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You know where to park for the Preakness.

The cheapest guy in town had an ideal location to watch fireworks.

 Mama Cass Elliott.

 You remember the old North Central Railroad that ran from downtown to Pennsylvania.  It ran on the current light rail tracks along the JFX, through Mount Washington, crossed Lake Roland (Robert E Lee Memorial Park), out thru Ruxton and Lutherville, crossed York Rd at the
Cockeysville underpass, and then headed north to PA on what is now a great
bicycle path.  The transition from working railway to light rail and bicycle
path was courtesy of a very determined Hurricane Agnes in 1972.

David and Freddie killed off any chances of NCR recovery in '79.

You love to hear Arty Donovan explain anything.

You got a parking ticket (or towed away) while in court for a parking ticket in the old traffic court at 211 E Madison Street.

You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name.

You are an expert crab picker that always volunteers to teach visitors the only (and best) way to pick a steamed crab.  Of course everyone else around you will interrupt the lesson to show your new student their best way, and confusion will reign.  This will never change!

You had to be ready to yell out your order at Captain Harvey's, or risk hearing jeers from all the longshoremen in line.

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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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