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Post by tloonya on Mar 1, 2016 14:07:03 GMT -5
My child is at Nashville right now, having a blessed time. Telling that people are so different, nice, happy etc.
Food is delicious but she refuses to bring me some.
I had always wanted to go but the flight there with 2 connections! I can't have it.
However flight back is non-stop. How is that making sense?
And yep, she said she is eating kale right after return for a weeks.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 1, 2016 14:24:55 GMT -5
I've always found people in the South to be much nicer than up north. Particularly in the big cities in the North.
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Post by gregintenn on Mar 1, 2016 14:40:47 GMT -5
Nashville was once great, but Gaylord Entertainment relegated it to fair status.
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Post by tloonya on Mar 1, 2016 15:31:58 GMT -5
Nashville was once great, but Gaylord Entertainment relegated it to fair status. She just sent me pictures from that resort.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2016 15:50:04 GMT -5
What's she doing in Nashville?
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Post by gregintenn on Mar 1, 2016 16:11:10 GMT -5
Did she tell you we talk funny?
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Mar 2, 2016 8:57:27 GMT -5
I've been to Nashville. The food was great, but I was not a fan of the city itself. Loved the outskirts of town, but the downtown area did nothing for me. I did the tourist thing and went to the Loveless Cafe and had hot chicken. So spicy, yet so addictive. The employees were so nice; they let me go into the kitchen to watch the baker make those incredible biscuits and even take a picture of her doing it.
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Post by tskeeter on Mar 2, 2016 23:09:44 GMT -5
I've always found people in the South to be much nicer than up north. Particularly in the big cities in the North. Depends on whether or not you are a damn Yankee. I remember my first trip to the grocery store after moving to a smallish town east of Atlanta from upstate NY. The cashier was so chatty that it took half an hour to check out the half cart of groceries the person ahead of me had. The cashier then asked me how I was doing. When I responded just fine with a Yankee accent, the conversation ended and I was out of the store with my cart of groceries in about five minutes. I quickly learned to drawl, hey, mash, and tote to my buggy with the best of them.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 2, 2016 23:16:50 GMT -5
I've always found people in the South to be much nicer than up north. Particularly in the big cities in the North. Depends on whether or not you are a damn Yankee. I remember my first trip to the grocery store after moving to a smallish town east of Atlanta from upstate NY. The cashier was so chatty that it took half an hour to check out the half cart of groceries the person ahead of me had. The cashier then asked me how I was doing. When I responded just fine with a Yankee accent, the conversation ended and I was out of the store with my cart of groceries in about five minutes. I quickly learned to drawl, mash, and tote to my buggy with the best of them. Being a transplanted (employment) New Englander to southwest Tennessee 22 years ago, I understand completely.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Mar 2, 2016 23:17:27 GMT -5
I've always found people in the South to be much nicer than up north. Particularly in the big cities in the North. Depends on whether or not you are a damn Yankee. I remember my first trip to the grocery store after moving to a smallish town east of Atlanta from upstate NY. The cashier was so chatty that it took half an hour to check out the half cart of groceries the person ahead of me had. The cashier then asked me how I was doing. When I responded just fine with a Yankee accent, the conversation ended and I was out of the store with my cart of groceries in about five minutes. I quickly learned to drawl, mash, and tote to my buggy with the best of them. Born and raised in WV where people are nice. Currently stuck in the DC burbs. They aren't so nice. I was in Kohl's one time and wondered why in the hell everyone was greeting me as they walked by. Finally figured out I'd been in the big city for too long. My aunt said the same thing about the cashiers when she went to TN from PA. And it's always been a buggy to me!!
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Post by gregintenn on Mar 3, 2016 8:28:38 GMT -5
Depends on whether or not you are a damn Yankee. I remember my first trip to the grocery store after moving to a smallish town east of Atlanta from upstate NY. The cashier was so chatty that it took half an hour to check out the half cart of groceries the person ahead of me had. The cashier then asked me how I was doing. When I responded just fine with a Yankee accent, the conversation ended and I was out of the store with my cart of groceries in about five minutes. I quickly learned to drawl, mash, and tote to my buggy with the best of them. Being a transplanted (employment) New Englander to southwest Tennessee 22 years ago, I understand completely. You're only in Tennessee temporarily. We have plans drawn up to reroute the Mississippi River and make Arkansas assume responsibility for Memphis. The rest of Tennessee is a great place.
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 3, 2016 9:44:54 GMT -5
Being a transplanted (employment) New Englander to southwest Tennessee 22 years ago, I understand completely. You're only in Tennessee temporarily. We have plans drawn up to reroute the Mississippi River and make Arkansas assume responsibility for Memphis. The rest of Tennessee is a great place. Would you change the Tennessee state flag?
