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You're from Bawlmer if (Part V) . . .

You love to see the Domino Sugar sign reflecting across the harbor.

You'll always remember the cheerleading O's fan, Wild Bill Hagy, in Section 34, from the 70s.

You remember when Social Security moved out of the Candler Building to the new complex in Woodlawn. You remember seeing the Four Seasons perform at Painters Mill or at Club Venus. You saw the Beatles, The Beach Boys, Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones, The Monkees, and Peter, Paul & Mary and the Village People at the Civic Center . You saw Emerson, Lake, and Palmer at the Lyric. You saw Otis Reading, the Four Tops, and the Temptations at Calvert Hall. (You didn't save a single program!)

You danced at the Club Venus, Hollywood Park, Teen Center, CYO or the Epithany.

You remember the Towson State Teachers College in Towson.

All the big downtown theaters were as cool as the Senator is now.

You know where High and Low streets meet.

Posted by Dan Rodricks at 10:12 AM | | Comments (2)
        

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...you remember Jack Luskin jumping from washer to dryer and trying to balance himself on TV in the early days of special effects.

You can still sing (off-key): "It's mighty hard to turn down a Schulte deal!"
You can recall when what is now the Beltway-Route 97 interchange actually made sense.

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Jan. 8, 2009, marked 30 years for Dan Rodricks' column in The Baltimore Sun. Over three decades, Dan has won numerous regional and several national awards for his reporting and commentary -- in print and on the air. "I've had opportunity to write a column and work in both radio and television, never having to leave my adopted hometown of Baltimore to have those experiences," he says. "I consider myself very fortunate." In addition to writing a twice-weekly column for The Baltimore Sun and his Random Rodricks blog, Dan is currently the host of Midday, on WYPR-FM, National Public Radio in Baltimore. An artful story-teller and social critic, he has observed local, state and national political and cultural trends for three decades, and has a lot to say about almost everything.
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