Missin' SOMD

[Homesick]

Anyone else out there with me?

I was happy, then sad, to find this site. I've been reading through some of the threads. Smilin' one minute, cryin' the next. I left MD some moons ago. Never wanting to look back. I flew to the sunshine state, thinking sunny all the time would be great. Funny...how the thing's I longed to run from, are now the thing's I long to run back to. Though I am sure MD is not the same, nothing stays the same. Maybe just romancing the thought of it being like it once was. It did help to read in one of the threads that the "Bobwhites" and "Whip-er-wils" are no longer around...sad. One of the many thing's I miss. Also, the blue steamed crabs smothered in ole bay. Hardly can find any here in the south, not the way they make'em back home. *mouthwatering*

Anyhoo, thanks all of you here for all the trips down memory lane. Oh, one fella here, hmmm, forget his name, (sorry, incase you happen to pop in here) he made a site about Marlow Heights in the 60's and 70's, haven't had the time to check it out yet, but in one of your post you talked
about "Grits" ...thank you. Thought maybe I made them up. I remember them. I had forgot that that's what they were called until I read what you wrote. I went to Thomas Stone High school in the 70's. That's when I was introduced to them, course I tried to stay out of their way. But, sometimes it was very hard to do so, specially when needing to use the bathroom. They gathered there to smoke. I'll never forget the countless times the bathroom went up in flames after they'd string toilet paper around the stalls, then with a strike of a match..POOF. I learned how fast paper will burn. And for any Thomas Stone peeps out there that don't know, you can thank them for that space that is now called a smoking lounge...if it's still there. Have wondered about that also.

[Tigerlily]

Gotta love them dayum grits. Glad you could stop by and reminice. Hope wherever life has taken you that you have enjoyed all that it has to offer. I myself have found my home and my life in this county and relish in how in a place that grows bigger by the day you can still go anywhere and see someone you know.

[meme]

I moved to the great sunny state too. I admit, I miss good ole SOMD sometimes. I miss seeing snow...we only have 3 season where I'm at and Fall only lasts a few weeks.

[mAlice (Premo)]

Anybody in FL wanna' switch places?

[Vince]

Originally Posted by elaine

Anybody in FL wanna' switch places?

[jazz lady (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Homesick

It did help to read in one of the threads that the "Bobwhites" and "Whip-er-wils" are no longer around...sad.

I can assure you the "Whip-er-wils" are alive and well. I was listening to one last night around 11 right outside my window.

My best friend couldn't wait to get out of Maryland and moved to Florida, vowing never to return. She came back about 5 years ago and now loves it here. I guess absence does make the heart grow fonder - well, in some cases.

[Crabby Blue]

I'm in Florida as well, left in the early
90's..........I grew up for 20 years in
So. MD........I am a SMIB..........funny
thing, one of my neighbors is from the
7th district, Abell that is, I had lived
there........and yeah, he's a Good Ole Boy...
.....he don't like me much, I talk regular,
just a slight southern MD drawl....
.....people think I grew up in the south........

I was homesick only the first 2 years,
I've moved around a bit in FL, it's nice
here, would never go back to SOMD,
never........I do miss Stuffed Ham tho,
had it brought down to me once, from
that grocer in Leonardtown.......Raley's?
and Steam Blue crabs, they sell them by
the lbs. down here.........ahahahahaha.....
They ain't got the mud in em like MD
crabs.......oh, and oysters!......chit!!

I've heard St. Mary's co. has almost
doubled in population in the last dozen
years........ouch.........how wide is 235
now? haha......they had just widened it
when I departed.......

[Homesick]

Thank you, TIGERLILY. Not sure what happened, a song on the radio at the time was singing "going to buy me a one way ticket on a south bound train" (something like that) Then there I was, sunny Florida. After a couple weeks sickness set in (homesickness that is) I should've just taken a vacation.

Meme, I don't miss the winters. So guess that's what keeps me from running back. You could say I am edging my way back. I've since moved up the coast a bit, too hot for my blood in South Florida. (Won't mention how big the bugs are)

Jazz Lady, good to hear they're alive and well. Sure miss them. Ah, wondering if you could record them for me and send me the tape? *Wink* Happy for your friend.

Crabby Blue, (love the name) I hear ya, miss the blue crabs, and the homemade sausage. Oh, and the flea market in St. Mary's, miss buying the Amish homegrown stuff. I haven't had a decent homegrown tomato since I left. Anyone know if that market still there? I thought moving further south, veggies would be better, crabs bigger etc. Not the case. Nothing is the same here. Not sure what it is. I've given up asking for blue steamed crabs in resturants, tired of people looking at me funny...

[jazz lady (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Homesick

Jazz Lady, good to hear they're alive and well. Sure miss them. Ah, wondering if you could record them for me and send me the tape? *Wink*

I'd be happy to since I hear them most nights. Sometimes they are so close it sounds like they're in the house with you.

I'd move to Florida in a New York minute. Today, I was up in the Target shopping center and I will say that I had "Waldorf" flashbacks. I don't know if today was just a busy shopping day, since it was beautiful outside. Maybe, everyone was beating feet to Lowes to get flowers and whatnot for doing yard work outside, but the traffic was congested.