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Post by trailboss on May 9, 2020 19:45:35 GMT -5
Back in the 80's, I threw darts regularly back at Jersey's cheese steaks in Campbell, Ca. (San Jose) I was digging in the garage and found the old Nodor Bristle dartboard, and it still is in great shape. I want to get started again, but have been out of the loop for a long time. Mine is so old that it is not a supamatch, simply a Nodor.
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Post by Darin on May 9, 2020 19:49:23 GMT -5
Most of my free drinks back in school were from winning either darts or pool … good times!  I really prefer the Pub Darts and a real cork board but will certainly spend the evening lobbing some plastic darts too. |
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Post by trailboss on May 9, 2020 19:53:25 GMT -5
The old style bristleboard is for the old darts, I tossed a few plastic darts, but never cottoned up to the weight of them. What I like about the bristleboard is the self healing when you pull the darts. I have never thrown into cork unless I missed the outer boundaries of the board... (alcohol may have been a factor)
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Post by mgtarheel on May 9, 2020 20:19:32 GMT -5
I used to play a lot back in the day. I have an old style bristleboard hanging in my shed that I will use sometimes.
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Post by adui on May 9, 2020 20:35:53 GMT -5
Love darts. Dont get to play much. I have both steel tip and plastic tip.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 9, 2020 21:08:49 GMT -5
I had a pro model that I threw at in the house we moved from in 91. Haven't seen it since. I have a couple of nice sets of custom darts around somewhere, probably next to my pool cue.
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Post by dingobob on May 10, 2020 7:43:06 GMT -5
When we first moved to the area, my wife and I went to a sports bar. I thought of myself as a decent thrower, but I got my butt handed to me by a couple of boys from the base.
I don't play so much anymore. Hah hah.
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Post by BrunoT on May 10, 2020 10:49:59 GMT -5
There's a place in my town that constantly plays this sports channel with dart championships recordings; I've always found the slow motion captures of the throws hilarious.
My friends love darts and even my colleagues bought the whole shebang for the office too, but I don't partake. Don't mind watching, but it ain't no fun to do it myself.
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Post by isett2860 on May 10, 2020 11:08:20 GMT -5
Back when you were very young. They started you out on the Big crayons. Then as you got better, they gave you the small ones.
Well, I never got past Jarts. And now they are illegal. LOL
Ah. The good old days of dodging a lawn dart.
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Post by toshtego on May 10, 2020 20:16:55 GMT -5
I would love to play again and quaff a few pints.
Those were good days.
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Post by simnettpratt on May 12, 2020 0:07:47 GMT -5
I'm lucky to hit the board.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 12, 2020 9:59:32 GMT -5
I'm lucky to hit the board. I would be too after 30+ years, cataracts, and loss of hand-eye coordination. |
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 12, 2020 14:35:55 GMT -5
I haven't thrown in years. We used to go for a couple pops after the night shift. One Halloween, there was a pumpkin on a chair under the board. We destroyed that poor gourd. After a couple hours, it was two at the board, one at the gourd. Ahh, memories.
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Post by instymp on May 12, 2020 17:02:47 GMT -5
Hung one up in our new place a couple months ago.
Boy, you talk about "Use it or lose it"!
Surprising that after practicing for a couple weeks I could get back to where I was 15 years ago, not too good.
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Post by jay on May 27, 2020 0:08:12 GMT -5
I first started throwing darts at the Edwards pipe shop in Lakewood, Colorado. Occasionally scared the daylights out of the unwary, but had a ball. Never got very good, but the important thing was to have a good time.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 28, 2020 14:58:40 GMT -5
I used to have a dart board in my bedroom when I was a teenager. I loved playing. I may have played too much at one point as my elbow got wild sore - haven't played in AGES. I must hang one up somewhere and start over.
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Post by Spartacus on May 28, 2020 16:18:56 GMT -5
Back in the 80's, I threw darts regularly back at Jersey's cheese steaks in Campbell, Ca. (San Jose) I was digging in the garage and found the old Nodor Bristle dartboard, and it still is in great shape. I want to get started again, but have been out of the loop for a long time. Mine is so old that it is not a supamatch, simply a Nodor.
Any recommendations on darts? Dart Force 1 in Mesa. Nothing but darts and boards. Really nice lady that runs it. She is a dart encyclopedia. |
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Post by trailboss on May 28, 2020 23:01:52 GMT -5
Thanks, Cliff!
I will have to check it out.
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Post by stone on May 29, 2020 7:28:44 GMT -5
My board in the man cave. I also have one at the cabin but don't throw too often any more and even then it's not too serious
I remember when I played a lot I was amazed at the technology of the darts and board; the retractable point to reduce bounce outs, the free spinning flights to avoid deflection, the diamond shaped wires on the board to reduce bounce outs. I wish I could still play well enough for any of that to matter
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Post by Legend Lover on May 29, 2020 17:45:20 GMT -5
My board in the man cave. I also have one at the cabin but don't throw too often any more and even then it's not too serious
I remember when I played a lot I was amazed at the technology of the darts and board; the retractable point to reduce bounce outs, the free spinning flights to avoid deflection, the diamond shaped wires on the board to reduce bounce outs. I wish I could still play well enough for any of that to matter
That's a sweet man-cave. Dart board completes it. Actually, no...a snooker table completes it. |
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Post by stone on May 30, 2020 5:37:19 GMT -5
I have never played snooker, I have never even seen a snooker table. I would love to play it sometime!
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Post by Legend Lover on May 30, 2020 16:19:22 GMT -5
I have never played snooker, I have never even seen a snooker table. I would love to play it sometime! I could spend hours playing it. The full size tables are massive though. Good thing about them is that if you've been playing on a snooker table for a while, it makes pool really easy. |
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Post by simnettpratt on May 31, 2020 12:54:15 GMT -5
It's pretty much the same concept: big felted table with pockets into which you sink balls in order. For some reason though, I liked snooker better than pool.
Maybe it's because I'm so good at pool I took Stacy to play one night at a sports bar and it took so long we got bored and agreed to go home before we finished one damn game.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 31, 2020 16:06:47 GMT -5
It's pretty much the same concept: big felted table with pockets into which you sink balls in order. For some reason though, I liked snooker better than pool. Maybe it's because I'm so good at pool I took Stacy to play one night at a sports bar and it took so long we got bored and agreed to go home before we finished one damn game. Ah man, I saw this fat guy from Minnesota play 4 games in 20 minutes when I was 11 and I don't think anyone got bored. 😅🤠 |
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Post by peteguy on Jun 1, 2020 14:53:32 GMT -5
I am more of a blue dart guy but that board is sweet.
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Post by jay on Jun 2, 2020 12:26:31 GMT -5
I also like the fact that you can become a serious competitor and still avoid running to get in shape...and you can also drink beer.
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