Destroying the oil on league night/day!!!!
I know I am very new to bowling, but yesterday there were people bowing on the League bowling lanes, just prior to league starting. some had bowled a couple games!
I had no idea that at some establishments they allow people to bowl on the FRESH oil laid down for league!!! Destroying the oil, before you even start league!!!!!
I know at the AMF where I bowled they never let people practice on lanes with fresh league oil. THIS BLEW ME AWAY!! Is this something that happens at other bowling establishments around the country?????
At the AMF that recently closed its doors, they always applied the OIL, just minutes before we started to bowl! They didn't allow any balls thrown until warm up for THAT particular league!
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Interesting how is just a couple of games they could "Destroy" the lanes, but when I comment how the lanes had been abused by moonlight bowling the night before, and not re-oiled, that was considered making an excuse.
Stop and think about it for a moment.
What make you entitled to fresh oil any more than Saturday noon open bowling?
It sure can't be the lineage rate.
The house I bowl in on Tuesdays oils a couple hours before league and they let anyone bowl on them before our league starts at 6pm. Have even been there when other people in our league are bowling on the pair we are supposed to be bowling on. Fortunately none of the bowlers were bowling on the pair they were supposed to bowl on in league, that would be ultimate douchery. We actually had that happen before, so I make sure and bring it up in meetings to begin seasons to make it a rule.
OH, and ICEMAN, you aren't a new bowler any more. You can't keep dragging that "excuse" into the conversation any longer.
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WHEN YOU consider that I just got into bowling, and my record shows it 3 years now,,,, that's FRICKEN NEW...LOL 62,,,,, and now 65!!! I am FRICKEN NEW!!Originally Posted by vdubtx
The house I bowl in on Tuesdays oils a couple hours before league and they let anyone bowl on them before our league starts at 6pm. Have even been there when other people in our league are bowling on the pair we are supposed to be bowling on. Fortunately none of the bowlers were bowling on the pair they were supposed to bowl on in league, that would be ultimate douchery. We actually had that happen before, so I make sure and bring it up in meetings to begin seasons to make it a rule.
OH, and ICEMAN, you aren't a new bowler any more. You can't keep dragging that "excuse" into the conversation any longer.
I guess we were spoiled at our lanes..... I can't imagine a PBA tournament starting out with lanes that house bowlers had already DESTROYED! (
ONE thing we ALWAYS had at our lanes was oil applied minutes before we started! AS GOD intended it to BE!
Don't walk on Thin Ice!
That's different MIKE!! Moonlight bowling does very little damage to oil, its a scientific fact backed by the academy of Science!!
Ok MIKE I will stop and think,,,, tic,,,tic,,,, tic,,,,,,,tic,,,, OK I did mike! I am entitled because I AM ICEMAN!!! League is league, recreational bowling is RECREATIONAL bowling, using house balls ect ect... Oil to MOST Saturday open bowling is not IMPORTANT..... most don't know there is even oil on the lanes ..... surly you know that MIKE!!!!
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I guess you consider a 3 year old a newborn? Just sayin'.
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USBC won't back you up on making a rule about not bowling on the lane before league.The house I bowl in on Tuesdays oils a couple hours before league and they let anyone bowl on them before our league starts at 6pm. Have even been there when other people in our league are bowling on the pair we are supposed to be bowling on. Fortunately none of the bowlers were bowling on the pair they were supposed to bowl on in league, that would be ultimate douchery. We actually had that happen before, so I make sure and bring it up in meetings to begin seasons to make it a rule.
OH, and ICEMAN, you aren't a new bowler any more. You can't keep dragging that "excuse" into the conversation any longer.
They figure a bowling alley's business is not the USBC's business.
I did have an instance years ago where I bowled in both a 6pm and 9pm league.
The 6pm league used lanes 1 thru 20, and the 9 pm used 19 thru 32.
It wasn't until the final week in both leagues that I ended up on the same pair for both.
For some reason, the 6pm decided to have their position round start at 20 and go down to 1, and since my team was in 2nd, I ended up on 19 & 20.
The 9pm had a normal position round order, and my team was in 1st, so again, I ended up on 19 & 20.
Back then, balls didn't remove anywhere near as much oil as current, so 9 pm was still playable after the 6pm 5 man/team league.
I didn't care if USBC would back up the rule or not, just letting the old farts that wanted practice and to burn their own line on the pair they were supposed to bowl on in league be known that others knew what they were doing. They literally tried to use it as a benefit to them so they knew going into league play they could find a line immediately. This particular team doesn't bowl that league any longer.
I think on my Tuesday league, the teams that actually bowled on pairs before league(not the pair they were scheduled to bowl) would purposely bowl the lanes to deplete some head oil to give other teams trouble when they bowled the league set.
I see this behavior among the older bowlers(60+) in the leagues.
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Wow what some people will go too. I don't really mind if someone would bowl ahead of us but they generally put the oil down about 30 min before start time so its not usually an issue. But I would have issues with someone bowling on their lanes before the start.
On my evening league, they do well to attempt no bowling after oiling on league lanes, but they don't guarantee it. Also, the league rules state that you cannot bowl on the same lanes you are scheduled to bowl league on for the hour prior to start time. My morning league gets fresh, unused oil, but it is done after closing the night before, and sometimes heat, humidity and fans can play as much havoc on the lanes as open bowling.
Some houses around here will guarantee the league "fresh oil across lanes", but the lineage fees are more than the normal, unguaranteed leagues. About a $1 a game, if I remember correctly.
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