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.