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From: "Leslie Beall" <>
Subject: Re: [MD-BALTO-CUL] You Know You're from Baltimore when:
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:26:07 -0400
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Thanks for the memories!
I'm a former Gardenville girl which is bordered by "Blair" Rd. and
"Frankfort" Ave.

How about Jimmy Wu's and the way Charlie Eckman would advertise their
"shrimpy toast".

Leslie

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From: "Ruth Brooks" <>
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Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:27 AM
Subject: [MD-BALTO-CUL] You Know You're from Baltimore when:



Subject: Fw: YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM BALTIMORE WHEN:





* You know how to pronounce 'Towson'



* You remember what the Inner Harbor looked like before it was the Inner
Harbor



* You ate at Haussner's



* You remember Friendship Airport



* You remember driving over the old Kent Narrows Draw-Bridge that snarled
weekend traffic coming home from the Ocean



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



* You remember the rotating restaurant on top off the Downtown Holiday Inn



* You know Annapolis 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



* That downtown smelled great near McCormick’s



* Every kitchen has a can of Old Bay



* You refer to your state as "Marilyn"



* You and your Mom shopped at Brager Gutman’s, Hutzler’s, The Hub,
Stewart's, The May Company, Hoschield Kohn, Leon Levi's



* You got your prescriptions filled at Read’s



* You know where "Downey Ocean" is



* You remember the Civic Center



* You know Pam Shriver is from Maryland



* 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



* You still root for the Orioles, even when they aren't doing well



* Everybody knows what a "zink" (sink) and "payment" (pavement) are



* You believe that today’s Colts could never be as good as our Colts



* When anywhere else, you can only laugh when you see signs saying,
"Maryland Crab Cakes", or “Maryland Fried Chicken”



* You say "Blare Road" for Belair Road



* You remember Jerry Turner and Al Sanders



* You remember Oprah and Richard Sher together in the mornings on Ch-13



* Vince Bagli was "the" sports announcer on TV



* You remember Mayor Schaeffer swimming with the seals at the National
Aquarium



* You know the name of the dance Lorenzo used to do on TV



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



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



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



* You know somebody who was a regular on the Buddy Deane Show



* And everybody went to Gino's and Ameche’s!



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









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