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I went Bowling on Saturday night with my family and some friends. It was fun. I haven't bowled since last year. I did horrible. But, it was alot of fun. Does anyone bowl on a league? I have to take my son to bowl 15 games as part of his gym class.
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I suck at bowling. Fairly well rounded as far as sports go, and pretty good at most, but, for whatever reason, put me in a bowling alley....left hand gutter ball 60% of the time! Still fun though...and I keep trying.
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Wow ISIS. You've only been away a few days and I'm already having trouble keeping up.
Bowling was my life for the longest time. I started when I was 10. Worked in a bowling alley for 5 years and got pretty good. Traveled around for tournaments, bowled in 5 leagues a week and made some pretty good cash doing it. Bowled a perfect game in sanctioned play in 1993. I threw 17 strikes in a row that night. The beer helped!....my nerves that is.
Here's my 300 ring:
This is from my 290:
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I used to bowl in leagues. I bowled for about five years on Saturday mornings in my grade school and junior high years. Then joined a summer league in 1988 with some friends I knew in college. Considering the amount of years that I wasn't in a league I was pretty pleased to have finished with an average around 165.
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quote:Originally posted by 80'sRocked: Wow ISIS. You've only been away a few days and I'm already having trouble keeping up.
Bowling was my life for the longest time. I started when I was 10. Worked in a bowling alley for 5 years and got pretty good. Traveled around for tournaments, bowled in 5 leagues a week and made some pretty good cash doing it. Bowled a perfect game in sanctioned play in 1993. I threw 17 strikes in a row that night. The beer helped!....my nerves that is. Here's my ring:
so what happened to your bowling career? Hopefully you didn't get Munsoned Posts: 4742 | From: Cell Block 6 | Registered: Aug 2004 | Site Updates: 0
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quote:Originally posted by NiceGuy Sammy Hain: so what happened to your bowling career? Hopefully you didn't get Munsoned
Haha Sammy. I was young back then and working nights at the bowling alley. It paid really bad and I needed to grow up and get a real job to have some kind of career. I worked from 5pm til 1am. Closed shop and then the partying began. Out for the rest of the night doing God knows what....finally getting to sleep at about 7am. Would get up at 4pm and do it all again. When I finally got a real job with normal hours, I just couldn't stay up late, bowling and partying anymore. It was a tough adjustment I must say. Plus....when you bowl some 200 games a week(including practice), it feels more like a job than fun anyway. It was a great time in my life though.
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I love 10 pin bowling but I really really suck at it. I'm happy if I get over 100!
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I still granny bowl...My sole purpose of bowling, is to make the people I am with feel better about themselves!
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i'm awful when it comes to bowling... i still have fun though. i participate in all the dance contests and i love eating the food. bowling and drinking beer is quite fun too!
i love the cosmic bowling!
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I used to hang out at the bowling alley and drink beer and play pinball. The food wasn't too bad. Oh, I used to bowl on occasion as well... Posts: 2729 | From: Kansas City, MO "At the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance" | Registered: Apr 2007 | Site Updates: 9
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I've only gone bowling three times in mylife. I find it fun for the first 4-5 frames, then after that I'm like, Let's go get some more beer or go to the bar. I guess my attention span is somewhat like a 3 year old's. I hated it in gym class too. We actually bowled in the gym. I dunno, I guess it's an acquired taste. The beer part I love though!
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No way I eat or drink at the nearest bowling alley. It costs $3 for a can of Coke!
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I do like bowling, I'll admit ("It's a great sport, and it's virtually impossible to get pregnant while doing it, if you catch my drift, Tia."), although I don't get out as much as I'd probably like. Don't anyone here feel that bad; I'm not the best either; when I was younger I hit gutter balls every other turn, although I have improved considerably since then.
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I did bowling my senior year. I was the only left-handed bowler on the girls team. (The guys had one lefty too.)
80'sRocked, You kind of just reminded me of my one bowling coach...I was constantly missing my marks (and the seven pin...) But! I do have my own tipped ball and I can get a pretty good hook with it sometymes.
It sucks that our bowling centre just went to synthetic lanes. I was SOOO used to the old ones. (Sad face ensues.)
Oh and I finally played Wii bowling! It's weird when you hold the controller left handed but your little character has the ball in it's right hand.
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quote:Originally posted by 80'sRocked: I was young back then and working nights at the bowling alley. It paid really bad and I needed to grow up and get a real job to have some kind of career. I worked from 5pm til 1am. Closed shop and then the partying began. Out for the rest of the night doing God knows what....finally getting to sleep at about 7am. Would get up at 4pm and do it all again. When I finally got a real job with normal hours, I just couldn't stay up late, bowling and partying anymore. It was a tough adjustment I must say. Plus....when you bowl some 200 games a week(including practice), it feels more like a job than fun anyway. It was a great time in my life though.
80'sRocked, your real name isn't Bill Conrad is it? That was a totally awesome party you threw last night.
And Sam....that was hilarious!
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quote:Originally posted by YourEyesCanBeSoCruel: I did bowling my senior year. I was the only left-handed bowler on the girls team.
Sweet YourEyes. I was always so jealous of the lefty's. You must realize the advantage you have. Cool that you were into it. I can throw a pretty mean hook myself. I actually can bowl left handed too. Used to practice it when I was bored.
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Hate Bowling. I suck at it. It's another weird American sport like Baseball and Lacrosse. I'll never get it.. Posts: 1069 | From: Dragon of the Black Pool Restaurant, Chinatown. | Registered: Mar 2006 | Site Updates: 0
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How can you not get Lacrosse??!!!
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Sorry honey, it's so weird. I just don't get it. I mean, why not just lose all the padding and get down to the real deal. Try Hurling!! Posts: 1069 | From: Dragon of the Black Pool Restaurant, Chinatown. | Registered: Mar 2006 | Site Updates: 0
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In my league all you wore was a mouth guard!
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Lacrosse=Hurling with pads... Football=Rugby with pads.. Ice Hockey= Hurling on ice with pads...
I'm amazed they don't put helmets on the Basketball guys!! Posts: 1069 | From: Dragon of the Black Pool Restaurant, Chinatown. | Registered: Mar 2006 | Site Updates: 0
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I love to bowl. I SUCK, mind you. But i love it. The thing I dug is it was something we could do WITH the kids and everyone had fun.
The funny thing is the MORE I drink, the BETTER I bowl!
When I was a kid my mother was on a league with a bunch of other mothers. I think thats pretty cool (the bowling alley had a Day Care section, by the way) - You get to go out with the girls and gossip and play around for an hour or so....and really, what TROUBLE are you getting into? (Unless you drink like a fish, which they didnt).
I WISH I knew a bunch of mothers I could bowl with!
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I would bowl with you mamamiasweetpeaches!
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