Today was my brother in-law's birthday celebration. Bowling is fun, but not my cup of tea. From what I can remember, my average is usually pretty wide, about 120-170. I don't have my own bowling balls, so I am stuck to using the house balls, which I'm used to.
My brother in-law plays in a local league and as such, has more invested into the game. He has 3 custom 2-hole bowling balls, his own shoes and a fancy rolling tote to carry it all in (of course). By no means am I berrating him, but again, bowling isn't my sport of choice. Also, he tends to have a much higher average than me, I don't recall what his average is, but he's not bad.
We had previously visited these lanes in the past, unfortunately, their age was starting to show. What was really weird was how poorly he was bowling. We soon deduced that the lanes didn't have enough oil on them. A quick check with the staff, and they confirmed that they only oil the lanes for their league nights, which are Thursdays. He knows that the oil is trashed by the end of league night, and requested that they apply some to the lane, which they refused. Not only that, but something in the system messed up the surface on his balls, all 3 of them.
Needless to say, we will not be going back there. Also, there are plenty other bowling alleys that are closer by.
The silver lining to the trip was that my baby slept through almost the whole trip! She calmly woke up with a smile on her face. I guess she got the genes that let me sleep through about anything!
I also managed to finish reorganizing my capsule, my previous gemlog entries are now in my about page.