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Nodsleinad

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Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« on: August 20, 2003, 10:18:30 PM »
I was just flipping around the net today and began to think about how many bowling balls i've owned and its kinds sick.  I am sure I am not in the majority.  Yet going from day one as best as I can recall I've owned over 100 and at an average at 100 bucks per ball that $10000.00 dollars...Whew i'd like to have some of that green back.  Only 1 ball was a comp...the breakdown is as follows as near that i can recall and the amounts listed do no include multiple quantities of the same ball.

Columbia: 35 at least (They owe me a dinner or something)

Ebonite : 25ish

Brunswick: 15

AMF: 10

Roto Grip: 5

Morich: 5

Lane 1: 2

Track: 10

Hammer: 15

Storm: 15

And some that are not in business today: Manhattan rubber, and a few others

Is this sick or what?

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sheppy335

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2003, 09:34:29 AM »
My First Ball was a Brunswick  Laser when i was heck 13. From there i got a Gyro 1 from Ebonite and haven gotten anything else but ebonite.

Have had a total of 7 ebonite and 1 Brunswick.

Had Apex and Tiger
Still have  Gyro 1, Jungle green, Apex Adrenaline, Predator sparkle, Tidalwave.

I have bowled since i was 9 didn't get competitive till 5 years ago.
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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #17 on: August 22, 2003, 10:29:02 AM »
Columbia -  5
Hammer -    6
Track  -    7
Brunswick - 2
Roto Grip - 1

Total =     21

21 in 15 yrs of bowling...must be something wrong with me.  Better head to the pro-shop.

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2003, 10:51:16 AM »
Hmm ... 18 months of bowling ...

Storm Ultra Hot
Storm Too Hot
Quantum Helix
Columbia Icon
Brunswick Monster Smash/R
Brunswick Inferno
MoRich Labrynth
Not one, but two Columbia White Dots -- different weights

Three pairs of Dexters ... Finally settled into a pair of SSTs

A one-ball roller
A two-ball roller
An add-a-bag to top the two-ball roller
Now looking at a four-ball roller

Various wrist supports/gloves, none of which are used anymore.

No wonder the credit cards scream when they come out of the wallet. This must stop!


Deb

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TyLytle

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2003, 11:07:23 AM »
14 months of bowling..
4 ebonite
8 storm
2 columbia
2 lane 1
1 track
4 hammer
1 bunswick

wife has
1 lane1
4 storm
3 columbia
1 brunswick

Son has
1 storm
1 columbia
1 brunswick
duaghter has
2 columbia
2 brunswick

2nd duaghter has
1 track
1 ebonite
1 storm
 That is a lot of balls to have bought!! No wonder I am always broke!
Not to mention all the bags, shoes, and accessories.

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2003, 11:30:36 AM »
Been bowling for 20 something years.......I lost count!!

cpo_bee

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2003, 12:04:45 PM »
Let's see:
Crown Jewel (passed down from Mom)
Mineralite (passed down from Grandfather)
AMF Magic Line (passed down from Dad)
AMF Pro Classic
Sur-D-Pro (unbelievable recovery from ANYWHERE)
THE Carmel White Dot
Yellow Dot...Mark X...Wine U-Dot (LOVED it)...Blue Hammer...Turbo...Turbo X... Ultimate Weapon (one AWESOME urethane!)
Teal Rhino (that has YET to turn over)...White Dot (spare)...
Nuke (GREAT hit, BAD bridge crack)...Original Cuda C (still in bag)...
Black/Gold Stomp (cover death in less than 30 games)...
Remedy PHD...Storm Basketball...Thing (current fave)

Only 20 in 35 years, you can sure tell where my sea duty fell in the ball gaps

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2003, 12:59:28 PM »
Well here is my total in the 12 years I have been bowling.

AMF- 4

Brusnwick- 6

Columbia- 13

Track- 3

Faball- 6

Storm- 8

Ebonite- 14

Total- 54
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CRSmith

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2003, 11:08:14 PM »
I've had 51. I thought I had a problem until I saw how many some of you guys have had. I'm OK after all. Somehow, I don't think the little woman will let me use that as an excuse.