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Post by happyhoix on Mar 3, 2016 10:09:57 GMT -5
I've always found people in the South to be much nicer than up north. Particularly in the big cities in the North. Depends on whether or not you are a damn Yankee. I remember my first trip to the grocery store after moving to a smallish town east of Atlanta from upstate NY. The cashier was so chatty that it took half an hour to check out the half cart of groceries the person ahead of me had. The cashier then asked me how I was doing. When I responded just fine with a Yankee accent, the conversation ended and I was out of the store with my cart of groceries in about five minutes. I quickly learned to drawl, hey, mash, and tote to my buggy with the best of them. Southerners only take offense at damn Yankees when they start their sentences with "Up North, this is how we do this."
Southerners do not wish to do things like the Yankees, or they would have already been doing it that way.
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Post by tskeeter on Mar 3, 2016 11:15:45 GMT -5
Depends on whether or not you are a damn Yankee. I remember my first trip to the grocery store after moving to a smallish town east of Atlanta from upstate NY. The cashier was so chatty that it took half an hour to check out the half cart of groceries the person ahead of me had. The cashier then asked me how I was doing. When I responded just fine with a Yankee accent, the conversation ended and I was out of the store with my cart of groceries in about five minutes. I quickly learned to drawl, hey, mash, and tote to my buggy with the best of them. Southerners only take offense at damn Yankees when they start their sentences with "Up North, this is how we do this."
Southerners do not wish to do things like the Yankees, or they would have already been doing it that way.
There is a certain charm to that attitude. And some challenges. Led us to make time sensitive purchases from Chicago rather than Atlanta. We could get stuff from Chicago in three days. From Atlanta? The same item would be a few weeks. And the biggest issue was that it seemed that suppliers didn't want to disappoint you, so they would tell you whatever they thought you wanted to hear, knowing that they couldn't meet the commitments they we making. So you never knew what kind of delivery schedule to expect. All you could be reasonably sure of was that it would be late. A few days late. Or a few months late.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Mar 3, 2016 11:18:22 GMT -5
Depends on whether or not you are a damn Yankee. I remember my first trip to the grocery store after moving to a smallish town east of Atlanta from upstate NY. The cashier was so chatty that it took half an hour to check out the half cart of groceries the person ahead of me had. The cashier then asked me how I was doing. When I responded just fine with a Yankee accent, the conversation ended and I was out of the store with my cart of groceries in about five minutes. I quickly learned to drawl, hey, mash, and tote to my buggy with the best of them. Southerners only take offense at damn Yankees when they start their sentences with "Up North, this is how we do this."
Southerners do not wish to do things like the Yankees, or they would have already been doing it that way.
Yep. We don't mind where you're from if you have some manners, but if you look at us like we're beneath you and then proceed to tell us how you do it "back home" we'll turn icy in a split second. I came real close to asking someone if this wasn't "home" now since they'd gone to the trouble to move here, or did they need help packing. It was after a lecture on how our way was stupid after being asked for directions/help. As far as the ones being rude simply because of the accent, all I can say is that there are idiots everywhere.
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Post by happyhoix on Mar 3, 2016 12:37:48 GMT -5
Southerners only take offense at damn Yankees when they start their sentences with "Up North, this is how we do this."
Southerners do not wish to do things like the Yankees, or they would have already been doing it that way.
There is a certain charm to that attitude. And some challenges. Led us to make time sensitive purchases from Chicago rather than Atlanta. We could get stuff from Chicago in three days. From Atlanta? The same item would be a few weeks. And the biggest issue was that it seemed that suppliers didn't want to disappoint you, so they would tell you whatever they thought you wanted to hear, knowing that they couldn't meet the commitments they we making. So you never knew what kind of delivery schedule to expect. All you could be reasonably sure of was that it would be late. A few days late. Or a few months late. That doesn't sound like a Southern thing, that sounds like a poor business model thing.
We ran into the same problem purchasing equipment from Sweden. They had the attitude that our equipment would be ready to ship when it was ready to ship - but it would be first class equipment. We were informed that Americans are always in too much of a hurry. Not sure if this was a Scandinavian thing or again, a bad business model thing.
Southerners don't like to be informed that they could remove that Spanish moss from the live oaks and it would look a whole lot less messy. Or pancakes must be eaten for breakfast, instead of biscuits (or little ham sandwiches, as a Yankee in front of me at an Atlanta breakfast buffet called them, much to the horror of my Southern DH). And they hate to be told they are talking funny, especially by a New Yorker who talks funny.
