at the bar 2023

“Where have I been all your life?”

At one of my regulars, I get the feeling the staff see me as a narc of sorts, like I’m checking what everyone is doing on behalf of the owner or whatever. The place has an excessive amount of employees who all buzz around trying to keep busy

That’s part of the job, I would not take it personally

Thanks. Yeah I don’t. It’s just a contrast to most other places which are more laissez faire

Just got a $1 lifetime membership at the local bowls club at the end of my street (1 minute). Never been a bar person, but the basically half price (compared to your fancy bars) schooners are tempting me to hang out with the geriatrics….. Could be fun?

What is a “bowls club”

Four big lawn bowls squares branching out with a bar in the middle of it all. Entertainment includes: old rockers playing credence covers, pokie machines, meat raffle giveaways, trivia, cheap lunch meals, very cheep beers. It’s an Aussie institution.

Colloquially known as the “bowlo”, a bit of a dying tradition in Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEU-tA5XIo

wow TIL

What is a “bowl square”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls

So confused

That place sounds amazing.

would drink and bowl w/ H.P

It’s very classic. I did not grow up with them at all, yet walking into one for the first time last year it felt like a warm hug? It’s a simple ol’ institution. My wife and I are going to do some barefoot bowls next Friday night with some friends, really looking forward to it

Let me know when you’re in QLD sleeve <3

Someone come to bingo with me next Wednesday at 9:30am. $100 jackpot and $500 on calls (whatever that means!)

not sure what the AUS equivalent is but I think that is a "windfall" in UK parlance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_(British_version)#Windfalls

“Do some barefoot bowls”
I guess I don’t get the connection to the bar

you've never been on a golf course with a bar?

https://i.imgur.com/Tgo0LPq.jpeg

Ugh wtf I suck at posting images

https://imgur.com/a/Tgo0LPq.jpg

Greetings from the bowlo

huh, I’ve played bocce but not lawn bowling, bowls, whatever

I will never play golf. I draw the line at mini golf

This Belgian feather bowling place in Detroit is great fun... http://www.cadieuxcafe.com/featherbowling/

Okay sorry, I’ve finally figured out how to do images after a decade of messing it up. Three cheers for me.

https://i.postimg.cc/5Hddj3fg/IMG-3921.jpg

Bocce to bowls is like softball to baseball. Mostly the same, with one being a bit more difficult and holding a bit more prestige

this is anti-italian sentiment

Tell me I’m wrong

i’ve mostly played bocce on an incredibly uneven grass field at a family gathering years ago. not a lack of challenge, there

Point taken!

I’ve gotta say, this is a lot of fun to watch. “Great shot mate, yep, yep, you’ll get through that, yep just a bit more to the right, that’s it mate, good effort, push it, good effort mate, yep nice one Jimmy, fuckin dreadful mate (from the bowler), that’s alright mate next one mate, *clap clap*, well done Clark, you really just gotta bowl them over, *clap clap*.

I’m having more fun watching this than seeing my dodgers take the Red Sox today! Couple cheep beers and this $1 membership is paying off big time! Let’s go mate *clap clap*

“Yeaaah mate you just ummmm……. That much overdraw *holds hands out to signify distance to change for next time*

Thank you for tuning into the live commentary of the Caloundra bowls club. All quotes were taken in real time. The *clap clap* seems to be an essential part of lawn club culture., it’s heard multiple times every 10 seconds. Really adds to the aural atmosphere

This is what positive masculinity looks like

What

fancy a beer m8

There is a bowls club in my town and they've recently discovered social media, so there are lots of posts in my local FB group about trying a cool new sport!!

One of my worst memories ever was laughing at a bowls club poster when in middle school, and then turning around to see the bloke from the club who had put them up and been trying to promote it to the school, stand there dejected. Maybe I’m just making up for my sins with this new fad

bowls national championships finish here today!
had quite a few in our local, top dudes

working the bar and Stevie D shows up :)

round’s on me

HI STEVIE

guys you won’t believe who I just ran into at the bar

:)

!! that's awesome

hi Stevie :)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pqXLeSqTFLhr0Pa8hgrUp?si=2mGsEOi1QJ-BK_k6_n2IZA

please enjoy my “at the bar” playlist

needs more from the soundtrack to Crackerjack

https://i.imgur.com/jUyc9sa.jpg

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cws2sxOux5u/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

do instagram links work here? me at the bar fr

Waiting to order another corona at the bar when these two women sitting down decide to try to determine which of them is taller. I glance over and they burst out laughing

Did
You
Purposefully
Order a Corona
To drink

It’s my go-to