Re: Trying to remember the last time the Bullets (Wizards) won an NBA Title.
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Date: April 17, 2014 06:15PM
Petey Greene Wrote:
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> Anyway, I'm sitting here sucking on a Big Ole
> Beefeater Martini, over ice, 3 jalapeno-stuffed
> olives, and pondering the times I remember from
> growing up in the Northern Virginia area. I hit
> NOVA in the late 1950's. My Dad was stationed at
> Ft. Belvoir and we lived just off Telegraph Road
> in Alexandria. I attended Mt. Eagle Elementary
> School as a first grader. My Dad did tours of
> Japan, Vietnam (unaccompanied of course) and
> Germany, but we always returned to the Northern
> Virginia area between his assignments. My parents
> bought a ranch over in Lorton and I attended Mt.
> Vernon H.S. which was then located on Rt. 1. Yes,
> they bussed us all the way from Lorton to
> Alexandria to attend H.S. I delivered the
> Washington Post as a kid. I hated getting up that
> early in the morning, especially during the
> winter, but at that time there weren't many
> opportunities for a teenager to make any spending
> money. I remember a highlight of going to Steven
> Windsor at Landmark to purchase button down shirts
> and collar colored t-shirts. "Pegging" our Levis
> was the thing to do, and that is where I learned
> to use a sewing needle because my Mom refused to
> do it.
> Anyway, I digress and am taking a pause here to go
> pour another Beefeater.
> Anyway, back to the Bullets. I was in my 20's,
> living over in Lee Valley Apartments in
> Springfield, when the Bullets hit their stride.
> This was in the late 70's before I got married.
> Elvin Hayes, Bobby D, Wes Unseld, Kevin Grevey and
> probably another player or two whose names I can't
> recall. Hell, that little squirrely musician from
> over in Maryland, Nils Lofgren, wrote a catchy
> song about the team. (I saw Nils a couple of
> years ago at The Birchmere, but I'll leave that
> for another thread.) Anyway, that was an exciting
> time in my life. Being single, going to GMU (I
> attended Business School over at the old Fairfax
> High School. This was before GMU even had dorms.)
> and having a World Champion NBA basketball team
> stands out as a great time in my life. Which got
> me thinking. Have the Bullets/Wizards won a
> championship since?
This post should be somehow incorporated into the "Old photos of Fairfax County" thread. Although no photos are included, it says so much about the history of this place, especially regarding the 70's and 80's. Cary, can this be done?