BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?

Subject: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 08:42 AM

I discovered that you can buy Tim Horton's coffee and donuts in, of all places, a petrol station in Coolquoy, County Dublin (it's one of the two stations on the R135).

You cannot get them in Pocatello, Idaho, USA.

Is this insult to the US a causus belli? If so, do we attack Canada or Ireland? And what would doing so do to the Guinness supply?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bobad
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 08:46 AM

Consider yourselves lucky, you have enough purveyors of obesity and diabetes as it is.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bobad
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 08:49 AM

Not to mention high blood pressure.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Cool Beans
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 10:37 AM

Rap,
We have Tim Hortons (real Canadians call it Timmies) in Michigan. Come on over!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: frogprince
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 10:46 AM

Cool Beans beat me out by just that much; I was about to say that if Tims can put an outlet in Lapeer. Michigan, they should be able to put one anywhere. I thinh Pokaholee Idaho has just cause to be throughly insulted!!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Amos
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 11:49 AM

Don't let Rapaire from Pocatello fool you!! Cholesterol will rampage through the land!! Just say no to anti-health schemes designed to make librarians rich!! The price of waistlines is eternal vigilance.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,number 6
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 11:53 AM

We call it Dead Tims.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: EBarnacle
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 01:12 PM

I have only stopped at a Tim Horton's once, in Toronto, and was not impressed. I have seen signs for them here in the Northeast and will not bother getting off the road.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Becca72
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 01:15 PM

I've only been to Tim's a couple of times and the last time I got sick afterward...so it really WAS the last time.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Don McBride
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 01:16 PM

If a place ain't got a Tim Hortons then it ain't worth livin' in at all, you ask me.

- Don

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 01:41 PM

There have been threads on dead Tims before.
Other chains do it better.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,number 6
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 01:51 PM

"Other chains do it better" .... I prefer Dunkin Donuts myself ... especially the outlets in Calais Maine, Newburyport Ma, and the one in Harwich Port on Cape Cod.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Musket
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 02:44 PM

Just back in The UK after two weeks in Canada.

Really glad there is no Tim Hortons.

Now, if you wish to take all the other purveyors of lard disguised as lifestyle food....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 03:54 PM

No Dunkin' Donuts, either....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: robomatic
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 04:16 PM

I 'member Dunkin Donuts from the days when they hardly ever had boothes, from when their coffee mugs where real mugs, and they even had a 'dunking' donut, a dense well fried brown little number (not so little) which had a real dough 'holder' on it, actually a little extra nub which allowed one to hold on while dunking. Mass production eliminated the dunking donut over ten years ago.

Bottom line, I don't think Tim Horton's has anything to offer us that dunkin' donuts doesn't already. and I think DD is including espresso these days.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 04:28 PM

"I don't think Tim Horton's has anything to offer us that dunkin' donuts doesn't already"

One thing Dunkin Donuts has are larger donuts ... Dead Tim's donuts have shrunk considerably over time. So much so that the donuts are now the size of Tim Bits while Tim Bits are now the size of rabbit pellets.

biLL (who very, very rarely eats donuts, disgusting they are)

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 05:43 PM

In Canada, Second Cup is good. No doughnuts where I go sometimes, but good pastries.
360 across Canada, but few in the States yet.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 05:48 PM

Here's your chance to get RICH!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,A Regular
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 05:53 PM

I truly appreciate Tim Horton's because so often on fire calls in mid-winter they provide coffee and the fixings or hot chocolate for us. They never request payment, and guys working hard in 35 below can go through lots of food in a very short time.

Their donuts are not what they once were--there were made on the premises but now they are trucked in. They too have fallen to the need for cheaper ways to do things. Their coffee is still good, and ya don't get too picky when the weather is inclement and ya need nourishment at 3:00 am. Trust me on that one.

They are very community-minded, and nice to us when we go eat after a fire or long mvc call.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 08:19 PM

I just checked the TH website. Sorry, Rap, but the closest to you is in Michigan. Nothing west of there.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 09:02 PM

WRONG WRONG WRONG!

NEVER have I EVER seen such a group of misguided posters! 95% of you wouldn't know a REAL Tim Horton's from a Speedy Muffler Shop!

First...Every Canajian knows that all real Tim Horton's shops are within 10 minute walking distance from an NHL arena. Or, IN THE ARENA!!!! Keep your stick on the ice for crying out loud...

2/ When you enter and check out the room there should be MINIMUM one person wearing a NHL Jersey.

3/Ireland????Muah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!(p.s. Happy St. Patrick's Day)

4/LISTEN....The language spoken should be French or Franglaise, Canajian, or dialects from countries whose name you can't pronounce.

5/ The room should be filled with a 70% student population.

6/ Lard? Who the fnerk CARES about LARD? YOU WILL BURN THAT OFF IN 3 MINUTES after you GET ON THE ICE!!!! You FAT bas$%#&!

7/Tim Hornies in America? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Air - different, Water - different - Milk - different, NEED I GO ON?

8/ROLL UP THE RIM!

9/ Pigeons should EASILY be seen around the building, like Semis at a Truck Stop...

10/ If somehow you say the words, "What's the score?" At LEAST 4 people should tell you...AT THE SAME TIME!

11/ Then, there's the coffee, you just wouldn't understand...

GET REAL!

bob( in another vain attempt at humor...It's a Mudcat thing...:>)
CANADA, eh....(if you don't know what eh means, you are either an American, or from the U.K.)

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jeri
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 09:42 PM

They're becoming quasi-ubiquitous here. S. Portland, ME has two of them, but I can't find any in NH. Every one I've ever been in in Canada has had a fairly long line, no matter what time of the day it was.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 09:46 PM

Well, I'm thinking we'll just keep our McDonald's then! That'll fix 'em.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: olddude
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 11:06 PM

Tim Horton's is a right ... it needs to be added to the constitution.
each town must have a Tim's

best dang donuts on the planet not to say their coffee is amazing also
I drive 16 miles one way to make my visit once a week or so

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 11:10 PM

here's a photo I took yesterday morning.

She happens to be proudly showing me her cup of dead Tim's coffee.

a good cup of Tim's

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: frogprince
Date: 16 Mar 09 - 11:13 PM

We walk just over a mile from home to Tims most mornings lately. No, we don't eat that for breakfast; we usually just have coffee, and gab with a group that we've fallen in with there. There may not be a Tims in Pokaholee, but I think some of the regular morning crowd here may be refugees from the Idaho Legion...

