Bowling

Do you like to bowl, swill?

I don't know, think I'm getting into it. How midwest is that? Is bowling midwest?

I enjoy bowling, but I'm not very good at it. I've broken 200 once or twice, but usually 140 would be a good score for me. I would probably be better if I bowled more often, but I don't have much interest in joining a league.

Bowling is eastside otpt. Ask dwags and wbh. I bet they know some shit.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Bowling is eastside otpt. Ask dwags and wbh. I bet they know some shit.

Bowling is big downriver too. So basically, it's working class fun.

I was in a league for a few years when I worked for a company in Taylor. I really enjoyed it despite only carrying about a 185 average. I haven't bowled regularly in about 30 years but have been thinking about getting back into it.

I used to bowl a couple leagues and our team bowled the State Tournament, the Hoinke Classic and the Shammy Burt every year for 10-15 years. Dropped the leagues when I moved north but am thinking about starting again next fall. My sons still bowl leagues but it is kind of old school. If you have a group of friends it's a great social get together with some competition.

When I started I was a high 130s/low 140s bowler by the time I "retired" I generally averaged mid to upper 170s which is a fun area to be in. Good enough not to suck but still lots of room to throw the occasional game way over your average.

My biggest piece of advice would be to get your own equipment and don't skimp. Rental shoes and house balls suck. I bought a pair of Lind's Classic shoes in 1988 and my son is still using them. $140 back then but well worth it, I think they're slightly less now. You can get a decent quality ball drilled locally for $80-$120 and again worth it since it's fitted to your hand.

Goose is right about getting your own equipment, if you think you're going to stick with it. It makes a huge difference.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Bowling is eastside otpt. Ask dwags and wbh. I bet they know some shit.

Bowling is big downriver too. So basically, it's working class fun.

I was in a league for a few years when I worked for a company in Taylor. I really enjoyed it despite only carrying about a 185 average. I haven't bowled regularly in about 30 years but have been thinking about getting back into it.

Only 185 ?  That's a great average!  I bowled on leagues for 25 years and never averaged more than 165.

Bowling is somewhere between board games and card games. Just saying...

Retired with a 198 average. Broke my collar bone in two places and three ribs snowboarding. Haven't pick up my blue hammer since then. Loved it though. Good fun.

Turtleneck wrote:Bowling is somewhere between board games and card games. Just saying...

In other words, you suck at bowling.

Back in the day when I was on bowling and golf leagues there was a saying for us hacks: "Bowling sucks and golf is not pretty. Let's get another beer."

kingstonlake wrote:Retired with a 198 average. Broke my collar bone in two places and three ribs snowboarding. Haven't pick up my blue hammer since then. Loved it though. Good fun.

Hammers were good balls. I was digging around Amazon the other day actually and see they're still making Rhinos too. I was thinking about starting out with one of those and go from there. Only $75 now, they used to be in the mid $100s.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DUUFCEA/?th=1&psc=1

And the plain old Lind Classics, not everyone's cup of tea but a solid shoe.
https://www.amazon.com/Linds-Classic-White-Bowling-Shoes/dp/B00K8BRNMY/

And you could pair your new hobby with a good book and being a part of rebuilding 'Merica!

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Last time I bowled I jacked up my piriformis for about a week.

My elementary school had a bowling league on Fridays after school. Never super serious, but I did have my own ball. That was cool...except for having to walk a half mile to school lugging that damn thing. It was better in the winter if the road or sidewalk was slick and I could just slide the bag along with my feet.

I've probably only bowled like 10 times since elementary though. I will usually bowl my first game in the 120s or so, and then the other games tail off as my arm gets tired.

It hurts me elbow. I'd rather play poker at the sketchy charity rooms inside the bowling alleys

LooseGoose wrote:

kingstonlake wrote:Retired with a 198 average. Broke my collar bone in two places and three ribs snowboarding. Haven't pick up my blue hammer since then. Loved it though. Good fun.

Hammers were good balls. I was digging around Amazon the other day actually and see they're still making Rhinos too. I was thinking about starting out with one of those and go from there. Only $75 now, they used to be in the mid $100s.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DUUFCEA/?th=1&psc=1

And the plain old Lind Classics, not everyone's cup of tea but a solid shoe.
https://www.amazon.com/Linds-Classic-White-Bowling-Shoes/dp/B00K8BRNMY/

My cousins are crazy good. Like 220ish avg. Spend ridiculous $$ on balls. Always in high roller tournaments in Cincinnati area. Dudes are nuts about it.

