A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day...06-27-03..."Oh, The State I'm In!" ~ Pippin's Maryland

Mama_Bear and Pippin

[Mama_Bear]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Fasten your seatbelts and hang on, folks. Pippin is taking us on a whirlwind tour of Maryland.

As we take in the sights and sounds, and the flora and fauna, let's listen to Pippin's own words as she proudly tells us about her 'Finest' state.....

"Maryland is one of the original 13 colonies, having been founded in 1634 by Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore. It was the 7th colony to ratify the constitution, thus becoming our 7th state in 1789."

The Maryland state flag contains the family crests of the Calvert and the Crossland families. The black and gold representing the family of the 2nd Lord Baltimore.

"Maryland is richly steeped in history and is a great place to visit, whether it’s to find the perfect vacation spot or if you are interested in discovering America's roots. As I have said before, Maryland is a diverse state ~ an 'America in miniature'.

We have the beautiful Catoctin Mountains southwest of Baltimore, site of the Camp David Presidential retreat, and we have many lakes and rivers where fishing is the main sport activity. If you like boating, there’s the Chesapeake Bay and it’s tributaries. Every February, in Annapolis, the state capitol, they have a boat show at the Annapolis harbor where the latest in recreational boats are shown."

Annapolis Harbor

Annapolis is also home of the U.S. Naval Academy.
GO NAVY!!

"Like seafood? Maryland is famous for it’s seafood. In Baltimore we have the world’s famous Lexington Market, the oldest continuing marketplace in the country! Lexington Market started out as an open-air market for fishermen and other merchants to display and sell their goods in Baltimore City in 1789."


Lexington Market - of days gone by.

"We have Phillips seafood restaurant, with it’s really out of this world baseball crab cakes located at Lexington Market. Speaking of crab cakes, what about our famous steamed crabs and cold beer!"

"If you are into sports we have Baseball, Football, Soccer, Lacrosse, and even Jousting (I kid you not). Every year, September thru October, we have the Renaissance Festival in southern Anne Arundel County, where there is Jousting and feasting and fun 'Elizabethan style'!"

"We have our baseball team, the "Orioles" and Camden Yards, our new ballpark, built in the early 1990’s on the grounds of the old Camden train station. The main building still stands. This is must see (as well as seeing an Orioles game.) For football lovers, we have Ravens stadium just a mile from Camden Yards. The Ravens were named for Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, “The Raven”."



"Want to spend some time at the ocean? Take a trip across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Ocean City. There are condos to rent for the summer and shops to look through as well as the famous boardwalk and fantastic beaches.


Boardwalk Cam - Downtown Ocean City

I hope I’ve managed to whet your appetite and have made you curious enough to come to my state and find out why I’m so proud to be a Marylander. There is so much more to Maryland than meets the eye."

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And, finally........

Now, as we thank our tour guide, Pippin, for introducing us to her beautiful state, why don't we all sing a rousting chorus of......
"Maryland, My Maryland".

Thou wilt not cower in the dust,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Thy gleaming sword shall never rust,
Maryland! my Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's war-like thrust,
And all thy slumb'rers with the just,
Maryland! my Maryland!


Thank you all for coming. Hope to see you again when we tour another Finest state in this great land of ours. ~Mama_Bear

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[ST.LOUIE1]

LOUIE!!!! My day is complete, our charming wolf has arrived. :-)

You're rather charming yourself, fuzzbo. : )

Very, very nice. : )

Thank you.......you are always so thoughtful, complimenting each us on our efforts. Don't think we don't notice. ;-)

Most everyone does....I can't be lookin' like a laggard. LOL

Everything looks so nice and *green*. LOL

Yep, green, green everywhere. Green is Pip's favorite color.

I can tell. : )

[Mama_Bear]

Hi sistah Aqua! One of my earliest memories is of crossing the Chesapeake Bay on a ferry. I guess I was about three. That was LONG before they constructed the bridge.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and tunnel
"One of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World"

[Pippin]

HAH! HAH!

