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

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 06-23-03...Military Monday 06-24-03...Happy Anniversary to the Finest 06-25-03...Hall of Fame in Review #4 (& Billie's Birthday) 06-26-03...John's Two Cents "Don't leave the smoking gun behind!"

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[dutchess]

...and you will call her mom

How sweet dave. I just cut and pasted it and emailed it to my mom :o)

[Calpernia]

Glad 'clowns' are welcome. I've always been quite an oddity :)

NJ has a lot more to her than Exits. Most places of interest aren't along the 'exits'. I'm quite an off the beaten path wonderer too. So, I may not be well written; but I will be informative. ;)

[dutchess]

I am so far out in the boondocks that I cannot get cable or DSL. I have a satellite on my roof for TV thru DishNetwork

Mr. D. has been bugging me to get cable instead of dialup for some time (I don't do change well)....finally did last week...GOSH...it is awesome. The only problem is that we now get tons of telemarketer calls..but that soon will be remedied. I hope satellite works for you.

P.S. Have a great rally tonight. Will be thinking of you all!

[Calpernia]

Nice ariel of the Chesapeake Bay! Went over that MANY of times when we lived in Elizabeth City, NC. Went back and forth to visit our family in NJ.

[dutchess]

Dave...re: lifes tidbits. Geesh, you're on a roll. Saved that one too!

Dubya. Good stuff today. Don't know if my blond secretary appreciated the blond jokes though LOL!

[Jen]

Thank you for the warm welcome Mama_Bear. I appreciate it! Actually, I haven't been around FR very much lately because I have a part-time job now and I'm still in school. "Real life" is interfering too much with my FReeping! hahahaha

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[Dubya]

I sent out a lot of stuff from Dave today. He had it on a roll. :^)

[dutchess]

So, I may not be well written; but I will be informative. ;)

LOL....if you recall my post this morning...all of a sudden..."you're pulled in" All kidding aside, we really appreciate your contributions here!

[Calpernia]

Perfect tidbit since Maryland was featured.

[Calpernia]

You know what bothers me more than the telemarkets? The people that sell our information to them.

Why is OUR information for anyone else to sell? AND since it is our information; shouldn't we be paid something for someone selling it?

[dutchess]

{{{{{{{{LOUIE}}}}}}}}

[Dubya]

Great News! StarBand is now offering even MORE savings

[dutchess]

"Real life" is interfering too much with my FReeping!

Don't you just hate when that happens :o)

[dutchess]

A belated hello Gail...gizmo smooches to Rocky!

[JustAmy]

I checked out the StarBand site; it said installation not included. Do you know whether they do the installation?

[Dubya]

They have local dealers who do the installing.

[JustAmy]

I finally checked the StarBand site and looked for a dealer in my area. When I called, I had to leave my number but instead of bugging you". I will bug the people who get paid for answering my questions.
I'll let you know what I find but it may not be until next week.

[MeekOneGOP]

I changed from AOL October 2001 to AT&T Broadband and will never go back to dialup again. It is GREAT ! :O)

Satellite Internet, huh ? When I was going through the research to figure out WHAT the options were to get faster Internet, the options were DSL or Cable. I bumped into the fact accidentally that Satellite Internet was available, but there was some drawback with uploads or downloads. I don't recall, but one was pretty fast and the other was not too fast.

Since Dubya replied that he has Starband (I assume that's Satellite), maybe he knows something about that?

[Diver Dave]

re: lifes tidbits. Geesh, you're on a roll.

Heh heh. My inbox was full of goodies this morning. Not being selfish, I dedided to share. :)

Got another one I'm saving for Military Monday.

[Diver Dave]

There was a little old lady who would come out every morning on the steps of her front porch, raise her arms to the sky and shout, "Praise the Lord!"

Well, one day an atheist moved into the house next door. Over time, he became irritated at the little old lady. So every morning he would step out onto his front porch and yell after her, "There is no Lord!"

Time passes with the two of them carrying on this way every day. Then one morning in the middle of winter, the little old lady stepped onto her front porch and shouted, "Praise the Lord! Lord, I have no food and I am starving.

Please provide for me, oh Lord!"

The next morning, she stepped onto her porch and there were two huge bags of groceries sitting there. "Praise the Lord!" she cried out. "He has provided groceries for me!"

The atheist jumped out of the hedges and shouted, "There is no Lord. I bought those groceries!"

The little old lady threw her arms into the air and shouted, "Praise the Lord! He has provided me with groceries and He made the devil pay for them!"