I modified the example.py to work with the hx711,py in the var/www/html/python/ directory.
What I found was the following...
#GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
#hx = HX711("test", 5, 6) #WORKING :)
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
hx = HX711("test", 18, 22) #NOT WORKING :(
the top code worked and returned...