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BAWLMER, MURLIN:
Original hometown of  MICK TERRY
( NOT created by MickTerry.com )

You know you're from Baltimore or Maryland
( & probably have a few years under your belt )
when :

You rode on street cars.
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You remember the Bay Belle cruise that took you to Betterton & Tolchester beaches before the Bay Bridge was built.
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On TV, you watched the shows Duckpins for Dollars, The Collegians, Pinbusters.
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You also watched The Buddy Deane Show, Romper Room & Stu Kerr as Professor Cool.
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You know how to pronounce 'Towson'.
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You remember what the Inner Harbor looked like before it was the Inner Harbor.
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You remember when White Marsh was just a marsh!
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You ate at Pollack Johnnie's, Bel-Loc Diner, Little Tavern, Gino's, Read's ...
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You remember Friendship Airport.
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You remember driving over the old Kent Narrows Draw-Bridge that snarled weekend traffic coming home from the Ocean.
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You love the Domino Sugar sign you can see across the harbor & the Bromo Seltzer Tower.
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You remember the rotating restaurant on top of the Holiday Inn on Light Street.
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You know Annapolis & Johns Hopkins are national treasures, & you get a kick out of hearing them named in movies or TV.
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You know B&O is not body odor.
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You remember the wonderful spicy downtown smell of McCormick's.
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Every kitchen has a can of Old Bay & King Syrup.
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You refer to your state as 'Murilyn' or 'Murlin'.
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You & your Mom shopped at Braeger Gutman's, Hutzler's, Stewart's, Hecht Co., The May Company, Epstein's, Woolworth's . . .
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Shopping on The Avenue meant Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown.
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You know where 'Downey Ocean' is.
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You remember the Civic Center, Gwynn Oak Park & Carlin's Park.
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You know Pam Shriver is from Maryland.
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You know how to eat steamed crabs, but also know how to tell the males from the females.
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You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name.
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M R Ducks makes perfect sense.
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You have fond memories of Memorial Stadium.
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You still root for the Orioles even when they aren't doing well.
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Everybody knows what a 'zink' and 'payment' are.
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When anywhere else, you can only laugh when you see signs saying 'Maryland Crab Cakes!'
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You say 'Blare Road' for Bel Air Road.
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You remember Jerry Turner & Al Sanders.
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You remember Oprah Winfrey & Richard Sher together in the mornings on Ch-13.
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Vince Bagli was 'THE' sports announcer on TV.
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You remember Mayor Schaeffer swimming with the seals at the National Aquarium.
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You swore Frank Perdue kind of looked like one of his tender chickens.
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You know which bridge they're talking about when someone says, 'The bridge traffic is backed up'.
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You revere the names of Johnny U, Brooks , Frank, Boog & Cal.
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Your blood boils when you hear the name Bob Irsey.
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You shout 'O!!!' during the singing of The Star Spangled Banner.
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You have stood on worn, swaybacked white marble steps of Baltimore row houses.
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You go see movies from Barry Levinson just because of where he's from.
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Soft-shell crabs are not alien to you.
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You have actually been crabbing.


AND
You actually understand all of these.

( last 6 .. )   Copyright © 2008  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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1-27-09:
offered by  Timothy H. Brockschmidt   (Sparks, MD)
forwarded by  Fred Rosen   (Westminster, MD)
with the last six items added by  Mick Terry   (Los Angeles, CA)
(formerly of Arbutus, Catonsville, Salisbury, Towson, Baltimore, Woodlawn, Pasadena, MD).

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