tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post5576349078720450221..comments2008-08-25T10:16:09.339-05:00Sligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514silverspringsingular@gmail.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-48197667273660310232008-08-25T10:16:00.000-05:002008-08-25T10:16:00.000-05:00Sorry to see the astroturf go. It was totally Silver Spring.<BR/><BR/>Does anyone else miss the old sand volleyball courts next to City Places that the promenade replaced?Scenic Wheatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08100820945135337260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-25219784689813090672008-07-28T11:27:00.000-05:002008-07-28T11:27:00.000-05:00So I walked by the sign on Saturday. In true MoCo fashion, the names of Ike and the gang of 9 take up the vast majority of the real estate on the sign, far more than anything about the actual "Civic Center."Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537237863929349140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-7148737696453201682008-07-26T07:47:00.000-05:002008-07-26T07:47:00.000-05:00D'OH! I always screw that up!silver spring penguinhttp://www.silverspringpenguin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-28626903497180286222008-07-25T21:25:00.000-05:002008-07-25T21:25:00.000-05:00Penguin, it was game 6 not game 5Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-16929833377036435402008-07-25T17:09:00.000-05:002008-07-25T17:09:00.000-05:00Good riddance to the Turf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-32697878831062454962008-07-25T13:38:00.000-05:002008-07-25T13:38:00.000-05:00I incorporated bricks from the armory in the retaining wall that runs along my driveway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-74734867943920203702008-07-25T07:23:00.000-05:002008-07-25T07:23:00.000-05:00The sign is up but has a cover over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-47143641622984480732008-07-24T21:16:00.000-05:002008-07-24T21:16:00.000-05:00Lift a large enough piece of that Turf, and maybe you can solve your lawn problems.<BR/><BR/>Of course, your newly rejuvenated lawn could attract break dancers, pot-and-pan percussionists, and the occasional Italian-ice vendor.silver spring penguinhttp://www.silverspringpenguin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-7213623009606615462008-07-24T14:30:00.001-05:002008-07-24T14:30:00.001-05:00When I was in college, I stormed the football field after a big win and took home a piece of turf. I planted it outside my apartment and it grew! I wonder if it's still there.<BR/><BR/>I wish I could do that now. My lawn looks like crap.Sligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201229508558436514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-4519011580457934222008-07-24T14:30:00.000-05:002008-07-24T14:30:00.000-05:00<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFCTx1PFchY" REL="nofollow">And if I do acquire that piece of turf, maybe I'll build on it someday.</A>silver spring penguinhttp://www.silverspringpenguin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23243255.post-25052422993181206922008-07-24T14:26:00.000-05:002008-07-24T14:26:00.000-05:00Back in the day when I lived in New York, a classmate came into school with a ziplock bag full of dirt and turf. <BR/><BR/>It seemed like a stupid thing to be carrying around, but then he explained its provenance. The dirt and grass had been ripped from the field at Shea Stadium the night before, when the New York Mets rose from the dead to beat the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the World Series. (The Mets eventually won the whole shebang.) <BR/><BR/>And with that, my classmate became the coolest kid on the planet.<BR/><BR/>Now my opportunity has come to attain that level of coolness, to clutch a piece of (artificially) green history. *sniffle-sniffle*silver spring penguinhttp://www.silverspringpenguin.comnoreply@blogger.com