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82 year old shoots 800
« on: November 17, 2005, 09:59:15 PM »
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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2005, 06:01:12 AM »
Very nice story PB.  Hope I can break 600 when I am that old....but I know I am a hack!  


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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2005, 09:38:01 AM »
We had an 82 year old shoot 278 in our league this week.  Lefty, left a fast 6-10 in the ninth.  Averages about 185.
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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2005, 10:26:53 AM »
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Well, that moves me down another notch in the USBC record books. I was 77 when I rolled my 800 and I think at the time I was the 3rd oldest to have done so.


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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2005, 10:40:43 AM »
No, no no.  You guys have it all wrong.  It was the ball that did it.  No, he was shooting on a wall sixty feet high.  Sprayed it all over the lane, couldn't hit the same mark twice, had a 15-board area.  

Remember, we're upset that anyone and their brother can shoot an honor score.  His accomplishment cheapens bowling for the rest of us.  Makes our noble sport look easy.  I mean, if someone reads about him in their paper, they're gonna think that it's not a big deal if an 82-year-old can do it.  A geezer like that can do what the pros can?  What makes them so special anyway?  I mean, there are guys at my house shooting 225+, just like the pros.  They should be on tour.

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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2005, 11:36:21 AM »
well said Shelley... sounds like the folks on the thread about the 17 year old shooting 900.

Why is it so terrible for a 17 year old to accomplish perfection, but we applaud when an 80+ year old does something great???

Wow. Strange. Is it because most of us are jealous of what the 17 year old accomplished, since none of us have done it - but envious of the 82 year old, and hope to do the same some day???

Strange thing - human nature!

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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2005, 11:42:50 AM »
I will be bowling until then for sure. I just know that I will be. I can relate to that last part saying, "If I didn't bowl, I wouldn't do anything.
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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2005, 11:48:56 AM »
I’ve known and bowled with Jean and his sons in leagues off and on for 20+ years.  

I doubt if I’m still bowling at that age even if I happen to survive that long. It hurts in too many places now let alone 30 years from now.

Sawbones I’ll pass along your congrats when I see him next time.


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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2005, 01:53:55 PM »
yea, thats all I need to hear after pummeling the hole on a frickin ditch with hi tech equipment and slaving out a 613 series with no spares misses

acutally great shooting for the old guy, gotta luv that.
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shelley

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Re: 82 year old shoots 800
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2005, 01:59:51 PM »
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Shelley,

Give the guy his dues! He had the ball in the pocket, picked up a few spares, but most would agree he had a night like we dream of... everything went his way!
He still had to throw the ball and make the shots to score.


Mumzie got it.  I'm sorry you didn't.    I got so caught up in the threads bashing the kid who shot 900 last weekend that I forgot that we are allowed to congratulate some people for a lesser acheivement.  I guess it just depends on who does it.  An 82 year old shooting 802 or 804 or whatever is adequate reason to celebrate while some punk-azz kid who shoots 900 isn't worth the oil on the lane.

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