Off Topic/Chit Chat

[EntreNous]

I need some good vibes if ya'll have any.............I'm goin play in a slot tournament at Beau Rivage this week.

Good vibes comin' your way...:Banane09:

 

[mahmoo]

Good vibes comin' your way...:Banane09:

OMG........roflmao!!!!

I'm thinkin that's good vibes..........gonna be lmao thinking bout that banana.

 

[CARYISHOME]

I'll assume that most of the locals also know what C.A.R.Y. represents. For those that don't Cary is the Containment Area for Relocated Yankess. Cary was a small town at one time. In 2000 is about when Cary began to explode with - well the Yankees invading.

ETA - because of the location and easy commute to RTP area, Cary became the perfect spot for building new homes and raising families. It is NOT all "yankees" that have decided to make a home in Cary. Just a little joke from years ago....

Seems to me that when IBM opened a facility here a long time ago (maybe in the 70s or 80s?) that started quite a movement of people from up north, specifically from NY state.

As a born and bred Southerner, sometimes I miss our old ways, the politeness and genteelity (is that a word?) of southern culture. But, frankly, it has been good for the South to have a mix of cultures come here. It has made us much better and certainly one of the best places to live.

I have learned a lot from my Northern neighbors. Not only that, I learned a lot from my immediate neighbors from Canada, Russia, Argentina, South Africa, and Spain!

What a world...........!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Star12]

My daughters went to the ESL magnet elementary school in Raleigh. Lots of people there from RTP - lots of different cultures, which were totally embraced in school functions. It was wonderful for my children to experience, and they still reap the rewards of that cultural exchange.

 

[ncnative]

Topsail Girl, CaryIsHome is correct. Cary became the bedroom community of IBM and other Research Triangle Park workers, as well as NC state employees, WAY back before 2000.

The IBM "movement" happened in the late 1960s, early 1970s and boomed from that. One of the first big IBM neighborhoods in Cary was on Maynard Road, just past the high school. Actually there were two. One is Greenwood Forest (or is it Tanglewood) and I can't think of the other just a block or so down Maynard from that.

I've been here over 30 years. There was no mall, very few stoplights and these two developments were out in the country! We didn't get a stoplight at Maynard Rd. and Kildaire Farm Rd. til maybe the 1980's? As usual, I can't remember!

Cary used to be mainly longtimers, then IBMers and state employees, in the early boom years. I feel like it's become a madhouse of developments, many "Wisteria Lane" type of neighborhoods, bulging at the seams. Tons of children. We are nearing the age of husband's retirement years. We are ready to get out of Lochmere and find our niche.

 

[mahmoo]

I wanna visit North (and South) Carolina........I've always heard, and read, they're beautiful places. I envision the climate and architecture to be very similar to Louisiana.

 

[EntreNous]

Come to Nashville Mahmoo, it's right next door!

 

[CARYISHOME]

I'll assume that most of the locals also know what C.A.R.Y. represents. For those that don't Cary is the Containment Area for Relocated Yankess. Cary was a small town at one time. In 2000 is about when Cary began to explode with - well the Yankees invading.

ETA - because of the location and easy commute to RTP area, Cary became the perfect spot for building new homes and raising families. It is NOT all "yankees" that have decided to make a home in Cary. Just a little joke from years ago....

Seems to me that when IBM opened a facility here a long time ago (maybe in the 70s or 80s?) that started quite a movement of people from up north, specifically from NY state.

As a born and bred Southerner, sometimes I miss our old ways, the politeness and genteelity (is that a word?) of southern culture. But, frankly, it has been good for the South to have a mix of cultures come here. It has made us much better and certainly one of the best places to live.

I have learned a lot from my Northern neighbors. Not only that, I learned a lot from my immediate neighbors from Canada, Russia, Argentina, South Africa, and Spain!

What a world...........!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mahmoo]

Come to Nashville Mahmoo, it's right next door!

Heck......I might.......right after I stop in Memphis to pick up something :crazy:

Elvis and Priscilla Barbie dolls are displayed for sale at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Campbell)

 

[CARYISHOME]

Heck......I might.......right after I stop in Memphis to pick up something :crazy:

Elvis and Priscilla Barbie dolls are displayed for sale at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Campbell)

LOL

That reminds me of a trip my husband and I took to Nashville. What a totally fun town!

We went to a show at the Texas Trubador Theater by an Elvis impersonator. Seriously, it was exceptional - well worth the money.

Anyway, I would recommend Nashville if you're open-minded and want to have a really good time.

http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/NashvilleTN/activity/TributetotheKing.cfm

 

[EntreNous]

I'm not much of a country music girl but I do love my Nashville Predators, I can two-step with the best of them at the Wildhorse Saloon (think Gilley's in Urban Cowboy) and I'll even take you down the road to Lynchburg for a grand tour of the Jack Daniels distillery. Woot!

