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  1. peromyscus avatar

    RE: The

    by peromyscus 28 May 2012

    jeff, are you going anywhere near Maryland?

  2. sashac001 avatar

    RE: Anyone feel this way?

    by sashac001 23 May 2012

    Actually, when I moved to NM, I was making so much money on Maryland unemployment that finding a job here was quite difficult. In fact,…

  3. ianw6705 avatar

    RE: United Airlines Flight Quality

    by ianw6705 16 May 2012

    My sister-in-law (who lies in Maryland) flies to Australia twice a year with United - she and her husband have a big bank of frequent…

  4. Larch_Keilson avatar

    RE: I recently found out that . . .

    by Larch_Keilson 11 May 2012

    All manner of evil is exported from Maryland.

  5. Ian_in_DC avatar

    RE: pronounciations

    by Ian_in_DC 09 May 2012

    >I think the one I knew was originally from Warshington, but I don't know if that was state or D.C. DC. Although that accent is dying…

  6. Spellmistress avatar

    RE: pronounciations

    by Spellmistress 09 May 2012

    Say Maryland, Spelly! My American colleagues used to love it. I learned how to say New Orleans properly from the ride in Disneyland.…

  7. ben_hanscombe avatar

    RE: pronounciations

    by ben_hanscombe 09 May 2012

    I have no idea how else to pronouce Maryland. We had a 100+ post argument on the WoS once about whether we pronounce Los Angeles wrong.…

  8. RoadWarrior avatar

    RE: pronounciations

    by RoadWarrior 09 May 2012

    The BBC really does a wonderful job of mispronouncing both Maryland and Los Angeles. I assume that it's intended to be ironic, as it…

  9. goldfinger avatar

    RE: pronounciations

    by goldfinger 09 May 2012

    >Also Americans can't pronounce Warwick properly, and it's fun seeing them trying to work out what to do with Gloucester. A few years…

  10. StanInMaryland avatar

    RE: North Carolina

    by StanInMaryland 09 May 2012

    I wonder how many people in the US who basically support the government being a theocracy would also support Muslim theocracies in the…

  11. Usher73 avatar

    RE: Trivia

    by Usher73 02 May 2012

    I got lost and drove completely through Delaware, had to turn around in Maryland!

  12. sashac001 avatar

    RE: Chili n' Chips

    by sashac001 27 April 2012

    The first time we made chili here in NM we used the kidney beans we had brought from Maryland. We then found that pinto beans are more…

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    Maryland Strip Clubs

    by arpanghose 21 April 2012

    When you’re feeling a little funk in your junk, and you want to be cock-teased until your balls are blue, you need a strip club. Of course…

  14. VinnyD avatar

    RE: I want to be a house wine

    by VinnyD 18 April 2012

    The wine guys at the local public radio station had very good things to say about the box wines from something called Open Door Cellars,…

  15. sashac001 avatar

    RE: guilty pleasures

    by sashac001 16 April 2012

    Same here with the fries - they don't have any sauce on them when I get them philistine and back when I used to do it in Maryland they…

  16. rhythm_blues avatar

    RE: How much is too much?

    by rhythm_blues 15 April 2012

    If it helps, we once spent a leisurely 2 weeks driving from Oregon to Michigan, seeing a few friends along the way as well as Yellowstone…

  17. sashac001 avatar

    RE: Quiche tonight

    by sashac001 13 April 2012

    Cute Stan. I do remember planes. And I would be willing to come back to Maryland for a few days now if you and/or Vinny are paying for…

  18. sashac001 avatar

    RE: Six rules for dining out

    by sashac001 13 April 2012

    Stan!! I can't believe that now that I've moved out of Maryland I find out that you work down the street from where I used to live! …

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    RE: Huh

    by VinnyD 11 April 2012

    #62-- Especially in New England. Endicott Peabody. Leverett Saltonstall. Lawrence (a family name in this case) Lowell. Abbot Babbit…

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    RE: Mega Millions update

    by Fudgy_the_Whale 10 April 2012

    +One is a woman in her 20's, another is a man in his 40's and the third is a woman in her 50's. All three are public school educators…

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    Mega Millions update

    by Fudgy_the_Whale 10 April 2012

    The Haitian woman who claimed she won, then said she "misplaced" the ticket, having hidden it at her place of employment, McDonald's?…

  22. sashac001 avatar

    RE: Moo

    by sashac001 09 April 2012

    They were quick? I never thought of cows as being quick. When I was a kid we had 2 ranches near us and the cows were pretty slow and…

  23. Spellmistress avatar

    RE: Greetings from Maryland

    by Spellmistress 09 April 2012

    Americans laughed at me pronouncing it as spelled. It's the equivalent of you eejits saying Edinburrow, I guess.

  24. sashac001 avatar

    RE: Greetings from Maryland

    by sashac001 08 April 2012

    So you finally get to Maryland after I leave whiskey. Ah well. How is it there?

  25. whiskey_smash avatar

    RE: Greetings from Maryland

    by whiskey_smash 08 April 2012

    Oh, not that one, unfortunately. We didn't win the lottery.

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