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Post by 950nancy on May 3, 2022 23:08:53 GMT
I think I've gone twice in the last 5 years. We went a lot more when our kids were in elementary and junior high.
I suck at it, but once in a while can score over 100.
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Post by christinec68 on May 3, 2022 23:21:42 GMT
I voted other. I've bowled off and on over the years but it's a few years since I've gone.
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Post by quinlove on May 4, 2022 0:24:30 GMT
This reminds me of a cute situation. When I was around 35, my friend asked me if I wanted to join her bowling team. I was in no way a good bowler. They met at 9:00 on Thursdays. That sounded like a lot of fun. I was married with 3 preteens and was very much looking forward to going out one evening a week with my friends. Imagine my shock when she knocked on my door at 8:30 AM !! Um…. Darn it. I’ll go this time, but was very disappointed. We did laugh about it forever. 🤣
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Post by AussieMeg on May 4, 2022 0:44:38 GMT
None of the options really fit me, but I chose "I still bowl when I can."
When the kids were younger we would take them bowling every now and then, especially in school holidays. Each of them attended a few bowling birthday parties over the years. I find it a lot of fun, but I haven't done it for about 6+ years.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on May 4, 2022 0:50:38 GMT
We go bowling once in awhile but when we do go it is always packed. There have been some alleys that have closed, though, and I think it really depends on the area and the quality of the place.
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Post by dewryce on May 4, 2022 1:45:53 GMT
My brother is involved in Special Olympics therefore we bowl when he wants to. Otherwise I wouldn’t voluntarily do it as it hurts my wrist and back too much.
I do think it’s a fun activity with the right people.
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Post by jenjie on May 4, 2022 1:47:55 GMT
I just remembered! Best time ever bowling. Still don’t love bowling but it’s when our mutual friend, unbeknownst to me, arranged for me to meet my husband. I showed up at my guy friend’s house to go bowling, and Fred and a gf of mine were there waiting. Fred had his own bowling ball bc his family used to bowl together. I think they all got bowling balls for Christmas one year.
It was a pretty cool experience bc instead of a regular bowling alley, it was inside the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City. This was 1989. Their stuff was state of the art, it was all digitized. That was the first time I had seen that.
Thanks for the memory. 🥰
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Post by bc2ca on May 4, 2022 3:20:35 GMT
I picked Other. I grew up with 5-pin bowling as a teen recreational activity and for kids' birthday parties. I was in my 40s before trying 10 pin bowling and never enjoyed it as much. When we lived in WA, our neighbor was a nationally ranked junior bowler and put together a tournament for her senior project. DS won his age group. ETA When staying in Truckee/Lake Tahoe a few years ago we went into Reno for the day. DS had the Bowling Hall of Fame and National Bowling Stadium on his list of places to see. Not because of his previous championship trophy, but because by then he was a Kingpin fan. It technically wasn't open, but they were refurbishing some of the lanes and no one questioned us when we wandered in to look around.
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Post by papersilly on May 4, 2022 3:24:59 GMT
I like bowling but never really get to do it. I still have brand new bowling shoes in a box. I don't like the thought of renting and I wanted ones that looked like regular athletic shoes.
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Post by hannahruth on May 4, 2022 11:57:50 GMT
Broke my nails so that was the end of it for me. this^^^^
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Post by hannahruth on May 4, 2022 11:58:54 GMT
Broke my nails so that was the end of it for me. this^^^^
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 4, 2022 14:11:36 GMT
I picked other. I suck at it so it’s not something I seek out to do but will go along if coerced which thankfully isn’t often. DH has been on a fall/winter men’s league for about a decade and is pretty good. He was also on a curling team for a few years quite a while back but decided he liked bowling better so he went back to that.
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Post by milocat on May 4, 2022 14:25:01 GMT
I choose I bowled once but in my 44 years I have bowled maybe 6 times.
DD has gone a couple times recently. A town 30 minutes from here opened a Dairy Queen so her and some friends will drive over for ice cream and go bowling.