 

[CARYISHOME]

I'm not much of a country music girl but I do love my Nashville Predators, I can two-step with the best of them at the Wildhorse Saloon (think Gilley's in Urban Cowboy) and I'll even take you down the road to Lynchburg for a grand tour of the Jack Daniels distillery. Woot!

I'm not much on country music either. I went there on business and my husband tagged along so we could have a little vacation. I was totally surprised that it didn't seem to matter that I'm not crazy about country music. We heard so much good music - for free! I saw probably the best acoustic guitar player I have ever seen or heard.

We went to the Wildhorse and the distillery. It's ironic, I think, that the county where the Jack Daniels Distillery is is a dry county! Maybe they had some problems in the past with so much booze being around...:crazy:

 

[Topsail Girl]

Seems to me that when IBM opened a facility here a long time ago (maybe in the 70s or 80s?) that started quite a movement of people from up north, specifically from NY state.

As a born and bred Southerner, sometimes I miss our old ways, the politeness and genteelity (is that a word?) of southern culture. But, frankly, it has been good for the South to have a mix of cultures come here. It has made us much better and certainly one of the best places to live.

I have learned a lot from my Northern neighbors. Not only that, I learned a lot from my immediate neighbors from Canada, Russia, Argentina, South Africa, and Spain!

What a world...........!!!!!!!!!!!

I suppose I estimated 2000 for the big growth because that's when I got out of Cary because it was getting too crowded to suit me. I moved further to the country and now I'm getting taken over again!! LOL I worked off of Maynard Rd from 1990 to 2000. That was enough for me. The growth and change was just too much! I'm born and bred right here in NC too. I do love the diversity and the cultural lessons I've learned from all the different peoples moving to the area.

 

[Bob&Bob]

I suppose I estimated 2000 for the big growth because that's when I got out of Cary because it was getting too crowded to suit me. I moved further to the country and now I'm getting taken over again!! LOL I worked off of Maynard Rd from 1990 to 2000. That was enough for me. The growth and change was just too much! I'm born and bred right here in NC too. I do love the diversity and the cultural lessons I've learned from all the different peoples moving to the area.

Like what?

 

[Topsail Girl]

Like what?

Like what what?

 

[Bob&Bob]

Like what cultural lessons?

 

[Topsail Girl]

ohhh Well I've learned from my neighbors who are Mexican that the 15th birthday of a young lady is the most important day of her life besides her wedding day. The parties for 15 year olds can cost as much as 20 thousand american dollars if the family can afford it, often to the point of selling belongings in order to pay for the party.

Everything tastes better with chorizo. ;-) (my personal favorite) ETA - there are several different types of chorizo and all of them do NOT contain saliva glands from pigs THANK GOD!!!!!

The average vietnamese only ate meat about once a week in their native country. Chicken is a delicacy for them. One of the hardest adjustments for them to make coming to this country is the abundance of food and the WASTE of food. In vietnamese my name means GOLD.

Honduran men and mexican men do not like each other. Each thinks the other is "beneath" them.

The Spanish language is spoken very differenlt depending on where in Mexico or other Latin American countries you were raised.

I've learned to speak Spanish though I'm not very good at it yet.

 

[Bob&Bob]

ohhh Well I've learned from my neighbors who are Mexican that the 15th birthday of a young lady is the most important day of her life besides her wedding day. The parties for 15 year olds can cost as much as 20 thousand american dollars if the family can afford it, often to the point of selling belongings in order to pay for the party.

Everything tastes better with chorizo. ;-) (my personal favorite) ETA - there are several different types of chorizo and all of them do NOT contain saliva glands from pigs THANK GOD!!!!!

The average vietnamese only ate meat about once a week in their native country. Chicken is a delicacy for them. One of the hardest adjustments for them to make coming to this country is the abundance of food and the WASTE of food. In vietnamese my name means GOLD.

Honduran men and mexican men do not like each other. Each thinks the other is "beneath" them.

The Spanish language is spoken very differenlt depending on where in Mexico or other Latin American countries you were raised.

I've learned to speak Spanish though I'm not very good at it yet.

Well keep working hard and you might learn
some Chinese while you're at it.

 

[Topsail Girl]

Well keep working hard and you might learn
some Chinese while you're at it.

Ha I don't think I can do it. Spanish is not too bad - it is a much simpler language than English for sure. I work with a lot of Latin American people in my job so I try to learn a new word or phrase everyday. It makes communicating with them more fun and easier..

 

[Bob&Bob]

Ha I don't think I can do it. Spanish is not too bad - it is a much simpler language than English for sure. I work with a lot of Latin American people in my job so I try to learn a new word or phrase everyday. It makes communicating with them more fun and easier..

I think that's very nice you want to communicate with people.