Ugly Canada 2 (Only architecture, planning and design faux pas) - Page 316

deja vu · #**6301** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 2:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Sorry to re-quote but I never realized we had any American posters who followed this thread. Welcome!

Thanks for the welcome! This is definitely one of the most entertaining threads, forum-wide. I've followed it for years. Hopefully growing up about 30 minutes from the border qualifies me as an "associate" member. We grew up watching CBC programming and there were some kids in my high school class that commuted all the way from Windsor.

lio45 · #**6302** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 3:24 AM**

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Oh thanks, it is apparently real then. I thought it wasn't because Google aerial imagery, dated 2023,

That's just a lie. The view in my hometown is from 2021 (a building I razed in 2022 is still there, and a vehicle I parked in one of my parking lots in late 2021 and which hasn't budged since then is not there yet; and it's summer in the view). And it says, of course, "2023".

I guess they can say that their 2021 image is "copyrighted 2023", but that's really borderline dishonest. As an user, I greatly prefer to know the truth about the age of the image, than to "learn" which year we're in right now. (Google always dates its images to the current year, whatever year they're from.)

O-tacular · #**6303** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 4:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by deja vu

Thanks for the welcome! This is definitely one of the most entertaining threads, forum-wide. I've followed it for years. Hopefully growing up about 30 minutes from the border qualifies me as an "associate" member. We grew up watching CBC programming and there were some kids in my high school class that commuted all the way from Windsor.

No need to qualify as an associate member at all. You’ve survived the sight of Clockzilla so welcome to the club! You probably know more about Canada’s ugly nooks and crannies than most Canadians now.

O-tacular · #**6304** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 5:04 AM**

I feel like this ad with Mac Tonight could be set inside Clockzilla. Molson, did Bolanis own a McDonald’s in Laval?

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MolsonExport · #**6305** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 1:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

I feel like this ad with Mac Tonight could be set inside Clockzilla. Molson, did Bolanis own a McDonald’s in Laval?

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Nope but his former henchman (Randy Pryde) did. They worked together for years. Baldanus was his boss for years, and then, Randy became what they call a "consultant" (i.e., district manager, who inspected the stores annually, each for one week at a time; Baldanus did this too before being awarded a franchise), and so there was some "payback". Later, Randy was granted a franchise of his own. Randy is something like 6 feet, 6 inches tall.

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In 1976, George was manager at the franchise on St. John’s Road and the big-boned Randy, who had formerly worked as a student on construction projects, was his assistant. George can’t resist razzing him, recalling that his training regimen for Randy at that time required the young man to babysit George’s 1-year-old son.

Randy Pryde

Restaurant locations: Labelle, Ste. Dorothée

Just for old times' sake:

O-tacular · #**6306** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 5:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Nope but his former henchman (Randy Pryde) did. They worked together for years. Baldanus was his boss for years, and then, Randy became what they call a "consultant" (i.e., district manager, who inspected the stores annually, each for one week at a time; Baldanus did this too before being awarded a franchise), and so there was some "payback". Later, Randy was granted a franchise of his own. Randy is something like 6 feet, 6 inches tall.

Randy Pryde

Restaurant locations: Labelle, Ste. Dorothée

Just for old times' sake:

What's with all of the anglos owning MacDo's in Quebec? Has Legault expropriated them yet?

Gresto · #**6307** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 9:02 PM**

Yikes, that Pryde bro rivals Bolanis in douchetastic cornpone ham-and-egger crack-the-whip-franchisee looks. It's as if they come out of a corporate mold.

MolsonExport · #**6308** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 9:03 PM**

^absolutely. they are cut from the same cloth. Crack the whip and scream all the time.

As memorably reported somewhere earlier in the thread, George once screamed "Get the cripple out of drive-thru!!" when the drive thru got backed up (the person in the wicket had muscular dystrophy or something akin). Georgie got in a bit of trouble with HQ for that one.

Man, I could tell a lot of stories about the stuff that went on during my time at Rotten Ronnie's.

MolsonExport · #**6309** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 9:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

What's with all of the anglos owning MacDo's in Quebec? Has Legault expropriated them yet?

^'enemies of Quebec' for sure.

lio45 · #**6310** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 9:32 PM**

Let’s make sure we get the actual quote right: wasn’t it “get the fucking cripple out …”?

lio45 · #**6311** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 9:33 PM**

Enemies of Quebec’s arteries (and waistline).

O-tacular · #**6312** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 10:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

^'enemies of Quebec' for sure.

At least they could feel permitted to give Legault the finger:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...udge-1.6772056

On a more serious note they seem like enemies of human decency.

Edit: And also as lio said "Enemies of Quebec's arteries". Though Scores and poutine already have that covered.

O-tacular · #**6313** Posted **Mar 14, 2023, 10:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Gresto

Yikes, that Pryde bro rivals Bolanis in douchetastic cornpone ham-and-egger crack-the-whip-franchisee looks. It's as if they come out of a corporate mold.

At the risk of incurring Asseau's wrath I thought the same thing. He looks like an Uruk Hai without makeup who had a haircut. His towering stature would add to this effect I'm sure.

MolsonExport · #**6314** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 12:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

Let’s make sure we get the actual quote right: wasn’t it “get the fucking cripple out …”?

yes, forgot the expletive.

MolsonExport · #**6315** Posted **Mar 15, 2023, 12:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

At the risk of incurring Asseau's wrath I thought the same thing. He looks like an Uruk Hai without makeup who had a haircut. His towering stature would add to this effect I'm sure.

https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/...5-1200x675.jpg