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supernoodle

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Your perfect alley?
« on: January 21, 2006, 04:28:53 AM »
what would be your idea of a perfect bowling alley?

What would it look like,what pattern would the lanes have,what food would it serve etc........
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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2006, 12:45:53 PM »
The only complaint I have about most alleys I go to is the smoke. Kinda ruins the family friendly outlook on bowling.
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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2006, 12:45:58 PM »
who cares about food? clean everywhere, with help paid enough to care AND to know bowling. Paid, knowledgable bowling coach(es) available 80 hours per week!

oil: 40 ft, flat, medium amount, fresh oil on NEW wood lanes, with freshly sanded wood approaches.
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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2006, 01:02:51 PM »
No food. No alcohol. No smoking (Chicago, IL finally banned smoking in public places, including bowling centers)

A health club facility with showers connected to the bowling center.

A sport condition pattern, limits on number of balls to be used during competition. Wooden lanes, wodden approaches. Pro Shop, coaching with C.A.T.S. facilities.


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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2006, 01:35:27 PM »
Split center 24 lanes each side (1 non smoking)
wood approaches/synthetic lanes
med-med/hvy shot with a ratio not to exceed 5:1 (20-2)
typical food with a couple of specialties
game room with regulation & bar sized pool tables
ball maintenance area with spinners (own supplies)
always open pro shop with mill
CATS system with certified coach
free group lessons for Juniors 2 days a week, 1 hour each
Sports bar

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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2006, 01:37:14 PM »
One Pair of Lanes, Brew House Tavern (like the Kegels in Germany and England), Big Pot Games, and a condition that you are rewarded for a decent shot and penalized for the bad ones (like having to pick up a spare every once in a while).  

If one drank too much they would have Inn provisions for their guests.  Must have the Big American Bowling Balls though, and not those little palm bowling balls.  Would be interesting to spread the American pins a little further apart just to make things a little more challenging.
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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2006, 01:37:36 PM »
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Oh think of the Mechanics!!!

I dont mind any center as long as its got AMF 82-90XLi Pinsetters in them!
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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2006, 03:55:43 PM »
I was thinking more along the lines of poles and dancing girls.  Something to do inbetween shots.
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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2006, 04:10:18 PM »
Why Sr....looks like we are headin to the center together....

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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2006, 06:49:19 PM »
One that isn't operated by Brunswick or AMF. They have ruined bowling alleys.
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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2006, 08:25:06 PM »
any place other than where i bowl now
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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2006, 09:22:21 PM »
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I was thinking more along the lines of poles and dancing girls.  Something to do inbetween shots.
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JessN16

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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2006, 09:38:11 PM »
80-lane center, 40 lanes on either side control counter and restaurant in the middle, pro shop and arcade on the ends.

40 lanes on the right -- wood lanes, wood approaches.

40 lanes on the left -- Murrey Pathfinder lanes, synthetic approaches.

Mendes machines on both sides, just for the wow-factor of having magnetically-set pins.

Pro shop with a good, kind and competent person drilling balls during the week -- and a couple more good, kind and competent people there on nights and weekends. A coach somewhere on staff.

Pinball machines in the arcade.

And finally, a couple of punching bags hanging from the ceiling at either end of the house, for stress relief.

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JessN16

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Re: Your perfect alley?
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2006, 01:06:08 PM »
I'm not sure. In fact, I never knew Qubica ever built/distributed pinsetters until you just said it. I thought they did scoring systems and furniture only.

Jess
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