>>Don't think there's a question here :-}
>>But I seem to recall suggesting this months ago.....
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>Basically, I create an object for each language I support at the application level:
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>        Public oCultureInfoEnglish As CultureInfo = Nothing
>        Public oCultureInfoFrench As CultureInfo = Nothing
>        Public oCultureInfoSpanish As CultureInfo = Nothing
>        Public oCultureInfoPortuguese As CultureInfo = Nothing
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>And, I initialize them in the oApp.Initialize() method:
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>            oCultureInfoEnglish = New CultureInfo("en-US")
>            oCultureInfoFrench = New CultureInfo("fr-CA")
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>Then, I simply make a reference to it when needed. This object creation for the culture stuff seems to be CPU extensive and doing it like that doesn't impact the process when I have to call it multiple times.

You can use Lazy(T). This will initialize the object on first access http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd642331.aspx