This is the thread where you roll up the rim to win

Worst thing for me has been moving from a place with deplorable public transit (Winnipeg) to a place with fantastic public transit. I walk a fraction of what I used to walk.

wow! yeah, 9 years ago i remember going out of my way to one, it might have been part of a gas station
i was a sugar junkie back then
xps

There was some community resistance to the one on Commercial Drive, taking business away from the older Italian joints or the hipster hangouts with "good" coffee. Locally respected fringe ranter Kevin Potvin kept writing about it in his paper which was kind of the last straw for me, in terms of picking it up. First point is that there is NOWHERE on Commercial Drive that sells doughnuts apart from Tims. I've got a right to eat what I like even if it is fried dough. The second point is that Tims makes coffee available for the really poor folks on the Drive, since their coffee is about $1.40 rather than $2.30 a cup, which is approx what everyone else sells it for. Third point is, can't you take your anti-corporate rant to some of the other big businesses on the Drive, of which there are many. EG. when was the last time anyone took down HR Block. I'm sure there's a lot of independent tax accountants that hate those guys.

Yeah, there's a bunch of them attached to Esso stations. They're ok in a pinch. x-post

Yeah, I use the one on the corner of Davie and Burrard quite a bit. Lord, what a dump.

I have trouble understanding that area. What a strange mix of fancy and dumpy (weighted towards dumpy).

Timmie's is my favourite but now I need to drink coffee with soy instead of regular milk and none of their store stocks it; breaks my heart.

Was with Grandma, who was 1:1 yesterday! Free coffee right off the start.

Roll Up The Rim And Win....A Hospital Stretcher

i won a donut!

Yay!

Apparently Country Style is accepting all Please Play Agains and giving coffees for them. FYI!

2 for 13 (2nd coffee just now). They're fuckin' lucky. Of course there aren't any Country Styles here in Vancouver. I wonder if Duffin's would accept the please play agains? I should try just for fun.

and now a coffee! that's like 2 for 8 i think.

You're not gonna get one of those raunchy French vanillas with it, are you, Kimmo?

is that really what you think of me Bryan? i'll admit that i sometimes put real vanilla in real coffee, but those things are grossly oversweet - only rarely drinkable if diluted by half with coffee (apparently my one time recommendation of the Kriek beer has tarnished my taste rep for all time?!)

I was just testing you. I can't look at a bottle of Kriek without wincing! Hospitals could use it in place of ipecac, ffs.

I must be 0/8 by now.

mmm ipecac

I love seeing this thread revived!!

It's a magical thread. 2/14, btw

we have a new brewer here at home (our old one wore out last month after years of hard service) so i am faced with the realization that it does not dispense RUTR cups. no more winning at morning coffee. :(

Maybe you should tape loonies to the bottom of random mugs in the cabinet? :D

I'm 1:5 so far this year. A coffee of course. But I think it's a better prize this year since the have a new, larger coffee size.

One is six is a winner so I'm ahead of the game so far.

I went to Tim's today for the first time in months and months and didn't get a coffee.

Not going to do it this year.

Please Play Again/Reessayez S.V.P.

They've asked too many times. Feels like begging.

Hilariously, I won my first-ever doughnut in 2011 in a hospital cafeteria after receiving my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

DOUBLE FUCKIN RIM ROLLS

The song is terrible (Nickleback is ours too, remember), but I guess it is sort of our "Party in the USA," or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAnWPo6dtdc

Hilariously, I won my first-ever doughnut in 2011 in a hospital cafeteria after receiving my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:37 PM (11 months ago)

Timmy's franchise where I bought the coffee was directly opposite the cafeteria, just to clarify

http://www.theprovince.com/business/reasons+former+Hortons+employee+hated+Roll/9516357/story.html

I'm glad I never had to work at a Timmy's.

I'm in a "fuck that place and their shit coffee/wrong order" mood lately so probably no free disappointments for me this year.

They seem unable to make a cup of tea without pouring fucking sugar into it and about half a pint of milk. Also the breakfast sandwiches etc have taken a turn towards McDonalds quality, the donuts are way too sweet and Timbits have always tasted like crap.

The thing is, who goes to Timmy's for quality, right?

Every time I've gone it's been out of convenience or for "Aw, fuck it, I don't feel like thinking of where to eat" reasons.

It's taken me a few weeks, but I am beginning to accept the reality that blueberry fritters are gone and they're not coming back.

Also: I think the whole two-chances-to-win thing is a ruse. The odds are supposed to be 1 in 6. I'd estimate I've bought 30-40 coffees the past month, and I've won three times--1 in 12, maybe (ignoring that it's 1 in 24 if you count each cup twice). I don't know how to do the math, but my guess is that the probability of a 1/6 event happening 1/12 times over 35 trials is low. I'm forwarding this post to Oliver Stone.

Nothing this year at all.

Going through the drive-through a few minutes ago, I got a "Congratulations" as I handed over a free-coffee scrap. First time that's ever happened. Appreciated, but not really necessary--and I felt very little joy as the transaction was completed.

http://www.rimroller.com

I some money I've been looking to invest somewhere--thanks for the heads-up.

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