Life Expectancy After McDonald's
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Published In The Great North Arrow, August 1, 2025: The Final Review
The Final Review - jim Young “At the end of the day, all that matters is love and memories. So make sure that you give it and make sure you make them.” - anon Many people have reported seeing their lives flash before their eyes just before death. But of course those people that tell us that, didn’t really die. They only suffered a near death experience. So we don’t know for certain if that also happens with people that have actually died. However, not everyone that experiences a near death experience has reported this phenomenon. But maybe they just hadn't gotten all the way there yet. Maybe if they had gotten a moment or two closer to their actual death, their film migt've started to roll. At what point does your inner stage manager cue the lighting operator to lower your house lights and call for the projector to roll? I wonder if any of these people also saw a quick countdown from 8 to 2 accompanied with a little beep that counted off the seconds to go as each number appeare...
Free Is Fun
Free Is Fun - jim Young “I don’t care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.” Queen Latifah I am proud of my Scottish Heritage. And at the risk of perpetuating a myth let me just say “Free” is my second favourite four letter word. It seems there was a lot more free stuff when I was young. Post-war manufacturing growth and the new medium of television brought about inventive marketing strategies to combat fierce competition. This ultimately resulted in free giveaways and mail-in prizes to encourage brand loyalty. The brand loyalty concept didn’t really work on me though. As a youngster during the 50s and 60s my only loyalties lay with whatever flashy give-away toy caught my eye as I followed my mother down the aisles of the grocery store. And there were a lot of them to choose from. One of my favourites that comes to mind was the small plastic submarines that used to come in boxes of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. After filling them with baking soda and dropping them into a...
Another great observation, Jim. (My observation is that you don’t need an apostrophe when its is possessive—but that could just be “autocowreck” . That’s not my invention, sadly.)
ReplyDeleteOh and it’s Coralee, by the way.
DeleteAh! The "Apostrophe Debate".
DeleteI can't find it right now but when I do, I will share the "Apostrophe Debate" and it's relationship with "Youngs General Store" and ultimately "Youngs IGA". It was either an email from Aunt Mary or an article I wrote based on an email from Aunt Mary about the discussion and debate that Gramma, Grampa, Aunt Mary, my Dad and your Dad had regarding whether or not the name should be "Young's" or "Youngs".
I was of the understanding an apostrophe WAS required for a possessive and that it would come before the letter "s" unless the name ended in an "s" in which case it would come after. I also believed that if the word was a plural as in the Young Brothers' or the McDonald Brothers' the apostrophe would also come after the "s".
I welcome your clarification on the proper usage of each of the instances.
However, in this particular case I googled images of the McDonald's logo to be sure not only did I have the correct spelling of McDonald's vs MacDonald's but also with regards to the inclusion or exclusion of the apostrophe.
It was my understanding that a registered trademark took precedence over proper spelling and grammar and, as I can't upload images here in the comments section, if you google McDonald's images you will see they mostly (if not all) include an apostrophe.
It's interesting to note that while the "McDonald's" logo includes an apostrophe in name, the "Tim Hortons" logo, like the "Youngs" logo did not.
"Youngs" like "McDonalds" both involved 2 brothers and so referred to plural usage as well as possessive while "Tim Hortons" was singular, possessive.
However, prior to 1993, the "Tim Horton's" logo DID in fact include an apostrophe but it was dropped to "better fit the French-speaking market in Quebec and to have a unified brand image across Canada, rather than having different brandings for English and French signage. "
Thoughts?
A very interesting response and I look forward to reading the debate but… I was commenting on your use of “it’s” which stands for it is. Its as written is the possessive form. No apostrophe needed there😃 Coralee
DeleteOh! THAT "Apostrophe Debate!" That one always gets me. I try so hard to get it right but it sometimes still slips by me. And no - I can't blame that on autocorrect. That's ALL me.
DeleteThanks for pointing that out for me. As you can see I corrected it, and without the help of "auto". Ha Ha.