ICEMAN has found a Mom and Pap 6 lane WOOD bowlling alley!!!!

[manke]

Iceman you are correct it costs alot more to keep up with wood lanes!! I was wondering do they hand keep the scores?

[Mudpuppy]

In all due respect to your thoughts mud,,,, I think the MAIN reason was defiantly expense! Wood lanes are VERY labor intensive, and materials cost more.

synthetic lanes I was told come in sections and take a heck of a lot less time to install. ( what I have been told, I need to do some research on that).

I am not sure the reason they came up with synthetic was to make our bowling easier, or to even give us higher scores. ( that was just a goodie that came with the cheaper package, and much less maintenance!

Challenging, mud is what bowling should be, not so damn easy.... Look at what I did,,, on synthetic... last year?? "I'ts NOT right Mud!!" LOL

I started bowling at 62,,, then sanctioned leagues at 63... even my first year I have the high scratch trophy on my mantle place of 298!
That CRAZY,,, bowing a 298 my first year.... I think I even posted a picture of it.

I tell you what Mud,,,, I am REALLY looking forward to bowling on wood! I am going to join that league, and see if I can do some great scores.

Any advice as to how to play them would be appreciated, maybe even brand or type of ball.

This is going to be ONE HELL OF AND ADVENTURE.... I can't hardly WAIT to see how it all turns out, and make some new friends in Plattsburg!!
They don't bowl for MONEY,,, WHICH I LIKE!! They bowl for the love of sport, and their league fee's are only 8 bucks a night!

Only one way to solve this Iceman - if I drive to KC and we go bowl on the wood. How's the weather in November there? Cold. Awesome. I'll see you then.

[MICHAEL]

I want to invited all of you to come bowl with Iceman tonight, 6pm to 10pm,,, BYOB,,,,,for a night of COOL, Fun, practice! Bowl on a Mom, Pop owned personal well taken care of WOOD LANE!! 2 bucks a game....

[MICHAEL]

Iceman you are correct it costs alot more to keep up with wood lanes!! I was wondering do they hand keep the scores?

Yes paper, and over-head projector!! ( You actually get to do math!! LOL

[Blacksox1]

Can we get a pic of Iceman in action on these wood lanes? Please!

[MICHAEL]

As Shakespeare once wrote,,, ( A mid summer’s night Bowl ), it was that and more! What a night, from beginning to end.

We all had some pretty good scores,,, each and every one of us! We also had some humbling scores, but they occurred when we were practicing different techniques, and experimenting with different balls.

Pat Henderson did show up, and did some damage to the lanes… with some high scores! The Missouri Hall of Fame bowler!

The guy who had the highest game of the night was Geneo2u of this website, with a crushing 286!

Gene started out with a 10 pin spare then strikes all the way to the 10th frame last shot!!! HE ALMOST BECAME A FRICKEN the second person to ever bowl a 300 on those lanes…

((( the lanes we were on had not been oiled since the day before! Not only that,,,,, but there was a kids party the day before on the lanes.

My high game was a 254, Pat Henderson, his fist time playing this establishment had a high game of 265! One of the local top guns had some good games, 233, and 227. Then we chose sides to bowl for the big bucks!!

Our team was the under dog, Gene, Joyce and Ice,,,,, against the Hall of famer PAT HENDERSON,, nicked named ( THE BEAST), Scott, and Gerogia!

Both teams had ONE women, and two men

Gene exploded, like a over ripe watermelon that had been dropped from a tall Walnut Tree!! 286!!

We turned on the overhead projector for this Big Buck Challenge! There Was all our names projected up at the white screen like at a drive in theater!! I always wounded what My name would look like in lights.. There was my name, ICEMAN in all its Glory glowing like thoughts of grandeur we all had anticipation of A Victory over each others team, and maybe the second person to roll a 300 game in all its history!



We won this 1st battle of The Titans, we won by 21 pins.

This did not settle well with their huge Ego’s, so they demanded another, bout,,,to prove their worthiness against the Iceman Team!!

