Post by: charlest on February 09, 2008, 09:16:39 PM
Brunswick closed down its bowling pin plant in Antigo, WI on January 14th. From now on, it will contract the manufacture of its pins to the QubicaAMF plant in Lowville, NY. Brunswick said, "The industry has more capacity to provide pins than it can support."
The AMF plant is the last one in the United States that still makes wooden bowling pins.
Closing in on the end of yet another era.
addendum:[/b} 70 people lost their jobs, according to the article.
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Edited on 2/10/2008 3:36 PM
Post by: sdbowler on February 10, 2008, 08:27:50 AM
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Post by: scotts33 on February 10, 2008, 08:55:17 AM
Bowled on Twisters yesterday and if this is the pin to be used in the future of bowling....I am glad I am older and don't have many years left bowling. Very poor pin IMO.
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Post by: mainzer on February 10, 2008, 08:55:24 AM
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Post by: J_Mac on February 10, 2008, 04:56:50 PM
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eventually all the pins will be the plastic ones unfortuantly but wooden pins are expensive and the plastic ones last SO much longer and it will probably drop the scores a little whenever I have bowled with them.
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Then you'll just have to learn how to adjust for the difference in pins just like you adjust for lane conditions now.
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Post by: MI 2 AZ on February 10, 2008, 05:52:27 PM
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Post by: LuvThatWhiteDot on February 10, 2008, 05:57:12 PM
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What kind of adjustment is necessary when bowling with Twister pins?
Ask your doubles partner Doug. He can give you all sorts of horror stories about Twisters
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Post by: doubleraven on February 10, 2008, 06:24:15 PM
(its tap-city)The secret seems to be to just hit 'em light, and watch 'em fly!
Post by: charlest on February 10, 2008, 06:51:15 PM
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What kind of adjustment is necessary when bowling with Twister pins?
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hit light and you're almost guaranteed a strike.
Hit solid and you're almost guaranteed a stoned 7 pin or 8 pin (9 pin or 10 pin if you're lefty).
These pins FLY like the wind. Hit a sideboard and you'll think the sideboards are made of flubber.
Leastwise that was my experience last time I bowled on them. If I never see them again it will be too soon.
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Post by: REVerse on February 10, 2008, 10:50:23 PM
*runs, hides, and peeks around the corner*
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Post by: luvtobowl2 on February 11, 2008, 01:59:12 PM
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Post by: Fluff E Bunnie on February 11, 2008, 02:43:26 PM
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Bowled on Twisters yesterday and if this is the pin to be used in the future of bowling....I am glad I am older and don't have many years left bowling. Very poor pin IMO.
Ugh, that isn't very encouraging...
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Post by: charlest on February 11, 2008, 05:06:40 PM
The point of this was not your personal problems with scoring using Twister or all pastic pins. It was yet another manufacturing plant put out of business and more AMERICAN workers put out of worker with no alternative.
Stop being so f*cking self-absorbed.
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