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Pinbuster

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AAAUUUGGHHH !!!!
« on: January 19, 2004, 04:28:54 PM »
My Monday night house has a game called Strike-arama were you put in a quarter and if you throw strikes in certain frames then you win the pot. Currently the men’s pot is around $1500.

Last night I have them all but the last one.

I release the ball and have that perfect feeling of effortlessness as it flows off my hand, crosses my perfectly over my mark, the breakpoint is exactly what I envisioned. I start to thrust my arms up in victory and low and behold I leave a stone 8, aaauuuugggghhhh!!!!.

I stagger backwards off the lane, give a wry smile to my daughter, and state “Oh well it was close”.

I thought about falling down on the approach but I knew the dent I would leave would ruin the lanes for the future weeks.
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Re: AAAUUUGGHHH !!!!
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2004, 08:51:44 AM »
That's a really tough break. When I read your post I thought of the Peterson pocket crush against Schlegel a couple years back, he left the stone 8 and lost the title because of it.


I guess thats why the pot has risen to where it is, it's really hard to get the strikes in the right spots. Maybe you'll win it next time.
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Re: AAAUUUGGHHH !!!!
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2004, 09:01:28 AM »
More recently, Delutz Jr.'s stone-solid 10 pin to lose to PDW on Sunday.

No other way to say it but, "Ouch!"
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Re: AAAUUUGGHHH !!!!
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2004, 09:36:56 AM »
We have a similar thing that all the houses in our area do.  For 50 cents you can enter each week, and depending on your average you have to strike in certain frames.  Usually for 200+ bowlers you need 5-6 strikes per game including a double in the 10th.  You get a sheet that tells you exactly when you need a strike.  The cool thing is that pot is usually $1000-$2000, and all the additional profits go to the high school bowling leagues.  Nobody in my house has ever won yet.
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Ernie McCracken

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Re: AAAUUUGGHHH !!!!
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2004, 12:06:41 PM »
I hit our jackpot for the first time last Thursday to the tune of $12.  Someone hit the much bigger pot 3 weeks prior.  My timing, as usual, sucks!
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Re: AAAUUUGGHHH !!!!
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2004, 01:10:39 PM »
I felt this mighty roar last night, now I know that was your groan.  I can't imagine with the calibur of bowlers hitting that center that nobody has busted the pot yet.  Richard hit the one at Northrock a couple weeks ago and our 5 member split was only around 28 bucks a piece.  Sounds like Humbaba has a thing for us Kansas boys.  Hopefully after your bad break and Lonnie's 2 washouts, the rule of 3 bad things will be over.  Thanks for the sacrifice.
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Re: AAAUUUGGHHH !!!!
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2004, 06:27:33 AM »
Oh no! 8 pin,8 Pin,8 Pin. Did you have a nightmare about it after?
Are you sure someone wasnt standing behind holding it up?
Pinbuster just think how many new balls you could have bought.
I cant even imagine coming close to our jackpot, its nigh on impossible.

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