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Poor Robin, originally uploaded by mycoffeepot.

Just thought I’d share with you what I’ve been enjoying my morning coffee from.

Calvin gave me this the last time I was in Thunder Bay. I have nicer travel mugs that keep coffee hotter longer but there’s something wonderfully retro about this beat up old Robins Donuts mug. I carry it with pride on the TTC.

For those of you who don’t know, Robins is a donut and coffee shop chain that started in Thunder Bay in the 70s. It was doing well until Tim Horton kicked the crap out of it in the late 90s. The mug has a copyright notice on it mentioning the parent company Northco Foods.

Yeah. Coffee. Wonder how many years until Robins ceases to exist. Who owns them now? Anyone know?