Old School Bowling Alleys

[Aslan]

Am I the only one that loves the old school bowling alleys?

I hear a lot of people complaining about their bowling establishments not being updated, etc... I actually "like" that. For me, there are two great environments...heaven on Earth.

1) Ice Rinks: Theres something about the "smell" of ice in an ice rink. That mixed with the smell of sweaty equipment...it's just a really cool smell/ambiance that is irreplaceable.

2) Bowling Alleys: I like to just walk around or sit around in a bowling alley...with the sounds of the pins getting hit on the lanes. There's nothing like it. And for me, the real great ones are the old school ones. The ones with the old ball returns...the 70s era seating...hell, even the truly old school ones where you have to mark your score manually!!

Nowadays alleys are just used for birthday parties and corporate parties. Half the time I get to the alley late and the lights are off and everything is glow in the dark. The other half the time, I can't even get on a lane because half the lanes have leagues on them and the other half of the facility is being used for parties.

And yes...there are some "ammenities" that I guess I have to admit I like. Automatic scoring, automated speed/mph readouts, screens that instruct you where to hit the pins to pick up a spare, automated bumpers that go up and down automatically for each bowler that needs them, comfortable couches. I mean, sure, I guess I like those things...but give me an old school bowling alley with plastic chairs on a swivel with wood lanes...I don't know...I just like that old school feeling. For me, there's nothing worse than bowling my last practice game and all the sudden the rock music starts blaring and the lights go off. :mad:

I'm torn...because we need to find a way to bring in young people...to keep the sport going. But I'm also someone that appreciates the GAME...rather than changing the game into some glow in the dark abortion. How can we teach young players to play...to aim at arrows...when it's too damn dark to even see the arrows!? Half the crowd on a Saturday are young teenage punks whipping 6lb balls at bumpers...thats not bowling!

[e-tank]

I actually like cosmic bowling except for the part where the lanes are always burnt to a crisp. I think its a good thing to be comfortable bowling without seeing the arrows or your break point because once you can master that, its easier to bowl with the lights on. I wasnt around in the 70's and 80's to see what bowling was like but right now it seems alot like golf, its not really action packed and its more technical than anything. Which is the oppose of what young people are into now days. Even things like movies favor action over a good storyline and the same goes with video games. From bowling in vegas a few times i actually prefer the newer alley over my house which is pretty run down.

[Aslan]

Kids....get off my lawn!!

[Aslan]

We're actually fairly close in distance to each other. We're gonna have to meet half way in Temecula and do an Aslan/e-tank Challenge!!

We just need a prize...other than honor and pride. Some kind of like "Annual Aslan-E-Tank Challenge Memorial Trophy" or bowlingboards awards the winner a ball or something. It's gonna have to be handicap though...I want between 20-63 pins per game.

[MICHAEL]

I agree, Asian,, (I mean Lion)! Cosmic bowling with 6 lb balls, no lights, just throw the ball 3/4 of the way down the lane in the air, is for this younger generation with ADD!!
You hit the nail on the button about movies ect.... I am not sure what's bring this disturbing trend to light, but its very sad indeed! Like the trophies,,, and glory of doing something well, just for the sake of doing it WELL!
Yes Aslan, we are a dying breed.... Maybe Iceman should just throw in the towel, and go Coma Comic, Cosmic!!!! Maybe if I do it enough I will become numb to the fact that I am not actually bowling, but going ADD!!

VERY GOOD ,,, I LIKE your thoughts, and agree 100 percent~~

[Aslan]

Although Mr. Iceman...usually during cosmic bowling there are young girls in skimpy outfits that if you were them back in the day...they wouldn't let you in the bowling alley bar wearing, much less the lanes. So...obviously the gals don't dig bowling skills as much as they dig v-shaped torsos, rock hard abs, and tight billabong fitted shirts.

[Hampe]

Eh....I only started bowling after I moved to Switzerland, and there aren't too many old-school lanes in Europe :). I'm a city boy anyway....I like modern things, and bowling centers aren't any different.

But I do prefer "real" competitive bowling compared to the cosmic bowling (or what I like to call "disco" bowling).

[J Anderson]

Here on the "Gold Coast" we're lucky to have any lanes left. The old school alleys have all been razed to put up shopping centers and "big box" stores. The only thing I really miss about them is the manual scoring. Its not that I miss doing all that arithmetic. I miss the creative doodles that some of the guys would include while writing down the scores and the chances to draw a wall after a couple of bad frames to get back on track.

[MICHAEL]

Although Mr. Iceman...usually during cosmic bowling there are young girls in skimpy outfits that if you were them back in the day...they wouldn't let you in the bowling alley bar wearing, much less the lanes. So...obviously the gals don't dig bowling skills as much as they dig v-shaped torsos, rock hard abs, and tight billabong fitted shirts.

yes, things have changed, for the better?? I just hope that as things evolve, we still have some old school, bowling lanes that know how to lay down a house/sports pattern!

What the heck do YOUNG GAL's know, and who cares what they dig! If what you say is true, then we as a country are in deep billbong trouble!!
Its time to save the game of BOWLING as a SPORT!! We got troubles, right here in River City,,,,,its time for all the old timer's to fight for Old school bowling!!


sign here if you agree... X_________________________

[MICHAEL]

Vote for one or the other, "IT'S not 2 LATE!

