BS: Why no Tim Horton's here?

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: 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: 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: t.jack
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 08:54 PM

Great stuff bob the postman.

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: 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: 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: meself
Date: 09 Sep 09 - 02:11 PM

(whoops!) camps for the "unfortunate".

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 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: 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 - 12:23 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: 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: 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 - 09:12 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: 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: 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 - 06:32 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 - 06:15 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: Rapparee
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 06:12 PM

Starbucks? Good? Coffee?

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: 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: 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: 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: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 08 Sep 09 - 04:33 PM

LOL

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 03:55 PM

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

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: 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 - 03:17 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 - 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 - 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 12:24 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: 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: 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: 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: 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???