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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Gizmo823 on July 22, 2014, 12:17:54 PM

Title: Pet Peeves
Post by: Gizmo823 on July 22, 2014, 12:17:54 PM
Yeah, obviously I'm easily peeved, but let's make this a fun topic.  Mine include:

High fives in practice.  I'm not trying to strike for at LEAST the first 8 minutes of practice, maybe not at all, just trying to get loose.  Between watching the 8-10 people on the pair, there's all the information I need to line up.  If I strike, it's luck, please don't high five me or make any comments about "saving some for later."

The idea that all women have to wear mechanical arms.  I understand the need for support, but when support turns into a crutch and all the sudden everyone is trying to push wrist braces or gadgets onto women simply because they're female, that irks me. 

The guy that starts slapping shots off after the front 7.  Lol I know getting a lot of strikes in a row is fun, but when you slap off the 8th one and start walking several pairs over on somebody else's approaches watching each shot . . come on man (Barkley voice). 

The longwinded guy that gets on this site and wastes a bunch of space complaining about everything.  Wait . .

Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: xrayjay on July 22, 2014, 12:24:43 PM
Guys who get pissed off because the higher handicap bowler is carrying everything.
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: milorafferty on July 22, 2014, 12:39:30 PM
PBA wanna be dude who can't bowl unless everyone observes his greatness and gives him a two lane courtesy during league.
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: Good Times Good Times on July 22, 2014, 12:40:35 PM
Guys who get pissed off because the higher handicap bowler is carrying everything just has to drop it in the right place and it hits the pocket.

That's KINDA (not entirely) me..........I'm a little more towards the correction above, and a milder version.  I'm more "lolz  ::)" and move on.........

As for MY peeve........probably shim wreckers.   ;)  ;D  ;)  ;D  ;)  ;D  ;)  ;D

Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: milorafferty on July 22, 2014, 12:42:29 PM
Scratch level bowlers who bowl handicap tournaments, max out the handicap brackets/side pots, then complain about how many sandbaggers there are.
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: Good Times Good Times on July 22, 2014, 12:51:57 PM
.............two lane courtesy during league.

THIS! ! ! !
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: xrayjay on July 22, 2014, 01:01:36 PM
PBA wanna be dude who can't bowl unless everyone observes his greatness and gives him a two lane courtesy during league.

it's worse when the guy wants two lane courtesy and he takes forever to go once he is on the approach. then if you go against his team, your pair is last to leave in this 3 man team!!!!
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: milorafferty on July 22, 2014, 01:10:35 PM
My scratch doubles partner did this last year. Dude took FOREVER once he was on the approach. Then he would usually leave the 5 pin standing out of the full rack.

What really made me go ballistic was when he took forever in his setup and then flagged the %$^&!@* 5 pin on the spare attempt. 
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: itsallaboutme on July 22, 2014, 01:52:58 PM
BR.com pet peeve-the use of piece or pieces.  Bad attempt trying to sound like you fit in.

Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: Urethane Game on July 22, 2014, 02:24:07 PM
I would like a piece of cake.  If that's wrong, I don't want to be right. :)

Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: tuckinfenpin on July 22, 2014, 02:46:50 PM
Those idiots who cleans their ball, then immediately proceeds to lay their towel on your ball as you are getting ready to bowl! 
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: mainzer on July 22, 2014, 04:24:56 PM
Ancient bowlers that whine when their are more than ten bowling balls on the return rack.  Quit whining and take one off if you don't like it.
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: Mongo on July 22, 2014, 04:57:47 PM
- Guys who give you a play by play of every single game.
- The 2 lane courtesy in league guy
- The guy in a tournament who doesn't have a clue as to what 2 lane courtesy is
- Stone 8/9's
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: xrayjay on July 22, 2014, 05:18:22 PM
My scratch doubles partner did this last year. Dude took FOREVER once he was on the approach. Then he would usually leave the 5 pin standing out of the full rack.

What really made me go ballistic was when he took forever in his setup and then flagged the %$^&!@* 5 pin on the spare attempt. 

I would of had a migraine....
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: NHLfan88 on July 24, 2014, 01:01:14 PM
people on this site who "have a hole in their arsenal". i check their average on bowl.com and they are 190.

Anyone who slaps out a cross-over or cave-in.

Anyone who yells, or hits ball-returns or chairs, or slams equipment.

TWO HANDED "BOWLERS"
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: milorafferty on July 24, 2014, 01:24:31 PM
My scratch doubles partner did this last year. Dude took FOREVER once he was on the approach. Then he would usually leave the 5 pin standing out of the full rack.

What really made me go ballistic was when he took forever in his setup and then flagged the %$^&!@* 5 pin on the spare attempt. 

I would of had a migraine....

I think it goes without saying that we didn't win the league...
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: St. Croix on July 24, 2014, 06:11:42 PM
- Guys who give you a play by play of every single game.

We have a guy in one of my leagues who gives an unsolicited analysis of each shot as he walks back from the approach. Really obnoxious.
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: BallReviews-Removed0385 on July 24, 2014, 08:28:02 PM
The people who think moving up or back 6 inches (or even less) on the approach really makes any difference in their ball reaction (most end up sliding right where they did before).
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: northface28 on July 24, 2014, 09:11:11 PM
BR.com pet peeve-the use of piece or pieces.  Bad attempt trying to sound like you fit in.



God, I thought I was the only person annoyed by this. "Piece"? Its a damn bowling ball. Also, "punch up" when describing drilling a bowling ball annoys me too.

People who take two shots in practice, its amazing how many people don't realize everyone gets more shots when everyone throws one ball. Typically, the main guys crying they need a full rack to see what their ball is doing go on to shoot 520 for the evening.
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: johnfoe on July 24, 2014, 09:18:24 PM
The people that constantly try to bowl the "perfect" way and tries to tell you are very abnormal on everything you do as if being unique is a bad thing.

People that believe that using the strike ball on a spare shot will mess up the track the next strike shot.

People that complain when you shoot at spares @ 25mph and constantly cause deadwood.

People that complain when the balance foot hits the ball return cover

People that are very slow at getting off the approach

People that do 2 lane courtesy as if it they can't focus without ADHD medication to bowl well.  Then they get pissed even though it isn't in the rules.  If it is in the rules fine, but otherwise I don't have to meditate before every freaking shot.

People that throw 2 balls in practice instead of 1 like everyone else. 

People that reset to a full rack in practice even if there is a pocket shot left standing.
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: kidlost2000 on July 24, 2014, 09:27:45 PM
Bowlers
Title: Re: Pet Peeves
Post by: the_l3g3nd_killer on July 25, 2014, 02:21:38 AM
People who walk into the center and into the bowling area by the keyboard with there wet shoes from the rain and give me a dumb founded look like WHAT?

People who every shot that hits the head pin thinks it should be a strike.

People who say to me during warm ups you dont need practice sit down!.  I'm like it ain't practice it im getting loose.

People that tell me/ask me why I don't go pro because of my 240 THS average.  I tell them how hard the shots are and the practice I would need and they look at me like what, its not the same there as it is here? 

One guy at my center who when having a good night always tells everyone he only ever needs one ball to bowl, but on nights he struggles he goes through 3,4, or even 5 balls sometimes for a 3 game league night.