09 Mar 05
Yes, lets all take a deep breath and enjoy the new day. Perhaps yesterday you bowled and didn't do as well as you expected? Perhaps you had a great game... and are going to go for it again!
Either way, never lower your expectations for a brand new day! Each day should be better than the last as we collect information and apply it to our fresh start we are given each day.
Let's all string some strikes together, and if we end up with a 7-10 split... just go for the easy pin and call it a frame. Sometimes we get lucky and both pins will fall!!
I don't expect any of you will bowl as well as I can, but I will always encourage you to do your best!
Mr.700
09 Mar 05
Originally posted by PhlabibitWhat is so spiritual about bowling?
Yes, lets all take a deep breath and enjoy the new day. Perhaps yesterday you bowled and didn't do as well as you expected? Perhaps you had a great game... and are going to go for it again!
Either way, never lower your expectations for a brand new day! Each day should be better than the last as we collect information and apply it to our fresh start ...[text shortened]... of you will bowl as well as I can, but I will always encourage you to do your best!
Mr.700
09 Mar 05
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Originally posted by PhlabibitI'm a bowling heathen. I use rented shoes. I don't put my borrowed balls back on the rack. I curse at the people in the next lane when I split the pins, saying things like, "What a load of s---!" or "Can you believe these f------ lanes?" If it gets bad enough, I grab their drinks and pour them into the fan that dries your hands. Whenever I lose, I complain that bowling is stupid sport and that we should have gone to play pool instead, although when we go to the pool hall, I behave in much the same way.
If you bowled as well as I do, you would know.
Are you a practicing bowler?
Mr. 700
In short, I don't find any extra spirituality in bowling than in any other sport. As such, this topic should be moved to General. You're clogging up the new forum with this garbage.
Dr. S
09 Mar 05
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesActually, this thread is about the spirituality of a brand new day. I just use bowling as an example of how to make the best of the new day. I am sorry to hear you have very bad bowling habits, as this can ruin the day for anyone who is bowling around you.
I'm a bowling heathen. I use rented shoes. I don't put my borrowed balls back on the rack. I curse at the people in the next lane when I split the pins, saying things like, "What a load of s---!" or "Can you believe these f------ lanes?" If it gets bad enough, I grab their drinks and pour them into the fan that dries your hands. Whenever ...[text shortened]... topic should be moved to General. You're clogging up the new forum with this garbage.
Dr. S
I feel that if you were to get your own ball and shoes you might enjoy bowling a bit more, bringing you closer to the level of spirituality I feel when I am on the lanes
Mr. 700
09 Mar 05
Originally posted by PhlabibitOr maybe AMF needs to constrct a special bowling alley just for the bowling heathens to gather in, since we tend to clog up the regular alleys.
Actually, this thread is about the spirituality of a brand new day. I just use bowling as an example of how to make the best of the new day. I am sorry to hear you have very bad bowling habits, as this can ruin the day for anyone who is bowling around you.
I feel that if you were to get your own ball and shoes you might enjoy bowling a bit more, bringing you closer to the level of spirituality I feel when I am on the lanes
Mr. 700
09 Mar 05
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesCould be bowling......?
I'm a bowling heathen. I use rented shoes. I don't put my borrowed balls back on the rack. I curse at the people in the next lane when I split the pins, saying things like, "What a load of s---!" or "Can you believe these f------ lanes?" If it gets bad enough, I grab their drinks and pour them into the fan that dries your hands. Whenever ...[text shortened]... topic should be moved to General. You're clogging up the new forum with this garbage.
Dr. S
Which Is The Tradition?
In the village of Omsk all was not well in the local Parish. Every year, during Lent at a certain point in Matins ("Blessed art Thou, O Lord, teach me Thy statutes", ) half of the congregation would make a bow (a metania) at the waist, and half would make a full prostration to the floor.( a great metania)
The little metanists would start whispering sharply, "No! No! From the waist!" To which the great metanists would hiss back even louder, "Wrong! Full prostration! Who are you following, the Devil?!" And fist fights would break out and the service could not even be completed.
Finally the war-weary parishioners decided to ask their priest, Fr Benjamin. "Father, what is the tradition? In Lent, at 'Blessed art Thou', do we make a little metany, or a great metany?" Knowing the rancor attached to the dispute, poor Fr Benjamin trembled, grew pale, then fainted and fell backwards.
So next they went to the Skete of the Forerunner, and asked the Abbot: "Father, we want to know, we have a terrible argument at our parish--what is the tradition? Because half the people say to make small metanies at "Blessed art Thou' now, and half say great metanies. And we start fighting, terrible, terrible. So, tell us, what is the Tradition?" Seeing the ferocity in their faces, poor Hieromonk Anatoly simply fainted.
Then someone shouted, "Let's go to Elder John and ask him!" It was a marvelous idea. Surely the elder's answer would bring peace, for he was respected by all, a native of the village, and his hoary 94 years guaranteed a knowledge of what the old tradition had been.
So a large crowd gathered at the elder's hut on the outskirts of town. Some 15 men from both sides entered the hut, and found frail Elder lying on his bed. As he struggled to draw himself up and offer tea, they cut him off: "Elder John, you have to help us! What is the Tradition? Every year in Lent, at 'Blessed art Thou, O Lord', half of the people at our village make little metanies, and half the people great metanies, and we start to argue, and the service doesn't even finish because of the fist fight!" Then Elder John said firmly, in his voice shaking with age, and with tears streaming down his joyful face, "That... is... the Tradition!"
(from the website of St. Luke the Evangelist Orthodox Church, Palos Hills, Illinois)
10 Mar 05
Originally posted by PhlabibitGreat positive message. Thanks for brightening up the day. We need more of this in this forum. 🙂
Yes, lets all take a deep breath and enjoy the new day. Perhaps yesterday you bowled and didn't do as well as you expected? Perhaps you had a great game... and are going to go for it again!
Either way, never lower your expectations for a brand new day! Each day should be better than the last as we collect information and apply it to our fresh start ...[text shortened]... of you will bowl as well as I can, but I will always encourage you to do your best!
Mr.700
Best Regards,
220 avg. Omnislash
P.S. If all else fails, throw a straight ball and lead with the thumb. 😉
10 Mar 05
Originally posted by OmnislashOmnislash!!!!
Great positive message. Thanks for brightening up the day. We need more of this in this forum. 🙂
Best Regards,
220 avg. Omnislash
P.S. If all else fails, throw a straight ball and lead with the thumb. 😉
I had a feeling you were a bowler. I've been very inspired and impressed with what you have written here.
220 average? And you are not professional because?
Bowled a 609 tonight in league. Picked up the 4-7-10 too. Unfortunately, a guy on the team we bowled against bowled a 715.
Remember the lie of the straight ball when it reaches the pocket as this is the way to the 5-10 split
😉
10 Mar 05
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesHmmm. Perhaps we need to put up the kiddie bumpers for Dr.S.
I'm a bowling heathen. I use rented shoes. I don't put my borrowed balls back on the rack. I curse at the people in the next lane when I split the pins, saying things like, "What a load of s---!" or "Can you believe these f------ lanes?" If it gets bad enough, I grab their drinks and pour them into the fan that dries your hands. Whenever ...[text shortened]... topic should be moved to General. You're clogging up the new forum with this garbage.
Dr. S
😕
10 Mar 05
Originally posted by OmnislashYou probably give the pins 14 hacks and a cleve....
Great positive message. Thanks for brightening up the day. We need more of this in this forum. 🙂
Best Regards,
220 avg. Omnislash
P.S. If all else fails, throw a straight ball and lead with the thumb. 😉
I also feel it is your duty to do more with your bowling skills if you average 220. I also fear that if you average 220 and throw a straight ball.... I can not respect that!
Yes, I have bowling standards, and score is not the only one. All good balls must curve and hit the pocket on the correct side. No straight balls, no crankers! I will stand for no less than perfect bowling form.
Mr. 700
10 Mar 05
I'm not so sure, this feels a lot like yesterday, even the same people are still on.
You ever see the same stranger twice? It's like God is running out of extras in the story of your life.
"You go be the guy at the bustop"
"but I was just the guy at the deli yesterday"
"put on a hat or something"
10 Mar 05
Originally posted by PhlabibitTrue Mr.700, I agree with the correct form but dare we use the correct terminology for the type of bowler you speak of?
You probably give the pins 14 hacks and a cleve....
I also feel it is your duty to do more with your bowling skills if you average 220. I also fear that if you average 220 and throw a straight ball.... I can not respect that!
Yes, I have bowling standards, and score is not the only one. All good balls must curve and hit the pocket on the correct ...[text shortened]... straight balls, no crankers! I will stand for no less than perfect bowling form.
Mr. 700
I will say it here and I can see the opening of Pandora's box of sexual innuendos occurring:
Ahem, the type of bowler Mr.700 speaks over is known as a "stroker". This is not a joke but the actual term used on the professional tour.
Let he without sin cast the first inappropriate sexual remark.