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bamaster

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Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« on: December 22, 2005, 01:58:57 AM »
I do.  It was a plastic ball Brunswick.  It was red swirly.  Conventional grip.  No inserts of any kind.

I was 12 or 13, I forget.  But I do remember putting a pillow at the end of the hallway and making my own "lane" so that I could practice.  The ball put little burn spots on the carpet, hehe.

Man, I remember how much I loved that ball.  I'd clean it when it was already clean.  The good ol' days!

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #16 on: December 22, 2005, 10:34:02 AM »
Brunswick, I think it was called an "LTD"?  10# Black, hard rubber bought at K-Mart.  I learned how to throw a hook with this ball (first ball I had drilled finger-tip).  I was 10, and went through 3 of these due to them cracking.  Shot 215 with it before moving on to a 12# LT-48.

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2005, 10:38:08 AM »
10 pound blue and black AMFlite....still sitting on the rack in my garage.
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #18 on: December 22, 2005, 10:40:01 AM »
Aah, the memories.  1963.  Brunswick Black Beauty, 16 lb, drilled conventional.  About a year later, I had the driller add a set of finger tip holes on the other side from the conventional holes.  Tore my thumb up (incorrect thumb pitch), but convinced me fingertip was the way to go.  Then bought aa AMF three dot.  Best I can remember, both were $26.95.  --  JohnP
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #19 on: December 22, 2005, 10:47:53 AM »
An 11-pound, gold-colored Galaxie 300, purchased at Kmart.  However, that particular Kmart didn't have a press, so what we got was a coupon for reduced-price drilling at a pro shop at one of the local bowls.  Turns out the guy who ran that shop was a quack (although we didn't know it at the time), and he *really* messed up the ball.  Needless to say, I didn't have that ball for very long.
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #20 on: December 22, 2005, 10:52:47 AM »
A Brunswick Black Diamond in 13 lbs. Thus began my love/hate relationship with Big B.

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2005, 11:00:10 AM »
ebonite gyro.
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2005, 11:09:54 AM »
Red Ebonite Gyro Urethane.....wanted to get a Hammer, but didn't know why anyone would spend over $100 for a BOWLING BALL!?!?!?
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2005, 11:10:54 AM »
9lb Brunswick Fireball
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #24 on: December 22, 2005, 11:16:14 AM »
8 pound Lime Green White Dot

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2005, 11:21:28 AM »
Not sure of the company,AMF or Ebonite Firebolt. About 20 something years ago.
Could have been the thunderbolt. Peace.
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #26 on: December 22, 2005, 12:02:09 PM »
A 10# black Brunswick (Black Beauty, maybe) back in '88 or so.  Got it at K-mart for $20, and it cost about as much to drill at the local house.  Second was a Brunswick Cyclone in '99 that I still have, been plugged three times and needs a fourth.

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2005, 12:16:09 PM »
8# Ebonite Mark VII  Jade pearl
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #28 on: December 22, 2005, 12:27:17 PM »
I remember one of my first bowling balls.  It came from KMart I think and was a 10lb VIP.  I still have a ball I bowled bantams with a 14lb Brunswick Black Diamond.

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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #29 on: December 22, 2005, 01:16:53 PM »
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Re: Do you remember your first bowling ball?
« Reply #30 on: December 22, 2005, 01:19:24 PM »
My first ball was a 14# Grey Ebonite Rainbow.

The first decent ball I had was a 16# Black U Dot with 3 sets of plugs in it.

My first NEW ball was a Black Hammer. In fact I still have that ball...
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