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Author Topic: OHHH, Canada! Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 09-26-2004 12:55 PM                       Daryl.. hey, you remembered this thread from almost a year ago? Cool. Thanks, that's the place. I've since seen some of the MAAX trucks driving around down here, with a big picture on the side of a hot chick in a jacuzzi. Weird how the names and typefaces are nearly identical. Makes me wonder... I remember seeing a plumber driving a pickup truck in KY years ago, and it was "Century Plumbing"... with an exact duplicate of the Century Projector Company logo on the door!! Hey, Mark, I purely LOVE Krispy Kremes! I've yet to stop by Tim Horton's, though, haven't been back up that way.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-26-2004 01:08 PM                        quote: Steve Kraus Is that last sentence backwards? Surely the EU forbids pounds and ounces and insists on metric. Yes, sorry, my mistake.  |  IP: Logged Trevor Bailey Expert Film Handler Posts: 113 From: Woonsocket, RI Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-26-2004 02:04 PM                        Tim, Horton's is starting to appear in Maine...I tried one of their berry filled muffins...pretty good. Much better than any of the DD muffins. Krispy Kream has started to appear in RI and while their donuts are different, I tried them once and that was enough. I still like the local "one off" donut shops...my favorite is Frosty's in Brunswick, ME. Tony's in Portland is also pretty tasty. I don't drink coffee so I can't comment on that.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-26-2004 02:36 PM                     We'll be getting a Tim Horton's in Erie pretty soon. It'll be right down the street from the Krispy Kreme that opened a little over 2 years ago. Let the "Donut Wars" begin! I like Krispy Kremes but only when HOT. If they cool off, they are just another donut. If Horton's are as good as you say, I can't wait to try!  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-26-2004 06:15 PM                     Tim Horton's doughnuts have changed probably since the last time you were up here Mark. They are now 70% baked in a central location, frozen and baked again at the destination. This is to still call them " freshly baked ". Their donuts are crap now.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 09-26-2004 06:39 PM                        quote: Trevor I still like the local "one off" donut shops... Me too. I always try to support local "Ma & Pa" kind of places when it comes to food. The Corporate Way of things these days has just turned me completely off to any big chains of anything anymore, but especially restaurants. Is Horton's mostly a truck-stop kind of thing? Or can you find them anywhere in Canada? Even if they've gone down in quality since centralizing their cooking, I'd still like to try that coffee. Damn, it's been seven years since I was last in the Great White North!  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 09-26-2004 08:01 PM                     quote: www.timhortons.com Tim Hortons has more than 2,350 stores across Canada and a steadily growing base of 228 locations in key markets within the United States And somehow affiliated with Wendy's.  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-26-2004 09:52 PM                     Tim Hortons is everywhere. Almost like McDicks.  |  IP: Logged Wayne Keyser Master Film Handler Posts: 272 From: Arlington, Virginia, USA Registered: May 2004 posted 09-26-2004 10:14 PM                     A Comment and a Question: You don't bake donuts, you fry them. And fresh, hot Krispy Kremes are my idea of heaven - the dough practically vanishes at first bite, leaving nothing between your tongue and all that glaze/icing/filling (with the right menu choice, all three). I'm fat, and I know my fattening stuff, darn it! Question: What's "Canadian Club" Whiskey called up there? "American Club"?  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 09-26-2004 10:23 PM                    Yes. Just as in France they call deep fried potato strips "Our Fries."  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 09-26-2004 11:55 PM                        If they called CC "American Club" nobody would buy it, considering most American alcohol is either weak or just bad. Crown Royal and Canadian Club are the rye's of my choice, and I've yet to go somewhere in North America or Europe that I couldn't get at least one of them if I wanted to. Tim, I've got a great long term memory, lousy short term memory. It's not uncommon for a population of 20,000 to have 5 or more Tim Horton's stores. The majority of their business is coffee sales. Although donuts are certainly significant, their volume pales considerably to the amount of take-out coffee they sell every morning (people will line up for over half an hour to buy it). I don't drink coffee though, and I eat very few donuts (probably less than 5 a year). Donuts just aren't my thing, although I don't suspect I'm harming myself due to lack of donut intake. I suspect they put crack in their coffee. quote: Mark Gulbrandsen The speeds prople drive at along the QEW are unbelievable...almost makes the autobahn look like a kids play ground. The QE (yes, occasionally I/we abbreviate a three letter abbreviation to a two letter one) is nothing compared to the 400 North bound, especially the 400 at night, or around 4 to 6pm when people are getting off work. Speeds of 140 to 180 km/h (87 to 112 mph) or higher really aren't that uncommon. At least half of the people are doing 140 km/h at any given time. Although you'll find this on any of the 400 series highways, and the QEW late at night. Except around long weekends, then only the stupid people go exceedingly fast and get nailed by the OPP, sometimes four times in a single weekend. I've always thought Americans drive slow. Except for the Michiganites who come to Ontario and try to keep up, unfailingly cut everyone off, often rear ending people or causing other accidents. I fear Michigan plates.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-27-2004 03:34 AM                        quote: Michael Schaffer Here is what Canada looks like. Canada is on the right, behind all the water. Primitive Canada has a huge grease cup sticking out of it. How much is it costing the country to have some cushy-job sucker climb up there every couple of months just to give it a half a turn? It's the 21st century; install a grease feeder !  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-27-2004 03:42 AM                  Ya know William, after reading all your posts here on FT over the last many moons, I cannot decide if you're on dope or just have really bizarre sense of humor. I think it's the latter as I too have much of the same thoughts and usually agree with you. >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged

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