Boston and Washington - Spring 2016 - Day 11 (Day Trip to Baltimore, Baseball!)

[BevS97]

What a scary experience for you. I hate those sorts of things, I brood on them for ages, but you seem to have done well at shaking it off.

Poot says the following paragraph contains sad news, but I wasn't sure what it was?

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Originally Posted by BevS97

What a scary experience for you. I hate those sorts of things, I brood on them for ages, but you seem to have done well at shaking it off.

Poot says the following paragraph contains sad news, but I wasn't sure what it was?

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I brood on those things, too. And this time I let my agitation affect my plans for the next day (I feel embarrassed and rather childish about that...).


Like all of us though, I want to try NOT to pass on my flaws to my kid. My DH is great at shaking things off, I hope Poot takes after him in this respect!

DH always offers this helpful suggestion whenever I am "dwelling" on an unpleasant situation:

"Just stop thinking about it. That's what I do."




Poot's sad news was that the Twins lost the game, lol...

I'm not editing his posts, so they are occasionally...perplexing...

[BevS97]

I realised about the sad news later. We used to live in Minnesota, so the Twins are one of our teams. (along with the Pittsburgh Pirates)

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Originally Posted by BevS97

I realised about the sad news later. We used to live in Minnesota, so the Twins are one of our teams. (along with the Pittsburgh Pirates)

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Did you live in Pittsburgh, too? Now THAT is a lovely ballpark, and Pittsburgh is a great town. Love the people there - it's the (landlocked) Liverpool of America!

[BevS97]

Yes, I lived in (deep breath),
Omaha, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, New Jersey and went to university in Bethlehem PA. I went to high school in Pittsburgh so consider that my home town.
I lived in all those places between 1979 and 1991.

I knew 3 rivers stadium but I think it's been replaced now.

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Originally Posted by BevS97

Yes, I lived in (deep breath),
Omaha, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, New Jersey and went to university in Bethlehem PA. I went to high school in Pittsburgh so consider that my home town.
I lived in all those places between 1979 and 1991.

I knew 3 rivers stadium but I think it's been replaced now.

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Wow! That's a lot of moving around...

"PNC Park" is home to the Pirates these days...oh, I LOATHE the now ubiquitous practice of selling stadiums' names to corporations...

Three Rivers Stadium was a much more poetic name...

[CrispyA]

I'm sorry that you had such an unpleasant experience in Baltimore, but glad that you both had a better time at the game. Thanks for sharing your report - I've really enjoyed reading it.

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Originally Posted by CrispyA

I'm sorry that you had such an unpleasant experience in Baltimore, but glad that you both had a better time at the game. Thanks for sharing your report - I've really enjoyed reading it.

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Thanks for reading and posting.

While I don't enjoy reading about other people's "bad times" - and I certainly didn't enjoy writing about my own, I do prefer trippies that are a little more fleshed out, and show that even on holiday - nobody's life is perfect.

I would have felt dishonest if I had left the bad stuff out.

[disney owl]

what a scary situation, you coped brilliantly x

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Originally Posted by disney owl

what a scary situation, you coped brilliantly x

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Bless you for saying that!

I felt like a complete wuss the next day - I couldn't WAIT to get out of that town. I've gotten used to a softer life, I suppose...