Holy crap... Bowling alley wants $150 to reserve a lane for two hours this weekend. I haven't bowled in years (decades?) but I just want to take my kids bowling.

Is the new normal for bowling?

Stogie1020 wrote:

Good Monday gents. Up around 4:15, 3 cups and out for a 5 miler by 6:00.

GPS Bushnell watch says 5.1 miles, 10870 steps, 76 minutes.
GPS IPhone says 5.3 miles, 11190 steps, 76 minutes.

Guess I could take the average or get a third GPS device that I don't trust. 🤔

deadeyedick wrote:

You almost walk faster than I bike.

8trackdisco wrote:

I don't have any devices that track my steps or pace. I leave the house, look at the time... and then look again when I get back. I figure I walk at least a 3 mile an hour pace. 20 minute mile. Usually done in an hour and 20 minutes. 4 miles.

Sometimes we go a longer route. Sometimes we stop and BS with other puppy dogs.

4 miles is likely our average for the morning walk.

MACS wrote:

That's kind of crazy.

We have two bowling alleys in my town. Regular 10 pin using the big balls and candle pin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlepin_bowling) using small balls. Both are pretty much first come, first serve unless it's league night.

10 pin is about $4/game/person or $25/hr/lane. The candle pin is about $3/person/game.

The candle pin place is pretty loosey goosey since you have to score yourself with paper cards and turn them in at the end to be charged. It's an old (vintage, if you want to phrase it nicely) complete with ash trays and warped lanes. The guy just guesstimates on what you need to pay.

BuckyB93 wrote:

Need 50 degrees to get on the bike and back into shape.
Kuba doesn't like the cold. When warmer, she'll "walk" for 45 minutes. That includes her stopping probably 50 times. Rarely do I get a sweat up or a real change in heartbeat.

8trackdisco wrote:

haven't bowled in years but when I did it was candlepin 98.2% of the time. Love your description of the candlepin joint.
Even rarer is duck pin...smaller balls with fat pins that fly. Pretty much limited to Rhode Island, parts of Maine, and an odd outpost here and there like maybe Maryland? Not sure, not even sure it even exists anymore.

I regret that I never did get a King Louie bowling shirt

frankj1 wrote:

I could go for some duck pin bowling right about now… 😟 🎳

izonfire wrote:

haven't bowled in years but when I did it was candlepin 98.2% of the time. Love your description of the candlepin joint.
Even rarer is duck pin...smaller balls with fat pins that fly. Pretty much limited to Rhode Island, parts of Maine, and an odd outpost here and there like maybe Maryland? Not sure, not even sure it even exists anymore.

I regret that I never did get a King Louie bowling shirt

frankj1 wrote:

Duck pin bowling!! Hell yeah!

MACS wrote:

You so crazy. You don't even know what it is... but yeah, you could damn sure go for some.

MACS wrote:

I identify as someone who knows what it is.

And BTW, I don’t need your micro-aggressions…

izonfire wrote: