Tim Hortons announced they will be opening a Tim Hortons in the country of Mexico. Here are some examples of Canadian and Americans that want the Tim Hortons option during their vacation. https://twitter.com/dm4c88/status/824970893797502977 https://twitter.com/alannajankov/status/447099227362324481 https://twitter.com/stephgrainge/status/289591665847582722 https://twitter.com/cameronmcnz/status/568595499109842944 https://twitter.com/crodz230/status/811653563910942720 https://twitter.com/shelby_a731/status/847684986039709696 https://twitter.com/spate90/status/779798947212693505 https://twitter.com/tweet_s_downie/status/564844589291687937 https://twitter.com/ottvalley22/status/498547819209564160 https://twitter.com/kristinnaxx/status/409734019782561793 Jamaica https://twitter.com/wickeddesire81/status/914492484541206533 https://twitter.com/thefearraiser/status/869684702818574337 https://twitter.com/paloallto/status/860697703935868929 Florida https://twitter.com/pro_commando/status/876667755025641472 Vacation https://twitter.com/warfordtyler/status/721358378140889089
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Altavistagoogle: Does Glow’s Sunita Mani remind you of Kate Micucci
There really aren't that many Indians in Moncton. So who the heck does Glow's Sunita Mani remind me of? Is it Kate Micucci? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6CzEEKaXQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdHn0fDiLJ4
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Norwegian TV discovered that 2 million Norwegians were willing to watch the train ride from Bergen to Oslo in real time. I did it both ways in person and didn't find it particularly interesting (although I was with a Floridian who got to see snow f…
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Norwegian TV discovered that 2 million Norwegians were willing to watch the train ride from Bergen to Oslo in real time. I did it both ways in person and didn't find it particularly interesting (although I was with a Floridian who got to see snow for the first time, in
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Beacon Hill Has One Exit
As you may know. Fort McMurray, in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, has one road connecting it to the rest of the world (Highway 63 until the intersection with highway 881). Beacon Hill has one road out of the subdivision. That’s not good. If you only have one road out of your neighborhood, move!
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As you may know. Fort McMurray, in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, has one road connecting it to the rest of the world (Highway 63 until the intersection with highway 881). Beacon Hill has one road out of the subdivision.That’s not good. If you only …
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As you may know. Fort McMurray, in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, has one road connecting it to the rest of the world (Highway 63 until the intersection with highway 881). Beacon Hill has one road out of the subdivision.That’s not good. If you only …
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Altavistagoogle: Stop Harper for 10 Cents a Day
A tight 3 way race. Isn't democracy great. But the Conservatives have more money than the Liberals or NDP. The NDP is going to win Quebec (Quebeckers despise both Harper and Trudeau). But many people in other regions will still vote Conservative. The Conservatives can win. Influencing voters, and overcoming
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A tight 3 way race. Isn't democracy great. But the Conservatives have more money than the Liberals or NDP. The NDP is going to win Quebec (Quebeckers despise both Harper and Trudeau). But many people in other regions will still vote Conservative. The Conservatives can win. Influencing voters, and overcoming
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Golden Age of Television
So people are stealing video in shocking numbers, and yet we are apparently in the "Golden Age" of television? The jury is still out on that one, in my humble opinion. But then again, I'm still miffed AMC cancelled Rubicon. Still, if you feel you've been missing out, here is
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Altavistagoogle: Golden Age of Television
So people are stealing video in shocking numbers, and yet we are apparently in the "Golden Age" of television? The jury is still out on that one, in my humble opinion. But then again, I'm still miffed AMC cancelled Rubicon. Still, if you feel you've been missing out, here is
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: Allegiance’s Hope Davis is Not the Air Farce’s Jessica Holmes
Wow, I just watched the entire first episode of NBC's new Allegiance dram (à la The Americans) thinking they had cast the Air Farce's Jessica Holmes as the Russian-American heroin. They didn't. In fact, they casted the 9 years older, and very American, Hope Davis.