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: JennieG
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 01:08 AM

I'm with Q above....Second Cup is good.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,heric
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 01:17 AM

(It's owned by Wendy's.)

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: catspaw49
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 01:40 AM

I knew I could count on a few folks to have good taste in coffee and Dan (olddude) and Bob were kind enough to jump in.

Those of you who bad mouth Tim can kiss my entire ass. Y'all wouldn't know a good cup of coffee if it spilled in your crotch and I hope it does! Additionally, it doesn't cost an arm and a leg like Starbucks and the other "designer" brands.

If you don't like Tim Horton's then you're a limpdick jadrool who will eat shit and run rabbits!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 10:08 AM

Bob Ryzkiewicz, I loved your post! Thanks for the insider's view of a Tim Horton's.

A Regular, thanks for the firefighter's view. It's interesting to hear from people who do something besides parrot what's on the media.

Nmber 6, thanks for the charming photo.

Spaw, your intentions are noble, but a little less vim would be in order.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Victor in Mapperton
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 11:45 AM

Funny I was just listening to Johnny Horton this morning.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 12:36 PM

Here...
http://www.timhortons.com/
BR

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 02:46 PM

None within 50 miles.

Well, that does it! I'm going to see if I can talk McDonald's into pulling every single one out of Canada!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Don McBride
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 03:22 PM

Yer tellin' it like it is, Catspaw!

- Don

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 04:27 PM

"We have Tim Hortons (real Canadians call it Timmies) in Michigan. Come on over!"

Nope.... Tim's. Dead Tim's. Jeezus at da Horton's eh.

And, yes, we got donuts (used to be doughnuts) trucked in friggin froze all the Jeezly way from Tronna! Drive a donut a t'ousand miles and it ain't a donut! Know what I mean, eh? Haven't touched a bit in years me.

And Bob, I always thought the reason there were so many friggin pigeons was on accounta Tim's had em on the payroll collecting the old wooden stir sticks fer ta grind up and make more coffee. Of course, I am no judge of coffee on accounta I likes me tea see?

Which is where I really get pissed at Tim's. What the frig was they thinking when they started them commercials about their tea bein steeped? ALL tea is steeped. That's how ya makes er buddy! Ya steeps er. An insult in my opinion... they can steep it up their Driv Thru.

Driv Thru.... maybe at Tim's but the addicts blocking the streets make me wanna Driv Over the bastards.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 05:16 PM

"What the frig was they thinking when they started them commercials about their tea bein steeped? ALL tea is steeped. That's how ya makes er buddy! Ya steeps er. An insult in my opinion"

Good one gnu ... good one   LOL!

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 05:37 PM

Well, fer them what never saw them commercials, this lass gets "steeped" tea at Tim's and goes around town saying things like, "Mrs. SoAndSo, your garden is looking really steeped!" Like it's the new thing fer the (dumb) kids ta add ta their vocabulary.

Morons.

Especially in New Brunswick where we got yer King Cole Orange Pekoe tea. Not that crap from Uppity Canada.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 06:01 PM

I think Horton's tea drains from the urinals.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 06:04 PM

They recycle? So, that's Green Tea?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bobad
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 06:44 PM

"They recycle? So, that's Green Tea?"

Marketing 101

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,EBarnacle on a friend's machine
Date: 17 Mar 09 - 10:18 PM

Were the pigeons alive or dead with their feet in the air?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 11:17 AM

Pigeons was BOPPIN' or chillin'(afternoon nap)...BR

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 11:34 AM

I've never seen a live pigeon with it's feet in the air (unless it was flying, of course).

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 18 Mar 09 - 12:12 PM

You have seen pigeons feet? Got pics?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:57 AM

"ALL tea is steeped."

You dear, innocent creature! Have you never heard of the travesty called 'instant tea?'

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 12:37 PM

I liked Tim Horton's coffee, the donuts were awful. Krispy Kreme has decent donuts, but the coffee is awful. I like Dunkin' Donuts because the coffee and donuts are better than anything served at the other two joints.

Sorry Tim. Save the trip.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:29 PM

"... travesty called 'instant tea?'" Blasphemy.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: meself
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:59 PM

King Cole is the best, bar none. Morse's is/was next - do they still make it? Then there was one for a while with a schooner on the box - no, I don't mean the cold stuff - what was that one called? And do they still make it?

I bless the day that Superstore started stocking King Cole ... Prior to that, the only place I saw it in Alberta was in a specialty tea & coffee shop - and it was selling for $8 a box - and that ten years ago. Oh, and I had a colleague whose mother would mail regular supplies from New Brunswick.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 03:21 PM

We've been supplying relatives far and wide for years.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 03:23 PM

Here ya go, meself.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: meself
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 03:59 PM

Ah! Thanks for that; I'm feeling better already - even though I'm just finishing a cup of Red Rose ...

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Cool Beans
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 04:42 PM

Travis tea? Is it dark as a dungeon?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 05:25 PM

My God! A flying cupnsaucer landed by that poor factory!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 06:40 PM

I'm eating Timbits as I'm writing this...

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:07 PM

Red Rose? aaaahhhhggghhhhh

Bob.... mmmmm... bits are goooood. Well, last time I had em.... about 1995.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:31 PM

My personal fav doughnut...Chocolate covered with coconut... a near religious experience...BR

Then, Boston Cream w/Chocolate...

And "Rousette", looks like a tire from a John Deere Tractor, vanilla & honey coated...

Makes you wanna do a "hat trick" doesn't it? But that would be indecent...
BR

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 09:02 AM

Depends on what you hang your hat on....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 10:36 AM

'My God! A flying cupnsaucer landed by that poor factory!'

For those who have not been paying proper attention, Rapaire's remark refers to gnu's link above.

Be comforted, Rapaire. I love the concept of a flying cupnsaucer, but what you see there is the heated public swimming pool of that lucky Nova Scotia town.

At the time the pool was built, a cup of tea was the only warm thing the inhabitants could envision.

The mystery of the gigantic teapot remains unsolved.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 01:59 PM

At the time the pool was built, a cup of tea was the only warm thing the inhabitants could envision.

