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Sunday, January 31, 2016

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!

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

And you remember "The Block".

Anonymous said...

and you drink wooder , not water. and we warsh our clothes in the warshing machine , not wash them

Anonymous said...

Definitely the Block

Anonymous said...

Haussners had the best onion rings ever. They building will be apartments and stores soon. So sad.

Anonymous said...

Wooder?! really? Enough said!! Oh my, Glad we only have 6 months left here!! Whew! Going back to the big city!! Can't wait!! I don't mean Baltimore!!! Going back to NYC in six months!!

Anonymous said...

what are "zink" and "payment"?

Anonymous said...

zink is sink and payment is pavement

Anonymous said...

Those were the days. The Colt Corral. Judges Bar, Bo Brooks Crabs. say what you want I shed a tear when Balmor went to the crowd that controls it now. Hell Little Italy hardley exist anymore thanks to the welfare mongers and their criminal off spring. Baltimore has a cancer called entitlement. Give em room to destroy. Oh well you cant steal memories. You cant steal my dignity. Bye Balmor.

Somebody please roll up the Maryland flag when you leave.

Anonymous said...

Diner is one of my favorite movies of all times.

Anonymous said...

sink and pavement

10:12- no one from here that has had to put up with you can wait for you to leave either.

Anonymous said...

You know how to pronounce Ellicott City properly too. On the flip side I'm surprised so many Marylanders pronounce Westminster and Taneytown wrong.

Anonymous said...

I never had the strawberry pie at Haussner's but do remember the Sour Beef and dumplings.

Anonymous said...

Yes the rotating restaurant atop the Holiday Inn. All the department stores at Lexington and Howard and not only Blaze Starr queen of Baltimore burlesque but also the Oasis' Nikki Masters (stage name), the Champagne Lady. Her son was killed in Vietnam in 1968. He was 19 years old. She did return to work at the Oasis after his funeral, but a sad Champagne Lady.

Anonymous said...

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


And some also know the Vanderbilt's had a farm in Somerset county up until the mid 1970's that was used for hunting and hunting parties.

Anonymous said...

You played lacrosse, not baseball in high school!

Anonymous said...

Vienna bridge was way worse than Kent Narrows.

Anonymous said...

6:03 PM, true, have been stuck in traffic on that Vienna Bridge, many many times.

WE THE PEOPLE said...

I lived at 2205 Dorsey Road in Glen Burnie directly across from the entrance to friendship airport.