Hey! Ivé got a tatoo all over my arm hwo says king of fools, so i can prove it.. I got the idea when sitting in jail, :banghead3: Throbbing my head in regret.. Its a cool tat, and a awesome Social D song! My wife just likes to take care of hopeless projects like me and my dog
nope I didn't! I dropped #3 off at school(NSCC). Made a stop at #2 place of work. He comes out, I put the window down, turn off the truck. Had a chat, go to start the truck...nothing, not even a click! However the dash lights are flickering even with the key out!!! I'm thinking the wiring is fryed. I check under the hood to see if the belt didn't break off...maybe I'd been running on the battery...nope still there, seemed tight??? Checked the battery cables, they seemed OK too :confused: Called hubby...but really what's he gonna do he's 1 1/2 hrs away. So I call the tire shop where I get my oil changes done, tell him what's happening. He sents the fella across town(not a big town, but a town) to see if it'll take a boost. My hero shows up jiggles the battery cable the little light under the hood comes on I get excited he tightens the bolts on the battery Allover starts right up You got I felt like a DUMBASS but a very relieved dumbass. I stopped by the tire shop after a bit he didn't charge me, I didn't think he would, so they were rewarded with the great Canadian thankyou card...Tim Hortons for everyone! Gotta love these guys!!!
*Drools* Timmy's... I am addicted to what one Canadian Customs agent referred to as "Canadian Crack". Fav Timmy's meal is Chili with Country Bun, jelly donut and an XL Double-Double. I got Bunn's Tim Hortons Edition coffeemaker in my kitchen, she's my pride and joy! We desperately need more Timmy's in the USA, only two US locations Ive been to were Waverly, Ohio and Ashland, Kentucky. More!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons Tim Horton was an NHL hockey player. In the 60's he opened the first donut shop chain in Canada and it has become a Canadian icon. http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/about/bio_timhorton.html Tragically he was killed in an accident and never saw the success of the venture.
Tim Hortons is Canada's best-kept secret and their number one icon. There are more Timmy's than there are McDonalds or Starbucks up there, and may God let it remain so. It is the ultimate comfort-food place: you get coffee, iced cappuccinos, donuts, pastries, TIMBITS!!!!!, wraps, sandwiches, soups, chili, it's endless. Once you try it, you're hooked. It's almost impossible to go anywhere in Canada without seeing at least one, even in the most remote parts...even in Nunavut (How much of Canada's newest territory is populated? Nunavut!). I guarantee if we get more Timmys in the US, Starbucks will be sweating.
Interesting. Sounds like a place I would enjoy. None in Oregon or even Washington though...... Seems like the owners are keeping the 'Tim Horton' name in good stead...
i guess I'm the goofy dumbass because i started reading this thread from the rear and went backwards just to see how it it all started. sounds backward to me.
Tim's is the kinda of place that you can visit with your friends and feel very relaxed and comfortable. You can have a game of checkers, read the paper, check your email, have a brief business meeting, stop for a quick lunch when your out shopping or coming home from a hockey game. It's a great addition to any community big or small! Our Tim' has placed a plaque in the corner for the the regular BSers that sit there everyday! One day someone placed a penny in the wood trim just above a table, then some else added a few and so on, they now go all the way around the dinning area. Besides being a great coffee shop they also have summer camps for under priviledged kids that goes on all summer ever summer. They also sponsor Timbits hockey teams and numerous community events...well it just goes on and on! We do love our tim's.
Okay, I confess, I nearly mixed it with a local in an Edmonton Tim's once... It's -25 outside and my Canadian hosts and I are waiting in line for our turn. All of a sudden, there's a commotion: turning to look, there's an obviously-homeless guy being asked by the female manager to please leave. He was asleep and now he's irate for being wakened. He's loud and menacing, and just threatened to assault the manager. Okay, I'm in a foreign country, but the rules are universal: you don't threaten a female. Ever. I step out of line and say "You don't wanna do that, mister". My host says "Please, don't", but I'm scope-locked on this guy. Now he's scopelocked on me and gets up. Here we go... Suddenly I hear the scuffling of feet and chairs: behind me, a group of seven roughnecks (oil-field men) just got up. They knew what was going on, they've had enough as well. The homeless guy just stops, says nothing. He stares us all down for 3 seconds, turns off and storms out the door. That was it. Tim's is a great place to socialize, definitely, but this "Ugly American" (me) kinda created a stir. My apologies!
Ugly American??? how so??? You offered your assistance to help someone being threatened...your humane Not everyone would have offered
I have a nominee for Dumb a$$. My so called helper at work (actually I feel more like a sitter) had a double whammy yesterday. First was we had a new jeep get the tires and wheels stole off of it over the weekend so they get new ones to put on it to get it off the cinder blocks the thief kindly left it on.They instructed him to do this task.He reappears half hour later he asks me "How do you get the blocks from under the car?" I explain and he tells me " I didn't use a jack, it was already high enough to get the tires on!" I explain again about jacking it up but So I have things to do and no time to get the jack to do this so I took the easier route and just went out with a hammer and busted the blocks and he said " Oh I could have done that" #2 Right after that we are walking past the transmission guy's stall where he has a front-wheel drive tranny on his bench to rebuild and my helper (who has been thier 3 months with no progress from day 1, but he is the bosses future son-in-law) says,"Wow that is the smallest car engine I seen!" he wonders why we don't let him out of our site! Luckily we have 4 of us to keep a eye on him and found the best thing to do is find some parts and send him to the parts washer to wash them...even if the part is no good,he don't know the diffrence
