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They could have custom drilled a ball for you. My Saturday consisted of 24 lanes of high school kids. Good for future customers. It was ran by the owners wife. She was everybody's mom. Saturday was also ball drilling day. The guy who drilled balls was behind the counter with me fitting balls for people. They were off work on Saturday so he was busy all day. One day a guy came in with a bad hand, kind of like yours. I don't remember what happened but his hand/fingers were messed up. He wanted to bowl in a league but couldn't throw a regular house ball due to his fingers. He asked the ball drilling guy (Smut himself) if he could fit and drill him a ball. He told the guy he would try, but couldn't guarantee anything. He said go for it. He spent about a half hour measuring this guys hand and using the fitting ball as best he could. I was helping. He went to the back and drilled this guy a ball. We turned on a lane so he could give it a try. It worked, and you would think this guy just hit the lottery. He was so happy. He signed up and got to bowl in a league. He was forever thankful. He got to do something he always wanted to do but didn't think he could. It was a neat deal, and if I remember right, they didn't charge him a dime.

Especially one who helps control the money and banking system. There is never only one cockroach. Our entire system is controlled by cockroaches. But hey, the markets are at almost all time highs. Giddy up!

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.