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Post by huskermom98 on May 4, 2022 15:26:54 GMT
Once in awhile we bowl. The free summer bowling program is when we bowl the most (and even then it's not often because the place we used to go to burned down several years ago & none of the free places are convenient). DS's girlfriend bowls on the school team so he's been bowling more lately as something to do together. DH bowled in a league during college, but never after that.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on May 4, 2022 16:15:25 GMT
I answered that I was once a member of a league, but that is sort of misleading because I was signed up for the league by my ex-DH against my choice. (He didn't even ask first.) It was a couples league and they wanted me in so they could get a better handicap since I really suck at bowling. Apparently it was a thing he enjoyed, but I hated it so much! I had only bowled a handful of times at that point in my life (30+ years ago). I didn't grow up going bowling as a regular activity since we didn't even have lanes in my very small home town. It was never an activity I would have chosen on my own. In college I did ice skating for my PE requirement and used to go to skate nights all the time in both HS & college. Fast forward to remarriage & kids...our kids each had and/or attended a number of bowling parties (birthday parties & other events like youth group, sports team activities, etc.), even bowling rock nights with lights and dance music with their friends. DH & I would take the kids bowling as a family activity once in a great long time. They enjoyed it, but it wasn't a favorite, just a once-in-a-while activity. I went along (usually) but mostly didn't truly enjoy it since it always evoked bad memories of ex-DH's poisonous attitude (and also the bowling alley that was closest to us that everyone went to was kinda grody & had terrible food & blah beer, LOL). OTOH, DH has pretty good memories/associations with bowling since he was in a church league as a teen and enjoyed it because he had fun bowling with his friends and family. Wii bowling OTOH I actually enjoyed (along with Wii golf)! Big surprise for me since I actually detest participating in both of those sports IRL.
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Post by peasapie on May 4, 2022 16:42:19 GMT
I used to bowl now and then as something to do when I was a teen. That’s about it.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 4, 2022 16:43:54 GMT
I checked 'never' but I have bowled a couple times- in high school (I probably got something like 59 points, lol) and we went to a bowling alley once for my birthday a number of years ago. We didn't stay very long... it really killed my wrist. I wish I could do it, but...
(weirdly enough, I like to *watch* bowling tournaments on television- my dad used to watch them- he never bowled, just watched, while he worked on projects in the basement- so watching bowling reminds me of him. I also like to watch golf tournaments, lol.)
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Post by Fidget on May 4, 2022 19:01:31 GMT
I love bowling and the socialization that goes along with league bowling. I bowled in leagues for more than 40 years. DH and I bowled in a mixed league for our entire marriage! It was every other Saturday night. We had to drop out when he became ill and now that he is gone I really miss it. I thought about joining a women's league and then the pandemic hit. I typically only bowl in the fall league that lasts through spring. Maybe this fall I'll look into it. My average when I stopped bowling 4 years ago was 172, not too shabby. I think this is the only sport I ever felt I was any good at. DH actually bowled a perfect 300 game one time!!
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Post by evnimom on May 4, 2022 21:59:04 GMT
I voted other. I come from a family of bowlers and I used to spend Sunday nights at the alley while everyone else bowled. I bowled quite a few times but I really stink so I don't enjoy it. I will reluctantly bowl in the opportunity pops up and people are insistent.
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Post by frog on May 4, 2022 23:03:32 GMT
I checked "other". I was an avid bowler. At one point I was bowling three times per week. I bowled in a women's league, a men's league (they changed their rules to let me bowl) and a couple's league. I was the secretary/treasurer for the couple's league for six years, twenty years for my women's league and one season for the men's league. My highest average was only 182. My team came in first place in city tournament one year. I haven't bowled in the last four years because of the arthritis in my hands, but I do miss it. My husband still bowls once a week so I go watch him occasionally and say "hi" to everyone. We went bowling every New Year's Eve with our kids. Even when they got older they would tell us it's "tradition" and make us go with them. Our daughter started bowling on my women's league with me before I quit and is still bowling. The daughter of some friends of ours went to college on a bowling scholarship.
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Post by seaexplore on May 5, 2022 2:16:17 GMT
We do Kids Bowl Free every summer. We get 2 games everyday per kid for like 2 months. We buy the family pass($35) that also gets DH and I games free with the kids. We’ve also bought shoes for everyone rather than pay the $3 to rent each time. We’ve got a group we bowl with every Sunday. It’s so fun! I still suck big but we have a great time. If you want to, use my link to sign up and I get a kick back from them. I’m a super cool “influencer” 🤣 www.kidsbowlfree.com/referral.php?code=l1z0mw
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Post by seaexplore on May 5, 2022 2:17:34 GMT
Broke my nails so that was the end of it for me. this^^^^ I have a nail file in our bowling bag. I’ve broken quite a few nails. Mine aren’t fake either! Pain!
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Post by lesserknownpea on May 5, 2022 6:34:55 GMT
I used to enjoy it with my family. Since my back was hurt in 2012, I can no longer bowl. But I’ll go along with the kids and grandkids, it’s still fun.
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Post by Katiepotatie on May 5, 2022 8:54:03 GMT
I think it’s fun, but it’s too hard on my hands/wrists.
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Post by artbabe on May 5, 2022 11:28:37 GMT
I used to take the kids bowling every summer. It was a regular thing. The bowling alley had a deal where kids got a free game every week during the summer and we used that a lot.
Several of the high schools around here have a bowling team so it is definitely something kids still do.
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