Talk:Gilroy, California

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"Gilroy to San Jose" is a slang term for a poker hand containing three tens. It refers to the distance between the two cities before the advent of suburban sprawl in the 1970's and 1980's; currently the distance is around 15 miles.

This doesn't make any sense. How can the distance between two places change? Google Maps reports the distance is 32 miles. Perhaps someone who's more familiar with poker and/or the area could fix this. Izzycat 00:32, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've lived in the area since late 1967, and in all that time Gilroy hasn't gotten any closer to San Jose. No wonder: They're on the same side of the San Andreas Fault! I think the statement is patent nonsense. At best, it's an "inside joke". I've never heard the expression in the decades I've lived here. --Quicksilver^{T @} 23:06, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it means that the city limits have gotten closer as the cities have grown, hence the reference to "suburban sprawl". But I agree that that whole section sounds unverifiable. -- Scott e^iπ 20:23, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

patent nonsense? Are you daft? Please be careful not to accidently whang any of us in the back of the head with that brand new dictionary of internet lingo you so adamantly wave about. (preceding unsigned comment by 71.116.104.74 moved to the proper section by Gentgeen 08:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Removed entire section this day. Citations of sources weren't forthcoming and the material could only be described as scurrilous, lurid and un-encyclopedic. It did nothing to enhance the article. —Quicksilver^{T @} 11:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

can someone enlighten on this? Anlace 22:38, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is a bit late, but Don Christopher owns Christopher Ranch, LLC, a large garlic farm. [1]. Gentgeen 08:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who cares, anyway? This non-notable section is describing the way telephones were everywhere in the world before single-subscriber lines and stepper relays replaced party lines, human telephone operators and switchboards. Do we really want to clutter the article about the town of Gilroy with information that should probably be in a separate Wikipedia article about telephony? —Quicksilver^{T @} 08:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the section. I can understand this being relevant to a place like Woodstock, Maine, were they had manual telephones until 1983. Here there aren't any years listed, so there no reason to think Gilroy's phone service was any different than other similar citys. Seano1 (talk) 23:19, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I have removed it; the article was in Category:Garlic which I have removed (articles about places should not usually be in categories of products they are known for). I have added the category tag to Gilroy Garlic Festival instead. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 23:35, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]