[Lanason]

Just been 10 pin bowling at bandar in Maadi - complete disaster - machine kept going wrong - we moved on 4 different lanes. :-(

Never again - every time we go it plays up, but today was the straw that broke........... :-(

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[MaidenScotland]

ahhh so that is why I scored so badly the other week

 

[MaidenScotland]

you should try the one on the Nile at Giza.. girls play in heels and the balls are so full of chips they look like they have acne,

 

[Lanason]

so is there a "GOOD" one anywhere ??

 

[MaidenScotland]

don't be silly after all you are in Egypt.

Egypt always has money for new things but no money for maintenance
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[Lanason]

it was rubbish -

the scoreboard said 7 knocked down the put 4 pins up !!!!!!!! 7+4=11
then said
6 knocked down and put up 3 - 6+3=9

did my head in :frusty:

the manager gave us 2 free tokens for air hockey !!!!!!!!!!:boxing:

 

[aykalam]

so is there a "GOOD" one anywhere ??

isn't there one in Citystars? there used to be at least

 

[Helen Ellis]

We used to play 9 pin bowling at the Swiss club in Alex. It had a "manual reset" so nothing to go wrong. Loved it

 

[Lanason]

We used to play 9 pin bowling at the Swiss club in Alex. It had a "manual reset" so nothing to go wrong. Loved it

9 pin = skittles in the UK - pins in a diamond and a smaller wooden ball:clap2:

none of this American teco-crap

last time i played was at a Village show, on grass, with Hay Bails at the end. Glorious days

 

[Lanason]

We used to play 9 pin bowling at the Swiss club in Alex. It had a "manual reset" so nothing to go wrong. Loved it

9 pin = skittles in the UK - pins in a diamond and a smaller wooden ball:clap2:

none of this American teco-crap

last time i played was at a Village show, on grass, with Hay Bails at the end. Glorious days

 

[MaidenScotland]

9 pin = skittles in the UK - pins in a diamond and a smaller wooden ball:clap2:

none of this American teco-crap

last time i played was at a Village show, on grass, with Hay Bails at the end. Glorious days

used to play bar skittles.. but think its a Northamptonshire thing

 

[Lanason]

I've played bar skittles - on a table with a ball on a piece of string - good fun.

I've also played Shove ha'penny on a slate table

 

[Whitedesert]

Just been 10 pin bowling at bandar in Maadi - complete disaster - machine kept going wrong - we moved on 4 different lanes. :-(

Never again - every time we go it plays up, but today was the straw that broke........... :-(

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Feel for you. We went there two weeks ago. Computer reset after I got a strike, and ignored my strike, then the lane went down and we had to move. Second lane had to be reset several times, again messing with the points...now, if you get a strike every second ball, o/k, but if you play like me that strike was kind of IMPORTANT!

 

[Helen Ellis]

used to play bar skittles.. but think its a Northamptonshire thing

Believe it or not I have a bar skittles board in UK! It, and other bar games, are being stored for a friend who used to have a pub.

 

[MaidenScotland]

Believe it or not I have a bar skittles board in UK! It, and other bar games, are being stored for a friend who used to have a pub.

many many years ago I used to play regularly in the village pub.

Was the pub in Northants?

 

[Helen Ellis]

many many years ago I used to play regularly in the village pub.

Was the pub in Northants?

Cheshire, can't remember them playing in the pub.

 

[markguyver]

the manager gave us 2 free tokens for air hockey !!!!!!!!!!:boxing:

Was that air hockey a manual scoring one, or electronic?

 

[Lanason]

Electonic scoring - mind you the bowling is supposed to be electronic as well

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