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Altavistagoogle: Allegiance’s Hope Davis is Not the Air Farce’s Jessica Holmes
Wow, I just watched the entire first episode of NBC's new Allegiance dram (à la The Americans) thinking they had cast the Air Farce's Jessica Holmes as the Russian-American heroin. They didn't. In fact, they casted the 9 years older, and very American, Hope Davis.
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: What Air Asia Does Different
Firstly, let me premise that I’m not convinced Air Asia is profitable.
Any reported “profits” could simply be accounting manipulations based
on unrealistic depreciation values assigned to new airplanes or very
temporary competitive advantages based on hedged fuel and low wages.
But from a brand perspective, here is what the company does different
(Air Asia is an umbrella group of independent national airlines).
-Western Rock music during boarding and unloading.
-Charges for water
-Flies small people (compared to North America and Europe)
-Is genuinely comfortable. Having suffered through two 7 hour ANA
Dreamliner flights, I can confirm that Air Asia’s A320 seats are far
more comfortable. They are in leather à la Westjet (so easy to clean)
and have foam in them.
-Takeoff like rockets. They shoot for the moon when they go up and
travel at very high altitude.
-Leave early. I always wondered how airlines enforced their 20 minute
rules at the gate. Well Air Asia does it more often than not by simply
leaving the gate!
-Flight attendants are gorgeous and kept humble by having them clean
the plane. And they start cleaning the front before all the passengers
are off!
How pretty? People were taking pictures and videos of them.
-Ban outside food. As a North American I find this one hard to digest,
but South Asia food does tend to smell, spill and stain. So that
cucumber sandwich will have to wait.
-No alcohol. This is probably because of Malaysian and Indonesians
imposing their stupid religious customs on others, but no booze for
you.
-They sell advertising space. You know that ad space inside city
busses, Air Asia does that to. Possibly for accounting and tax
reasons, however, it appears to be in-kind advertising. So companies
that advertise Air Asia get ad space on the luggage compartments of
the inside of the plane
-The face of the owner is on the side of the plane. I’m tempted to
call this an ego trip, but who knows? It is different, that’s for
sure.
-10 minute sales pitches during flights. A flight attendant apologised
to me because he was going make a 10 minute sales pitch “in the local
language”. 10 minute talks on cell phone plans are bearable when you
don’t speak Malay. If you do, then you should be using your phone to
listen to music anyway (in Airplane mode, of course).
-You can buy tickets without a credit card. If you do use credit, it
will cost you $9. Your boarding pass can be printed at home or using
the bar code sent to you via MMS with the airport self serve kiosks.
Human check-in on international flights remain free and quite popular.
But travellers opt for human check-in are greeted by long lines. The
adjacent document check lines were at most 3 people long.
7 kilo hand luggage limit (10kilo with Tiger). That ain’t much, but it
is doable. My weeklong travel bag containing a pair of jeans, charging
cables and plenty of underwear topped out at 6.7 kilos when my bathing
suit was wet from a swim at Singapore’s Changi airport. But normally
it was well under. Locals don’t seem to have mastered travelling light
and are paying luggage surcharges.
These observations are mostly based on my experiences flying in an out
of KLI2 in January 2015 operated by the Malaysian branch (The umbrella
group is based in nearby Sepang).
Altavistagoogle: What Air Asia Does Different
Firstly, let me premise that I'm not convinced Air Asia is profitable. Any reported "profits" could simply be accounting manipulations based on unrealistic depreciation values assigned to new airplanes or very temporary competitive advantages based on hedged fuel and low wages. But from a brand perspective, here is what the
Continue readingAltavistagoogle: What Air Asia Does Different
Firstly, let me premise that I'm not convinced Air Asia is profitable. Any reported "profits" could simply be accounting manipulations based on unrealistic depreciation values assigned to new airplanes or very temporary competitive advantages based on hedged fuel and low wages. But from a brand perspective, here is what the
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