YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM MARYLAND WHEN

* You know how to pronounce 'Towson', 'Wicomico' and 'Worcester'

* You remember the Inner Harbor as that horrible place with polluted water and rat infested old warehouses.

* You ate at Haussner's and enjoyed the delicious strawberry pie and the nude pictures in the Stag Bar.

* The Morris Mechanic Theatre was built downtown to attract Broadway plays.

* You remember Friendship Airport and how close you could park to the airport and how simple it was to check in and board the plane.

* You were amazed when the 'Balmer'
Harbor Tunnel opened downtown.

* You remember driving over the old Kent Narrows Draw-Bridge that snarled weekend traffic coming home from downy ocean, Hon.

* Chuck Thompson was the voice of the Orioles and the Colts.

* His famous sayings: "Ain't the beer cold" & "Go to war Miss Agnes!"

* You love the Domino Sugar sign you can see across the harbor.

* You remember the rotating restaurant on top of the Holiday Inn on Light Street.

* Blaze Starr was the reigning queen of the "Block"

* You enjoyed a drink at the Owl Bar.

* You know the Naval Academy and Hopkins are national treasures and you get a kick out of hearing them named in movies or TV.

* You know B&O is not body odor.

* You remember the local beers: National Bohemian, Gunther and American, and loved Mr. Boh...

* The popular restaurants were the Chesapeake, Danny's, Miller Brothers, Prime Rib, Pimlico Hotel, Jimmy Wu's.

* The Bethlehem Steel plant at Sparrows Point was the region's largest employer. Other big employers were Bendix, Black & Decker, Westinghouse, Crown, Cork & Seal, and Continental Can

* The downtown smelled great near McCormick's.

* Every kitchen had a can of Old Bay and you used King syrup on your pancakes.

* You refer to your state as "Merlin,"
and Baltimore as 'Balmer Merlin'

* Your Mom shopped at Brager Gutman?s, Hutzler?s, The Hub, Stewart's, The May Company or Hochschild-Kohn

* Jim Rouse built the 'city of the future' when he developed Columbia (after he built Cross Keys)

* You remember the Civic Center and the ice hockey team the Clippers and the Baltimore Bullets who played there.

* You know Pam Shriver, Al Kaline, Garry Moore, Jim McKay and Spiro Agnew are from Maryland.

* You love those Barry Levinson movies about Baltimore (Diner, Tin Men, and Avalon)

* You know how to eat steamed crabs, but also know how to tell the males from the females.

* You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name.

* M R Ducks makes perfect sense.

* You have fond memories of Memorial Stadium and Rex Barney saying "Give that fan a contract" when someone would catch a foul ball, or Wild Bill Hagy in Section 34 leading cheers.

* You still love watching the old black & white tape of the "Greatest Game Ever Played" - when the Colts beat the NY Giants in sudden death for the NFL Championship, 1958.

* Everybody knows what a "zink" and "payment" are.

* When out of town, you can only laugh when you see signs saying "Maryland Crab Cakes!"

* You say, " Blare" Road for Bel Air Road and "Lumberd" Street - not Lombard.

* You remember Jerry Turner, Al Sanders, Capt. Chesapeake and Rhea & J.P.

* Charlie Eckman had the best radio sports show and had such sayings as, "Give that man a saliva test" or "Call that man a cab"

* You remember Oprah and Richard Sher together in the mornings on Ch-13. Oprah lived in Cross keys (another Jim Rouse development).

* You remember Gwynn Oak Park with the Dixie Ballroom and the boat lake with the swans.

* You enjoyed the humor of Artie Donovan & Charlie Eckman.

* You remember driving out to Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm to look at the beautiful racehorses and the incredible long white fence.

* How about Read's Drugstore, Polock Johnny's, Koester's Bread, Hendler's Ice Cream

* Vince Bagli was "the" sports announcer on TV.

* You remember Mayor Schaefer swimming with the seals at the National Aquarium.

* You swore Frank Perdue kinda looked like one of his tender chickens.

* Your kids watched the Romper Room with Miss Sally and the Hodgepodge Lodge on MD Public TV

* You know which bridge they were talking about, when someone says, "The bridge traffic is backed up"

* You revere the names of Johnny U, Brooks, Boog, and Frank!

* You remember when Alan Ameche & Gino Marchetti opened their hamburger places that we cruised every Saturday night...

* You remember Carlin's Park with the big wooden roller coaster and the ice rink.

* Welcome to Bawlmer, Hon!

* You actually understand all of these and pass them on to other Marylanders to enjoy!