Which is why the population had declined to nearly nothing.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Les from Hull
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 02:54 PM

I hate all these multi-national chain store food and drink outlets and avoid them all like the plague. Why don't you go to your locally-owned and run place and support them unless you want to see every High Street in every town in the world look exactly the same, and be served the same crap by some poor minimum-wage sap who has no stake in the business and give your money to some vile greedy company with little or no ethics and far too much power/influence.

Perhaps you have fond memories of some friendly local food and drink outlet of years ago that was forced out of business by one of these multi-nationals, who can afford to run a branch at a loss for ages, ubtil there is no local competition. McDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks - they're all scum, in my opinion.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 03:04 PM

Well said, Les.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Mar 09 - 06:00 PM

Whenever possible I buy locally.

Why shouldn't I support the people who pay my salary??

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: JohnB
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 12:45 AM

My wife and I really appreciated the Tim Horton's we stopped at in 2007 on our road trip from Ontario (Toronto,ish) to Vancouver Island and back.
Not only for the Coffee and the Egg Salad Wraps and the Muffins, they were a good clean place to pull over and have a PEEE or whatever else you needed to get rid of at the time.
JohnB.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,EBarnacle on a friend's computer
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 06:56 PM

I guess the only advantage of the chains is that when you go in you know exactly what to expect: Standardized merchandise usually not very good but the same where ever you go. Give me the Mom and Pop and I'll take my chances.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 10:09 PM

Knowing what to expect when you go in is called "branding." You know what the brand will have/do: Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Starbucks, etc. are pretty much the same around the world.

Awhile back the library world decided we needed "branding" so being of an odd turn of mind I thought branding was good idea. So I registered a brand for the Library (it's MPL connected, with a rocker, if you speak brand-speak), bought two irons and now we can brand cattle and horses on the left hip, sheep anywhere, and staff members on the left hip and right shoulder. Also, the kids love the temporary tattoos -- and we have a registered logo for US $85.00 AND the distinction of probably being the only public library in North America with our own brand.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: catspaw49
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 09:04 AM

Once upon a time the majority of the chains WERE local shops.

I do know what you mean Les, but most of the franchises here are locally owned and not company op stores. I'm no fan of Mickey D's but we have 4 around here all owned by the same guy who started with a little joint back in the 60's and got a McDonald's franchise a few years later. He runs a better Mac than many others and his standards and dedication and hard work have turned 1 into 4 over the years and they are all owned by his family (sons and daughters).

So yeah......I do know what you mean but there is also a flip side.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 11:31 AM

There is a flip side ... some of those mom and pop joints are atrocious.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 11:31 AM

New York! New York!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: EBarnacle
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 12:05 PM

Oh, expletive! We've been invaded by Canucks.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 12:11 PM

Yeah......Well the flipside of that is that we've taken on at many of our Tim's location, the Cold Stone Creamery line of the World's Most Expensive Ice Cream. Maybe they go well in New York but there are still plenty of local makers around here who beat the crap out of them and most other national brands. Even worse, it has slowed down the dreive-thru service.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 12:53 PM

Never had any ice cream there... only ever had "timbits" (go ahead) which are bite size donuts, 60 in a box (there may be different sizes).

Never had the soup in a "bread bowl" (I dunno) that you eat after the soup.

And I don't drink coffee.

But, I do drive and the bastards fuck up the traffic with people lined up in the street trying to get in for their fix.

Wish I owned a Tim's or ten.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Peace
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 03:58 AM

Was
in
Kamloops
a
while
back.
The
lineup
for
lunch
was
about
twenty
people.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: ranger1
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 10:08 AM

I'll admit to eating at Tim Horton's on occasion. Usually when I don't have the time for a sit-down meal at a place with real food. The coffee is atrocious and I usually just grab a breakfast sandwich and then drive down to the corner gas station for my coffee fix. I don't much care for Dunkin Donunts coffee, either.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 14 Jul 09 - 12:58 PM

With no Tim Horton's I only have Starbucks to complain about, and I don't deal with them except at airports.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 08:08 AM

Awww, isn't that sweet?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 09:28 AM

I have been advised to sell my shares in Tim Horton's as the company's performance has gone flat. I will miss the opportunity to vote the post office CEO off of Timmy's board of directors.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bankley
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 02:05 PM

maybe, American billionaire, Nelson Peltz will buy a few more shares.... he's CEO/owner of Arby's/Wendys and a major player in the TH chain... he also donated $250,000 to GW Bush's re-election campaign...

hey Nelson.... roll this up

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: CarolC
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 02:32 PM

Tims is great, and will probably get better now that it is once again Canadian owned (they started putting high fructose corn syrup in their products when they were owned by Wendy's). Dunkin Donuts sux by comparison.

The best tea in the world is Lifeboat Tea. Anyone who hasn't tried it just doesn't know.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: CarolC
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 02:44 PM

On the subject of locally owned and operated: the locally owned and operated coffee shop that has its origins here in "the Port City" (Port City Java) is now in the process of taking over the world. Just goes to show...

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 03:21 PM

"... donated $250,000 to GW Bush's re-election.."

Really? Fuck Tim's.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: CarolC
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 03:46 PM

But they're under new ownership now. Different people than the ones who contributed to Bush's campaign.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: CarolC
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 03:52 PM

Actually, maybe not. I just now read that they're being "reorganized under a new publicly-traded company, also named 'Tim Hortons Inc.', incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act", but that it's being done for tax purposes, so I don't know if it's going to be the same or different people at the helm. Ah well...

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: robomatic
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 06:21 PM

I was in a Tim Horton's in Edomonton just to see what th' hell it is and was not impressed. I don't see what they have to offer that DD's does not.

When I think of Canada I think of superior fish and chips and socks that don't come with deoderant embedded in the soles. I think of different types of honey for sale without being in the natural foods section of the shope, of goat's milk soap and aero bars.

I used to think of ginger beer but that seems to have migrated to the natural foods part of the shop. I have to look for it special in the states, too.

