"Current thoughts on Carroll County"

I used to love carroll county maryland in the late 70's and 80's. Used to go to Sportsman's Hall, Cascade Lake, used to come up here to visit my boyfriend between 88 and 90.   He grew up in Manchester. Driving to and through Carroll County was a joy.

No more. Other then it's natural beauty, (which will remain no matter how sick the society becomes)  I consider it a sick place

. I am sad to say this but , violent crime IS alive and well in Carroll County Maryland, regardless of whether or not it makes the papers.

I think one of the first signs that quality of life has dropped so much in c.c. is  the road rage epidemic.   I mean if nearly everyone on the roads is behaving angrily and using their vehicles as weapons;  is it any wonder that violent crimes are up? I see a close correlation here.

Most people are driving a big ass 4 by 4 dodge frickin ram terminator, yet transporting nothing.  They bully you if you are driving less then 80 mph!

In the last 4 months, I've had experiences in c.c. where the male got out of their vehicle right in the middle of the road, and either approached or tried to approach my driver's window in a fit of rage about me doing the speed limit.

Last week, someone angrily passed me on Black Rock just to speed in front of me just to end up at my destination.

  At  at  Wally World he "flew" through the parking lot. and then to the gas pump in front of me. I thought that interesting.  I honked to alert her to pull to the forward most pump so I can get gas too. I kept beeping and she refused to move her car forward. Finally, she flung open her car door and said "What is your problem bitch?!"

  I said I just need you to move forward so I can get gas.



she shouted "THIS IS AMERICA!" then she went on to say:

 " I will do what I please when I please. If you want gas then pass me bitch!"  She continued to scream. I told her it's common sense that you move to the front pump. I had to wedge my way between her car and the car at the other pump to get in front of her!

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Another lesson I've learned since my first episode of homelessness in 94 is this: for every piece of "news" that mainstream media decides to publish in your local paper, there are hundreds and hundreds of things "they" would prefer to leave alone and not cover. Just keep that in mind when you read the newspaper. What are they leaving out? Are they telling us the truth?"

"Favorite Quotes"

I was listening to an NPR show where they were discussing mistakes that government officials had made that deeply hurt citizens lives. For example the mistakes made during Katrina when it took Bush so long to get down there but even then all he did was fly over.

Another mistake was where this guy was put in solitary confinement for 9 months and it was later discoverd that he didn't commit the crime.

Anyhow, the quote, more or less was "A badge does not necessarily confer omniscience."

"Overheard"

I used to compile these little diddys on a fairly regular basis. These are the things I overheard, all in one day, but in different shops.

Enjoy!

(I overheard this anecdote at Caribou Coffee in Baltimore County)

"My friend only lasted 1 year in Fells Point" She was mugged @ gunpoint at the 7-11.She kept her bicycle on the back porch and the chain was cut, then the bike was stolen. Her car was stolen from her house, driven to a field and then set on fire. She has now moved to Harford County"

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Anecdote 2

Panera Bread

"And that's why I hate liberals"


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Anecdote 3

Carroll County Subway 4 males at table

"Yeah, but you can still get an erection!"

Please spare me the b.s.

To Whom it may concern,

and the cashier at "ihop"

and the clerk at "starbox"

please spare me the bullshit and stop asking me how my holidays were. You do not know me and you do not give a cat's meow how my holiday's were. What you do care about is announcing how YOUR holiday's were, and that is what your true agenda is. Please can we now look forward instead of backwards? If you ask me this question again, i will respond, "what holiday?!"

update without any details

For the time being I cannot transmit the details electronically, although I wish I could because then I'd actually make alot of money because I'd have thousands reading my blog daily, and I am NOT KIDDING you when I tell you that the details of this situation are so shocking and I wish I could transmit them, but I can't, at least, not at this point.

I am homeless again.

What Would You Do? - ABC News - Aiding the Fallen

I've experienced this many many times in my life, sometimes it's me who fell, sometimes it's others.

Some of my most memorable experiences are on the baltimore buses where customers fall all the time. I've caught a couple of them before they hit the ground and a couple of times people fell ontop of me on the bus.

But there was one times where a very large man fell and was lying in the middle of the aisle of the #8 bus york road going north. I couldn't lift him and I alerted the driver. None of the other customers would look at him or speak to him nobody seemed to care that he was lying there not even the driver.

In this video, I'm so touched by this Linda woman. Love this show.

"Rare, rare events in the Baltimore region"

You've certainly listened to me rant on topics such as these in the past. If I compare the # of times I've been in a cafe per year to the # of times that a stranger seemed interested in connecting or speaking with me, it would come to oh, 1 out of every 30 or 50 times there might be someone whose eyes are not 100% glued to their electronic appendage!

Yesterday I was at one of the cafes where the tables are 2 to 3 inches apart from each other. Remarkably, for the most part that does NOT make it more likely that someone would make eye contact with a person at a neighboring table. In many but not all cases if I'm alone that I'm extremely open to making a new acquaintance. But I note if they are with their device and don't want to connect then I most certainly respect that.

I assume that people who don't make eye contact don't want to speak to anyone-but maybe I'm wrong about that. They guy that was spaced just a few inches away from me never looked up from his Blackberry 'cept to return my smile when I sat down.

The carols were loud and oppressive and the speaker was right above my head. I needed a break from all the driving I'm forced to do especially now that I'm in Carroll County.

AFter I had been sitting for about 30 minutes I said "oh no" Some particularly painful song came on (similar to the Chipmunks singing Christmas Carols) and I responded out loud to that. They guy next to me laughed and said "It's really bad" He said it with an Israeli accent. It turned out that he is one of the few who despite the Blackberry addiction he loves to talk with new people.

He asked surprisingly intimate questions given that I am a stranger. I told him about having been homeless and he replied "See that guy right there?" "Yes, I said" He said "He's homeless

I studied the guys face and realized that he's the guy whose blog I read occasionally. I went over and introduced myself to him and he said "I was reading your blog earlier today!"

There's a definite upside to technology. That you can meet someone first online and then find out that your fan is sitting just a few seats down from you is incredibly neato...............................