[jackdied.com] Winter Bowling: Sunday Mixed

Winter Bowling: Sunday Mixed

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Jan 25 2010, 00:14 EST [updated Feb 16 2010, 00:45 EST]

We finished out the last half in the middle of the pack. Had we won even one more game by a single pin instead of losing by five we would have finished higher for an extra $30 a hand. Oh well.

The second half of the season is big. We have gone from 8 teams to a full house at 20 teams. That is so many teams that we won't even play each team once.

Tonight (three weeks into the season) we played unnamed team #17. Tough night. Audrey, our lowest average player, put up a good night at 45 over her average (140 per game). Kerry, Bob, and I (avg 165+ per) threw a suck fest and averaged out at 30 under each (equivalent to each and all of us being absent). Shit happens.

It was PA Night. Bob is from Bethlehem, Audrey is from Erie, Steve (other team) is from North Philly, Sandy (other team) is from Wilkse-Bare, and I'm from Wayne, PA. Steve had a modern opinion of Wayne (sushi bars and coffee houses) that I was only partially able to dissuade him of. In my youth it was pizza parlors and video arcades; My message was blunted by the fact that I was telling it while wearing a brooks brothers shirt.

The second half of the season is a big opportunity for team "Final Warning" [named by Kerry after Adam Sandler's band in "the Wedding Singer"]. Team points are back to zero, but our averages are all but fixed by the weight of past games so if we start bowling above our averages we can take points without actually changing our averages. So far this has not been the case, but a boy can hope.

* I am amazed at the reputation change of Wayne. Unlike other towns on the R5 (the "main line" train) into Philly there was never any old money there. Wayne boomed in the 80s (and since) because there was undeveloped land and there was no city wage tax; if you live or work in Philly you have to pay an extra 1-3% to the city. It is no wonder that the closest town with the most available land grew new residences and office parks. (for extra fun the town has a lower population than all of Iceland by about a third, but the county it is in has a population larger by about double. Unlike Iceland I didn't grow up in a town that has its own currency or central bank.)

[added a few weeks later] My mother writes in: How many masions did you pass on your way to school? Private schools? How many Victorian "cottages" are there in downtwon Wayne?
Answer to all of the above is NONE. Err, well, the

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Winter Bowling: Sunday Mixed [jackdied] Jan 25 2010, 00:14 EST [updated Feb 16 2010, 00:45 EST] [permalink] We finished out the last half in the middle of the pack. Had we won even one more game by a single pin instead of losing by five we would have finished higher for an extra $30 a hand. Oh well. The second half of the season is big. We have gone from 8 teams to a full house at 20 teams. That is so many teams that we won't even play each team once. Tonight (three weeks into the season) we played unnamed team #17. Tough night. Audrey, our lowest average player, put up a good night at 45 over her average (140 per game). Kerry, Bob, and I (avg 165+ per) threw a suck fest and averaged out at 30 under each (equivalent to each and all of us being absent). Shit happens. It was PA Night. Bob is from Bethlehem, Audrey is from Erie, Steve (other team) is from North Philly, Sandy (other team) is from Wilkse-Bare, and I'm from Wayne, PA. Steve had a modern opinion of Wayne (sushi bars and coffee houses) that I was only partially able to dissuade him of. In my youth it was pizza parlors and video arcades; My message was blunted by the fact that I was telling it while wearing a brooks brothers shirt. The second half of the season is a big opportunity for team "Final Warning" [named by Kerry after Adam Sandler's band in "the Wedding Singer"]. Team points are back to zero, but our averages are all but fixed by the weight of past games so if we start bowling above our averages we can take points without actually changing our averages. So far this has not been the case, but a boy can hope. * I am amazed at the reputation change of Wayne. Unlike other towns on the R5 (the "main line" train) into Philly there was never any old money there. Wayne boomed in the 80s (and since) because there was undeveloped land and there was no city wage tax; if you live or work in Philly you have to pay an extra 1-3% to the city. It is no wonder that the closest town with the most available land grew new residences and office parks. (for extra fun the town has a lower population than all of Iceland by about a third, but the county it is in has a population larger by about double. Unlike Iceland I didn't grow up in a town that has its own currency or central bank.) [added a few weeks later] My mother writes in: How many masions did you pass on your way to school? Private schools? How many Victorian "cottages" are there in downtwon Wayne? Answer to all of the above is NONE. Err, well, the	Current Quickies Archives All Posts Mar 2010 Feb 2010 Jan 2010 Dec 2009 Nov 2009 Oct 2009 Sep 2009 Aug 2009 Jul 2009 Jun 2009 May 2009 Apr 2009 Mar 2009 Feb 2009 Jan 2009 Dec 2008 Nov 2008 Oct 2008 Sep 2008 Aug 2008 Jul 2008 Jun 2008 May 2008 Apr 2008 Mar 2008 Feb 2008 Jan 2008 Dec 2007 Nov 2007 Oct 2007 Sep 2007 Aug 2007 Jul 2007 Jun 2007 May 2007 Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Aug 2006 Jul 2006 Jun 2006 May 2006 Apr 2006 Mar 2006 Feb 2006 Jan 2006 Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Sep 2005 Aug 2005 Jul 2005 Jun 2005 May 2005 Apr 2005 Mar 2005 Feb 2005 Jan 2005 Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Aggregators Instapundit Arts & Letters Daily Fark.com CNN FoxNews Content - Articles National Review Tech Central Station Content - Big Blogs National Review Volokh Conspiracy Content - Blogs Junk Yard Blog Mass Backwards Mass Right Thought Mesh Chicago Boyz
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