Eddie and I had that convo the other day ... Too many laurel groves, laurel glens, laurel hills, laurel bays, Laurel valleys, laurel ridges, laurel this and laurel thats in St Mary's County.

Laurel WhatEVUR

The County Commissioners have an approved list developers have to pick names from. Developments and shopping centers always have two-word names. The first word list is

Maple, Holly, Bay, Laurel, Chesapeake, Oak, Breton, Patuxent, Potomac


Second Word list:
Bay, Ridge, Shores, Grove, Hills, Glen, Cove, Valley, Creek, Knolls, Harbor, Estates


There. I've covered just about 90 percent of the housing developments, apartment complexes and shopping centers in St. Mary's County. I think you have to pay the Commissioners "a little extra" if you go off the list.

Almost weekly, I have a convo with Pat that goes like this here:

John: "Where's the (backhoe/excavator/dozer/skidsteer/etc) going/getting picked up from today?"

Pat: "(Pick any two random entries from the list above)"

John: (long pause) "Where's that?"

Pat: "I'll drop you a pin."

Hours later

John: "And that, Officer, is how I ended up with THAT machine (one that doesn't belong to us) on my trailer."

~ John

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