I don't think of big greasy donuts.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Peace
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 06:34 PM

Ever had spruce beer? That's a treat and a half.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 06:37 PM

Spruce beer... lord t'underin! Yer scrapin da bottom a da Kent County backbush now son.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bobad
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 06:39 PM

Mmmm......biere d'epinette I used to love that - did you ever have the home made stuff that some places used to sell - it came in those bottles with the wire baled porcelain caps?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Peace
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 06:42 PM

Was a place called Tico-Tico's that sold it like that, Bobad. Loved the stuff. The commercial stuff isn't all that good, but I think there are still a few places the 'homemade' can be procured.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Peace
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 06:48 PM

As for quality: it's much the same everywhere. Used to be the donuts were made on the premises. Now they're made elsewhere and shipped in. Ain't the same. BUT, what IS the same is fires at 35 below zero and the town's Tim Horton's will make us a monster big pot of coffee with the fixings, tea if we want, food, etc. The owners are great people.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Peace
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 06:52 PM

BIINGO.

There was some at the Atwater Market.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 06:57 PM

That is great of them, Peace!

Yeah... just sommat about buying a donut here in Moncton that was made at a huge factory in Tronna and trucked here frozen that would ture me off if I actualy wanted to buy a huge piece of sugar.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Mooh
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 08:03 PM

I'm a block from Tim Horton's...make that one coffee or one muffin from Tim Horton's, 'cause that's the trash we pick up almost every day.

There's a Timmy's on the spot where the public school stood in my home town, and it has its own turn lane off the highway.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 08:28 PM

Money can buy stuff like that. Imagine.. coffee and doughnuts can buy highway access. Next, they will sell us bottled water without fluoride! Nahhhhh???

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Mooh
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 08:53 PM

Round the early '70s I delivered morning newspapers and every Saturday morning (and other piggy times) I treated myself and the family to a bag of "day old" donuts from the Tim Horton's at the end of my route. Ten cents a dozen. It was a newish chain then.

There didn't used to be any THs between my place and the family cottage 2 hours north, now there are 5, not including the one a block away. There didn't used to be any THs between my place and a place I used to work an hour east, now there are 5.

They are taking over.
Pretty soon they'll have a seat in parliament.
Tim Horton himself will be on the new $5 coin.
A Tim Horton allowance will be written into collective agreements.
Toyota will make a Tim Horton model Rav4 (a la Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer).

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: robomatic
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 08:55 PM

I've stayed away from donuts regardless of their origin. I hang out at a local espresso joint in Anchortown. If Tim Horton's doesn't do internet I'm not interested. That is just as true of DD's, but there ain't DD's in Anchorage anyhow. We've got good local donuts and bagels available. As for espresso, our per capita consumption is highest in the land, Seattle is way behind.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Peace
Date: 07 Sep 09 - 08:57 PM

Yeah, but you have Dino's, Golden and Jerry's.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive)
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 12:24 PM

Being a Canadian in England, I do have my priorities, so having seen this thread, I went on the net prowl and found the following:

Tim Hortons in Spars in the UK.

In England:

SPAR 56 Haymarket Picadilly London SW1Y 4RN
SPAR Robert Jones Way Battlsfields Roundabout Battlefields SY4 3EQ
SPAR 37 Station Road Bedlington Northumberland NE22 5PP
SPAR 305 Prescott Rd St Anns St Helens WA10 3HW
SPAR 25 Grove Road Eastbourse Sussex BN21 4TT
SPAR Bath Road Bridgewater TA6 4TJ
SPAR Mercury Point Terminus Terrace Southampton SO15 3ET
SPAR Roundswell Service Station Roundswell Barnstaple EX31 3RZ
SPAR 114 East Street Southampton SO14 3HD
SPAR Lower Ground Floor Commercial Road Southampton SO15 1GX

In Wales:

SPAR 176-178 City Road Cardiff CF24 4TF
SPAR 4-8 Heol-y-Deri Rhiwbina Cardiff CF14 6HF
SPAR 133B Woodville Road Cathays Cardiff
SPAR 13 Duffryn Rd Rhydfelin Mid Glamorgan CF37 5RW
SPAR 57 High Street Cowbridge Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7AF
SPAR 55 Charles Street Milford Haven Pembrokeshire SA73 2AA
SPAR1093 Camarthen Road Fforstfach Swansea SA5 4AL
SPAR 102 Gower Rd Sketty Swansea SA2 9BZ
SPAR 16 High Street Tywyn Gwynedd LL36 9AD

In Scotland:

SPAR 71 Port Dundas Road Cowcaddens Glasgow G4 0HK
SPAR 114-116 Glamis Rd Dundee DD2 2ES
SPAR 130-132 High Street Irvine Ayrshire KA12 8AH
SPAR 12 Portland Street Troon Ayrshire KA10 6EA
SPAR Unit 2-3 Drummers Corner Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 1PR

Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms)
off to Timmies

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 12:31 PM

England has Tim's...but none in Pocatello, Idaho.

I don't know whether to cry or to rejoice.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive)
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 12:37 PM

Oh dear...in that case, Rapaire, I shouldn't show you
Tim Hortons brings a taste of home to (Canadian) troops in Kandahar

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 01:49 PM

Dunno why Tim's charge soldiers like this for a cup of coffee.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 01:50 PM

"... water rises to my eyes..." Bruce Cockburn

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 02:36 PM

Tim was a great hockey player. A Hall of Famer who had a slapshot that could split boards. He was also one of the strongest men ever to play in the NHL.
Perhaps that should be his legacy rather than doughnuts!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive)
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 02:38 PM

"Perhaps that should be his legacy rather than doughnuts!"
- Sandy Mc Lean

Then start a separate thread, this one's about the donut shop chain

Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms)
gimme ya Timmies and no one gets hurt!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 03:17 PM

Charlotte,
Welcome to Mudcat!
I see that you are new here. Anything below the line is BS. (Stands for "bullshit"). Anything fits!
    Best regards,
                Sandy

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive)
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 03:21 PM

I know what the BS means AND I prefer donuts and coffee to hockey

Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms0

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 03:30 PM

Well welcome in any case! Much can be learned with open ears and a closed mouth!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 03:55 PM

I prefer almost anything to hockey: cricket, tiddlywinks....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive)
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:03 PM

Much can be learned with open ears and a closed mouth!
- Sandy Mclean
One of my late mother's favourite sayings was "pay attention to your own advice" *smiles sweetly*

Charlotte Olivia Reynolds (Ms)
"there's nothing worse that a short person
with something to prove".
- Norman Thelwell

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:22 PM

...watching paint dry, viewing target shooting, watching NASCAR run around in circles, boiling water, cleaning toilets....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:27 PM

Sorry, I should know not to feed the Trolls!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: meself
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:29 PM

But, should you care to feed them, they do like doughnuts ....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:31 PM

Mmmmmm...warm cider and warm doughnuts on a cool Autumn evening....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:33 PM

LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:50 PM

Troll? I don't think. A tad brash, brassy, sassy...? Troll... I reserve.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive)
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:55 PM

add trainspotting to my list of preferences

funny isn't it (not really)that a person should called names (how childish)for voicing an opinion. I really should learn to ignore people like that....

Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms)

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 05:08 PM

Of course, we could call this thread 'Jamming with Tim Horton'

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ed T
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 05:40 PM

There was a time that you couldn't get a decent coffee in most parts of the USA. That has changed, with Starbucks, and other chains learning what really goodcoffee tastes like (no not like Folgers or Maxwell House).

Coffee at Tims....mostly blue color stuff, and you can do better. Doughnut thingies have been eclipsed by greater health awareness. They do have fairly good soup and sandwitc(and drink) h combos, for those on a lower budget.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 06:12 PM

Starbucks? Good? Coffee?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive)
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 06:15 PM

Starbucks is wonderful, so I'm told, as long as you speak Starbuckese. I mean you go in a ask fro just an ordinary coffee, which fore me is cream NO sugar...I've gotten looks of "which planet are YOU from?" Sorry I want a coffee place that speaks English.

Charlotte OLivia Robertson (Ms)
gimme your Timmies and no one
gets hurt

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 06:32 PM

Charlotte... "... funny isn't it (not really)that a person should called names (how childish)for voicing an opinion. I really should learn to ignore people like that...."

Darlin, maybe you first? If you are gonna cast stones, you might expect some back?

Or perhaps you really are a troll?

Your call. Everyone here can read every post and whatever you say is on the record and you can't run from it. Either you are cool or you drool.

Drool much more and most peeps in this forum won't even read most of your posts. Some advice you can take or ***** for all I care. Have fun with it.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Jamming With Ollie Beak (inactive)
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 06:42 PM

"Drool much more and most peeps in this forum won't even read most of your posts"
- gnu

c'est la vie

Charlotte Olivia Robertson (Ms)
gimme ya Timmies and no one gets hurt!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 06:53 PM

Thanks Charlotte. Your manners, decorum and personality shine true.

You were right Sandy... troll.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 09:12 AM

"You were right Sandy... troll."

No, he's no troll, but he sure ain't a 'Charlotte' either.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 09:24 AM

A Charlotten?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 09:49 AM

Absolutely, gnu.

Oh, I'm so impressed with that absolute gem! That really made me smile.

EXCELLENT!

:0)

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: t.jack
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 12:23 PM

please be carefull what you poast as it certainly is being monitored.Each time i have poasted what infact Tim Hortons is up to with regards to recruting young adults for the Afghanasthan mission,my computer goes squirly.if this makes it on the thred i will continue with my experiance with my once favourite place. t.j.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Cleverthreads (inactive)
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 12:32 PM

tamarack jack,
Spelling aside, the fact that Tim Horton's sends volunteers to Afghanistan is no deep dark secret. It's all part of the Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency "serving those who serve" in retail, finance and support roles. These people go through the six week basic training and then go to the base at Kandahar.
There are several Tim Hortons outlets on bases in Canada, and the presence in Afghanistan is simply an extension of that.
No biggie really.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: t.jack
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 12:57 PM

Like i tried to say originaly was that Tim Hortons is serving as a recruting depo for the military here in Canada.In Stitsvil Ont. while in line for my coffy fix,on the above screen was a film JOIN THE ARMED FORCES it was young adults with SEARCH AND RESCUE.The CANADIAN FLAG LOGO GOV`T was on the screen.Upon calling head office about my right for concern and also asked why Tim`s does not have camps for the disabled or special needs they couldn`t answer.They however have camps for the unfortunate and disfortunate ones like the ones that end up in Afghanasthan.I did get called back 2 hours later stating that they looked the ad and stopped it.They offered me gifts to win me over but no thank you i think my spelling is geten beter well what can i say i ain`t no senator son or silver spoon baby..t.j.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bankley
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 01:08 PM

don't worry about the spelling TJ, I get it.
BTW they don't carry organic or fair trade coffee either.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: t.jack
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 01:15 PM

thanks partner ,hope all is good with you and yours,,t.j.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 01:21 PM

So, is the 'clever' thinking behind this that if you can go to Afghanistan, and eat doughnuts, then more people will sign up to kill other people and be killed or horrendously maimed themselves?

Hmmmmmmm........I can't quite see that I'd do *that* for a doughnut, no matter how yummy they're supposed to be.


This guy has another idea, almost as intelligent as the doughnuts one...

Taken from here:


Rethink recruiting: Top general

Gen. Rick Hillier, chief of defence staff, says the military has to rethink its dismal recruiting practices and should consider giving preferential treatment to landed immigrants in return for them serving in the military.

By The Ottawa Citizen February 25, 2006

Gen. Rick Hillier, chief of defence staff, says the military has to rethink its dismal recruiting practices and should consider giving preferential treatment to landed immigrants in return for them serving in the military.

That possibility was one of several ideas the outspoken defence chief tossed out in a major speech to a largely military audience yesterday, in which he also said that despite some big spending promises by successive governments, the Canadian Forces are running a $750-million yearly shortfall and also need additional "billions with a capital B" to replace rusting-out equipment and to bring on new recruits.

"We need money to sustain ourselves, then to increase our numbers to flesh out the skeletal units that we have in some places across the CF," Gen. Hillier said.

Gen. Hillier said the Forces need to do a better job of explaining to young people why military careers are desirable and why its missions, especially in Afghanistan, are crucial to Canada's national interest.

Gen. Hillier made some drastic suggestions, including giving military personnel extra holiday time if they bring in new recruits and another novel proposal for the Citizenship and Immigration Department to consider.

"Maybe we want to go and seek with them an agreement that if landed immigrants join the Canadian Forces they have an accelerated route to citizenship in our great country," Gen. Hillier mused.

Meanwhile, Gen. Hillier is prepared to personally escort the boss of Tim Hortons to visit Canadian troops in Afghanistan if it will help get a Tim's running over there.

