1st Annual BowlingBoards.com Virtual Tour!!!

[Mike White]

Add that to MWhite being a constant annoyance just because he likes to torture me...

Telling you when you've screwed up is torture?

Am I the only one that has played other sports? Remember the coach telling you after a close loss...that it wasn't that last second shot not going in...it was the 10 free throws you missed throughout the game that cost you the victory? If you lose by one pin...it probably can be traced to 100 things other than .6 rounding up to 1.

Lets say for whatever reason, the scoreboard wasn't reset to 0 - 0 before the game, and your opponent had 1 extra point to begin the game.

First, if your coach is not an idiot, he's going to say something before the game starts.

If that doesn't get it fixed, and the game ends up with that 1 point making a difference, he's going to protest.

Now, wouldn't it be better to fix the problem before the game starts?

[dpatrickv]

This might be tempting, provided that there was anywhere around me doing this. Closest one is Kansas.


Not to mention, the possibility of having to drive 2-3 hours somewhere to bowl three games then drive back seems like a PITA to me.

[vdubtx]

Mike White, for most of your last post it is a hot mess of what you were trying to quote.

[Bunny]

I might have to bowl in LA? Holy C***p. Eff that! Just kidding. Kind of.

[zdawg]

....regardless of the California dilemma (zdawg living 58 miles from civilization)....

Ummm, while downtown San Diego isn't quite as crazy as the other cities I've lived in - Miami, DC, NYC - I don't think anyone I know would consider it being in the boonies

[noeymc]

1 pin can win or lose a game that 1 pin handicap can make all the difference its all good tho when do we start

[Aslan]

Not to mention, the possibility of having to drive 2-3 hours somewhere to bowl three games then drive back seems like a PITA to me.

Unless you drive 20mph, nobody is driving 2-3 hours to bowl. So far...WORST case...I might have to drive 2 hours to roll with zdawg in San Diego (if I choose to). Or he'd travel 2-4 hours (due to craptastic traffic) to bowl in Orange or LA counties.

But I don't see anyone driving more than 1hr 15min one way...and that would be if they chose to bowl and the traffic was bad or there was an accident or something. In normal traffic...even if they kept an alley that was 90 miles...(which most have said they'd want re-drawn)...thats an hour and a half.

MUDPUPPY/NOEYMC!!! NOTE!!
I just finished your lists and there ARE some alleys midway between you guys (<90 miles). So, if either of you draw those centers (or you both do)...I'd encourage you to try and meet up there to bowl. HOWEVER...

1) they are 70-80 miles away...so obviously we could just re-draw, no problem.

2) I think Noah might be 9 years old (based on lack of punctuation) thus having him meet a stranger from Michigan across the border southeast of Toledo seems "funny" to me. Even if Noah's parents aren't "alarmed"...which begs the question "why not?"....and are willing to drive him there...having Mudpuppy cross state lines to meet up with a 9-year old for "fun" is the kinda thing that could get Mudpuppy on some kind of "To Catch a Predator" episode...which is NOT in accordance with the guidelines of BowlingBoards.com....so....not looking good for the possibility of a face to face Ohio/Michigan challenge. But just letting you know, I found a handful of bowling centers in Northwest Ohio that are about 73-78 miles from each of you.

Finishing up the last 4 participants...should be done this evening.

[Aslan]

Lets say for whatever reason, the scoreboard wasn't reset to 0 - 0 before the game, and your opponent had 1 extra point to begin the game.

First, if your coach is not an idiot, he's going to say something before the game starts.

If that doesn't get it fixed, and the game ends up with that 1 point making a difference, he's going to protest.

Now, wouldn't it be better to fix the problem before the game starts?

I suppose that analogy makes sense.

But my analogy is, it's like when your wife always wants you to do a list of like 40 things around the house...and no matter how many of them you complete....the list continues to stay at about 30-40 things. So you give in and vacuum...because you heard on the radio that if you do chores it makes your woman horny....but then instead of "happy time" she points out that the dishes also need to be done.

See, it never ends. you put your finger in one leak, and another springs up. If we fix this tiny, < 1 pin error....my expectation (is NOT that you'll sleep with me) is that will end the neverending debate over fine tuining every last rule and procedure down to the minutia. But I have a feeling...there will be another pile of dishes in the MWhite sink. And at some point...we have to end the debate over the rulebook...and actually start to bowl the games. I realize after my last victory that you're a little gunshy....and maybe this is yet another stall tactic...but sooner or later...you're going to have to bowl.

[vdubtx]

Aslan, in the time it's taken for you to refuse to change the handicap to make it accurate, it could have been changed and done with.

[noeymc]

not sure why your attaching and 73 miles would be around 20 dollars worth of gas just to go bowling idk about u but i live paycheck to paycheck + got a house payment maybe a every few months i could do something like that