There's plenty room for you all!

even chel!

I'll have a doggie treat for her :O)

[Dubya]

Sounds like a great place to be. Wish I was there.

[Dubya]

1........AUTO REPAIR
A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic it died. After he works on it for a few minutes, it is idling smoothly. She says, "What's the story?"
He replies, "Just crap in the carburetor." She asks, "How often do I have to do that?"

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#2.............RIVER WALK
There's this blonde out for a walk. She comes to a river and sees
another blonde on the opposite bank. "Yoo-hoo!" she shouts, "How
can I get to the other side?" The second blonde looks up the river then down the river and shouts back, "You ARE on the other side."
#3.............KNITTING
A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway.
Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde
behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window,
turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULL OVER!" "NO!" the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!"

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#4.............IN A VACUUM
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her turn. She rolled the dice and she landed on Science & Nature. Her
question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?" She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it
on or off?"

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#5...............FINAL EXAM
The blonde reported for her university final examination that consists of yes/no type questions. She takes her seat in the
examination hall, stares at the question paper for five minutes and
then, in a fit of inspiration, takes out her purse, removes a coin
and starts tossing the coin, marking the answer sheet: Yes, for Heads, and No, for Tails. Within half an hour she is all done,
whereas the rest of the class is still sweating it out. During the last few minutes she is seen desperately throwing the coin,
muttering and sweating. The moderator, alarmed, approaches her and asks what is going on. "I finished the exam in half an hour, but now I'm rechecking my answers."

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FINALLY, THE BLONDE JOKE TO END ALL BLONDE JOKES!

#6...................The Ransom
There was a blonde woman who was having financial troubles so she
decided to kidnap a child and demand a ransom. She went to
a local park, grabbed a little boy, took him behind a tree and wrote this note: I have kidnapped your child. Leave $10,000 in a plain brown bag behind the big oak tree in the park tomorrow at 7 A.M. Signed, The Blonde. She pinned the note inside the little boy's
jacket and told him to go straight home. The next morning, she returned to the park to find the $10,000 in a brown bag behind the
big oak tree, just as she had instructed. Inside the bag was the
following note.... Here is your money. I cannot believe that one
blonde would do this to another!

[Pippin]

KEWL!

Thanks, DH!

[Pippin]

:O)

[ST.LOUIE1]

Doing great, Louie! Packing up the car to drive up to Maryland to visit Pippin and all the other fine Maryland FReepers.
Should I swing by and pick you up?

Sounds great to me!

Chel can ride on your lap.

I'll hire a driver and *you* can sit on my lap.

[Pippin]

You're welcome! :O)

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL ! Yep ! The dry heat. :O)

[Pippin]

i remember both!

Hotte Shoppes and Stuckey's

[Pippin]

Thanks, ((Louie)))!

Have you evern been to Maryland?

[Pippin]

LOL!

I see! :O)

[Pippin]

How can you tell?

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

I wondered who to over as official state booster when former state comptroller Louis Goldstien departed. Now I know.

As Louis said Maryland is America in miniture, We got the seas, the mountains, the farms, big cities, big industry fishing, crabbing, oystering, we got it all.

He also said at the close of his regular Sunday bradcast on Maryland history, "God bless you all, real good."

[Mama_Bear]

Maryland's State Motto: "Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine." Hope it doesn't mean "fat man, criminal woman." :-)

LOL!!! I thought you must be kidding, so I looked it up. That IS their motto!! The translation, "manly deeds, womanly words", doesn't make much sense to me. I like your translation better. :-)

Sorry, Pippin. But, you have to admit, that is kind of a strange motto. LOL.

[Pippin]

I remember that! :O)

[Pippin]

LOL!

[Jen]

Great job ladies!

Pip, I've never visited your beautiful state. Thanks for the virtual tour. You're a great guide and hostess.

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[ST.LOUIE1]

I'll have a doggie treat for her :O)

What? No wolfie treats? : (

Never mind, wolfie will snack on Chel. : )