Tim Horton - 40 years ago today

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http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2014/02/21/marking-tim-hortons-death-40-years-after/

[Sabres Fan in NS]

*All those years ago*

[Jsixspd]

Wow! RIP, Tim!

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

Never knew his real name was Miles.....

[phil_soisson]

Sad day that... I can still remember seeing photos of the wrecked Porsche on the QEW.

Edited February 22, 2014 by phil_soisson

[Jeanbe]

Sad day that... I can still remember seeing photos of the wrecked Porsche on the QEW.

 

I remember that too. I was 13 and I still can recall the photo of the car.

[Wyldnwoody44]

This roll up the rim is for you.... RIP

[zappa74]

Sad day that... I can still remember seeing photos of the wrecked Porsche on the QEW.

 

wasn't a Porsche...it was a Pantera (I know, I had a yellow one)

[Jsixspd]

Pantera? Those were nice back in the day! According to Wikipedia, some 7200 were built, but I see never see one at car shows. Pretty rare

[ubkev]

Pantera? Those were nice back in the day! According to Wikipedia, some 7200 were built, but I see never see one at car shows. Pretty rare

 

Death traps. Vince Neil was driving one when he killed Razzle from Hanoi Rocks.

[zappa74]

wasn't a Porsche...it was a Pantera (I know, I had a yellow one)

 

Here's a pic of mine

 

file:///Users/grl/Desktop/Pantera01.jpg

 

Don't know if I did this right...never tried to post a picture before.

[zappa74]

Here's a pic of mine

 

file:///Users/grl/Desktop/Pantera01.jpg

 

Don't know if I did this right...never tried to post a picture before.

 

Here's another try

 

 

[kishoph]

Even though he only played for the Sabres for a couple of years, it seemed like such a big loss for the city, Buffalo really loved Tim Horton.

[Jsixspd]

Great looking car, Zappa. They're scarce as hen's teeth these days. I've never seen one at a show.

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

Great looking car, Zappa. They're scarce as hen's teeth these days. I've never seen one at a show.

 

Looks like the Griswald Family Truckster behind it....

[darksabre]

 

 

Looks like the Griswald Family Truckster behind it....

 

You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it!

 

[IKnowPhysics]

I remember that too. I was 13 and I still can recall the photo of the car.

 

For some levity:

 

I was curious to see this, as I hadn't seen the photo before. I figured it was worthwhile, as this is an important, somber part of Sabres history. I google image searched "Tim Horton Accident Photos." There are a surprisingly enormous number of idiots that crash through the doors, windows, and walls of donut shops.

[phil_soisson]

http://www.cbc.ca/player/Digital+Archives/Economy+and+Business/Consumer+Goods/Tim+Hortons/ID/1418253759/

[Hoss]

I was talking to Paul Weiland about Horton today, and we got to talking about Horton's number being retired...

Weiland said that the number was never formally retired. One of the members of the organization, I forget the name, said that nobody would wear the number two as long as he is alive and then it was just decided one day to put it in the rafters. He said it was never meant to be retired or even honored, and that some of his coworkers from the time Horton was around weren't satisfied when it was put up there.