1. I like bowling the cosmic style, with dark lanes, flashing lights, and music so loud it almost busts your ear drums, but not quite! I like looking at chicks wearing outfits that most lanes, 20 years ago would consider unacceptable! I Like throwing 6lb balls hard, fast, and in any directions, since you can't see anyway, in the dark and who wants to look at 10 white pins, when you got chicks to look at! Cosmic Bowling Rules

SIGN HERE X______________________

I am OLD SCHOOL

SIGN HERE X _____________________

[Aslan]

Great. I signed and now my computer screen has scratches all over it!!

[MICHAEL]

Great. I signed and now my computer screen has scratches all over it!!

Ding Dong.... lol.... use a felt-pen!! Black preferably! (:)

[J Anderson]

Vote for one or the other, "IT'S not 2 LATE!

1. I like bowling the cosmic style, with dark lanes, flashing lights, and music so loud it almost busts your ear drums, but not quite! I like looking at chicks wearing outfits that most lanes, 20 years ago would consider unacceptable! I Like throwing 6lb balls hard, fast, and in any directions, since you can't see anyway, in the dark and who wants to look at 10 white pins, when you got chicks to look at! Cosmic Bowling Rules

SIGN HERE X______________________

I am OLD SCHOOL

SIGN HERE X John H. Anderson

So old school that I keep a tool tote with various handsaws, hammers and planes in my van as well as a hand drill and brace and bits for emergencies.

Also can be seen chauffeuring my wife in our 1930 Model A that is completely stock except the turn signals, and aftermarket heater from the thirties and a wolf whistle.

[MICHAEL]

So old school that I keep a tool tote with various handsaws, hammers and planes in my van as well as a hand drill and brace and bits for emergencies.

Also can be seen chauffeuring my wife in our 1930 Model A that is completely stock except the turn signals, and aftermarket heater from the thirties and a wolf whistle.

YOU are truly a Craftsman! Tools that I have at my house also!! lol,, I think you for you vote of Old School! (:)

[Aslan]

Yeah...but does JAnderson have a CB radio in that thing?

[MICHAEL]

Yeah...but does JAnderson have a CB radio in that thing?

10/4 that good buddy!!! LOL

[J Anderson]

Yeah...but does JAnderson have a CB radio in that thing?

If it was a '71 Ranchero or F100 I'd be sure to put one in. In 1930 few cars had AM radios, let alone a CB one.

[panbanger]

I miss keeping score. I wonder how many casual bolwers today even know how to do it? When I was a kid we learned to keep score in bowling as part of gym class. The one part of gym class where I shined! :cool:

[Aslan]

I miss keeping score. I wonder how many casual bolwers today even know how to do it? When I was a kid we learned to keep score in bowling as part of gym class. The one part of gym class where I shined! :cool:

I learned from my Dad/Uncle/Grandpa and then "officially" learned during bowling PE elective in college. But I have to admit...I still look up at spares and strikes and try to add it in my head and sometimes go, "wait...no...why isn't it showing the score....it's the 10 pins, then the next 2 balls...oh wait...is the ball following the spare part of the 2nd ball??? Confused."

It's just like calculators and spell check...it's made us lazy. I miss the ole overhead projectors where you're writing the scores and it's projected above...it was cool.

[e-tank]

Although Mr. Iceman...usually during cosmic bowling there are young girls in skimpy outfits that if you were them back in the day...they wouldn't let you in the bowling alley bar wearing, much less the lanes. So...obviously the gals don't dig bowling skills as much as they dig v-shaped torsos, rock hard abs, and tight billabong fitted shirts.

who says you can have both?

[MICHAEL]

who says you can have both?

The God of the Bowling Alley's!! Read about Sod-da-and Ga-MORE!!! Jay knows what I am talking about,,, He's the preacher...... It always starts out like Cosmic bowling, then it evolves into B,B, B!!! LOL.....

[e-tank]

The God of the Bowling Alley's!! Read about Sod-da-and Ga-MORE!!! Jay knows what I am talking about,,, He's the preacher...... It always starts out like Cosmic bowling, then it evolves into B,B, B!!! LOL.....

Better Business Bureau????? lol

And @Aslan i can confirm that girls are not turned on by bowling........unless they see you doing my bowling workout! A girl likes a guy that know how to handle his balls.







what?

[Aslan]

who says you can have both?

Because, unfortunately...the young gals seem impressed with the "I just don't care" attitude. So if they see a guy bowl a 212 and on the lane next to him is a guy that rolls a 64 with a 6-pound ball throwing it on the wrong lanes and acting the fool...they usually think, "he's SO cool...that he's 'too cool' to try."

Hopefully that changes as women age...I'm not dating the 40-60 year old crowd yet...but I'd like to think they're more impressed with a guy that can roll a 210.

[MICHAEL]

Better Business Bureau????? lol

And @Aslan i can confirm that girls are not turned on by bowling........unless they see you doing my bowling workout! A girl likes a guy that know how to handle his balls.







what?

