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12138
The following BowlingTips101 poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: *****There were 42 consecutive years of the ABC Tournament until...
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Dec 1, 2007
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The following BowlingTips101 poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: *****THe front part of the lane is made of maple on wooden lanes? ...
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The following BowlingTips101 poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: *****By 1960, what had most US Bowling centers done? CHOICES AND...
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The following BowlingTips101 poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: *****This was the first working pinsetter used. Manufacturer's ...
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The following BowlingTips101 poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: *****From 1939 - 1944, there were 24 reported bowling center ...
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12143
Original message -- so the pins you are rolling a ball at now, are the same weight, size, and material make-up as those 75 years ago. ... Except -- I think the...
Martin Carbone
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Dec 1, 2007
4:49 pm
12144
Original message -- Hardness has nothing to do with how much turn you can get on the ball. That all comes from your fingers and wrist. ... By "turn" -- do...
Martin Carbone
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Dec 1, 2007
4:57 pm
12145
I am referring to turn as RPMs, not hook. I retracted that statment I made as AJ stated that hardness does have an effect. Without fully knowing what he...
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Dec 1, 2007
5:39 pm
12146
The weight of pins has changed through the years, todays weights are between 3lbs 6oz and 3lbs 10oz. Your typical pin is still made of wood/maple but now has...
Brian
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Dec 1, 2007
6:12 pm
12147
Brian -- Thanks for the info on bowling ball specs -- I will put that PDF link on my alphabeticalist website By the way --- the balls that are used on...
Martin Carbone
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Dec 1, 2007
8:08 pm
12148
martin balls are wieghted to one side or the otherand it does help Martin Carbone <martycarbone@...> wrote: Brian -- Thanks for the info on...
Arthur O'Connor
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Dec 1, 2007
8:32 pm
12149
Senior Brian, the ball hardness does directly affect the amount of turn. i own every ball in the Visionary Bowling Products Gargoyle line. between those 4...
Antoine Jones
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Dec 1, 2007
8:36 pm
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that would b correct Marty! Martin Carbone <martycarbone@...> wrote: Original message -- Hardness has nothing to do with how much turn you...
Antoine Jones
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Dec 1, 2007
8:36 pm
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they are supposed to, but if you have ever had the opportunity to look at a pin up close, the bottom of those pins has a small hole in the middle and moist of...
Antoine Jones
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Dec 1, 2007
8:36 pm
12152
See, this is why I retracted what I said (maybe you didnt read that post). Not knowing what you meant by turn. What you call turn, I call "hook". Agreed...
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Dec 1, 2007
8:38 pm
12153
The hole in the bottom of the pin goes back to before the time of automatic pinsetters. there was a peddle on the floor that the pin setters would pres and...
Arthur O'Connor
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Dec 1, 2007
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12154
I have been in this game since I was 5 years old. 29 years ago. I average 230 in my leagues (not great wall shots, but not sport shots either). I have 17...
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Dec 1, 2007
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12155
Hi Everyone, After having last week off due to Thanksgiving it was good to get back to bowling. Although my scores were a bit low, I did manage to maintain my...
Anneke
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Dec 2, 2007
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12156
Shadowman wrote " I have been in this game since I was 5 years old. 29 years ago. I average 230 in my leagues ... . I have 17 perfect games and 6 800...
Martin Carbone
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Dec 2, 2007
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12157
... From: Arthur O'Connor <artdoc60@...> martin balls are wieghted to one side or the otherand it does help------------------------------------ You mean...
Martin Carbone
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Dec 2, 2007
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12158
Original message it has about 12 boards of break, but that is from the weight block and where it is positioned in the ball as it transitions down the lane. ......
Martin Carbone
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Dec 2, 2007
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12159
Well, we bowled very well, but not well enough in our first match of the season to win. We lost our first Baker match today averaging 209 with 47 X's, 23 /'s...
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Dec 2, 2007
1:03 pm
12160
Answer to A: No, because you will have an offset of weight by the drilling of the ball unless it is drilled zero. I don't believe any human is that accurate...
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Dec 2, 2007
1:11 pm
12161
Oh sure. USBC allows for 1 ounce of weight. Finger weight, thumb weight, side weight all must be within 1 ounce or the ball is deemed illegal. Brian...
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Dec 2, 2007
1:12 pm
12162
Anneke you maintained your average so that is a plus. Keep up the good bowling. Carl _____ From: BowlingTips101@yahoogroups.com...
Carl Milliken
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Dec 2, 2007
1:16 pm
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Hey Brian I think you need to draw them a map because what it looks like to me reading everything in this topic no one has a clue to what is going on. It went...
Dave Justice
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Dec 2, 2007
4:24 pm
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1. There were 42 consecutive years of the ABC Tournament until this happened? What event cancelled the ABC Tournament? Answer: World War II 2. The front...
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Dec 2, 2007
9:18 pm
12165
I wa reading the answers to the trivia for last month and I found an error in the question regarding when the automatic pinspotter was used in the ABC...
William
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Dec 2, 2007
11:18 pm
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No, I didnt error. I only misquoted as it being used at the ABC Tournament. My mistake. ... an ... During ... the...
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Dec 2, 2007
11:46 pm
12169
... What a bad night for me, sore wrist and all, with a 136 average I bowled 146, 112, 104 :( I got so upset by a double gutter, I made an ass of myself and...
Oakes, George
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Dec 3, 2007
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