Atlanta Chat Thread (Stone Mountain: schools, price, moving)

[Atlwarrior]

Marta photobomb shoot going viral. This is hilarious!

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...r-twitter.html

[AtlJan]

Originally Posted by MattCW

That was tried a good while back when Greg was the Atlanta Moderator. The idea failed spectacularly. Though if you're talking about a MARTA sticky for quick chat, I could buy into that as long as the rule isn't that the thread is the only place for MARTA conversations.

Great idea, you can't mention MARTA unless you're in the sticky thread. That way those of us who avoid MARTA like an antibiotic resistant plague....

[Radical_Thinker]

Is there anyone on here who lived in Atlanta in the late 1960's, a half century ago?

My house, located just outside the Perimeter, was built in 1961, when this area was all woods and farmland. From what I understand, the Perimeter was well outside the urbanized zone when it was first built, which blows my mind. Now I have to drive 20-25 miles outward just to clear the urbanized areas.

Would love to hear from anyone who was privileged enough to be around in Atlanta back then.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by Radical_Thinker

Is there anyone on here who lived in Atlanta in the late 1960's, a half century ago?

My house, located just outside the Perimeter, was built in 1961, when this area was all woods and farmland. From what I understand, the Perimeter was well outside the urbanized zone when it was first built, which blows my mind. Now I have to drive 20-25 miles outward just to clear the urbanized areas.

Would love to hear from anyone who was privileged enough to be around in Atlanta back then.

I used to visit my cousins in Sandy Springs. The Perimeter was under construction and it backed up to their neighborhood; we used to play in the excavation. My mother used to complain about the drive from Druid Hills out to my aunt's house; to her it was like going out of town.

[Beretta]

Happy Thanksgiving!

[wasel]

Originally Posted by Radical_Thinker

Is there anyone on here who lived in Atlanta in the late 1960's, a half century ago?

My house, located just outside the Perimeter, was built in 1961, when this area was all woods and farmland. From what I understand, the Perimeter was well outside the urbanized zone when it was first built, which blows my mind. Now I have to drive 20-25 miles outward just to clear the urbanized areas.

Would love to hear from anyone who was privileged enough to be around in Atlanta back then.

I remember when they were building Perimeter Mall, it was way in the boonies.

[DreamerD]

Originally Posted by Beretta

What is everyone doing for the Thanksgiving holiday?

I worked on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.

[DreamerD]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Atlanta Half Marathon in the morning with one of my 16 yo daughters.

Our turkey is currently brining in our garage fridge! Let's see, in addition to turkey, we are making broccoli casserole, sweet potato soufflé and dressing. Oh, and, of course, the canned cranberry sauce that comes out of the can with the little can-indention thingies on it! Add in a nice cab, and my wife and I will be stuffed. Two out of four kids with us this Thanksgiving, so that's not bad.

Friday, we are going to the Mystery Room place in Suwanee. We are doing the Sherlock Holmes room - so that should be fun. Saturday - well, GO DAWGS! Sunday, iFly with the kids.

That's about it in a nutshell!

I've always been curious...what do people do with the cranberry sauce? I know you eat it but I mean...do you combine it with other things or make a kind of gravy out of it?

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by DreamerD

I've always been curious...what do people do with the cranberry sauce? I know you eat it but I mean...do you combine it with other things or make a kind of gravy out of it?

It is delicious eaten together with a bite of stuffing. And, for leftovers, well... You make a turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce on top of the turkey. Gobble gobble heaven, I tell ya!

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by DreamerD

I've always been curious...what do people do with the cranberry sauce? I know you eat it but I mean...do you combine it with other things or make a kind of gravy out of it?

I made smoothies out of mine.