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That's interesting. When I learned we put three fingers in the ball. The two middle fingers of whatever hand we threw with. The holes were drilled so we could put the first two knuckles of our finger in the hole. Then another hole for the thumb. I don't remember when, but at some point, they went to the "fingertip" ball. You only put the first knuckle of your finger in the ball. This made the distance between the thumb hole and the fingers longer so you got more leverage to spin the ball - in theory. Probably true. As the game progressed some quit using the thumb, and only drilled 2 holes in the ball for the fingers. Now, they do a thing even more unorthodox by using both hands to launch the ball in order to get more spin. It's all nuts compared to years ago. I find this interesting given my background. Sorry for hijacking the baseball thread into a bowling conversation.

He just booked an Indy car race in DC. Had Roger Penske at the WH. I'm sure Penske is known in these parts. I've always been a fan. His racing record is second to none. He might be a weasel **** like most are, but I think I could vote for him. He's too old now but his resume speaks for itself.

They had customized fitting and drilling way back when. That was a thing where a guy could become well known as a driller and people would come from all over to have him customize, fit and drill their balls. That didn't sound right. There was a guy in Toledo, Ohio who was famous. He did work on the pro's balls. Giggle, but true. The people I worked for learned how to drill balls from this guy. We became well known because this guy died, and some of his clients came to us. It became known as "Smut's Pro Shop." You can't make that **** up.

I think you are from the Toledo area, do you remember Imperial Lanes? I'm not sure they are even there anymore.

When I started bowling they used a spray can that you bought in a hardware store to spray for bugs and stuff. Used a particular type of oil. The guy (us workers) would walk out to around the arrows, start spraying and walk backwards. It would float down to the lanes. Depending on how it was done... No consistency. That made the game really really tough. Then the machines came along. They would go down the lane, knock over the pins if some happened to be still sitting there, in a clean cycle. Then it would come back to the front as it put down the oil. Much more consistent. You could control distance and width of the pattern. When bowling in our town got another 24 alley house they they competed with each other by letting them throw higher scores. Bowl here - average 150 - bowl there - average 180. Where you going to go? Kind of like baseball and juicing up the baseball. 🙂

That sucks. I don't know how it works today, or even 20 years ago, but when you threw a 300 the city association officers would be called and they would verify the lanes. By verify I mean, check them to see if they were legal as far as the oil pattern goes. If they give the game their blessing the info would be sent to the ABC (American Bowling Congress) and they would issue a prize to the bowler who shot the 300. That's how it worked years ago. I'm not sure the ABC is even still the sanctioning body today. Since you guys weren't in the league at the time of the score, he probably got credit for the record, but no prize from the ABC. Only guessing, been out of it for a long time. Back in the 70s and 80s when 300's weren't shot as often as they are now, you would get a prize of your choice. Many took a ring. It was gold with a diamond set in a ruby. It had your name and date inside the band. They were worth a decent amount of money at one time. I know a guy who had one appraised at over $700 bucks. This would have been back in the early 80s. Since then, and because it is so much easier today, they only give out much lesser prizes. Maybe just a patch. Funny, I just read a while ago: A 10 year old kid shot 244-248-276 for the huge 768 series today in the USBC Youth Scratch Tournament. That's nuts! Nothing against the kid, he's probably really really good. But it seems awfully easy.

Yes, my mistake, but this guy choked it on the last ball after throwing the first 11. And the best part, once someone had 11, and it didn't happen often, the crowd accumulates. So he choked in front of a bunch of people watching.

Pete Weber is Dicks son. Pete was known as the bad boy of bowling. High games. I know a guy who shot a 290. 300 is a perfect game - 12 strikes in a row - the only way to get a 290 is 11 in a row and a gutter ball. The ultimate choke job. Image being remembered for that. 🙂

It gets really entertaining when you set one on fire, especially back when they were rubber. 🙂

I think what people need to understand is this really isn't different than it's ever been. This is a swamp creature bankster that any administration could have picked because he is an already a vetted and approved bankster, for the banksters, and picked by the banksters, because the banksters run this stuff anyway. The rest is all BS. People have short memories. The GFC of 2008/2009. Who do they pick to fix it? Timothy "weasel ****" Geither, Larry Summers, and a few more financial ghouls. Then Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellon, more swamp creatures. The fix was in on day one, and only got worse from there. The biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in history. Bailed out the banksters to the tune of trillions. Giddy ****in up. And you think these wankin' ****in' banksters don't know how the fraud and corruption gets financed and moved? I'm guessing they do, cause it all has a paper trail. There are no ****ing laws and haven't been for a long time. It's a big club and we ain't in it. The beatings will continue until morale is improved.

More on Warsh. I've followed this guy for years, and he's always on the Fed stuff. Trump Demanded a Fed Dove. But What Did He Get With Kevin Warsh? - Mish

As I said, I worked in a bowling alley. 13 years, a second job. I started a month after I turned 21 as a bartender, but late I moved out to the counter and took care of the lanes. Rental shoes...Oh boy. We rented shoes, you have to. We had hundreds of shoes behind the counter of different sizes, both men and women. They would pay so much for shoe rental, use them, then return them. That's where the can of spray came in. Disinfectant to spray in the shoes after use. That was probably the worse part of the job. It was also some of the most entertaining jobs I ever had in my life. I could write a book.

