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Started by Josephus, May 12, 2015, 04:23:39 PM

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Barrister

Quote from: DontSayBanana on May 13, 2015, 02:02:50 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 13, 2015, 01:19:55 PM
Then I fail to see how this would be a huge reputational damage not to fire this guy - it's not like this is a consumer company operating in a highly competitive brand-sensitive environment. I don't see how people would suddenly stop getting electricity because the company continues to employ this guy.

Actually, I'd argue that the company's lower public profile means this guy did even more reputational damage.  It's easier to drown out bad press with a media blitz of good than it is to stay quiet until bad press surfaces.

Hydro One is a very high profile company in Ontario.
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Admiral Yi

Fun fact for the non-Canadians: there they call transmission lines "the Hydro."

Malthus

Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2015, 02:12:34 PM
Fun fact for the non-Canadians: there they call transmission lines "the Hydro."

:hmm:

"Hydro lines" in Ontario.
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Barrister

Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2015, 02:12:34 PM
Fun fact for the non-Canadians: there they call transmission lines "the Hydro."

Only true in places with hydro power though.  So not Alberta.
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crazy canuck

Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2015, 02:12:34 PM
Fun fact for the non-Canadians: there they call transmission lines "the Hydro."

Who does that?

We generate most of our electrical power from hydro and we call them transmission or electrical lines.

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Barrister

Quote from: Ed Anger on May 13, 2015, 02:31:21 PM
Gotta cup the Timbits when getting a Warm Zamboni.

Random anecdote:

Timmy was getting his new soccer jersey the other day, then was talking with his grandparents via Facetime.

They asked him "Does your jersey have your name on it?"

Timmy replies "yeah - they all do!".

Because, of course, the jerseys are sponsored by Tim Hortons.
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Admiral Yi

Quote from: Malthus on May 13, 2015, 02:14:41 PM
:hmm:

"Hydro lines" in Ontario.

When I visited my bud in Toronto we golfed on a course that had power lines running over it.  I distinctly remember him saying "if your ball hits the Hydro you get it a free drop."  But maybe that was just him.

Malthus

Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2015, 02:47:38 PM
Quote from: Malthus on May 13, 2015, 02:14:41 PM
:hmm:

"Hydro lines" in Ontario.

When I visited my bud in Toronto we golfed on a course that had power lines running over it.  I distinctly remember him saying "if your ball hits the Hydro you get it a free drop."  But maybe that was just him.

I've never hear "the hydro" for that. "Hydro lines" is the expression folks up here use.

I think this may be confined to Ontario, though.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Barrister

Quote from: Malthus on May 13, 2015, 02:51:47 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2015, 02:47:38 PM
Quote from: Malthus on May 13, 2015, 02:14:41 PM
:hmm:

"Hydro lines" in Ontario.

When I visited my bud in Toronto we golfed on a course that had power lines running over it.  I distinctly remember him saying "if your ball hits the Hydro you get it a free drop."  But maybe that was just him.

I've never hear "the hydro" for that. "Hydro lines" is the expression folks up here use.

I think this may be confined to Ontario, though.

Manitoba too.  "Hydro" was just synonymous with electricity or power.

I don't recall it ever being "the hydro" however, just hydro.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

crazy canuck

Quote from: Barrister on May 13, 2015, 03:04:45 PM
Quote from: Malthus on May 13, 2015, 02:51:47 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2015, 02:47:38 PM
Quote from: Malthus on May 13, 2015, 02:14:41 PM
:hmm:

"Hydro lines" in Ontario.

When I visited my bud in Toronto we golfed on a course that had power lines running over it.  I distinctly remember him saying "if your ball hits the Hydro you get it a free drop."  But maybe that was just him.

I've never hear "the hydro" for that. "Hydro lines" is the expression folks up here use.

I think this may be confined to Ontario, though.

Manitoba too.  "Hydro" was just synonymous with electricity or power.

I don't recall it ever being "the hydro" however, just hydro.

Same.  An electrical bill is normally referred to here as a hydro bill because it comes from BC Hydro.

I don't hear people calling the power lines in neighourhoods "hydro lines" or "the hydro".

Josephus

Quote from: Barrister on May 13, 2015, 01:29:13 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 13, 2015, 01:28:17 PM
Malthus, I can appreciate how this is "how things work", especially as ugly stuff like politics is involved. What I object to are CC's apparent assertions that this vile example of politics destroying a guy's life is somehow desirable, ethical and preferred result.

Getting canned hardly destroys one's life.


It does for many people.
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