Bare Butt Beauties!! LOL Got you!!! My biblical mention, was a clue.... Sod-HIM-& GA-More!! lol

[MICHAEL]

Don't start dating girls, at the bowling lanes, until they become women! That happens at about 20, but to be safe 21!! For some unknown scientific reason most, (NOT ALL), have the Cosmic Twitch!!
They are draw to it like mouths to a flame! ""THEY can't HELP THEMSELFS""! If left alone they will not only destroy our bowling establishments, but may rune your good bowling form, and delivery!!

Yes,,, we have trouble, Right here in River City,,,,,It begins with a C, and ends with a C, and that stands for, Concern-Concern!!

COSMIC BOWLING it the Devils Playground!! Ask your local preacher!!!!

substitute the P in the song for C, and that rhymes T,,,, and it works!!! LOL.... Only instead of POOL, its COSMIC BOWLING!! LOL Trouble,,, right here in River City!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qam1fbQmA_s

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[e-tank]

Because, unfortunately...the young gals seem impressed with the "I just don't care" attitude. So if they see a guy bowl a 212 and on the lane next to him is a guy that rolls a 64 with a 6-pound ball throwing it on the wrong lanes and acting the fool...they usually think, "he's SO cool...that he's 'too cool' to try."

Hopefully that changes as women age...I'm not dating the 40-60 year old crowd yet...but I'd like to think they're more impressed with a guy that can roll a 210.

lol i doubt that girls will ever be impressed by bowling skills at any age in anything other than congrats for a good score.

[MICHAEL]

lol i doubt that girls will ever be impressed by bowling skills at any age in anything other than congrats for a good score.

I have to disagree, e tank! My wife met me at the bowling lanes, SHE couldn't help but notice my Ice Cold coolness, form and delivery! She walked up to me after a 279 game, and simple said! " Will you marry me Iceman,,, your way cooler then them there Cosmic want ta B's, on their way to poor bowling skills!!!
We were married that afternoon! Cosmic Bowling is the devils work shop!! Be careful E tank!! Iceman worries about you and your Bowling form, and delivery!!

[Aslan]

I wonder how much of Iceman is fact and how much is fiction....we may never know.

[MICHAEL]

I wonder how much of Iceman is fact and how much is fiction....we may never know.

Humm unlike some god's on this site... I post pictures of my Super games... I have many, many posted under the Me vs Michael thread! Asia,,,lol,,, THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE, and I am the Truth.... Cosmic bowling is just wrong!! OK,,,, ok,,, I am done preaching, and trying to save your immortal bowling forms!!

Go the route of chaos, and self degradation!! Bowl under the Tempting pulsating Satan lights of many colors! But know my young brother/sister bowlers, there is only one light,,, That florescent indirect light that beams down from the ceiling,, its pure and without sin! amen...

Each of you must choose your own path!! I will bowl for all of you!!

[Aslan]

I like to think if they had bowling back then, Jesus would have been a bowler...and also probably wicked good at horseshoes.

[e-tank]

I have to disagree, e tank! My wife met me at the bowling lanes, SHE couldn't help but notice my Ice Cold coolness, form and delivery! She walked up to me after a 279 game, and simple said! " Will you marry me Iceman,,, your way cooler then them there Cosmic want ta B's, on their way to poor bowling skills!!!
We were married that afternoon! Cosmic Bowling is the devils work shop!! Be careful E tank!! Iceman worries about you and your Bowling form, and delivery!!

I met my first ball bowling at the lanes. When we first met i was just a 120avg noob throwing a left handed ball even though im right handed. She saw me and knew i had potential, so she left me a note and said to meet me at the crossroads. It was a stormy night and i had trouble finding it, but when i did there she was waiting for me all drilled up. I asked her if she would like to come live at my house and she said yes, so i brought her home, she was a storm crossroad

[Aslan]

but when i did there she was waiting for me all drilled up. I asked her if she would like to come live at my house and she said yes, so i brought her home, she was a storm crossroad

Who drilled her before she went home with you??

[e-tank]

Who drilled her before she went home with you??

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[Aslan]

Exactly...

[MICHAEL]

LOL,,,, What was the original subject we started out with.... Old School .... Old Bowling houses... Olds school balls....shoes...
All I know for sure, is WE GOT PROBLEMS right here in Bowingboard.com, with a capital C and that rymes with T and that stands for trouble!!
I """can't get that FRICKEN Song out of my head""",,,, don't watch the video I posted on tab 3!!!! It will code itself in your BRAIN, and then destroy you!!

[J Anderson]

LOL,,,, What was the original subject we started out with.... Old School .... Old Bowling houses... Olds school balls....shoes...
All I know for sure, is WE GOT PROBLEMS right here in Bowingboard.com, with a capital C and that rymes with T and that stands for trouble!!
I """can't get that FRICKEN Song out of my head""",,,, don't watch the video I posted on tab 3!!!! It will code itself in your BRAIN, and then destroy you!!

I know the feeling. When we went for a long weekend in Newport, RI, I had the old Kinks' song "Village Green Preservation Society" running through my head.

OH NO, Its BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek: