Guttersnipe

BC Dick - March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

There is light amid the darkness. Not only did mister Lily and I (mostly him) actually win a game last week but we are now on week 24 or 25 of 27. I think it’s 24 but it’s hard to tell from the weekly results sheet. Usually when our married teammates

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BC Dick - March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

The final month. The stretch drive. The long walk off a short pier. That’s where we are finally at in this endless winter of a bowling season. The sun is out, the snow is gone, yard waste collection has resumed, but the league year continues unabated. It cares not for

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BC Dick - February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

Greetings, and welcome to yet another Tuesday bowling night. Tonight I am heading out to compete in week 23 of 27. More than six (6) months of bowling. Good gravy that’s a long season. At least it’s winter and there aren’t a lot of other options, although my area has

Oh Boy! Rotational Thursdays with Litre.

litre_cola - February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Hi there offseasoners! Due to business, laziness, travel to exotic locales like Edmonton, Nisku, Camrose, BFC and I will be splitting duties on Thursday nights. I have a spreadsheet of what I talked about last year to not repeat myself for you. I am getting older and still like to smoke

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BC Dick - February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

Another demoralizing loss for the team last week. Both sides went in with only two live bowlers, a pair on each of the teams having pre-bowled. Possibly something to do with Valentine’s Day. At least that was the case for our pair of harried married rollers. The thing about this

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BC Dick - February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

The march continues. The ‘fingers are still mired in second-last place. After what very well may be 6 games in the second half (or so) of the year we’ve managed 16 points. The leaders have 34 and the next 6 teams are all cheek-to-jowl with 28 to 32 points each.

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BC Dick - January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

The Fingers are slipping. Our grip now loose and floppy after once being sunk firmly and deeply into the grab-holes of first place. We are nearing the pure, un-scrubbed ass bottom of the league standings. I’m also being consistently shorted on purples when I get “rainbow” carrots. We entered last week

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BC Dick - January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

The list of “greatest” bowling movies is a very short one. I know of only two films that are either based on or feature a significant amount of bowling. Those, of course, are The Big Lebowski and Kingpin. The first and only list I looked at, from a reputable source,

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BC Dick - January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

You know what really grinds my gears? Those people who make a big mewling deal about the name “soccer”. It’s called soccer in North America. We have a football already so we call the other one soccer. Just deal with it. Those who insist on calling it football as if they

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BC Dick - January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

One late morning last week, seated in my motor-carriage and travelling to-wards a local restaurant in search of sustenance to break the night’s fast, I spotted a chunk of slush in the roadway. It being almost directly in my tire’s path I decided that the best slush is mushed slush

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BC Dick - January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

Sweet mother of god, it’s Tuesday already. The never ending holiday of angry traffic and wet socks took place over what seemed like a 13 day week. Then the “new year” and my own birth anniversary a week later. There’s more birthdays next week and then the flower holiday and

Dr. Love gets another.

litre_cola - December 27, 2022

Hi! This would normally be the slot for guttersnipe but I believe my BIL has fallen in love with another slot therefore he is noticeably absent. Very happy for him as now when I visit I'll not have to clean up before settling in to a weekend of booze and weed.