slo’s TUESDAY 1/17 poll - Bowling

[lanejudy]

I like bowling, it's a fun family activity. I prefer candlepin bowling but there isn't one anywhere near us.

 

[JLTraveling]

I enjoy it, though I'm not that good at it. But I rarely have occasion to bowl these days. When I was in my late teens, my friends and I used to go midnight bowling every Saturday night. Now it's just one of those things where somebody will occasionally suggest it and we'll go.

 

[soccerdad72]

I like to bowl, but it's something we only do maybe once a year.

 

[BrianL]

I have fun doing it, but I don't love it. It hurts my back too much - I always use the lightest ball I can find, though sometimes it's hard to find one with adult finger-holes. Anyway, I prefer to do it on the Switch.

 

[mumto3girls]

I like to bowl. Before we had kids, we were in a league—I think it was every other week on Friday nights? Anyways oldest is 22 and I’ve probably bowled less than 5 times since she was born.

 

[Micca]

Never bowled, not starting now. Not only does it involve eye-hand coordination, but...shoes. Never really thought about it before, but I'm not interested in any activity that requires specialized footwear.

 

[ronandannette]

I like it, I think it is fun... it is something to do every couple years. Needless to say, I am absolutely awful at it. However, I was a beast at Wii Bowling

Yes, this. I go only on group outings and it’s always fun. My forte was Wii tennis. The first day we got it I whacked my DS so hard with my backswing that I broke the racket and left him with a huge bruise.

 

[BrianL]

Yes, this. I go only on group outings and it’s always fun. My forte was Wii tennis. The first day we got it I whacked my DS so hard with my backswing that I broke the racket and left him with a huge bruise.

That happened a lot int he early days of the Wii. That's why they sent out the free padded-rubber covers for the remotes. People also often launched them into tehir TV screens. Switch now has Wii Sports (well, Switch Sports but it's part of the same series), and the motion control has gotten much better too.

 

[MGMmjl]

I like to bowl, but I don't do it often. And I'm not good at it! But it's still fun.

There used to be a guy at work that headed up a group that would go bowling during our lunch break once a month. I bowled a bit more back then with them. COVID pretty much put an end to that, and the guy who headed up the group recently left work for another job. No one else has picked it back up yet, but it is harder now since we work a hybrid schedule of telework and being in the office.

 

[kymom99]

I’ll also add my parents bowled in a league for years. I hung out at the bowling alley a lot

 

[MamaMermaid]

Not a big bowler. Don't really enjoy it!

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

I bowled in a league as a kid, but I was never the best bowler. I haven’t been bowling in about 8 years now.

 

[nw6675]

I like it, but DH and I really go. DD11 goes monthly with her homeschool group.

 

[MIGrandma]

I love bowling, but haven’t done it in quite a few years. We have a nice bowling alley here in town, and we keep talking of going but just haven’t. My Dad was a great bowler, and my senior year of high school I was his partner on a league. Then my husband was my partner the next year, and a good friend was my Dad’s. We bowled a couple more years like that. After our two kids were a bit older I joined a ladies league and enjoyed that. Sometimes I miss league bowling.

 

[tvguy]

Haven't been bowling in about 25 years. I like it, but it just got too expensive.
Used to bowl every week when I was a kid. The neighbors across the street owned a bowling alley and their son and I would bowl every Sunday morning for free.

 

[E&Cmom]

I have only bowled a handful of times. It was fun but I was awful at it. I think it has been 20 years since I last bowled.

 

[Minnesota!]

Huge bowling family. Oldest is in college on a bowling scholarship....

We've been doing youth league with them since they were 5, DH coaches, etc.

They are all good at it, I usually just bowled for the beer. And now I just watch with a coffee...

 

[mamamary]

I put other. I haven’t bowled in probably 20 years. When I was younger all the kids in the neighborhood were on a Saturday morning bowling league. I was in it for years. I wouldn’t care if I never bowled again but I wouldn’t be against it if someone wanted me to go with them. We have a bowling alley about 15 mts from my house. My kids were also on a Saturday league when they were little.

 

[RedAngie]

For a while in the mid-80s I hung out frequently at the bar at the bowling alley while rarely playing.

 

[Mysterian]

Whatever a cow's age is, that's about as long as the last time I bowled. Local bowling place closed many years ago (not as long as a cow's age, but pretty close). It's ok. You roll a bowl. You knock stuff over. Ball comes back. Funky shoes.