Frank, I visited a Tim Horton's in New Brunswick and was pleasantly surprised. Combo meals didn't include fries, but substituted in a donut. Food and service were reasonable... Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:54 AM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> And Tim Horton was a famous Hockey player! >> He used his name to advertise the chain of shops. >> Great match-up with the Stanley Cup. >> Regards, Bob S. > > Yes, Tim was one of the great defensemen of his era. Reputed to be > the strongest player in the NHL, he played for a number of teams from > the early 50's right into the early 70's, most notably Toronto. He > finished his career with the expansion Buffalo Sabres. > > He didn't just lend his name to the donut shops; it was his shop. > Back in the day, hockey players were among the lowest paid of > professional athletes (and still are, but at millions a year, it's > quite moot). They needed careers after hockey, and many started > restaurants, bars and other retail ventures. Tim actually started the > coffee shop in Hamilton, Ontario before he retired. > > Indeed he never did retire. He died in a horrendous high-speed crash > in his De Tomaso Pantera driving from a game in Buffalo to his home in > Toronto. > > Expansion of the chain of coffeeshops increased dramatically after his > death, and they're now nation-wide and ubiquitous. They are part of > our cultural scenery, for better or worse. > > As it turns out, two of my three daughters have worked part time at a > (different) Tim's during highschool, and I've gotta tell ya, it beats > hanging at the mall or playing video games for hours at a time! > > Okay, they did those things too, but less while working... ;-) > > cheers, > frank > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
