Bowling?

Anyone here bowl?

I hadn't since late 80's but joined a little local league tonight.

Man, I HOOVERED! 113 Avg.

But I'll be back there next Monday you BET!

I used to bowl many years ago and I enjoyed it. I was pretty bad though; I think my all-time high score was around 135.

Good luck with your league nights!

Since my wife hurt her back I haven't wanted to go bowling here. I tried finding her a 5-pin alley where you have a small ball and 5-pins but they don't have that here like in Canada! sheesh. Since I haven't found the girlyman bowling I've tried to teach her snooker, which is also hard to find down here. What's with you guys.

Well, they do have the manly sport of Curling in the great white north

Isn't that called duckpin bowling in some parts of the world? I had a duckpin bowling set as a kid.

Here in the northeast we have Ten Pin, Candle Pin and Duck Pin, The Duck pins look just like the Ten pins only smaller and the balls are the same size as the Candle Pins, small.

Before elbow tendinitis ended my 'career' (an exaggerated term, for sure), I carried as high as a 204 book average. I guess I bowled for almost twenty years total...even worked in a bowling alley for a couple of years. Won some small tournaments, made as much as $1000.00 in a single day...but spent far more on equipment and lane-time.

Great sport really, at least it was. I started before all the 'reactive' ball technology emerged in the late 80's and early 90's. when I first joined a league in 1977, a pro-quality bowler carried a 190 and above (generally speaking).

When I stopped about five years ago, we had guys in our local league carrying 230+ averages. Different equipment, different game.

But the game is still great way to work the mind and the old adage is true; bowling is 10% physical and 90% mental. Once you master the mechanics, you improve by mastering your mind.

I miss it, but that's life.

I don't think the pins are smaller in Canada, just their balls.

I suck at bowling but my one claim to fame is that I onced bowled a turkey (three consecutive strikes) with the little pins (is that candle pins?). That might have been the only time I ever got over a hundred. No one has ever bowled a perfect game with candlepin, correct?

Man! Bowling sure is fun. Last time I did was about 10 years ago though. . .Following the SEMICON West Show.

I didn't even know there were different kinds of balls, pins, and games!

I do good if I get over 100. I think 120 something was my highest.

We have a bowling alley on campus which makes it a easy walk from my dorms.

I used to be a bowling addict before I found CPF and the rest is, as they say, history. I couldn't afford to maintain both hobbies so it's pretty obvious which one I abandoned.

Today my legs hurt a lot. Twice last night I crashed when my lead foot slipped out from under me. I spent a LOT of the rest of the night trying NOT to fall again.

I had similar leg pain after a service call where the floor was slick with graphite....

I never knew how you score it, but I could get 8 strikes and two spares out of a ten frame set. I use to bowl backwards on top of that.

I use to play it in rehab. Most local rehab centers have a lane or two bowling alleys and are always looking for volunteers to help out.

Brought my average up. Tonights series was for 450 giving 150 for 3.

I have them achy legs again! Though no falls and much less stress tonight...

Wherever I bowl, that lane has the cleanest gutters of the whole place!

during the summer i was doing average of ~180 and an alltime high of 235.

I must be getting used to it. After last monday it took several days to feel good squatting etc.

Today I pretty much feel fine.

Back in the late 80s when I last bowled, I carried a roughly 165 Avg. With several 200+ games to my credit. I even had a 600 series pendant before we moved.

Earlier this week . . .



Powernoodle Jr. shows off Powernoodle style . . .



. . . and Powernoodle skill.

I just bowl for fun. I usually range from 110-140. Personal high was 173 by sheer luck.

About half a year ago I finally picked up bowling shoes so I no longer have to rent. Those $2-4 shoe rentals add up in the long run. I should of bought my own shoes sooner.

I used to go bowling in the 1970s and 1980s - even wanted my own bowling ball custom-drilled when I was approximately ten. I played in the only bowling alley in my town - Channel Bowl in Juneau AK.

I think my high game was just below 200.

Since I ended up in the wheelchair in the early-1990s, I have not bowled.