Psychoballtester

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2003, 03:10:27 PM »
I wanna crack at this!

I've had a few,one here,one there,not too many.

Here are my all time favs and un favs I've had!!I know this list will be original,see if anyone remembers these!

1)Brunswick Tru Trak (aka prehistoric plastic!)

2)Manhattan Rubber Black/Blue swirls (older than me!)

3)AMF Angle (that ugly banana ball that hooked a ton at one time!Had 3 of these!)

4)Brunswick Twister (I think this was a Blue Light Special at K-mart I was told!)

5)AMF Amflite 70's w/3 Light Green dots above the fingers! (rember that one?)

6)AMF Amflite 70's w/3 White dots above the finger (YOU definetly gotta remeber this one,well if your over 30 you will!!)

7)Bonanza Yellow Dot (this ball was just as good a the Columbia one,when drilled right!)

8)Torquiose Dull Urathane Rhino 80's version,not the Rhino Pro (kick butt ball back then!I had 4 of these with all different drill patterns,plus the 2 other colors of Rhinos)

9)Ruby Red Columbia Yellow Dot (Everyone and their mother had these in the later 70's!,dont forget the Dark Black Cherry one too!)

10)6 varoius Columbia Plastic White Dots (Silver and Green were my favs!!,the other colors were Brown,Lt Brown,Maroon and Blue.All were finger tip experiments in the late 70's and early 80's!)

11)too many ta mention,like I typed I had a few,I'm not a pro shop and I've never work or owned one either,But I have a couple of balls lying around,even as I type.)


IJHTTTBITIRRFAIKYWNUNAILMAORLOTFF!!!!!

Also does this post count for how many I gave away(aka had)?

Just curious,because that's a crazy number!!I dont EVEN wanna list that!!!!!

L8!!!!


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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2003, 06:07:24 PM »
Ok compiled a list of all balls I have ever owned....

here it goes.

Lane #1
Pearl Carbide Bomb
Blueberry (2)
Viper
XXXL

Quantum
Sage
Blue Urethane
Double Helix

Ebonite
Gyro
Tidal Wave W.O Sparkle
Clearwolf

Roto Grip
SD-73 Pearl
Assault
Assault Pearl

Track
Original Critical Mass

Brunswick
D2Z
DZ
Combat Zone Tracer
HPC
HPH
Contact 2.0
Riot Zone
Target Zone
Zone X LD
Blitz (2)

Columbia
Wrecking Ball
Pirahna

Storm
Xit
Super Power
Erase it
Eraser (2)
Flame

Hammer
Black
Blue
Blue Pearl
Burgandy
3-D Red SuperFlip Offset.

The ONLY ones I have today are
all the lane #1 balls, 1 eraser and flame, Assault and Assault Pearl, and the Critical Mass is a lawn ornament.....
I don't count the black rubber balls that are adorning my yard beside the critical mass....
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Richlynn27

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #26 on: August 24, 2003, 07:27:12 PM »
Ok, this is a topic I just couldn't resist.  Here it goes

1  AZO
22 AMF
21 Brunswick
25 Columbia
2  Dynothane
28 Ebonite
12 Hammer
3  Lane 1
1  Mo-rich
1  Nu-line
1  roto-grip
11 Storm
15 track
21 visionary

2 overseas seconds(Bonanzas)


Sad... I ran and got a calculator to total these up for a grand total of........

166 bowling balls and I might have missed 1 or 2.

I am not going to add up the money I spent because then I would have to go and play in the middle of a 4 lane highway at rush hour.


Anyway, I did have a 300 and an 800, won team events scratch in out local cities tounament, Made lots of friends, had lots of fun, and have something to look forward to every week.      

                       

 


loose5682

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Re: Bowling balls...how many have u had?
« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2003, 07:36:02 PM »
And my feeble little collection stands like this...

Brunswick

Attitude 2

Columbia

Tour Boss Pearl
Blue Dot
White Dot
Wild (2)

Ebonite

V2
Afterburner
Warrior

Faball

Nasty Nail Pearl
Crimson Sledgehammer

Hammer

Diesel Particle Pearl

Roto-Grip

Silver Streak Pearl

Storm

Shock Trauma

Track

EMB XF
Freak
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