Not exactly against him, but three other pros. He was on another lane. It was a pro-am. Cost maybe 100 bucks to get in. You didn't have to be any good. You got to bowl three games on one pair of alley's and the pros move after each game, so you got to bowl with/against 3 of them. It was a neat deal. They were just practicing for the tournament that started the next day. Earl wasn't too far from me, so I was on the lanes at the same time, but didn't bowl against him. Some of these guys traveled the country all year, and did this every week. They had motor homes they traveled and lived in. They even had their own ball drilling machine so they could drill the balls they way they wanted for the house they might have to bowl in that week. Ball drilling is wild stuff.

They have high school teams around here too. That was a big deal and the kids loved it. Just not too many choices to where to go anymore.

Warsh has already been on the FOMC, and that voting committee are the ones setting rates. I don't see this guy as someone radical. Just another typical slimy bankster type that went to all the right schools and swam in the swamp of corruption known as the US banking system which qualifies him for one being the head ****.

No, I haven't watched in years. Lost interest. I do follow some bowling stuff on FB. The scores they shoot today is nuts. There are people out there averaging 230 that wouldn't average 180 back in the days of Earl Anthony, **** Weber (he was at our town for bowling alley opening in 1977). The sport started dying years ago. For example, our little town had 3 alleys at one time. 2 with 24 alley's and one with 4. The one with 4 is in the basement of a K of C hall. It is the only one left. The others closed in 1985ish, and the other in 2016. You could see them competing for bowlers years ago when the newest 24 lane alley opened. Scores and averages went up. People went where they could score the best. I worked in the oldest one and it was quite a thing to watch. The owners hated each other but their kids were buddies. It was great fun for a lot of people over the years. They were full 7 days a week at on time. The bar was also a happening place over the years. Bowling alleys were also the place for drinking and smoking. Cigars were a thing back then. We had a big case of them to choose from. When the smoking laws changed, and of course the local cops cracking down on DD, that was the beginning of the end for some. I can imagine the sport today is doing everything they can to promote the sport given it's not so popular anymore, including looking like NASCAR drivers and putting on a show between the competitors. I found my old bowling ball in the basement a few years ago. 16lb ball. I have no idea how I could have ever thrown that thing as I can't hardly pick it up now. 😞

Here's another one I missed:

We flew in to Tampa, stayed in Clearwater Beach, went to Lakeland on a weekday. Rt. 4 I think it was. Should have been a little over an hour trip in good conditions. Took about hour 15 going there. Game at 1. Must have hit work traffic going home, plus a wreck somewhere so the maps re-routed us. 3 hours to get back. Not fun. It is a really nice park. We were maybe 10 rows up between home plate and the 3rd base dugout. I could see the guys with radar guns behind the plate. It was late March. We were lucky with the weather, they said the week before wasn't good. If you are a Tiger fan, a must do.

And if Lloyd Blankfein thinks this is a good pick, it probably is for him, but not us. But then again.. Thank you professor Blankfein.

There are more than a few that look like that. I've been watching these markets for a long time. Moves like this are not normal. The old guy Art Cashin who worked for some big British bank as head floor trader, and did CNBC everyday during the dot-com bubble (he was a treat), can't remember the name, said they went in there everyday for years waiting on it to blow up. It eventually did. Same in 08/09. Before it blows you can see the rivets popping, the steam leaking out, and the various rattles and shakes here and there. This isn't normal. 🙂

I wanted to respond to this one, and had something typed up - then thought better of it. I can't stand Weisnthal who who should be sitting on a shelf at Home Depot in the tool department, but he's retweeting Lloyd "fricken" Blankfein. Really? This is Krugman level suck up and horse****. This was re-tweeted by Weisnthal idiot. Do you not remember who the **** Lloyd Blankfien is? Where is Rod Sterling?

We are not far away. I gave up on baseball. They brought me back a couple of years ago when they went nuts in the second half. Then I found out about Skubal. As an old pitching fan kind of guy, I loved to watch him work. What a treat. So I'm kind of hooked again. I did the bucket list thing in 2019 and went to Lakeland for a ST game. Booked them the first day - great seats - great trip. Would have liked to see of the old picture in the clubhouse with a cleat mark in it was still there. Shoe thrown by Mr. Leyland. He was my guy. I'm still here so they have a chance to win one more before I'm in a urinal. Florida traffic sucks.

Yes, stone, my mistake. Not sure about the Harris thing. I might have confused myself.

I only want to say this, and I will say no more. I don't know how much of this stuff is true, and nothing would surprise me. I have read about this Epstein stuff for years, for the record. If this takes down Trump, and if he is guilty, I hope it does. But don't stop there. There are a whole bunch of other sick ****s who were also a part of all this. They ALL need to pay the price. Nothing less is acceptable. I have a daughter. Nuff said. And probably better off not said.

For some reason I think a curling rock weighs around 40 pounds. I don't know how I know that. Looks like fun. After bowling night was over, we used to go to another bar and play shuffleboard. Probably a 20ft table. Threw sawdust on the top and threw little metal pucks. Another sport. 🙂 It was all just an excuse to drink beer. 🙂 Sorry for the distraction.