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perfect storm
« on: April 04, 2017, 10:36:02 PM »
An old friend and I were talking about our early bowling adventures and both remembered the "perfect storm" at a league meeting.  The league president had brought up the subject of ABC raising yearly dues to $1.00+ or -.  Neither one of us remembered exactly. Instantly the room was full of cusswords, threats to ABC, etc. The room had just quieted down when he raised the next subject. The subject was raising the prize fund by 5 cents per game per person, which would make a total of 30 cents per league night.  The room erupted again.  Threats of quitting the game, etc.   After sanity was regained, the ally manager informed everybody of alley's responsibilities to serve the bowlers, happy hours, snack bar specials, beer specials, etc.  He ended by informing all that fees for league bowlers would be raised from 30 cents per bowler per game to 35 cents per bowler per game.  As cries for a lynching went up, president was calling for calm, I left.

 

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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2017, 02:00:21 AM »
When was this about?   1963?
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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2017, 07:23:02 AM »
Last night probably.
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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2017, 08:52:26 AM »
A once a year $1 fee increase, plus $.30 raise weekly, that is outrageous!  Not sure how anyone can afford the extra $10-$11 for the entire season......

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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2017, 12:55:36 PM »
AMF in Baltimore linage is going up 10.00- 15.00. The manager at one of the lanes said Bowlmore.
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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2017, 01:14:47 PM »
AMF in Baltimore linage is going up 10.00- 15.00. The manager at one of the lanes said Bowlmore.

That seems... egregious. You sure that's right? If so they're basically telling league bowlers that their weekly league cost is going to double. And their leagues are probably done. I can't imagine being them surviving that kind of cost increase.

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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2017, 01:50:24 PM »
An old friend and I were talking about our early bowling adventures and both remembered the "perfect storm" at a league meeting.  The league president had brought up the subject of ABC raising yearly dues to $1.00+ or -.  Neither one of us remembered exactly. Instantly the room was full of cusswords, threats to ABC, etc. The room had just quieted down when he raised the next subject. The subject was raising the prize fund by 5 cents per game per person, which would make a total of 30 cents per league night.  The room erupted again.  Threats of quitting the game, etc.   After sanity was regained, the ally manager informed everybody of alley's responsibilities to serve the bowlers, happy hours, snack bar specials, beer specials, etc.  He ended by informing all that fees for league bowlers would be raised from 30 cents per bowler per game to 35 cents per bowler per game.  As cries for a lynching went up, president was calling for calm, I left.
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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2017, 03:45:15 PM »
Forgot to mention, another topic of conversation that night before "storm" was the new bowling grip patented by Brunswick, supposed to be the answer to everyone's grip problems, an offset thumb.  The switching to the kind of new "fingertip" grip seems to have opened up a new variable to the game; the proper grip!!

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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2017, 06:30:40 PM »
I came in here expecting a new Storm ball :(

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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2017, 07:15:16 AM »
The IQ Tour is the "Perfect Storm" if you read some of the recent posts on that ball. Never had one to say yay or nay.

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Re: perfect storm
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2017, 11:01:02 AM »
AMF in Baltimore linage is going up 10.00- 15.00. The manager at one of the lanes said Bowlmore.

That seems... egregious. You sure that's right? If so they're basically telling league bowlers that their weekly league cost is going to double. And their leagues are probably done. I can't imagine being them surviving that kind of cost increase.

The manager said Bowlmore wants to get rid of leagues and just have open play. A lot of people already said that they are going to Bowl America for leagues. The summer passes has went up again,but this time they added the passport so you can bowl any AMF/Brunwick for 10.00 extra.
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