The Great and Less Than Great Canadian Logo Thread - Page 48

megadude · #**941** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 3:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by harls

Megadude, are you over 40? Just guessing.

Yes sir. And I used to work at A&P when I was 17 for $6.85 an hour when minimum wage was $6.45. Then I quit one day during a shift because quite frankly the manager upfront was a cunt. Was awkward when we saw each other in a parking lot one night while she was hanging with her friends on lawn chairs.

Then I interviewed at McDonald’s with my classmate and he got invited to a second one while I didn’t. Two weeks later my uncle hooked me up at Chrysler assembly plant making $21.76 an hour and I ascended to baller status at high school because I could actually buy what I wanted to like polo, nautica and hilfiger. Ahh… what a waste of money.

A&P was an excellent logo for that time.

megadude · #**942** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 3:15 AM**

What’s the meaning?

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Originally Posted by harls

Megadude, are you over 40? Just guessing.

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Originally Posted by madog222

Hullo, a soon to launch passenger ferry service between Vancouver & Nanaimo.

I think the name and logo are very clever.

O-tacular · #**943** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

I thought everyone here was over 40

Sad to say I’ll be joining the club soon.

madog222 · #**944** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 7:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by megadude

What’s the meaning?

Sounds like hello and spelt with "hull" as in a boat hull. The U which vaguely looks like a boat sits below the water line.

lio45 · #**945** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 1:45 PM**

Would be an even better pun for a ferry service across the Ottawa River at the location of present-day Portage or Alexandra Bridges

esquire · #**946** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 1:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by lio45

Would be an even better pun for a ferry service across the Ottawa River at the location of present-day Portage or Alexandra Bridges

That said, the 'hullo' branding is good... it's distinctive, it stands out.

MonctonRad · #**947** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 3:28 PM**

Why is there a need for a passenger only ferry service from Vancouver to Nanaimo?

Vancouver waterfront to the inner harbour in Victoria sure, but, Nanaimo???

Just wondering.................

esquire · #**948** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 4:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Why is there a need for a passenger only ferry service from Vancouver to Nanaimo?

Vancouver waterfront to the inner harbour in Victoria sure, but, Nanaimo???

Just wondering.................

People do go back and forth, Nanaimo is not some tiny town

phone · #**949** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 4:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Why is there a need for a passenger only ferry service from Vancouver to Nanaimo?

Vancouver waterfront to the inner harbour in Victoria sure, but, Nanaimo???

Just wondering.................

Nanaimo's basically the size of Fredericton

MolsonExport · #**950** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:04 PM**

The D always looked ugly to me. In fact, rather like the yellow-ribbon B for the Bay, I could not see the "D" (of course it was meant to represent a D) in the Dominion logo. It resembles a gaping mouth about to eat a maple leaf.

Dominion was eaten by Provigo in Quebec (dunno what happened in Ontario, or elsewhere) which in turn was gobbled by Galen's Galactic Grocery Empire. Dominions became Provigos, then Provigos became Loblaws, then (after the geniuses figured out that the Quebecois would never warm to the Loblaw's brand) they were once again rebranded Provigos.

MonctonRad · #**951** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

People do go back and forth, Nanaimo is not some tiny town

I realize. I've been to Nanaimo (and Victoria).

My point is that a direct passenger only service to Victoria inner harbour from Vancouver downtown would be insanely popular for tourists, and probably would be much more of a sure service than a commuter service to Nanaimo.

MolsonExport · #**952** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by O-tacular

Sad to say I’ll be joining the club soon.

Turning 40 sucks. Turning 50 is worse...way worse. I hate being in my 50s

MonctonRad · #**953** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Turning 40 sucks. Turning 50 is worse...way worse. I hate being in my 50s

Wait until you are 65. I can actually feel terminal decline settling in..........

harls · #**954** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Turning 40 sucks. Turning 50 is worse...way worse. I hate being in my 50s

I'll be there soon enough. The worst part is my eyesight has declined in the last 4 or 5 years. I can't read fine print anymore. I have to take a pic with my phone and zoom it in. I should really go to the optometrist.

This logo is cool.

MolsonExport · #**955** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

I'll be there soon enough. The worst part is my eyesight has declined in the last 4 or 5 years. I can't read fine print anymore. I have to take a pic with my phone and zoom it in. I should really go to the optometrist.

This logo is cool.

I used to go into PJC and ask: "I am looking for a friend". They used to run a series of commercials (for fucking decades) with the inevitable tag line: "Pharm-Escompte, Jean-Coutu, where you will find it all....Even a friend!!"

I always found PJC to the junkiest of the mainstream drug chains (although Pharma-pricks, aka Shoppers Dog Fart, has really gone downhill since being gobbled by Galen Weston). 99% of the shit sold in these places is just overpriced junk.

harls · #**956** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by megadude

Yes sir. And I used to work at A&P when I was 17 for $6.85 an hour when minimum wage was $6.45. Then I quit one day during a shift because quite frankly the manager upfront was a cunt. Was awkward when we saw each other in a parking lot one night while she was hanging with her friends on lawn chairs.

You and I must be the same age then. My first job out of high school was working at a library for 5 bucks an hour (I think that was the minimum wage in MB at the time).

harls · #**957** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 5:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I always found PJC to the junkiest of the mainstream drug chains (although Pharma-pricks, aka Shoppers Dog Fart, has really gone downhill since being gobbled by Galen Weston). 99% of the shit sold in these places is just overpriced junk.

All of the pharmacies in my area have some glorified grocery section that is very overpriced, especially Galen's Pharmaprix (Shopper's). It's really shitty when grocery stores are closed here on a holiday and Weston still gets to wax his willy having the pharmacy open and charge a premium for food.

madog222 · #**958** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 6:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I realize. I've been to Nanaimo (and Victoria).

My point is that a direct passenger only service to Victoria inner harbour from Vancouver downtown would be insanely popular for tourists, and probably would be much more of a sure service than a commuter service to Nanaimo.

Sure Victoria has more draw but is significantly further by boat harbour to harbour. The shorter distance makes Vancouver - Nanaimo a far more viable to run.

Even with fast jet driven catamarans Vancouver - Victoria takes 3.5 hours.
That’s only slightly faster than taking BC Ferries + public transit bus on either side downtown to downtown. While the scheduled floatplane and helicopter services take 35min.

This service to Nanaimo will take 70min, less than half the time for BC Ferries + bus and closes the gap on flying (20min).

MonctonRad · #**959** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

This service to Nanaimo will take 70min, less than half the time for BC Ferries + bus and closes the gap on flying (20min).

Fair point.

So, this is essentially a commuter service.

Acajack · #**960** Posted **Apr 27, 2023, 6:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Loco101

The ribbon looking B in The Bay logo came from the M in the former Montreal-based Morgan's department store logo.

HBC bought out Morgan's at one point and changed the stores to The Bay at a later date. They obviously decided to change the B to that ribbony thing in remembrance of Morgan's.

And here the Morgan's logo from before the one above:

Ben voyons donc! I never knew that.