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LuckyLefty

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42 feet of oil, 7 to 7!
« on: May 29, 2004, 06:58:48 PM »
Heard a guy say he saw that in a tournament.

Said it like "Can you believe that".

Is that tough?


Doesn't sound it unless they glazed up outside of 7 a little too!  Now board 1 to 1, that's a different story! Still playable!

REgards,

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Re: 42 feet of oil, 7 to 7!
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2004, 10:18:28 AM »
Sounds like the guy may have been used to short oil THS patterns and not used to playing long oil. I think it's a very playable shot, just have to be consistent with your ball speed, release and targets.

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Re: 42 feet of oil, 7 to 7!
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2004, 11:50:29 AM »
Some people focus only on the final buffed length, not bothering to think about the fact that the actual application might only be 25-28 feet.  Even if it was a 42 foot application without buff, it still sounds very playable.
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Re: 42 feet of oil, 7 to 7!
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2004, 01:44:07 PM »
it depends what is the ratio of oil is from the different parts of lane.
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Re: 42 feet of oil, 7 to 7!
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2004, 01:58:17 PM »
Tell him never to bowl a PBA tournament where they put out pattern B.  Pattern B is 43 feet of oil with anywhere from 40-50 microlitres of oil per board (i.e. a flood).  Anything outside of 13 is history; get ready to shoot a tough spare.  No wall to bounce the ball off of.  Just good old fashioned tough bowling.

So far, I'm averaging 201.25 on pattern B.
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Re: 42 feet of oil, 7 to 7!
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2004, 03:49:33 PM »
PLEASE, Put me in a tournament and give me that shot!

 The problem I have is there is hardly ever ENOUGH oil to hold my shot from hooking early.

  Sometimes the shot is yours, sometimes it is someone else's.  Sounds like that day it was for someone else.
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Re: 42 feet of oil, 7 to 7!
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2004, 11:04:22 PM »
Let me know where,when and how much to enter.
Because I'm in.
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