JUST PLAIN WRONG!

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

A lot of what was written was true...Having lived in Miami since 1951 except for time in the U.S. Coast Guard I find it difficult sometimes doing business.

I can tell you that I was VERY SUCESSFUL in the businesses I was in. If you know your "CHIT" better then everyone else in your field you don't have to "speakie de language". The only problem is the other 99% of the smucks do need to learn it.

It is one of the reasons I want to leave the area but I will tell you it is low on the list.

I can tell you Miami (southeast florida, miami, ft lauderdale, the keys) is a melting pot of many cultures and it gives you a very large variety of things to do...

Also there are different versions of spanish with words having different meanings. The best example is the word Papaya. To most spanish speaking people it is a tropical fruit but in cuban spanish it means Pussy and not the cat version. The cubans call it fruta bomba...

OH !

BTW

2 homes for sale in Miami contact me for details

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Subject: The South Florida "Code"



THE SOUTH FLORIDA CODE
>
>When giving directions in South Florida , you should always start with
>the words, Take I-95 . . .
>
> If you're a snowbird or a non-working retiree, you absolutely cannot
>drive between the hours of 6am and 10am and 4pm and 7pm. This is considered to be rush hour and you're not in any rush. No exceptions.
>
>Some roads just stop for no reason and then start again: Congress Avenue , Lyons Road,Jog Road.
>
> Freeways can only go north and south. Not east and west..
>
>A1A and ALT A1A are the same streets.
>
> Traffic Lights aren't timed and never will be.
>
> We measure the distance you travel in time not miles.
>
> If you travel more than 5-10 miles on any road in South Florida WI thout seeing an orange Bob's Barricade, you're lost!
>
> If you miss your exit on I-95, its perfectly acceptable to back up.
>
> Once the light turns green, only 3 cars can go through the
>intersection.Eight more go through on yellow and 4 on red.
>
>
>
>Know the difference between Sun Pass , Sun Fest, Sun-Sentinel, and Sun Trust..
>
> Flip flops, tank tops and baggy shorts are also known as business
>casual.
>
> Your blinker means nothing.
>
> English is our second language.
>
> It is perfectly acceptable to brag about the size of your generator.
>
> It is totally acceptable to be living in South Florida but not root for
>The Dolphins, The Marlins, The Heat or The Panthers.
>
> We have alligators here in South Florida and they WILL bite you. Don't be stupid and try to feed or pet one.
>
>Clematis is a street not a disease.
>> When a hurricane is headed our way, even though you have advanced warning and you are told to be prepared, you're not a true Floridian unless you wait until the absolute last minute to go to Home Depot to pick up plywood or to Publix to stock up water, ice, beer, and potato chips.
>
>You know how to spell Okeechobee.
>
> Do NOT buy a boat. Make friends with someone who already owns a boat
>That way you don't have to deal with the headaches.
>
>There is an Okeechobee blvd, street, avenue, town, lake and county.
>
> You weren't born here. If you were, you're angry that everyone else
>moved here.
>
>There's always a Walgreens across the street from a CVS on almost every corner - with more being built every day.
>
>
>When picking up a woman on South Beach,always look for an Adams apple.
>
> It's normal to sweat when you are putting up your holiday decorations.
>
>Jup i ter is a city, not a planet.
>
>Seniors have to do their errands during the weekdays. Not weeknights or weekends - that's for the working folks.
>
>There are three types of dolphins: Mahi-mahi, flipper, and also one
>called a football team.
>
>You can't say; "this is how we did it up north", if you think that way,
>then go back.
>
>
>No matter what they decide in Tallahassee you will never be able to
>figure out your property taxes.
>
>
>Learn how to dress in layers. It will be 95 degrees outside but inside
>any restaurant or business it's 65 degrees.
>
>There are three things you will need to survive a south Florida winter:
>A long sleeved T-shirt, sunscreen and restaurant reservations that you make at least three weeks in advance.
>
> The same neighbor who smiles at you every day will be the first one to rat you out if you are violating water restriction s.

[Agriv8r]

no hoblay.....

[3Hummer]

and dont forget, your neighbors are jsut there to be friends with during the aftermath of a hurricane, after that its back to the shunning.

[3Hummer]

ps when i was in Miami last weekend, i was getting in my car some women asked me if i was getting out in spanish, my answer was a very hasteful "what i only speak english sorry" and she drove off

[Hmmm2]

This is the very reason we left Miami. I was sick and tired of people insisting I was Cuban (no hispanic blood in me) and speaking to me in Cuban Spanish. And when I told them I didn't speak Spanish, they'd ask me why I was denying it! True! LOL. The food labels on meat packages in the stores were first written in Spanish with English underneath. I couldn't get used to people pronouncing CHurch .. shursh, and CHair ... shair. And lastly, I taught school in Coral Gables briefly ... but when my 1st graders all spoke English as a 2nd language, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BORN IN THE U.S. .. I decided it was time to move.

[DennisAJC]

The human race is doomed.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Hmmm2

This is the very reason we left Miami. I was sick and tired of people insisting I was Cuban (no hispanic blood in me) and speaking to me in Cuban Spanish. And when I told them I didn't speak Spanish, they'd ask me why I was denying it! True! LOL. The food labels on meat packages in the stores were first written in Spanish with English underneath. I couldn't get used to people pronouncing CHurch .. shursh, and CHair ... shair. And lastly, I taught school in Coral Gables briefly ... but when my 1st graders all spoke English as a 2nd language, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BORN IN THE U.S. .. I decided it was time to move.

Where did you shop? I KNOW it wasn't PUBLIX or WD...

for sale...2 homes in miami- dade county !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Hmmm2

This is the very reason we left Miami. I was sick and tired of people insisting I was Cuban (no hispanic blood in me) and speaking to me in Cuban Spanish. And when I told them I didn't speak Spanish, they'd ask me why I was denying it! True! LOL. The food labels on meat packages in the stores were first written in Spanish with English underneath. I couldn't get used to people pronouncing CHurch .. shursh, and CHair ... shair. And lastly, I taught school in Coral Gables briefly ... but when my 1st graders all spoke English as a 2nd language, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BORN IN THE U.S. .. I decided it was time to move.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm,

Did your husband use to work for FPL and then move to CA and work for a railroad ?