Well, next time you visit Nutmeg Bowl in Fairfield, CT, please ask them to announce which lanes you're bowling on so we can stay far away from you!Originally Posted by Tampabaybob
Seriously, If you're ever back up this way, stop by and say hello.
Be careful John......you'll never know when I might show up for your next bowling series !!!!!!!!!
Bob
"There truly is such a thing as a bad night and when these doomed evenings arrive you can't avoid them. But there's a bright side to this, it's that bad nights won't kill you, and sometimes will make you a little smarter."
Well, next time you visit Nutmeg Bowl in Fairfield, CT, please ask them to announce which lanes you're bowling on so we can stay far away from you!
Seriously, If you're ever back up this way, stop by and say hello.
John
Haven't been back in CT since 2007 when my Mom died. I used to shot the summer traveling league that went to all of the houses in the Hartford area, Bloomfield, etc. If there's a bowling center in CT I've shot there at one time or another. Besides, you guy's are getting way too much snow, and since moving to FL my hands no longer fit a snow shovel !!
My Son and Grandson came down a month or so ago and couldn't believe it was still warm. Told him there's still room for a couple more people here in FL, but he'd better hurry before we have to close the borders !!
Bob
"There truly is such a thing as a bad night and when these doomed evenings arrive you can't avoid them. But there's a bright side to this, it's that bad nights won't kill you, and sometimes will make you a little smarter."
A month or so ago it was still warm up here! I do admit its only 16ºF right now.
John
Ya think?
Okay…first…I feel ya. I don't have a problem with kids…of matter of fact, I hammy best game of practice ever on Monday right next to the most rambunctious group of 7 year olds I've ever seen. At one point, one of them was laying in the lane slipping and falling in the oil and three others had made their way 3/4 of the way down the other lane to try and retrieve a ball that was stuck in the gutter. It was COMIC GENIUS!!
I do feel ya though…I let a fellow drunk, female league bowler get under my skin a few weeks ago…making noise during my backswing…intentionally. B**ch. But…I brushed it off. Last night, the teenagers next to us on league night thought our rosin bags were hackey sacks and started kicking them around before one dude realized they weren't "toys"… and they might want to "put them back".
But dude…ya can't drop F bombs in front of children. In some states (like Mudpuppy's favorite state of Michigan)…it's illegal to swear in front of women or children.
Some anti-profanity laws were passed to shield women and children from foul-mouthed men. Consider this Michigan law: “Any person who shall use any indecent, immoral, obscene, vulgar or insulting language in the presence or hearing of any woman or child shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
Don't believe me…ask this guy! And even if it WAS…and you did that in front of MY kid…well…lets hope cooler heads prevail…but I wouldn't be happy. Now, I'd like to think I'd have more control over my kid and teach them bowling etiquette…but kids are idiots…they tend to do all kinds of stupid stuff. And the closest I've come to fights in public over the last 10 years were related to adults cursing at or in front of children.
But…that wasn't why I wanted to post here. I wanted to post here…because I'm coming off my most terrible week of bowling in recent memory.
Now, in early October…3rd week of leagues…I did "technically" have a worse week. Bowled a 319 on Thursday then a 411 on Friday. But THIS week…I bowled a 449 on Thursday…but then followed it up with a 402 to "make-up" the last week where our team missed a game. Then Friday (yesterday), I bowled a 387. Now, sure…the 402 was better than the 319….but only because the 2nd game I bowled a 179. The other two games in that series were a 113 and a 110!! And yes, "technically" the actual score on Thursday was 449 which is actually my second best series in that league…and YES…I actually raised my average in that league by 2 pins DESPITE what I felt was a horrible night. BUT…
…the real reason I'm mad…is Friday. A 387!!? A 387!?? On low oil wood lanes where Monday I threw 168-144-160-197-177-189-184-169-184….for some reason last night I threw 129-131-127. I single handedly cost my team 3 points out of 4. Despite sanding/scuffing my ball a bit…it didn't want to hook into the pocket. My spare shooting was at about 40% instead of 80%. More splits than usual. I was keeping it online…hitting near the head pin…no gutters or dumb stuff like that…but I was just "off" or "aw(of)ful!" This was the FIRST week I threw worse on Friday League than on Thursday League. Back in week 5 I shot a 470 on Thursday then a 495 on Friday…which was the closest. All the other weeks till now…the difference has been 90-150 pins.
So this is "one of those weeks"…one of those weeks where I just get sooooo frustrated that I re-think bowling as an activity. I know it'll pass…it always does…but to bowl a 113 and a 110 on Thursday and embarrass myself…then not 24 hours later bowl on a team that really needs me to perform and drop a 387 series…114 pins below my average?? Disappointed isn't strong enough a word to describe it.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
oh how time flies....
