Access to bowling

[Blacksox1]

Good thread. I bowl in two houses. One less than 3 miles away, the other 20 miles or so. The distances of travel could be great if you lived in rural Alaska or some other random place.

[TonyInPortland]

Four, I think.

[manke]

I have 8 with in 30 miles

[SAbowler]

I have about 10 or 11 bowling centers within 25 miles from my house.

[Tony]

You weren't planning on washing the clothes, and taking a shower anyways?


P.S. What is a "No Smoking Ban"?? If you don't smoke, you're banned?

I wouldn't be forced to take a shower, and toss those clothes in the laundry the instant I arrived home, it it wasn't for the nasty smell of tobacco smoke. When expressed in the original sentence, it is implied that were it not for the stench of smoke, it would not be necessary to immediately shower, and change clothing.

So you've never heard of a No Smoking Ban ? Also written as No Smoking, Ban. The following organization has some information to help you understand.
http://no-smoke.org/goingsmokefree.php?id=127

It appears you might be having trouble understanding English, if this is correct, please consult these resources for more information.

http://englishconversations.org/less...for-beginners/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/implied

If you did understand and were just being an A$$hat, please accept my apologies. I'm very sorry for you.

[Jekyll & Hyde]

i would say that i have about 6 with in a 30 minutes from my house.

[JoeInPI]

We have 2 within a half hour, one more about 40 minutes out.

Like fordman said- the Detroit centers are dropping out. I grew up in Taylor, and bowled most of the good centers during travel leagues in the 80's/early 90's. I am happy that I was able to bowl on the upstairs 16 at Garden Bowl when they were still bowling upstairs. It was also odd to hear the thumping above your head when you bowled on the first floor. Now the oldest functioning bowling center in the country!

[ep1977]

I'm on LI and there are 5 bowling centers within a 12 minute drive from my house. The only problem is 3 of them are AMF centers where the prices are high.

[Aslan]

I think I'll win this contest easily.

Theres 22 sanctioned centers and 2 more non-sanctioned centers within 20 miles. Pretty much the entire Orange County USBC and Southern LA County USBC are within 20 miles. Add in one center from the Citrus Belt USBC that is in Chino Hills...thats 25 total. There may be 1-3 centers in the Northern LA County USBC that are within 20 miles; not sure. At least one though, so thats 26.

Now...where I LOSE this competition is the 30 minute drive part of the equation. That would limit me in Southern California to about 5-7 centers within 20 miles and 30 minutes. But, I am the only one (I think) that is < 5 minute walk from a center.

In California, it's not about how close...it's how long it'll take to get there. For example, Irvine Lanes is about 29 miles from where I work (18 miles from my apartment). But I could never make it there in less than 30 minutes unless it's 3-5AM. Driving there from work, 29 miles, Tuesday it took me 1 hour and 20 minutes.

It's why I could only do that sport shot league in Norco on Sunday mornings. Because to get there any other time but 8AM on a Sunday...would take over an hour...especially on a weekday evening. I'd have to traverse the Green River pass which is one of the worst 5 commutes in Southern California.

We discussed this a bit when we were doing the Virtual Bowling Tour. I think Mudpuppy, in the metro Detroit area actually had the most centers within an hour. The guys out on the East Coast also had a ton of centers within an hour....but, like me in SoCal and classy granny in Arizona...to live in the New York area....you're within an hour's drive of centers all over New York, New Jersey, etc...but the commute would probably kill those possiblities.

[ep1977]

But, I am the only one (I think) that is < 5 minute walk from a center.

The closest center to my house is about a 5 minute walk as well.