"I invite the CEO of Tim Hortons to come with me to Afghanistan and see the powerful implications that would come from that."

The company said in a statement that it's working with the Forces on having its products available in Afghanistan.

Despite a promise to increase spending by $13 billion over five years in the last Liberal budget, the Forces received only $500 million in new funds, $150 million of which was clawed back by the government for other spending.

Gen. Hillier said current defence spending remains at the 1991 level. "We remain short about three quarters of a billion dollars just to sustain the present Canadian Forces ... to march, fly or sail," including shortages of everything from bullets to housing, spare parts and gas for vehicles.

The Force's top new equipment priority, said Gen. Hillier, is a fleet of transport aircraft to replace the aging C130 Hercules transports. The Liberals announced a $5-billion plan to fast-track 16 new planes to replace the Hercules shortly before the election call last November.

The Conservatives have not said whether they will pursue the Hercules replacement, through their campaign platform suggested they would. Gen. Hillier announced yesterday a second Hercules aircraft in the 32-plane fleet has been permanently retired because it is too old to fly. The fleet is the oldest in NATO. "Without the replacement of the C130 Hercules in the very near future, we run a risk that that fleet will end up grounded, our ability to conduct operations significantly strained or stopped, internationally or domestically," he said.

© (c) CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.


Of course, it could just be that people aren't wanting to be in the army anymore because they don't want to kill, be killed or maimed, but....what do I know?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 01:24 PM

"Maybe we want to go and seek with them an agreement that if landed immigrants join the Canadian Forces they have an accelerated route to citizenship in our great country," Gen. Hillier mused."

Not sure who this chap is, not being a Canuck, but he doesn't sound as if he's doing Canada's reputation any favours.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Cleverthreads (inactive)
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 01:30 PM

Rick Hillier, is the former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces. He retired last year. He was known for shooting from the lip. His views did not necessarily reflect the views of the Canadian government

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: meself
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 02:09 PM

For the record, and to give credit where it's due, Tim Hortons does indeed have

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: meself
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 02:11 PM

(whoops!) camps for the "unfortunate".

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: t.jack
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 03:14 PM

Isn`t it rather odd the change of uniform,from that godly tan brown to the now colour? When i asked the Tim Horton rep about the colour change she stated i quote:
"because of the coffee stains we decided to go with lime green"unquote. I never seen coffee stains in green?unless it was St Patty Day,i then said to me it looks definitly military green.There was slience??

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: maple_leaf_boy
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 05:00 PM

I used to go to Tim Horton's everyday. I was next door from one in
2006-2007. I won nine free coffees and two free donuts when they had
their annual roll up the rim contest that year. I kid you not.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 08:45 PM

Surprisingly, no one on this thread has mentioned the fact that Tim Horton's adds nicotine to their coffee to make it more addictive. I know this fact to be a true fact because a friend of mine knows a guy whose sister worked for a Timmy's back in New Brunswick for a while. Besides, it's common knowlege.

Apparently, Horton got the idea one morning when he was so hungover he used his Export A to stir his coffee. It wasn't until he burned his lips trying to ronson a teaspoon that he realised his mistake. Then he tasted the coffee and the rest is history.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: t.jack
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 08:54 PM

Great stuff bob the postman.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 09:57 PM

No Tim Hortons????????????????????????????????

YOU CAN'T FLIPPIN' BE SEEEEREIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A place that ain't got no Tim Hortons is totally flippin' LOST, man! I would move flippin' away to some place that is, like, civilitysed, eh?

There is no flippin' hope fer a town that don't got no Tim Hortons.

Flip me.

I don't even wanna flippin' THINK about it, eh? I betcha even the flippin' Talleybans over in, like, Aqfpgadistan have got a flippin' Tim Hortons by now.

You do not have to have a flippin' collidge degree to know what I am sayin' here, eh? CAll up Tim Hortons Central NOW and DEMANDE one!

- Shane

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Cleverthreads (inactive)
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 10:05 PM

I keep hearing a mashup of The X Files and Twilight Zone themes, this thread has gotten very, very weird

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bankley
Date: 10 Sep 09 - 02:16 PM

truth is stranger than 'friction' pal....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Cleverthreads (inactive)
Date: 10 Sep 09 - 02:20 PM

If you have a firm belief in conspiracy theories (I don't) then the preceding postings might make sense, but what started out as a novel little thread, quickley degenrated into a load of rubbish. Sad really.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 10 Sep 09 - 05:14 PM

Bob.... hehehehehe.

And, don't forget.... years ago, the Timmy's coffee sold included the "recycled Tim's", sold as new, made from the old wooden stir sticks left in the parking lots all over town. Indeed, they trained one-legged pigeons to retrieve the stir sticks for making more coffee and then sending the sticks to the Tim's summer camps for arts and crafts classes.

Of course, when the pigions voted for unionization, Tim's went with the plastic stir sticks and all the one-legged pigions had to seek refuge at nestless centres and apply for unemployment enjoyment insurance. And that is why you very seldom see one legged pigeons nowadays. Well, not at Timmmy's anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 10 Sep 09 - 09:55 PM

Conspiracy theories? Every tiny little village in Acadia has a minimum of three Tim Horton's while I have to drive 50 km for my double double steeped tea and raisin bran muffin. This is not a theory. I'm sorry as hell about 1755, even though it wasn't my fault. I don't know how vous autres managed to corner the Horton franchise market but the time has come to let bygones be bygones.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bbc
Date: 10 Sep 09 - 10:01 PM

There's a Tim Horton's just across the street from the motel where we always stay when we are in Brunswick, Maine. Open 24 hours, it's a godsend in a place where most restaurants close at 8 pm! It's not gourmet, but you can get a bowl of hot soup, a sandwich or wrap, a snack or dessert & friendly, quick service. Adds up to pretty good in my book!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 11:52 AM

Hey clam diggers i was hitchiking through New Brunswick playing me guitar selling cds when some guy passed by with these things you call KO HOGS in a bucket .I`m not sure if thats how you spell em but i`m sure clever ted will correct me on that one..Yes the pigons eggs apparently get harder when Ko Hog shells are consumed..They were great, almost as good as West Chezzetcook clams.Who would ever a guessed after 1755 and we still can share clams ,Ko.Hogs and pigions with wooden legs, how wounderful ah ..t.j.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 12:03 PM

spelling is cohogs ..... not too popular here in New Brunswick. They are smaller than the ones I have had down on Cape Cod. Are you sure they weren't perriwinkles? Never seen anyone carrying cohogs here in a bucket, but I did meet some guy with a limp with a bucket of perriwinkles down around Dipper Harbour n.b.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bankley
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 12:37 PM

quahogs and coffee ? a status quahog conspiracy, no doubt !

