My wife's parents are both deceased so that only leaves my mother and she lives in Balimore all by herself as she approaches her 70th birthday. I am convinced the only reason she is still there is because she loves the Orioles and for as long as I can remember the only Christmas gift my wife and I give her upon her request are a package of season tickets (3 tickets) so she can go to games and take a few of lifelong friends to the games with her whenever she wants to go or give them to the neighbors kids. ---- she hs lived in the same neighborhood with same neighbors for over 40 years, they are truly family. Well well well Last night she really wanted to go see the Red Sox but in her words Baltimore is under seige by protesters from out of town and she felt it was unsafe for her and her best friend of 20 years to go. Her favorite thing in the world is to go to a little restaurant called "The Bullpen" and get a hamburger in her Cal Ripken Orioles Jersey and watch her beloved O's. (She only likes baseball because she says football is too violent for her). My wife called her from Philadelphia where she will be until May 3rd and asked if she would like for her to drive down to Baltimore and get her and bring her up to Philly for a while or put her on a plane to Atlanta to stay with us for a while. In typical mom fashion she said No, Baltimore is my home and the Sox are in town. It's just really sad to see my home Baltimore under seige by outside protesters shipped in to destroy the fabric of Charm City and start a race war. Home to the likes of Edgar Allen Poe and Babe Ruth and The Star Banglwd Banner. Time to get out mom, You can watch your O's on the MLb package I promise to get you.
Aww sorry to hear this BD. Everything is so haywire in this world. I hope your mom reconsiders and moves where you are and she stays safe. But older people are set in their ways, my dad will be 94 this July God willing and I would love him to live with me, but he is so independent, still drives, shops, cleans, does his own laundry and constantly refuses my help. But I am so thankful he is of such sound mind and body at his age. He live 1 minutes drive from me and in walking distance. I bought him the 5 star great call with gps so he can take with him whenever he is out and get live help immediately, and a life phone for at home, I also installed an alert that tells him when his phone is off the hook and an alarm that auto shuts off his stove if he left it on. Keep us posted about your mom please.
I think BD means outsiders are people who don't live in that area who just come to places to be agitators and usually turn peaceful protests into violent ones, like in Ferguson.
The people who are paid to get put on buses from other cities and shipped in to start shit. Just like Ferguson, NY ect..... The protest have been quiet and very orderly by the residents if Balimore and have been both blacks and whites standing side by side wondering what happened to this man and wantin answers but come the weekend and all the opportunists come in then it turns violent. Mom told my wife last night these people have no connection to relationship to this small but historic city they are being bused in from around the country, "you can even see the license in the busses to know the trouble makers are not from Baltimore. Trust me Nobody would want to cause harm to Camden Yards and Etaw street that place is like a sacred shrine to the people of Baltimore of all races. The little team and City that competes against the Goliaths of Baseball markets/Teams (NY, Boston, Toronto). The O's hold a special place in the hearts of those people, it's one of the things that brings that city together during the worst of times. Thanks Vicki!!!!! My wife did mention getting her a phone with a GPS on it so we can see her exact location in case a distressed phone call goes out. But you are right old people just don't want I leave their memories and homes behind.
What it is with your Mom is that she comes from a generation where people grew up in one place and made connections and lifelong friends that they don't want to leave. That's understandable. It's very good of you to take such good care of your Mom and it's nice that your wife does, too. Let Mom do what Mom feels comfortable doing and ask her to visit when her teams come to your area. Maybe have her bring a friend. You're a good guy with a kind heart. As far as "outsiders" go...some people have nothing better to do than be a party to unrest and will use any excuse to stir the pot. Sad really, but these are the times we live in. BTW! Daughter started to fill out grant forms and financial aid, (not student loans) and she didn't qualify even though she maintains an A average. The financial aid they do grant her is student loans. Some of her friends got grants and they come to college in designer clothes and jewelry, the best computer devices, etc. A protest should be done for college students not to acquire so much debt to get an education at community colleges where we pay taxes. She's in for $20,000 already, and she's just doing pre-requisites for the nursing program. I despair of seeing what the cost will be once that starts. She will be doing an internship next semester as it counts as credits. Just saying protests could be put to better use.
Ah, so you're referring to violent people. I'm with you 100% here. I hope your mom is OK. When concerning violent people I couldn't care less where they are from. I dislike violent outsiders as much as I dislike violent insiders. Once they are violent, break laws, try to breach America's constitution, or use democracy against itself they cross a very clear line. Regardless of their relationship, or lack thereof, with any given state. A clarification was needed, however, & I thank both of you for doing so, as "under siege by outsiders" is vague & encourages the likes of xenophobes to exercise their bigotry.
I feel ya Bea, That generation/parents and grandparents is tough, i look back on my parents and grandparents generations and they were tough. They didn't call them them the greatest generation/s for nothing!!! Great Depression, civil rights war/movement, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, Cold War ect..... And all they did was refuse to give up and give in. My mom dropped out of the 6th grade to help support her parents an worked 2 jobs up until her 65th birthday and just left her last job last year after having it for 50 years. I am sure many others of that generation did the same. Mom is not special except to me but her story is probably pretty common for that generation. When she left her job she had for 50 years last year, my wife and I offered to rent her a little apartment here in Atlanta or in the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater Beach area of Florida so she could have her baseball at Spring Training every year. As usual her reply was "No, this is my home and if I want something I will work for it" ----that's that generation, and a great generation at that. Never complained about what life threw at them, just put your head down and grind/go to work. As Vicki said above, they are set in their ways. I agree Bea about the student loan thing, makes you wonder about a lot when they are giving free education to undocumented immigrants here illegally. Don't get me started on that. My kids are so young and I went to see a financial planner/accountant about setting some stuff up for the kids and he said it would cost me well over a million dollars to educate these kids. I am going to encourage my kids to go learn a trade at the local union (plumbing, electrician, welder ect......let then train you and start you own business) ------ kids are coming out of school with way too much debt and they are underwater for most of their life tring to pay it back. Most will never get ahead with the debt. I told my wife why pay 1.5 million for University, wouldn't a 23/24 year old kid rather have a nice home with no debt instead? PS: your daughter is going to achieve great things in the future!!!! She is a smart, attractive and hard working young lady with a great mommy.
I should set up a protest! Call Christie!! LOL! At least my daughter is going for nursing, there's always a need for nurses.
Very true Nathan, but I just don't believe in Socialism but that is a different discussion and will not I there on this thread or forum per Rays rules.
I am thoroughly sick of hearing this crap on the news. Powhatan the hell is going on and why aren't these situations being dealt with more forcefully so as to deter further incidents. It's getting to be a crazy world.
Could you see this shit going down in Montana. These criminals would be picked off one by one. Remember Nevada when they tried to take that mans land and remove his cattle? The Feds rushed i, but so did the armed locals and minutemen and the Feds backed down and went away with their heads between their tails. Very sad to see this happening. As red said, time to call in the big guns /Nat'l Guard!!!!
Oh, I remember that well! You listen to some of these country singers and you just know they're badass! And the women, too! Maybe it's time to bring your Mom down whether she wants to or not. The stress of what's going on can't be good for her.
Mom is on her way to Philly to fly back to Atlanta with my wife this week. She is safe. The violence did not spread to her part of the city but she is afraid it will. She is scared and decided to come back to Atlanta until things settle down.