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Post by tskeeter on Mar 3, 2016 12:56:45 GMT -5
There is a certain charm to that attitude. And some challenges. Led us to make time sensitive purchases from Chicago rather than Atlanta. We could get stuff from Chicago in three days. From Atlanta? The same item would be a few weeks. And the biggest issue was that it seemed that suppliers didn't want to disappoint you, so they would tell you whatever they thought you wanted to hear, knowing that they couldn't meet the commitments they we making. So you never knew what kind of delivery schedule to expect. All you could be reasonably sure of was that it would be late. A few days late. Or a few months late. That doesn't sound like a Southern thing, that sounds like a poor business model thing.
We ran into the same problem purchasing equipment from Sweden. They had the attitude that our equipment would be ready to ship when it was ready to ship - but it would be first class equipment. We were informed that Americans are always in too much of a hurry. Not sure if this was a Scandinavian thing or again, a bad business model thing.
Southerners don't like to be informed that they could remove that Spanish moss from the live oaks and it would look a whole lot less messy. Or pancakes must be eaten for breakfast, instead of biscuits (or little ham sandwiches, as a Yankee in front of me at an Atlanta breakfast buffet called them, much to the horror of my Southern DH). And they hate to be told they are talking funny, especially by a New Yorker who talks funny.
That suppliers routinely missed scheduled deliveries was very common in the Altanta area. And seemed to be accepted by other businesses in the area. A poor business model, yes. But common none the less. There are a lot of very charming aspects to the South. Including great biscuits, meat and three, plantation houses, sweet potato soufflé, and Southern Belle's. But, some things do result in a little culture shock, if you are used to some other parts of the country. For what it is worth, I've experienced some culture shock moving between parts of the country besides the south. Traveling across our country is a lot like traveling in Europe. Things change as you move from country to country, or region to region. Being gracious about the differences is a part of avoiding being an Ugly American or Damn Yankee.
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Post by gregintenn on Mar 3, 2016 21:02:17 GMT -5
Spent the entire day in Nashville enjoying an erosion control and sediment class. Go back tomorrow for a test. Lovely place for sure. Hope your daughter enjoyed Nashville better than I have this week.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 23:27:34 GMT -5
Being a transplanted (employment) New Englander to southwest Tennessee 22 years ago, I understand completely. You're only in Tennessee temporarily. We have plans drawn up to reroute the Mississippi River and make Arkansas assume responsibility for Memphis. The rest of Tennessee is a great place. no thank you
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Post by gregintenn on Mar 4, 2016 8:06:00 GMT -5
You're only in Tennessee temporarily. We have plans drawn up to reroute the Mississippi River and make Arkansas assume responsibility for Memphis. The rest of Tennessee is a great place. no thank you
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Post by tloonya on Mar 4, 2016 11:13:09 GMT -5
What's she doing in Nashville? Vacationing. All friends graduating and its their last college trip.
Go ahead. I know exactly why have you asked that.
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Post by tloonya on Mar 4, 2016 11:15:04 GMT -5
Did she tell you we talk funny? No she said she loved the talk. Also she used to do some acting so she can talk sothern very well. We have a very talented family you know.
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Post by tloonya on Mar 4, 2016 11:21:33 GMT -5
Spent the entire day in Nashville enjoying an erosion control and sediment class. Go back tomorrow for a test. Lovely place for sure. Hope your daughter enjoyed Nashville better than I have this week. She loved it and said she would consider moving if so. However she said it about an Israel a few month ago. She just has a very excited personality!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 11:30:30 GMT -5
What's she doing in Nashville? Vacationing. All friends graduating and its their last college trip.
Go ahead. I know exactly why have you asked that.
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Post by tloonya on Mar 4, 2016 11:33:57 GMT -5
Vacationing. All friends graduating and its their last college trip.
Go ahead. I know exactly why have you asked that.
I hope you haven't missed my 'she went to Israel Israel' remark... Can't wait...for the rant.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 11:41:04 GMT -5
I hope you haven't missed my 'she went to Israel Israel' remark... Can't wait...for the rant.
Nope. No further questions.
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Post by tloonya on Mar 4, 2016 11:48:31 GMT -5
I hope you haven't missed my 'she went to Israel Israel' remark... Can't wait...for the rant.
Nope. No further questions. You getting old.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 11:49:49 GMT -5
Old enough to realize this is pointless.
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Post by tloonya on Mar 4, 2016 13:22:43 GMT -5
Old enough to realize this is pointless. Good girl! Next year you will become even older and say 'let them be'.
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Post by gregintenn on Mar 4, 2016 15:18:34 GMT -5
Honestly, if you want to se the "South", you need to go to Charleston, SC or Savannah, GA. Amazing places.
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