OT: Lost in Nova Scotia

MargW ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Lol Marg. They need help when they need to ask for directions to Musquodoboit lol

We also have Upper and Lower Economy, Pugwash, Antigonish and many more strange ones. Musquodoboit and Antigonish are corruptions of Native names, I believe the latter actually means The Bend in the River where the Bear Eats Blueberries.

Awesome!!!

I traveled to Canada this summer and stayed in Mississauga. We stopped at Tim Hortons quite a few times after hockey games. Anyone who does hockey will know the games can be late. The fellow behind the counter was so nice. (Everyone we met in Canada was very friendly). My fav was the maple dip donut and the frosted banana donut. So as soon as I got home I looked them up and found that we don't have any here in NJ. rats!

Diane

MargW wrote:

I've heard many wonderful things about Tim Hortons. My fervent hope is to head north summer of 07 and go back to NS and go to a Tim Hortons. (Yes Sheena, I'll let you know when I'm coming).

C

"Seaspray" ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

You should have had a Timmie's doughnut before they started pre-cooking them. I used to like a Dutchie, but not anymore. It began when Wendy's bought Tim Hortons.

Cheryl Isaak ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

I would think you would lol The coffee is still good, their soup and sandwiches lunch is still fine but the doughnuts nose dived - unfortunately it was sold to Wendys. You know, I'm sure, Tim Hortons was a hockey player, dead quite awhile now but his widow ran it well until she sold recently.

Actually, very shortly after Horton's death, the wife sold it to his partner, and then drank most of the money (and no this isn't gossip - she admitted as much herself). She later tried to get more money from the partner when she had finished blowing what he had bought her share for. Of course, by then the company was worth a lot more money (mostly becuase of his hard work). She didn't win - the courts agreed that she had received a fair price at the time.

It was the partner who made the chain so successful before selling to Wendy's. The parent company (Pepsico, IIRC) are the ones who changed the donuts so they aren't made fresh on the premises, but brought in partially baked and frozen to be finished in store.

MargW

MargW ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Wow didn't know that, always thought the wife continued with it.

I really wonder why they buy a successful format then change the essential thing about it. I don't eat things like doughnuts as a rule, but every so often I would see a Timmies and crave a Dutchie. The first trucked in one I had, I think I only managed a couple of bites and left the rest it was so awful. I tried one more time and have never bothered again.

It's amazing the lineups for coffee though, both inside and at the drive-thru. I believe they are one of the most expensive franchises.

Dunkin Donuts does the same thing. Their donuts used to be great and now they're just so-so.

Lucille

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Sheena sayeth:

Wendy's spun off Tim Hortons in September of this year.

are currently selling off the Baja Fresh chain.

Hmm.. Baja Fresh...I didn't care for their food.

Interesting story about Tim Hortons. I guess those of you who can go there regularly, probably feel diferently about it then I did. But, then again, I really don't like Dunkin' anymore. I guess you could say you get sick of the taste after awhile. Each donut tastes the same. LOL

But from the way people around my area talk, they have great coffee. Some mornings the highway gets clogged from so many people waiting on the shoulder to get into the DD parking lot! And we have 2 Starbucks in the same area.

Me...I'll stick to my tea.

Diane

Brenda Lewis wrote:

Hmm.. Baja Fresh...I didn't care for their food.

Interesting story about Tim Hortons. I guess those of you who can go there regularly, probably feel diferently about it then I did. But, then again, I really don't like Dunkin' anymore. I guess you could say you get sick of the taste after awhile. Each donut tastes the same. LOL

But from the way people around my area talk, they have great coffee. Some mornings the highway gets clogged from so many people waiting on the shoulder to get into the DD parking lot! And we have 2 Starbucks in the same area.

Me...I'll stick to my tea.

Diane

Brenda Lewis wrote:

Hi Diane, Had I given it enough thought, I would have listed the loss of Timmy's on the Con side when trying to decide to move to NJ! There are some in NY now, but none close to NJ. Mostly up in the Buffalo/Rochester area. And we found one in CT this summer! My husband was so thrilled he *had* to pull off at that exit and go find it. And we'd been home the week before! When we go home for holidays, the first stop off the highway is a combined Timmy's/Harvey's* rest plaza. That way we both get what we want ASAP! I do agree that the doughnuts are not as good at Timmy's anymore, but they're still better than the Dunkin' Donuts! My biggest complaint last time we were home was that my Walnut Crunch no longer has any crunch! Now Harvey's on the other hand... I can't live without my Harvey's fix. I used to laugh when my Uncle would fly in for holidays from the UK and sign me out of school to take me to Harvey's for lunch. Now we plot together to make sure we both get enough while we're home! Heather

*Harvey's is a burger chain unlike anything I've found here in the US. The burgers themselves taste rather like Checker's burgers spice-wise, but the entire concept is different. Once you've ordered, you move down the counter and once your burger is ready, you specify which of the fresh toppings you want (a la Subway) and they fix it up right for you! Why yes, it is only six and a half week until my next Harvey's fix...

Seaspray wrote:

"Heather in NY" ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

Want me to mail you a burger ???

As the ad says "Harveys makes a burger a beautiful thing" And, I agree

- they really do make the best burgers. You often find Harvey's right next to a Swiss Chalet. If you like rotisserie bbq chicken - yummers. It's my favourite.

MargW

Thanks, I appreciate the offer! My best friend's dad runs the Analytical Chemistry labs at our university and offered to quick freeze me some in liquid nitrogen and mail them in a cooler box. One of these days I may just take him up on it!

Heather Who also loves Swiss Chalet... but feels better now that I can make the sauce at home! The first Christmas when I got that as a gift from my SIL, I thought DH (her brother) was going to kill her for giving it to me and not him so he'd have to "ask nicely" if he wanted any... and the jokes went way down hill from there!

lucretia borgia wrote:

ROFLMAO - as it seems to us there is a Tim Horton's - at least 1 - on every corner. It's like dunkin' donuts in New England (or at least Rhode Island).

Yes, and importantly, Tim Horton was a hockey star, who did very well, surprisingly, with his now enormous donut chain. Hence, all the NHL rinks in Canada have large Tim Horton's signs on the boards.

ellice

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Hey, Diane, is your son playing for the Colonials? I remembered you saying that he was still playing goal, and wondered. DH reffed their U-18 kids a couple of weeks ago, and it reminded me.

Ellice

No - Tim Horton's is only in Rhode Island. It's Dunkins all way otherwise.

Hi Ellice,

No, he plays for the Bridgewater Bears. He's been with them for 6 years. He did not try out for the Colonials. Colonials are a great team, but he did not want to travel too far for practices. He had a chance for a junior team from Ramapo, again over an hour to get there.He is carrying a very heavy load in high school. He is looking to play club in college.

When we were in Canada this summer, it was for NARCH, roller hockey. We did not fare too well. One of our F did not come because of a previous injury. First game, one of our d's broke his ankle. Second game, another fracture to the hand of a F. Brought up a player from the 16 u- another injury. Unbelievable! It just wasn't in the cards for us.

I had fun anyway, finished an afghan in the stands!

Diane