They then brought in a new top gun, Chris, Georgia’s husband and Co owner, so it was Gene, Joyce and Iceman, up against The Beast, (Pat Henderson) , and one of the Top Guns of the local Thursday night mens league, Left hander Scott, The Pin destroyer ,,,,,, and Limping Chris the Owne!! Chris in all fairness to him he is recovering from foot surgery, and has some metal rods in his foot. So he was not even close to his normal bowling form. Talk about one tough son of a gun… rod’s in his foot, and bowling!! Don't mess with Chris, one tough Farm Boy!

They won the second game by 29 pins! It was right down to last frame just like the first game.

There was a lot of BIG BUCKS CHANGE hands on the wagers, but in the end it turned out to be a DRAW!!!

One vitory for Gene, Joyce, and Iceman,,,,One victory for the house team with the legendary Pat Henderson!

Next week will ONCE AND FOR ALL find out JUST WHO, is WHO’s DADDY!!! LOL

What happen next would never happen at any AMF lanes…. Georgia, (one of the owners) brought out a big tub of homemade Ice Cream…. HUMMMMMM… hum…
ICEMAN, LOVES ICECREAM!!! Next to bowling my favorite thing to do, eat ICECREAM!




I am thinking very seriously about moving up that way, I like that small town bowling alley, and the friendly warm hearted people that bowl there!

Geneo2u,,, said it was the most FUN he had ever had bowling!

I would have to agree,,,, the cutting up and bets with BIG MONEY, the fact that you can bring your own pizza, or fried chicken to this wonderful bowling alley just adds to the hominess!!

Gene said to me in the parking lot that many of his leagues just aren’t that much fun anymore, but WHAT HAPPENED Saturday in Plattsburg Bowling Lanes at the HOME TOWN FRENDLY, neighborly, Mom and POP lane,,, was 4 hours of Bliss!!

You can bet ICEMAN, Joyce, Gene, and Pat, will be there again,,,, next week, unless its rented out! When they rent the alley out, it’s the whole alley, all 6 lanes, and everything is included, shoes balls ect…

I am sure I will be doing just that some time in the near future !

[Amyers]

Pretty cool iceman wish that wasn't so far away and I would join in. I heard talk of Pat Henderson up in St. Louis when I used to live out that way. Good to hear the man lives up to the reputation all these years later.

[MICHAEL]

Pretty cool iceman wish that wasn't so far away and I would join in. I heard talk of Pat Henderson up in St. Louis when I used to live out that way. Good to hear the man lives up to the reputation all these years later.

Hey,,, he just did ANOTHER 803 on his birthday last week, in league! We call him THE BEAST! ,,, for some reason he calls me animal!! LOL

If you go to awards.com and look him up,,, it's wild... Godzilla Amounts of awards,,, 300s, 800s,,, you name it... go to USBC Awards and simply click on find bowler,,, type Pat Henderson, Missouri Kansas city area,,, and get and eye full!! LOL

Pat asked me this Saturday at the lanes in Plattsburg if I wanted to bowl on his team this FRICKEN FALL!..... my reply...... YOU Damn Right I do!!!
To bowl with THE BEAST , and learn from him would be an honor!! Pat just turn 60, but still rolling them great scores out!!

[Amyers]

Hey,,, he just did ANOTHER 803 on his birthday last week, in league! We call him THE BEAST! ,,, for some reason he calls me animal!! LOL

If you go to awards.com and look him up,,, it's wild... Godzilla Amounts of awards,,, 300s, 800s,,, you name it... go to USBC Awards and simply click on find bowler,,, type Pat Henderson, Missouri Kansas city area,,, and get and eye full!! LOL

Pat asked me this Saturday at the lanes in Plattsburg if I wanted to bowl on his team this FRICKEN FALL!..... my reply...... YOU Damn Right I do!!!
To bowl with THE BEAST , and learn from him would be an honor!! Pat just turn 60, but still rolling them great scores out!!

Can't pass an opportunity like that up. I would love to team up with someone like that for a while. I bowl with some talented guys but Pat's in a different league.

[Blacksox1]

Love the ice cream pic. Ice cream + Iceman = honor scores ? Looks like a great place to bowl a fall league. Enjoy that place for as long as you can.