tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post1781823366110214476..comments2024-03-12T20:20:35.830-05:00Comments on Organizing Notes: ORIOLES DIVISION CHAMPSBruce K. Gagnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845856861232395427noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post-86896182941073733942014-09-17T12:30:27.015-05:002014-09-17T12:30:27.015-05:00Yeah, the "go to war" business was a rea...Yeah, the "go to war" business was a really perverse expression of joy, wasn't it? My dad, who worked for the military at Fort Holabird, used the expression all the time. Kind of like "holy cow!" or "far out!" I guess it's one just one more little signifier of how we've been living in a militarized culture all our lives, right? Now, the "Ain't the beer cold" thing I can relate to and my brothers, nephews, and nieces all continue to use that one. I have no idea who Miss Agnes was. Ha, baseball brings out the nostalgia in me...Ken Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110908825565669384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post-32224547811731609342014-09-17T09:49:33.014-05:002014-09-17T09:49:33.014-05:00OMG Ken love it....."Go to war, Miss Agnes!&q...OMG Ken love it....."Go to war, Miss Agnes!" - what is that about? I was born in Olney but lived in Damascus. I was born in late July and once fall came I'd cry if my mom brought me in from outside, even when the snow came. Fall and cold in my blood - just like the O's!Bruce K. Gagnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845856861232395427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post-88060636391283632952014-09-17T09:31:02.540-05:002014-09-17T09:31:02.540-05:00Bruce - here's something else we have in commo...Bruce - here's something else we have in common!I was born and raised in Baltimore too (actually Dundalk), and an Orioles fan since birth. Remember Chuck Thompson, the Orioles broadcaster? When something great happened for the birds, he'd crow, "Go to war, Miss Agnes! Ain't the beer cold!" Ain't it?Ken Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110908825565669384noreply@blogger.com