Rockville City were called to a parking lot this past Friday night, October 30, 2026, after someone reported having been assaulted there. The assault was reported in the 700 block of Hungerford Drive at 10:30 PM. It took place in a commercial parking lot there.
Right next to the Post Office on N. Washington Street. I stopped there at 630A the other day and three bums were sleeping on the floor. Be careful in that part of Rockville.
ReplyDeleteIs Rockville morphing into the next Silver Spring?
Delete"bums" ancient, revealing terminology.
DeleteThe "700 block" oh Hungerford Drive is not right next to the Post Office, it's a block and a half north, and if factless Dyer had better info he'd know that the 700 block contains the 7-11, a frequent hangout for "bum'.
DeleteMorphing into the next SE DC
DeleteThey're not "homeless," cupcake. They're bums. Still an accurate and timeless term.
DeleteLook at Google Maps. You'll see it's directly across from Giant and next to the Post Office. And yes, that Post Office and it's environs have become dangerous at night.
DeleteJeepers! is not next to post office
Deletenext to post office is now townhouses and what was asia bank's building then jeepers!
DeleteIn another era they would be called "gentlemen of fortune."
ReplyDeleteFor “loafer” or “tramp,” it arose in American English in the 19th century, probably shortened from bummer, which likely came from German Bummler (“loafer”) and bummeln (“to dawdle”). The two senses may later have influenced each other, but they began separately.
ReplyDeleteMerriam-Webster
Oxford English Dictionary time people
DeleteFor some words the "OED" has almost three pages!
ReplyDeleteIs this discussion on semantics or syntax?
DeleteProbably just definitions?
DeleteWhat is the posted speed limit through Rockville?
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