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FBM357

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Talk about stooping to an all time low....
« on: February 13, 2009, 01:02:05 AM »
Now this really bites!!!

There's a bowler in my league who doesn't wear bowling shoes due to medical reasons (i.e. lack of ankle support, etc.)  He's a good bowler and like by "almost" everyone.  Few weeks ago, while bowling against the leagues 'ego-maniac', he put the 'smack down' on him.  I mean just shut the ego-maniac down!!!  Needless to say, the ego-maniac complained the guy wasn't using bowling shoes and decided to push the issue with his wife (she's the league sec.) to research.  Basically she learned it's ultimately the proprietors discretion to allow it or not, which she found no problem allowing.

Learning this, the ego-maniac pushes the envelope and says to the owner ..."if he slips and falls, you can be sued"  The owner then change her mind and now the bowler is considering quitting!

Here's the pisser, the bowler can bowl action without bowling shoes!!!!

Talk about sore losers!!!  WTF is wrong with people?  As men, are you so vendictive, you result to 'feministic' ways of dealing with things?  And of all things, this is BOWLING!  not a LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!
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DukeHarding

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Re: Talk about stooping to an all time low....
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2009, 01:22:23 PM »
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correct me if I am wrong but I think the guy was saying he had bad ankles and wears gym shoes with a higher ankle on them.  Like I said I could be wrong but that is how I understood the what he was saying.


My 70-year-old brother wears high-tops, that he had converted to bowling shoes by a shoemaker. The guy put a slide sole on the sliding foot.

I couldn't bowl with regular low-top shoes, because of a birth defect (non-moveable joint in my non-sliding foot.) I wear Dexter Sports w/WalkFit orthotics.


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trash heap

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Re: Talk about stooping to an all time low....
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2009, 01:33:51 PM »
yeah justdale is right. Most shoes outside of bowling is going to stick not slip.

The ego"jerk" is trying to find a loop hole because he took a #$$ whoopin!!!
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tenpinspro

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Re: Talk about stooping to an all time low....
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2009, 02:10:22 PM »
You did say "ego-maniac" didn't you?  If it isn't the shoes, it'll be something else.

Linds used to make custom high tops to help support weak ankles but stopped years ago due to lack of sales I guess, they weren't cheap.

FBM, have your friend take in a pair of his shoes to a shoe smith and see if they have a slide sole of some type.  I worked with a local shoe smith who was able to obtain similar bowling shoe slide material and I have quite a few customers who have converted regular shoes into useable bowling shoes.  I even have one guy who has the only "bowling" sandals that I've ever seen.
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Re: Talk about stooping to an all time low....
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2009, 02:24:40 PM »
You want to stick this back in ego-maniac's face? Tell him that if the center DOESN'T let the guy wear support shoes, he can sue the center under the Americans With Disabilities Act for purposes of access.

Jess
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