Tim Wakefield wrote:It hurts me elbow. I'd rather play poker at the sketchy charity rooms inside the bowling alleys

More my style now lol.

I stopped bowling after my knee surgery. I had a 185 average, 16# fingertip ball.

I'm sure I can bowl again, but I gave my ball to my best friend. It had some cracks forming, so I'm sure it'll split in half eventually.

Gold Star Lanes 4eva!

Floyd Robertson wrote:Goose is right about getting your own equipment, if you think you're going to stick with it. It makes a huge difference.

That’s not something Goose hears very often.

tGreenWay wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Goose is right about getting your own equipment, if you think you're going to stick with it. It makes a huge difference.

That’s not something Goose hears very often.

Lol, I don't need to hear it to know it.   ;-)

LooseGoose wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

That’s not something Goose hears very often.

Lol, I don't need to hear it to know it.   ;-)

The Pantry wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:Bowling is somewhere between board games and card games. Just saying...

In other words, you suck at bowling.

Back in the day when I was on bowling and golf leagues there was a saying for us hacks: "Bowling sucks and golf is not pretty. Let's get another beer."

It's also incredibly boring.

128 tonight. Weak. But fun.

Also turtleneck has the attention span of a goldfish.

170!!! Let’s go!!!

Do I like to bowl? They usually play some ac/dc, a pitcher of bud is cheap and bowling shirts look cool AF. The answer to your question is hell yeah!

Not a sport.

One glorious game I bowled a 247. I don't know how I did it, but it happened. I'm usually happy if I break 120.

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:One glorious game I bowled a 247. I don't know how I did it, but it happened. I'm usually happy if I break 120.

You probably turned off the Hallmark movies and paid attention to your game for once.

LooseGoose wrote:

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:One glorious game I bowled a 247. I don't know how I did it, but it happened. I'm usually happy if I break 120.

You probably turned off the Hallmark movies and paid attention to your game for once.

LooseGoose wrote:

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:One glorious game I bowled a 247. I don't know how I did it, but it happened. I'm usually happy if I break 120.

You probably turned off the Hallmark movies and paid attention to your game for once.

Bumper bowling.

LooseGoose wrote:

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:One glorious game I bowled a 247. I don't know how I did it, but it happened. I'm usually happy if I break 120.

You probably turned off the Hallmark movies and paid attention to your game for once.

I like the alleys that have speedometers on the lanes. I shoot for 20 mph.

TheReal_LWS wrote:Not a sport.

Define sport.

steveschneider wrote:

TheReal_LWS wrote:Not a sport.

Define sport.

Something only the fit can participate in. If a couch potato can compete in it at a high level, then its not a sport.

TheReal_LWS wrote:

steveschneider wrote:

Define sport.

Something only the fit can participate in. If a couch potato can compete in it at a high level, then its not a sport.

Baseball is not a sport in Lone Wolf's world.

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

TheReal_LWS wrote:

Something only the fit can participate in. If a couch potato can compete in it at a high level, then its not a sport.

Baseball is not a sport in Lone Wolf's world.

Nor Football.

Nor Sumo Wrestling

Notice, I didn't say people that were heavy. I said people that "weren't fit". Yes there are heavier athletes that are considered "obese" by BMI measure, but they are still fit. OL and DL men in the NFL. Some pitchers. Yes sumos and other combat sport participates that have excess body fat are still fit (IE they can handle sustained elevated heart rate for periods of time).

TheReal_LWS wrote:Notice, I didn't say people that were heavy. I said people that "weren't fit". Yes there are heavier athletes that are considered "obese" by BMI measure, but they are still fit. OL and DL men in the NFL. Some pitchers. Yes sumos and other combat sport participates that have excess body fat are still fit (IE they can handle sustained elevated heart rate for periods of time).

How does a DH in baseball fit into this?

TheReal_LWS wrote:

steveschneider wrote:

Define sport.

Something only the fit can participate in. If a couch potato can compete in it at a high level, then its not a sport.

So, hunting is not a sport.

Hunting isn't a sport....