306750002494675noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-3467620642410951932012-11-19T21:39:12.208-06:002012-11-19T21:39:12.208-06:00I'm not sure why I'm so nostalgic about th...I'm not sure why I'm so nostalgic about these treats, because I too am not a sweets person. As a child I was though.Marcia Milner-Bragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-8604056590118909232012-11-19T16:03:13.410-06:002012-11-19T16:03:13.410-06:00I don't have much of a sweet tooth but I will ...I don't have much of a sweet tooth but I will miss the comforting sight of them all on the grocery shelves. <br />Marcia, I love how you captured the light and shadow on the wall!BARBARA WEEKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123095711319056949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-62734639112089879722012-11-18T09:09:05.050-06:002012-11-18T09:09:05.050-06:00Yup, I don't eat wheat OR sugar any more if I ...Yup, I don't eat wheat OR sugar any more if I can help it, and feel a lot better for it. Doesn't support the employees of companies like this, but whatchagonna do? Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-72791144559715717072012-11-18T09:00:01.344-06:002012-11-18T09:00:01.344-06:00OMG! Chocolate Donettes! More of that crackly choc...OMG! Chocolate Donettes! More of that crackly chocolate frosting than on the cupcakes! This is becoming a really fun trip down junk food alley. Good thing bantering about them is as fulfilling as eating them.<br /><br />Marcia Milner-Bragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-2592262388650856362012-11-18T07:41:17.521-06:002012-11-18T07:41:17.521-06:00Chocolate Donettes, for me...haven't had '...Chocolate Donettes, for me...haven't had 'em in decades, but I liked knowing they were Out There.<br /><br />And Marcia, I think you very much succeeded.Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-39079411638842390642012-11-18T00:18:52.565-06:002012-11-18T00:18:52.565-06:00And then there were Ding Dongs. I'd forgotten ...And then there were Ding Dongs. I'd forgotten about them when I was writing this. Thanks, John, I am honored by your comment. I spent 7 years in the late 90s & into the early 21st c. writing and recording personal essays for Iowa public radio. I was always on the lookout for stories that spoke from the personal to a larger significance. I was hoping that this post would do the same.Marcia Milner-Bragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-8159066144805311152012-11-17T20:26:37.170-06:002012-11-17T20:26:37.170-06:00Great sketch and oratory, Marcia! I can see this p...Great sketch and oratory, Marcia! I can see this post as a side-bar item in a history book chapter dealing with the economics of this era. I also relate to your eating joys. However, to me the Twinkie is the best, followed by the Hostess Cupcake.john.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15561752999008175780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-54582699926643741342012-11-17T10:09:16.233-06:002012-11-17T10:09:16.233-06:00This isn't the first time that I have drawn a ...This isn't the first time that I have drawn a local business that then fails. I'm glad to have done the drawing when things were viable. The images take on an added significance once they become history.Marcia Milner-Bragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-60867652628588599192012-11-17T09:47:39.855-06:002012-11-17T09:47:39.855-06:00Yes, exactly, Dave! From what I read, striking wh...Yes, exactly, Dave! From what I read, striking when the company was in bankruptcy since last January wasn't the best idea in the world. What a shame...<br /><br />And I love your sketch, Marcia...Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-55219836908889002512012-11-17T09:47:19.476-06:002012-11-17T09:47:19.476-06:00Indeed, the hardship of lost jobs. Meanwhile, ther...Indeed, the hardship of lost jobs. Meanwhile, there's another company in Waterloo that seems to be teetering on insolvency--GMAC Mortgage--which has even more employees. But John Deere, probably the largest employer in this town, keeps on keeping on very well, manufacturing and selling tractors to the world.Marcia Milner-Bragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218222204899398034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904156643837518494.post-26423511321770383402012-11-17T09:22:11.455-06:002012-11-17T09:22:11.455-06:00Nice warm color...like bread. I still remember eat...Nice warm color...like bread. I still remember eating Twinkies and the cupcakes as a kid. The cupcakes are probably what sent me down the road to chocolate addiction! What's so sad about all this is the ripple effect of all the jobs being lost. Dave Worfelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394788605686306217noreply@blogger.com