Remember bowling? It to has a new face.

I started "bowling" when I was a kid. Used to watch it on Saturday afternoon on tv. When we were shopping, I found some plastic "pins" and bowling ball, all lightweight plastic. We had hardwood floor and I would set the pins up in the doorway, back up to the other doorway and "bowl". Even got good at putting the curve on my delivery. Sometimes the dog was a problem... LOL
 

I thought it was fun. I was in a jr. league when I was 12 or 13. Later in high school, bowling often became a dating activity. I haven't bowled in years. It seems strange now. I was never very good at it. Once I bowled a 190, but it was a strange fluke.

I recently was checking out a movie theater that had a bowling alley, restaurant, and gaming complex like the kind talked about in the first post. I checked out the prices. They charged by the hour, rather than by the line. It was too expensive for my blood. Something like $40 an hour.
 
I used to enjoy league bowling. With long hours working UPS, it was impossible to do league except on weekends. Weekends leagues weren't as much fun. By the time I retired, my shoulders were to worn out to do even my 12 pound Hammer fingertip ball.

My husband bowl for years and was thinking of becoming a pro bowler, but he couldn't leave the security of his job. After his divorce, he gave up on the pro dream for good. I was glad a few years ago when he either gave away or trashed his numerous trophies that lined a high dust collecting shelf. I put all his old photos and newspaper articles in an album. So far not one grandkid has shown interest in looking at it.

A few years ago the grandkids kidnapped us down to the bowling alley. I decided to try the new Jason Belmonte style of two handed bowling. It was easier on my arms and shoulder, but sure wasn't friendly to my back. That was the last time for me to hold a bowling ball.
 

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