I've bowled about 5 times the past 5 years from coworkers asking to friend's parties.  I've been just using the house equipment and not taking things serious.  When you are away from bowling for so long, you realize how different the lanes look.  Every time in the past I have gone away for long periods of time, I have returned better than before.  I'm not sure if I will return again as I'm interested in other things.  Still bodybuilding.  Learning to play golf.

Anyways in the game that count yesterday, I bowled a 164 with 6 strikes.  Used a 15lbs house ball and my hand hurts bad now.

Haven't seen the PBA on TV much anymore.  The bowling alley I went to with coworkers was completely empty.  I guess bowling is fading away unless you are in a league.  People staying inside and playing bowling on their iPhones and video game systems.

Anyways, let me know if you are one of the originals from the mid-2000s in here.

Peace.

Necromancer, the Original (and for the meantime still retired from bowling)

 

There are several of us that don't bowl anymore, but met through this site and still like to log in online to bs with each other. Since trolls got the non-bowling section shut down, we have to gather elsewhere to let off steam and give each other s**t.

I have no hard feelings for BR, I don't blame those who own/maintain the site for taking that section down. It had become an absolute zoo. But as a result, I'm not on this site much at all anymore. I have no need to discuss bowling, really, and being 5+ years and counting of being removed from competitive bowling, I have nothing of value to offer any new comers that won't be covered better by those who are actively competing in today's environment.

I think this site is a microcosm of bowling in general; people just seem to find other things to occupy their time. Bowlingballexchange is even worse. That place is a ghost town of epic proportions.

Yeah I remember that site.  I just looked at it and it does seem empty. 

As far as trolls on this site, I remember the guy that pretended to be me.  I looked up usernames on here and saw 2 other "Necromancers".  I read the one profile of one and busted out laughing last night.  I looked at some of my older posts and it just seems like a completely different version of myself. 

I guess I was a lot younger and had a lot more natural ability to do things to a bowling ball that I could do today, but it would just wreck my body moreso long-term. 

Looking at the last PBA telecast, I did find a couple of things that were funny.  I remember I posted on here years ago how they should make the PBA Finals more like a combination of NASCAR and WWE.  Put a bunch of logos and ads on the player's shirts and have intro music for each player.  Maybe PBA reps were reading my stuff afterall lol.  Maybe I wasn't the first to think of these ideas.

I think the big difference with golf and bowling is that while golf equipment improved a lot the past 10 years, courses also got longer and can be made more difficult.  With bowling, it's still 10 pins 60 feet away.  I haven't use any of the new bowling balls but looking at some of the specs earlier today, it seems like it's the same marketing strategies - "ball is for heavy oil, hooks 10 on a 1-10 scale, crushes pins instantly".  I can't believe I actually believed this stuff when I was younger and spent so much on bowling balls.

Today, many of these are sold or given away and the rest sit in my parent's yard.  Yeah, that isn't a typo.  Balls that were worth $200+ back in the day are now use for my dog's urinal spot lol.

I still have my favorites purely for their rarity and some to keep my specs in case I get a new ball drilled.  I definitely have both Quantum's (which probably could sell for a lot on eBay), my Fury, Black Widow, and my most reliable ball ever - Storm Vertigo.  I might have a spare ball undrilled lying around too.

At one point I had over 20 bowling balls to choose from before leagues or tournaments.  Now I'm slowly replacing them with golf clubs lol.

Maybe I should write a research paper titled "How Reactive Resin Killed Bowling" or something haha.

The pms club drove all the good posters away, and user Greg T took all the freaks with him to AllBowling.com

  And we're having a great time with good topics and lively discussions. Your loss for not showing up.

This is the first time I have logged in for an extremely long time. I wanted to get some reviews on a ball that I am thinking about for my wife since we both started bowling again.

I've been a member since August, 2003.  I still visit almost every day, post only if I have something to add that already hasn't been said and which I think will be helpful.  --  JohnP

Still here.  This site has gone down slowly, but still log in daily to see the posts

I remember most of you haha, especially sdbowler.  I think you used to post a lot when I was on here several years ago. 

I've been watching more videos of bowling on youtube recently and it seems like 2-handed bowlers are dominating everywhere.  I am mixed on this.  Not sure if it should be allowed.  But who knows.  I looked at leagues but it seems like most have started already.  I still need to find my bowling balls which I have in the closet somewhere.  Hopefully after my hand/wrist heal, I will remember to try to hit the lanes for practice.  The games around here are $3/game.  Not sure if that is a good deal - but beats golf prices LOL!