I think of myself as a regular guy. Happily married with zero children or pets (correction: one lovable doggo/ further correction: two puppers). Love travel and history. Stuck in the USA currently and hating many other 'Mericans. Hobbies include archery, blacksmithing, and woodworking. Plays D&D when it's safe and works in tech all the time.
These sound like the worst themed drinks at a congressional party.
John Hinkley? Too dark a timeline?
I'm going to see his show on Friday. I'm more excited than I have been for a concert since... ... ... ever.
Always wanted to try that, but I've never had the opportunity. It's up in New England, right?
I agree wholeheartedly, but the story is still worth watching.
Yep. Hate it.
Casuals and league players bring in constant income and put less wear and tear on the lanes and machinery.
I'm running my own DNS (I'm a huge nerd). Two Raspberry Pi 5's running Pihole connecting to 3 (round robin) unbound servers (also self hosted), so every single DNS quiet from my home is checked for ads/teaching and then IF I need to query the Internet, it's some via DNS over HTTPS: so no one knows what I'm asking about.
*groan*
#18 Lycopodium powder? Mr. Wizard used to have a ball with that stuff.
#35 Always up-door GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
For-profit sports is a bad thing for the athletes, fans, and the sport as a whole. Just look at the youth sports programs. Local (community-based) teams are being pushed out of their own facilities by corporate for-profit consortia.
My dad and brother worked as part time mechanics at our local duckpin house. I've only seen the inner workings from "a safe distance" and it looked like 17 guillotines screaming for your blood. It was mechanical poetry.
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You'd think, but what it actually does is prevent pin action. Less bounce means fewer pinfalls.
Still a good one, but different: I agree. I've been in both leagues. Starting bowling ducks as a kid and was in a league by the time I was 17. Didn't start bowling tens until I moved out of state.
Tell me you spent time in the mid-Atlantic without saying you spent time in the mid-Atlantic.
I've got 4 × 15 lb balls we can use. Actually, just 3. I need my strike ball for league.
Find an independent house, not an AMF, Bowlero, Brunswick, or Lucky Strike. You'll be happier and the employee actually - what's the word? - ah, care.
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On my watch list, but haven't made the time. My whole family were bowlers. Started with duckpins growing up and when the wife and I moved to Texas for a time, we made the move to tenpins. When we moved back, we had the hardest time even finding a league.
I want to watch with the missus.
Agreed. PE is erasing the post-WWII experiment of the "middle class." You are now rich, or you're a peasant. That's how they want it.
Literally what I thought when I first heard the company name.
The beginning of the end.
Before the consolidation, maybe... Probably.
Now the lanes are mostly rented per person PER HOUR. Not per person per game.
It's the same lane, but if it's just you, the cost is X, but for a family of four, it's 4 × X. It's literally the same lane. It's just a way to price gouge.
Sportsball got the zoomies.
Agreed! And it changes the physics. Drastically reduces chances of strikes.
What's worse is what the CEO of Bowlero said....
"Nobody really takes bowling seriously. Why should you?"
In a 2014 profile, Bowlero Corp. founder and CEO Tom Shannon disregarded traditional competitive bowling to focus on high-margin casual entertainment. He explained this shift by arguing that serious bowling was not a widely held sentiment, highlighting his strategic pivot away from league play.
Oh, and then they bought the PBA.
"Good art moves you, Son. But great art lets you ride shotgun."
Damn, that's good.
I'm so excited that I get to see him at the end of the month.