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Does anyone still bowl in leagues anymore or is that kind of passé?
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:34 pm
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:34 pm
I remember as a kid growing up it was a big thing to do with guys and young couples in particular, but you just don't hear many people bowling in leagues like they once did it would seem. I always liked bowling, but never pursued joining a league I guess. Anyone on here bowl in a league?
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Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:36 pm to Mike da Tigah
I don't but know a lot of people that do.
Oh yeah...trashy.
Oh yeah...trashy.
This post was edited on 4/14/14 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:37 pm to Mike da Tigah
Trashy As hell
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:38 pm to Mike da Tigah
I did last year at Don Carters. About to get in it again.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:39 pm to djangochained
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Trashy As hell
Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were not trashy.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:39 pm to Mike da Tigah
LINK
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community is a 2000 nonfiction book by Robert D. Putnam. It was developed from his 1995 essay entitled "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital". Putnam surveys the decline of "social capital" in the United States since 1950. He has described the reduction in all the forms of in-person social intercourse upon which Americans used to found, educate, and enrich the fabric of their social lives. He believes this undermines the active civil engagement which a strong democracy requires from its citizens.
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Putnam notes the aggregate loss in membership of many existing civic organizations and points out that the act of individual membership has not migrated to other, succeeding organizations. To illustrate why the decline in Americans' membership in social organizations is problematic to democracy, Putnam uses bowling as an example. Although the number of people who bowl has increased in the last 20 years, the number of people who bowl in leagues has decreased. If people bowl alone, they do not participate in social interaction and civic discussions that might occur in a league environment.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:40 pm to Mike da Tigah
I did as a kid with my cousins and some friends, and I probably would now if there were a convenient alley and I could get a team together.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:42 pm to Kafka
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Kafka
Damn, that's good shite. I'm putting that on my book list.
This post was edited on 4/14/14 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:43 pm to Mike da Tigah
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red Flintstone and Barney Rubble were not trashy.
either were dan and roseanne conner... oh wait
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:43 pm to Mike da Tigah
kickball leagues are the new bowling leagues
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:44 pm to Mike da Tigah
We have bowled as a means of team building lately. It's actually just as fun as I remember. I want to keep playing. Maybe in a league
This post was edited on 4/14/14 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:44 pm to Kafka
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Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community is a 2000 nonfiction book by Robert D. Putnam. It was developed from his 1995 essay entitled "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital". Putnam surveys the decline of "social capital" in the United States since 1950. He has described the reduction in all the forms of in-person social intercourse upon which Americans used to found, educate, and enrich the fabric of their social lives. He believes this undermines the active civil engagement which a strong democracy requires from its citizens.
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Putnam notes the aggregate loss in membership of many existing civic organizations and points out that the act of individual membership has not migrated to other, succeeding organizations. To illustrate why the decline in Americans' membership in social organizations is problematic to democracy, Putnam uses bowling as an example. Although the number of people who bowl has increased in the last 20 years, the number of people who bowl in leagues has decreased. If people bowl alone, they do not participate in social interaction and civic discussions that might occur in a league environment.
It's a shame. The TigerDroppings community was also a lot stronger back when we met up every Wednesday for bowline at Don Carter's.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:46 pm to Mike da Tigah
A lot of places have those new "fancier" bowling alleys so it would seem that bowling is having a mini revival but I don't know how conducive they would be to leagues since they supposedly cost an arm and a leg.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:49 pm to Mike da Tigah
You must have caught of the PBA that was on this weekend? 
I saw it in passing and was thinking the same thing. Seems like a kinda odd thing to do seriously these days.
I saw it in passing and was thinking the same thing. Seems like a kinda odd thing to do seriously these days.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:49 pm to Walking the Earth
I bowl in a league and it has it's trashy element but it's still fun and a way for the fellas to get together. It's less trashy/douchey than league softball IMO.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:50 pm to Walking the Earth
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A lot of places have those new "fancier" bowling alleys so it would seem that bowling is having a mini revival but I don't know how conducive they would be to leagues since they supposedly cost an arm and a leg.
They just opened one here called revolutions. The bowling is actually relatively cheap. But I spent a ton on booze last time I was there.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:56 pm to Mike da Tigah
I would like to. I always enjoy bowling.
Went with a group the weekend before last. With my heavy straight shooter I got a 208, then when I went to my Curving ball I only got a 140. So I'm going to stick with my Fred Flintstone technique
Heaviest ball you can find, run as fast as possible and throw of center as fast as possible.
Went with a group the weekend before last. With my heavy straight shooter I got a 208, then when I went to my Curving ball I only got a 140. So I'm going to stick with my Fred Flintstone technique
Heaviest ball you can find, run as fast as possible and throw of center as fast as possible.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:57 pm to Mike da Tigah
Bowled in leagues for years and they are fun. Any man that does not think getting together with the guys and drinking beer and bowling is not fun. Well that is just not a real man. Pussification of America.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 9:58 pm to USMCTiger03
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You must have caught of the PBA that was on this weekend? I saw it in passing and was thinking the same thing. Seems like a kinda odd thing to do seriously these days.
I sure did
but it also crosses my mind every now and then when I pass an alley and think on it. I'd like to get involved in a league, but I also kind of hope I wouldn't be that guy with a poor handicap. I'm not bad, but when you watch some of those guys throwing those wicked breaking balls and killing it, I just hope I wouldn't be out of my league so to speak. 
Posted on 4/14/14 at 10:03 pm to Mike da Tigah
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