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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: DerHornen on June 22, 2006, 01:53:08 AM
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I moved to a new city recently after graduating from college. It's not a terribly small town, about 20,000 people. Surprisingly, there is only one bowling alley here, and it only has 8 lanes. Even more surprisingly, the bowling alley is closed all summer except when the weather is crappy. Apparently they get no business when the weather is nice, because there are a lot of lakes around here.
I'm praying for rain, otherwise I'll have to drive 60 miles to the next closest bowling alley!
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20,000 isn't that small because I'm from North Dakota. I grew up in a town of 3,500.
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Starkville is probably 20-25K, but our house is open year round. When my wife and I go back to Ohio to visit her dad, the alley there is only open two or three days a week during the summer, and then only limited hours. They do have summer leagues on the days that they do open.
Really surprised me. But then again, I'd've never believed a gas station would close for the night until I came to MS either. The attached body shop, of course, but not the gas pumps.
SH
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My town population is around 17,000, the town to my south is about 30,000 (or more) and the town to my north is about 100,000, yet most of the bowling centers are closed saturday-teusday.
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Mike Zadler
NE Lake County IL
Sanctioned Highs:
775 Series/288 Game
Sanct. Ave. (Ending 2006) 198 (THS)
Below, my stats from previous seasons:
http://members.bowl.com/FindAMember/memberView.aspx?ms=12886&mp=552&s=2005-2006
PBA/Sport Highs: Game 225, Series 602.
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years ago in a small town in Mo. the lanes were closed in summer, but the snack bar was open for lunch and dinner,..go figure.
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closed over the summer? not used to that I guess. Don't know of one in NC like that at all.
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NCSU 2006
All Dyno-Thane
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hmm were i live its 17000, we used to have two alleys, one 14 lanes and one 16, but one closed a few years back but we have interest enough that the center is open atleast 4 days a week and because a lot of people don't like the owner we may be getting a new center WOOT WOOT!
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