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 12:42 PM

sIx.... cohogs are bar clams and they are big buggers. Make the best clam chowder, too.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 12:58 PM

gnu .... the ones down here in SJ are small .... sorta like anemic mussels .... but then they are probably out of the harbour here in SJ where they happen to dump raw sewage.

anyway ... i think all of this is a conspiracy to discredit the merits of N.B.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 01:26 PM

sIx... they ACTUALLY went ahead and change the license plates... the stunned as me arse politicians are doing their part!

(It was "The Picture Province". Short, sweet, brought immediate thoughts like it might be a nice place to visit. Now, "Be...in this place." Idiots!)

If you ever get around Shediac Bay, check out the cohogs.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 01:47 PM

"Now, "Be...in this place." Idiots!"

Ann expressed those very words upon first seeing the plates. She can't can't understand why they changed it from "a nice place to visit" ... I think those plates are ugly ... but I do like the chickadee picture.

Haven't been up to Shediac in quite while ... if the cohogs are as good as the ones I had down in Cape Cod I'll be pleased.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 02:00 PM

Oh ... BTW, keeping in tune to the subject of the thread (somewhat) ... the best Tim Horton's I have ever been to ( in all of Canada and New England) are to be found on Main Street, Sussex, New brunswick and on Hilyard Street, Saint John, New Brunswick.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Beer
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 05:59 PM

When I visited Gnu a few years back I stopped first in Shediac and had a great visit with my Aunt. She proceeded to do up a co-hogs Chowder. Man I can still taste them. When I left She gave me two bottles which I packed in my cooler. I'm afraid I was a little greedy and didn't tell Gnu.
Ad.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 06:15 PM

Okay... the secret... that I have told on other threads...

Shediac Bay, according to a prof at UNB that gave an after dinner talk at my residence in 1978, has a parasite that lives in the gut of mollusks that make them taste SOOO much better. I swear it's true.

Beer... no worries... I can buy them bottled at Chubby's Variety up the road... expensive, but worth every penny. Ta hell with lobster or anything else... les'og d' bar est manifiques! Bonne scoff eh, bah goddam!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ed T
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 09:32 PM

Anyone remember the early Yim's Travel mugs (maybe the 70's) . They were yellow, with a handle(maybe white later), looked like a childs sippie cup and had a brown section that stuck to your car dash that the cup slid into. I recall a big Timbit character on the front.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ed T
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 09:42 PM

Co hog maybe. More likely quahog, or quahaug?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ed T
Date: 11 Sep 09 - 09:49 PM

BTW,
Yim Hortons is a new Tim Horton knock=off coffee shop in China. It serves Yim bits rolled in English shelly. Instead of the rill up the rim contest, they have the "Open up the Yim horton cookie and receivean important fortune message, honourable customer contest"

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 04:16 AM

Ed... yes, cohog is incorrect, but it's easy to pronounce.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Bob the Postman
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 08:29 AM

I deplore the way in which certain posters are defiling this important thread by trying to turn it into a discussion of icky molluscs or whatever the hell they are. If you want to talk clams, start a clam thread.

Gnu, I wonder if many of the one-legged pigeons didn't find work in the burgeoning McNugget trade.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 11:27 AM

Hahahahahaheheheeee... Bob... you are battin a thou!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 11:42 AM

Several of us young Uni lads used to go to "The Ex" (Exhibition Grounds) in Fredericton, NB every Thursday for clams and chips. I would throw one frie "over there" and then feed a one-legged pigion I named "Stump".

One day, a new lad came with. He threw a few leftovers in the garbage bin. I asked why he didn't give them to the pigions. "Pigions are rats with wings; fuck em." I told him the next Thursday that it was a waste and those poor birds were only trying to make a living. "Fuck em!" and he laughed. Next time, I ate quickly and waited. I asked him if I could have his leftovers. "Yer just gonna feed the rats." He started for the garbage bin, upon which I fed the rats with his leftovers and fed him, upside down, into the bin.

Don't get me wrong. I "dislike" pigions as they are filthy and carry disease and lice. But I ain't cruel.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: number 6
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 11:49 AM

I must say I deplore the mockery in this thread in regards to the noble pigeon ... the species that risked their lives flying over the trenches in WWI transporting important messages to the good guys ... the pigeon also includes the dove ... the symbol of peace .. and I don't mean peace as in Bruce, I mean peace as in .... ah forget it

... now back to our favourite cup of java and jelly donuts.

biLL   :)

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 01:30 PM

When's the last time you brought a pigion out of the cold and snow into Tim's and bought it a hot cuppa and a jelly doughnut?

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ed T
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 04:08 PM

Bob the Postman , remain clam. It's only coffee and doughnuts (donuts to some, dough to others).

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 05:27 PM

Are you suggesting, Ed, that the dognuts now semi-cooked, frozen and shipped to Atlanic Canada from Tronna in refridgerated semis and placed in microwave ovens when the computers tell the wee teenagers to do so are DOUGHY?

ccchhhhggghhhh... ED T.... pick him up for questioning... ccchhhggghhh....

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ed T
Date: 12 Sep 09 - 06:10 PM

It sure makes dough for the Timbit shareholders:)
I used to enjoy ham and cheese tea buscuits at Tim s. The size varied by store, and some stores had substantial ones (and I knew where they were). Now they are all the same size, mostly tinyl....likely weighed to minimize shipping (more frozen teaspoon-sized blobs per truck). I don t eat 'em anymore. I suspect if one gets through to the store and does not conform to size, a bit larger, they are taught at Tims school to cut the extra off and turf it in the recycle bin, in the interest of consistancy.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 08 Feb 10 - 02:50 PM

OMG!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: bankley
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 10:27 AM

so he can only get into the Shop if he's responding to an emergency..like if someone chokes on a timbit

hmmm, not good promo for TH.... it made the TV news

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 11:26 AM

Probably more like he figured he should get free stuff like the RCMP get. (Used to get? Haven't been in a Tim's for 30 years.)