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Storm Crossroad, Roto Grip Defiant, DV8 Too Reckless, Brunswick Avalanche Urethane
Ball Speed: 18Mph
Rev Rate: 450
Current average: 199
High game: 300
High Series: 769
Yeah, apparently you're quite the sandbagger.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
lol indeed. How else would i win games???
I am a proud member of Bowlingboards.com bowling Forums
Storm Crossroad, Roto Grip Defiant, DV8 Too Reckless, Brunswick Avalanche Urethane
Ball Speed: 18Mph
Rev Rate: 450
Current average: 199
High game: 300
High Series: 769
Thanks for including me in your well thought out brief post. You the man. I learned something new today - about profanity in Michigan. Yes it is my favorite state (well at least in your best assumption).Ya think?
Okay…first…I feel ya. I don't have a problem with kids…of matter of fact, I hammy best game of practice ever on Monday right next to the most rambunctious group of 7 year olds I've ever seen. At one point, one of them was laying in the lane slipping and falling in the oil and three others had made their way 3/4 of the way down the other lane to try and retrieve a ball that was stuck in the gutter. It was COMIC GENIUS!!
I do feel ya though…I let a fellow drunk, female league bowler get under my skin a few weeks ago…making noise during my backswing…intentionally. B**ch. But…I brushed it off. Last night, the teenagers next to us on league night thought our rosin bags were hackey sacks and started kicking them around before one dude realized they weren't "toys"… and they might want to "put them back".
But dude…ya can't drop F bombs in front of children. In some states (like Mudpuppy's favorite state of Michigan)…it's illegal to swear in front of women or children.
Some anti-profanity laws were passed to shield women and children from foul-mouthed men. Consider this Michigan law: “Any person who shall use any indecent, immoral, obscene, vulgar or insulting language in the presence or hearing of any woman or child shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.”
Don't believe me…ask this guy! And even if it WAS…and you did that in front of MY kid…well…lets hope cooler heads prevail…but I wouldn't be happy. Now, I'd like to think I'd have more control over my kid and teach them bowling etiquette…but kids are idiots…they tend to do all kinds of stupid stuff. And the closest I've come to fights in public over the last 10 years were related to adults cursing at or in front of children.
But…that wasn't why I wanted to post here. I wanted to post here…because I'm coming off my most terrible week of bowling in recent memory.
Now, in early October…3rd week of leagues…I did "technically" have a worse week. Bowled a 319 on Thursday then a 411 on Friday. But THIS week…I bowled a 449 on Thursday…but then followed it up with a 402 to "make-up" the last week where our team missed a game. Then Friday (yesterday), I bowled a 387. Now, sure…the 402 was better than the 319….but only because the 2nd game I bowled a 179. The other two games in that series were a 113 and a 110!! And yes, "technically" the actual score on Thursday was 449 which is actually my second best series in that league…and YES…I actually raised my average in that league by 2 pins DESPITE what I felt was a horrible night. BUT…
…the real reason I'm mad…is Friday. A 387!!? A 387!?? On low oil wood lanes where Monday I threw 168-144-160-197-177-189-184-169-184….for some reason last night I threw 129-131-127. I single handedly cost my team 3 points out of 4. Despite sanding/scuffing my ball a bit…it didn't want to hook into the pocket. My spare shooting was at about 40% instead of 80%. More splits than usual. I was keeping it online…hitting near the head pin…no gutters or dumb stuff like that…but I was just "off" or "aw(of)ful!" This was the FIRST week I threw worse on Friday League than on Thursday League. Back in week 5 I shot a 470 on Thursday then a 495 on Friday…which was the closest. All the other weeks till now…the difference has been 90-150 pins.
So this is "one of those weeks"…one of those weeks where I just get sooooo frustrated that I re-think bowling as an activity. I know it'll pass…it always does…but to bowl a 113 and a 110 on Thursday and embarrass myself…then not 24 hours later bowl on a team that really needs me to perform and drop a 387 series…114 pins below my average?? Disappointed isn't strong enough a word to describe it.
No...thank YOU for allowing me to mention you. Just having you referenced in one of my posts is the greatest of honors.
In Bag: (: .) Zen Master Solid; (: .) Perfect Mindset; (: .) Brunswick Endeavor; (: .) Outer Limits Pearl; (: .) Ebonite Maxim
USBC#: 8259-59071; USBC Sanctioned Average = 192; Lifetime Average = 172;
Ball Speed: 14.7mph; Rev. Rate: 240rpm || High Game (sanc.) = 300 (268); High Series (sanc.) = 725 (720); Clean Games: 198
Smokey this is not 'Nam', this is bowling. There are rules. Proud two-time winner of a bowlingboards.com weekly ball give-away!
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