According to the NCAA, Franklin Field is the oldest stadium in the country still operating for football. And it’s also where the Eagles beat the Packers 17-13 to win the 1960 NFL championship.

Eagles 17 – Packers 13

It’s an even colder 14 degrees this morning. Turn the key in the ignition & a request pops right up.

The pickup is 17 minutes away – I try to avoid pickups longer than 15 minutes – sometimes you’re halfway there and the sonavabitch cancels on you – but not many drivers out right now – and this gives the car 17 minutes to warm up.

Plus I’d like to stay out in Delco this morning – Clifton Boys are getting together later for lunch.

Pickup is in The Hook – that’s Marcus Hook – black male, early 20s – car’s not quite warm yet – Suburban’s got a huge interior to heat – he’s coming all the way back to Norwood Park – almost Delmar Village – just a mile from where I started – and we’re finally all warmed up.

And here’s a request taking me back 13 minutes into Chester – but Lyft changes pickups halfway there – picking up a regular rider – black female, 30s – nurse going to HUP – that’s the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania – 34th and Spruce – in the shadows of the oldest stadium in the country – Franklin Field.

That’s if there were any shadows at 6 a.m.

Franklin Field

According to the NCAA, Franklin Field is the oldest stadium in the country still operating for football. And it’s also where the Eagles beat the Packers 17-13 to win the 1960 NFL championship.

Saw lots of Eagles games at Franklin Field, a few Penn games, once saw Bill Cosby run a celebrity relay at the Penn relays – talked my buddies into watching Doug Flutie lead Boston College to 18-15 win over Temple in 1983 – but they were pissed at me.

They wanted to go the Phillies game – so we missed Ozzie Virgil’s walk-off grand slam – 2 outs – bottom of the 9th – to beat the Giants 5-3 – Phils went on to win World Series.

So … now I wanta head back toward Delco – so I loop around to Baltimore Avenue and set Destination: Media.

Long ride to Lansdowne – pick up a black male – celebrating his 30th birthday – got a flight to Miami at 10 – but hasn’t packed yet – and needs cigs – so I’m just driving him less than a mile to the Wawa on Lansdowne Avenue, just north of Baltimore Pike – and then back home.

Wish him a Happy Birthday, of course.

Pick up a young white dude, 20s, in Aldan – going to work in Holmes – drop him at the Wawa on MacDade – getting coffee.

Pick up a young black female, 20s, in Ridley – coming back to trolley stop in Darby.

Decide to quit for now – need gas – gotta buy some first-aid stuff to self-medicate an infection on my hand resulting from a wrestling match with Maggie – CVS is out of peroxide but does have Neosporin. I’ll pick up a couple rides on the way home from lunch with the Clifton Boys – stay tuned.