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: mousethief
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 01:42 PM

All coffee tastes like burnt water. What's his problem?

O..O
=o=

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 04:38 PM

I'm not going on record defending Tims but I couldn't help but wonder why he kept going back if he hated the coffee? I don't like the coffee either so I don't but it! Duh.......

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 04:39 PM

"buy"

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 04:49 PM

Perhaps Starbucks will buy out the Timshops and close them down.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ed T
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 05:09 PM

Tim Horton and his Maple Leaf team have imbeded loyality into to their brand. Proving that it's not the quality of the coffee, the dougnut, or the hockey that counts with many loyal followers.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 05:19 PM

I have absolutely no conception of the significance (or otherwise) of Tim Hortons, but they have just started appearing as small concessions in Spar shops (convenience stores) in the UK.

So far, I prefer Krispy Kreme.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 05:49 PM

Ah (or Ugh?), Krispy Creme. This outfit has spread its tentacles from North Carolina to Walmart to Tesco in UK to Saudi Arabia, Korea (kim chee filling?) to Petro-Canada in Canada (try dunked in their premium grade).
Near bankruptcy a few years back, it has been rejuvenated.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: frogprince
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 08:24 PM

Each to his own; I generally have to admit to having a major sweet tooth, but to me Krispy Kremes are so gloppy I can barely stomach them.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 09 Feb 10 - 09:27 PM

Q, when I was riding shotgun on a press trip through the Carolinas a few years ago, we were welcomed to Winston Salem by the local press officer - with Krispy Kreme! Apparently they are very proud of the company there.

I like a cruller, me. Tim Hortons in the UK doesn't seem to stock them.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 Feb 10 - 12:01 PM

I prefer MickyD's for coffee - Newman's Own. YUM dark and rich.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Feb 10 - 03:07 PM

Second Cup is a Canadian chain with good coffee and a selection of pastries. Much preferable to Tim....
Also several coffees for sale in the bean, including 'organics'.

The better Starbucks have a larger selection of beans for sale, but the coffee by the cup is much better at some outlets than at others. Second Cup on average seems a bit more careful about preparation.

Timbo's? Ugh.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: EBarnacle
Date: 24 Feb 10 - 11:26 AM

It seems that Tim Horton's is at war with Starbuck's--at least in Michigan.


Starbucks losing coffee clash with Canadians
Tim Horton's is moving in where the Seattle coffee icon is closing up shop.
Posted by InvestorPlace on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:42 AM
With a statewide unemployment rate of about 15%, Michigan isn't exactly on the hot list of growth opportunities right now. That is, unless you're Tim Horton's (THI) and you're looking to beat Starbucks (SBUX) on American soil.



Why Michigan? First, Starbucks is showing signs of weakness there. Since 2008, the Seattle coffee icon has been closing underperforming locations in the Wolverine State. Seven sites were shuttered in 2009, with as many as 18 more on the way out this year. That gives THI an opportunity to step into a market where SBUX is losing momentum.

•Video: Is coffee good for you?

But this isn't a quiet campaign with Tim Horton's moving stealthily behind the scenes.





The Canadian coffee shop and bakery is waging an all-out war against Starbucks this year -- and Michigan is the front line.

•Is Tim Horton's a Top Seven Canadian Stock?
Tim Horton's is planning an ambitious expansion effort in the coming months that will add 125 stores with 2,000 employees in the state.   



THI's battle plan includes capitalizing on already loyal customers in the region and concentrating on value for cash-strapped consumers. The company also benefits from a wider variety of breakfast and lunch items, including bagels, soups, sandwiches and pastries.




Starbucks has tried to break out of its java-centric mold recently by offering new panini sandwiches, but the company has a long way to go if it wants to appeal to more than just coffee drinkers and remain a coffee stock that will perk up your portfolio.



Starbucks recently posted strong earnings, easily topping earnings per share estimates of 28 cent, thanks to same-store sales growth of about 4%. But there's no doubt that the company has lost a lot of ground compared with its juggernaut status a few years ago.




Tim Horton's has been steadily growing in Canada and continues to cut into Starbucks' market share in the northern United States. This move to capitalize on Starbucks' weakness in Michigan could really pay off down the road.



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Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 24 Feb 10 - 01:16 PM

Comedian Ron James on Tim's (and Starbucks).

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: frogprince
Date: 24 Feb 10 - 02:19 PM

EBarnacle, where are you located? My wife and I were sitting in the Tim's here in Lapeer, Michigan this morning, and some of the regulars were telling us that 5 locations near here have been abandoned by Starbucks and taken over by Tim's recently.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 24 Feb 10 - 02:20 PM

Last time I was in Canada (Nova Scotia, PEI & New Brunswick), we lumpen proles decided we liked Tim Horton's, especially with 3 generations in play (aged 7 to 82). I think I'm a Ron James convert -- thanks, gnu!!

~ Becky in Long Beach, missing the great north...

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Mar 11 - 02:12 PM

ER up ta Horton's eh.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: EBarnacle
Date: 02 Mar 11 - 10:44 PM

I was on my way out of the city last Friday. As I approached the PATH [Port Authority TransHudson {subway}] at Herald Square in NYC, what to my wondering eyes did appear but a Tim's on the Broadway side, South of 34th Street. We bin invaded!

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: GUEST,Fred
Date: 03 Mar 11 - 12:05 AM

Tim Horton made good doughnuts
And he could shoot a puck.
Tim Horton made good coffee
But he couldn't drive worth a f%$&

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: clueless don
Date: 03 Mar 11 - 09:48 AM

We went to Vancouver last summer, and Tim Horton's was a pleasant find. I was rather irritated, however, that they wouldn't take VISA.

Don

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Charmion
Date: 03 Mar 11 - 12:53 PM

No, Timmie's is one of the last stands of the hard-cash economy. I gather they don't want to pay the 7% royalty to the bank -- no surprise there.

Subject: RE: BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?
From: Crowhugger
Date: 03 Mar 11 - 03:11 PM

I almost always buy my Timmies with stray coins. Sometimes with quickpay cards which proliferate as stocking stuffers and in office gift exchanges at Christmas. Gotta love the look on their faces when I want them to use my tea bag. I always regret when I don't do that, their orange pekoe is pretty awful.