You Know You're From... Meme

[gonzai]

Well, it's more both you know you're from and you've got more years in the cart than on the horse. At 40, I'm too young for many of these! Also, it's more Baltimore-specific than a Maryland thing, but Maryland is so weird/diverse Baltimore is really the only was you can do it. Italicized the ones that are true, and if some are true and some aren't I un-italicized the ones I didn't know.

You know you're from Maryland when :

• You rode on street cars.
• You remember the Bay Belle cruise that took you to Betterton and Tolchester beaches before the Bay Bridge was built.
• You watched on TV the shows Duckpins for Dollars, The Collegians, and Pinbusters.
• You also watched the Buddy Deane Show and Romper Room and Stu Kerr as Professor Cool.
• You know how to pronounce 'Towson.' (I LIVE there, fer cryin' out loud!)
• You remember what the Inner Harbor looked like before it was the Inner Harbor.
• You remember when White Marsh was just a marsh!
• You ate at Pollack Johnnie's, Bel-Loc Diner, Little Tavern, Gino's, and Read'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 and the Bromo Seltzer Tower.
• You remember the rotating restaurant on top of the Holiday Inn on Light Street.

• 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.
• You remember the wonderful spicy downtown smell of McCormick's.
• Every kitchen has a can of Old Bay and King Syrup.
• You refer to your state as 'Murilyn.'
• You and your Mom shopped at Braeger Gutman's, Hutzler's, Stewart's, The May Company, Epstein's, Woolworth's . .
• Shopping on The Avenue meant Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown.
• You know where 'Downey Ocean' is.
• You remember the Civic Center, Gwynn Oak Park, and Carlin's Park.
• 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' and 'payment' are.
• When anywhere else, you can only laugh when you see signs saying 'Maryland Crab Cakes!'
• You say 'Blare Road' for Bel Air 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 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, Frank, Boog and Cal!