Yeah and I like that. I just think that it is about balancing the town, the club, and the game. And the balance early in S2 was a touch more town stuff than I prefer. But, some of it was really well done. Like the mine disaster memorial episode was awesome. That worked for me because of the great job they did tying the town history to the club and the current day.
Best part of having rugby friends in college was the drink ups. Although I've never before, or since, seen so many dudes in one place excited to hang dong and drink beer from dirty boots. Ruggers are weird
I forget where I heard this but someone suggested viewing this film as a sequel to Say Anything and it makes it even better for me.
Been about a decade since I saw it in person, but at Old Fort Niagara, there is a simply massive flag (22'x28') on display from War of 1812 era. Link above has its rich 200+ year history, including some happy accidents and the linkage to Fort McHenry's star spangled banner. Note it represents 15 states = 15 stars, and 15 stripes (8 red, 7 white) vs. the 13 stripes (7 red 6 white) for the original colonies which later became the norm, although the historical society notes tht by the time it was commissioned/fabricated, there were 17 states.
Been a while but last time it was maybe US $5-6 per game (for 4 players, not each). My local area had at least 3 alleys (maybe more) and 1 closed recently. They run specials and coupons according to day/time of week, so rates are variable.
When I bowled it was per game, or on Friday or Saturday night you would do flat rate for like 3 hours and they would do the black lights and strobes and music and all that. On a side note my grandmother is in the Greater Buffalo USBC Hall of Fame and also did Strikes, Spares and Misses and Beat The Champs on local TV broadcasts.
I remember that on local Buffalo TV on Saturday mornings. Pretty sure it was Channel 4 WBEN / WIVB (or maybe Channel 7 WKBW). Definitely not WGR/WGRZ.
www.wbbz.tv
One of my mates is an old bouncer, veeeeery experienced martial artist and looks like a house on shoes. It’s amazing that people would still have a go at him. He would make them look ridiculous. He wouldn’t even damage them, he just generally propelled them in a different direction. Or if he really needed to, get a hold of them so that they very quickly got the point, then walked them out. My favourite was the time someone took a swing at him, he made space for them and gently assisted them to fall flat on their face. He held their forearms as they stood up and the words out of the guy’s mouth “stop it, that’s really mean.”
