LL Bowling: Get your bowl on TONIGHT! 7pm @ W.Seattle

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 17, 2009 5:10 PM PDT

Okay, so I have set up a time at West Seattle Bowl for March 31 at 7pm. We have at least two hours of bowling time reserved. I have also set aside two lanes but I could set aside more if we need them.

Cost is league rate, $17 per lane per hour. I'll probably put an estimated "money to bring" total when we get closer, but I'll figure that $10 would be plenty and if we have enough people it might get you a drink.

I never rent shoes, so I forget how much they're going to cost, but it'll probably be $2 or $2.50 for that.

By my count here we have 10 people:
Two Rs And Two Ls
tootthekazoo
James F'n X
kevin_ess (+2)
Thingray (+ Jeanuts)
Sec 108
Eyebrows

Assuming everybody shows and we bowl 2 hours, it should be approx. $7 per head for the bowling itself, then I'll talk the guys at the counter into giving me $2.50 on shoes for y'all if you tell 'em you're with me. Turns out I was pretty good on the $10 estimate early on. I figure we might bowl a little longer, or some of us might, since I always have to bowl three games when I go and with 5 on a lane that might take us a while.

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WOOOO

I’m there.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 17, 2009 6:43 PM PDT reply actions

Excellllllllllent.

My terrible bowling skills will be on display once again.

by James F'n X on Mar 18, 2009 8:42 AM PDT reply actions

I'm going to try to make this with Jr. and the missus.

prepare to be dominated with a 65 score once again, serfs.

Illegible

by kevin_ess on Mar 18, 2009 9:15 AM PDT reply actions

League bowls Tuesday night on the side with the automatic bumpers

so I hate to tell you this, but I can’t bring ’em out for you/Jr.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 30, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions

West Seattle, eh?

Quite a trek, but I’ll check my schedule to see if I can do it.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 18, 2009 11:49 AM PDT reply actions

I tried to make it a little later so that it'd be conceivable.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 18, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

I usually get off work about 6:00 (in Shoreline), so I'd have time to get down there,

but since I do accounting and that’s the last day of the month it might be more difficult. I’m going to try though!

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 18, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions

It's nowhere near as far as Renton, and you did that before

I’ll make fun of you if you think West Seattle is too far

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 18, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

But Renton wasn't on the last day of the month,

that makes it much more difficult because of my job.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 19, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I could have made it Friday, I suppose.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 19, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions

It's not the day, its the date.

Anytime right by the end of the month, or right at the beginning of the month it’s tough for me because that’s my busiest time.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 19, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Fridays I have softball, so there would have been no way I could go.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 19, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Well that's what I get for not trying to make it next week or right-the-fuck-now.

Way to be considerate. Gosh.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 19, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions

That's when you get your DSHS check, bro.

Illegible

by kevin_ess on Mar 20, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, but baby needs a new pair of shoes, and daddy needs a 40 of Old E.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 23, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Makes plenty of sense to me

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 19, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Possible

Pig

by Sec 108 on Mar 18, 2009 1:44 PM PDT reply actions

Pigsible

Poss

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 18, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions

West Seattle Bowl

Is like 4 blocks from my house, and thus, not too far.

the offseason sucks

by section331 on Mar 19, 2009 6:12 PM PDT reply actions

I'll be there.

Representing the Angels in our recreation of the AL West medioctrity in bowling form. Unless one of you is a ringer.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Mar 19, 2009 10:36 PM PDT reply actions

There's no way I qualify as a ringer.

I’ve linked in the OFFTOPs to videos of my own bowling. There’s probably $800 in bowling equipment in my car, usually.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 20, 2009 2:47 AM PDT up reply actions

I also do not qualify as a ringer

I think you and I will have to be a team all by ourselves. I got razzed plenty as-is at the last one, and I think having 2 of us there will just exacerbate things

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 20, 2009 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Could you kindly tell me where you park during the evening hours of the day and the neareast pawn shop to said location?

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 20, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Used bowling equipment will unfortunately be worth nothing to a pawn shop

Ebay would be your best bet, and I will withhold information about how much I equipment I always have in my car

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 20, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Golf balls

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 20, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Clearly I do not think much past option A.

by Sec 108 on Mar 20, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

If you don't leave golf balls and clubs in the car

you can’t be ready to golf at a moment’s notice, after all.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Mar 20, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions

This is why I always have my bowling balls

The overnight in the car risk is not much of a deal, really.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 20, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I leave a couple discs in my trunk just in case I get chance to throw.

I do not leave good ones in there though because they can heat warp pretty easily and then they no longer fly straight.

by Sec 108 on Mar 20, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Now I know which disks I was using. : )

When you don’t have game excuses and alibis are the next best thing, don’t think for a second I haven’t learned something from following the Mariners all these years.

by Kermit. on Mar 20, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Of course, right now I'm a reverse ringer.

I bowled four games tonight and topped out at 170. The lanes were so scorched that I left the big four ON CONSECUTIVE SHOTS.

And I’m not the kind of guy who leaves big splits; I’m the guy who leaves the bucket and tons of washouts because the ball has one and a half revs.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 21, 2009 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Damn, that sucks

I throw a very similar shot to yours, and wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I left consecutive big fours. Worst I see for consecutive splits is the 4-6, which I did 3 times in the first 5 shots in game 3 of my league on Wednesday. Then, once I found the shot again and got the next 2, I stepped in some spilled beer that nobody cleaned up. Planted my slide foot in the eighth frame and my body landed about halfway to the arrows. My knee still hurts from that. The worst part is that I converted off the foul and hit the 9th and first of the tenth, before leaving another 4-6. With my first 2 games being a 213 and 224, I left the bowling alley unhappy

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 21, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions

I think I left the 4-9 split on the next shot after the consecutive big-fours too.

Thank God it was just practice, but I was rather miffed.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 21, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Ouch.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 23, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Very much so

I knelt down to look under a bumper this morning and put my weight on it and realized that it is still sore. This sucks. I’d never fallen down while bowling until that point, and I hope to never do it again. I hit myself on the side of my ankle, where the bone comes to the skin (stirrup, I guess it is) a couple of times when I was younger and changed my entire approach because I never wanted to feel that pain again

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Mar 23, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Shoes

Not that it matters but the website says shoes are $3.50 to rent unless you can get a league price of 2 bucks. Always makes it seem worthwhile to own your shoes. More hygienic too.

by ho-hum baby on Mar 19, 2009 11:36 PM PDT reply actions

I work there, I think I can get a deal on the shoes.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 20, 2009 2:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Thingray is in along with Jeanuts.

Can we get some directions?

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 28, 2009 7:40 PM PDT reply actions

Short Version

Take I-5 toward South Seattle, take exit to West Seattle Bridge. Keep Left.

West Seattle Bridge will end with an exit to Fauntleroy Way, take this exit. Go straight through a couple of lights until you hit Oregon St. There will be a Midas on your right before this turn. Go up the hill a block, WSB is on your left. You can park in front of the church across the street if you have to.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Mar 28, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Sounds pretty simple.

No shoes for us, we have our own. And I’m a “have to bowl three” kind of guy too, so I might be willing to keep bowling after the standard two hours as well.

Besides, I have to be at the airport at midnight to pick up our boy anyway, so I might as well kill time in Seattle instead of heading back north.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on Mar 30, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions