Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Open Lanes

 


19 comments:

  1. Aaaahhhh… smells like MCM!!!

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    1. the auto ball returns look they're saying "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh".

      is that decorating style "googie"?

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    2. I thought it smelled like Lucky Strikes.

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  2. Living on Hickam AFB in Hawaii in the late 1950's, I was on a youth bowling team. It was fun even though a 200 game was nowhere near what I bowled.

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  3. That looks suspiciously like the bowling center on Sembach AB in Germany.

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  4. That looks suspiciously like every bowling alley in the country in the 1970s!

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    1. Yep, 60's, and I practically lived there cause it was only a few blocks from our house. My high score was 213.

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    2. I yet like those styles of chairs.

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  5. Fiesta Lanes, Hayward, Ca in the 70's?

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  6. I see the big ashtrays but there SHOULD be an ashtray on every table, you know.

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  7. Makes you want to have a White Russian with The dude and bring your .45.

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  8. Crestlanes, Inc. 2010 Atherholt Rd., Lynchburg, Va.

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  9. in high school, you'd be an also-ran if you didn't cop a pair of multi-color rental bowling shoes to wear to classes.

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  10. Getting prepared for league night? Kick out the kids, clean the ashtrays, restock the beer cooler, straighten up the chairs, open the doors and let the fun begin.

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  11. Nice example of liminal space.

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  12. They're tying strings onto the pins now. At our bowling lanes on the ten pin side they removed the old pin handling equipment and put in the new system; strings on the top of the pins, lift them up and set them down.
    When the old guy that knew how to maintain the old machinery retires, not much choice. Even though, no one likes it.

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