Comments on: Smear the Turtle 11/16/09 http://www.the-a-line.com/2009/11/smear-the-turtle-111609/ It is what it is, unless it is not Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:31:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim http://www.the-a-line.com/2009/11/smear-the-turtle-111609/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Jim Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:30:13 +0000 http://www.the-a-line.com/?p=1179#comment-838 Every once in a while we would see a Terp meandering through the RV lot. They did seem to enjoy the atmosphere. I imagine I could eventually get used to DC traffic, but I would just as soon not. Every once in a while we would see a Terp meandering through the RV lot. They did seem to enjoy the atmosphere.

I imagine I could eventually get used to DC traffic, but I would just as soon not.

]]> By: Greg http://www.the-a-line.com/2009/11/smear-the-turtle-111609/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Greg Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.the-a-line.com/?p=1179#comment-837 Well Jim, That was certainly fun, wasn't it? We had a grand time, especially tailgating on the ComCast Center parking lot and seeing as many, if not more, Hokie faithful there than Terp fans. Then while walking to and from the game, again there were as many Hokies as Terps in the columns of people. The game itself looked as though we were back in Lane with more orange and maroon than black. At one point, a young Terp student turned around and asked me what it felt like to have a really good football team. Really made me feel ashamed of myself what with all the moaning, groaning and bitching I do about Stiney and other things offensive about the team. I just replied that we had paid our dues in years past when we were lucky to beat VMI and then told him it really felt good. One thing though - how on earth do people live in that population-exploded area? It took us a full 2 hours to go from the ComCast parking lot back to the junction with 495!!! Two full freaking hours to go about 3 or 4 miles at most. Thank God I had someone else driving and a full bottle of Jack Daniels in the van. Kept me very prophetic about the whole thing and very "happy". Indeed, I was able to view the final few minutes of the ND/Pitt game in the friendly confines of my bed and on my own TV in the waning moments of Saturday when finally I returned to beautiful, quiet, peaceful and mainly uninhabited Floyd County. Well Jim,

That was certainly fun, wasn’t it? We had a grand time, especially tailgating on the ComCast Center parking lot and seeing as many, if not more, Hokie faithful there than Terp fans. Then while walking to and from the game, again there were as many Hokies as Terps in the columns of people. The game itself looked as though we were back in Lane with more orange and maroon than black. At one point, a young Terp student turned around and asked me what it felt like to have a really good football team. Really made me feel ashamed of myself what with all the moaning, groaning and bitching I do about Stiney and other things offensive about the team. I just replied that we had paid our dues in years past when we were lucky to beat VMI and then told him it really felt good.

One thing though – how on earth do people live in that population-exploded area? It took us a full 2 hours to go from the ComCast parking lot back to the junction with 495!!! Two full freaking hours to go about 3 or 4 miles at most. Thank God I had someone else driving and a full bottle of Jack Daniels in the van. Kept me very prophetic about the whole thing and very “happy”. Indeed, I was able to view the final few minutes of the ND/Pitt game in the friendly confines of my bed and on my own TV in the waning moments of Saturday when finally I returned to beautiful, quiet, peaceful and mainly uninhabited Floyd County.

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