Some of us met up this week at 'The Garage' - not the Glasgow nightclub but a bowling alley and go-karting track with fast food joint and bar attached.
When I arrived, I had missed a game of pool 'of the highest quality' or so I am told!
We then had a go on the karts... Modesty forbids me to be entirely forthright about how I did (ok so I came 6th - out of 6) but it was a great time.
We did 32 laps (and they went so quickly!!!) in two sessions - 3 on the track at a time. I think I probably hold the record for being lapped most often. Keith took the top spot by lap time but only about half a second in the lead.
After a period of refreshment... during which we tried to establish plans for the future (including the fabled ski & sun trip to California) we began our bowling. Phil was the most skilful and consistent in the early stages, notching up a few spares in the early rounds, then others started to get strikes which mixed things up a bit. Towards the end, Mark got strikes in the 8th and 9th rounds and everything was a lot closer by this point. I bowled a double strike and a 9 in the last round, which (after an inconsistent game) (I felt) got me to a score I was happy with - I used to do ok-ish but haven't bowled for a while. But Mark won the game in style and indeed finished the night with THREE strikes (FIVE in a row!) - so that makes him a Five-Bagger (apparently. Or is that what you score rather than what you are? Answers on a comment please).
Anyway, it was a good night, I reckon. Anyone got any pictures/video to add? Could be added to this post by editing it or added under a new posting. Also feel free to add your comments or indeed edit the review above if you feel strongly that my perspective needs embellishing!
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Just a quick observation - when I drove home, the car seemed really manoeuvrable, perhaps because I had got so used to doing tight turns on the karts! The steering was quite heavy on the karts - after a few laps, I had to alternate which hand was on the wheel because I had been gripping the wheel too tightly!
I dont know why I have so many difficulties with blogger, hopefully this is me signed in for good, so time to catch up on some old blogs.
The official scores from the 1st night:
Karting - Fastest Lap time:
1) Keith 17.14 seconds
2) Neil 17.82 seconds
3) Mark 17.94 seconds
4) Phil 18.49 seconds
5) Douglas 19.50 seconds
6) Dave 21.04 seconds
Bowling - final scores:
1) Mark 181
2) Phil 135
3) Neil 114
4) Dave 110
5) Keith 95
6) Douglas 77 (sorry man!)
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