Guess your never too old to learn.  I’ve always warned guys about leaving the balls in the car.  Let me update that a little bit.  Don’t even put them in the trunk.

Here’s what happened.  Last Saturday I got off work at midnite, got home around 1 AM, loaded up the car to go up near Chicago for the plastic ball tournament.  Threw the plastic ball in the truck and took off.

Arrived at the bowling alley around 7, went to eat breakfast.  Ran in to say hi to all the guys around 8.

Started bowling around 1130 BUT, I had brought the ball in around 9 that morning.  Just could not get a good feel on the ball.  Kept putting tape and tape and more tape.  After I cut my thumb, noticed the thumb slug was cracked and had expanded about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch on me. Chunks of the slug came out when I removed some tape. First time its ever happened, course it would have to happen to the only plastic ball I had.

After talking with my driller, found out two things had happned.  I had gotten the ball used and simply drilled out the old thumb slug and put another one in.  When we took this slug out, we could slide the new one in without hammering on the new slug.  

Apparently that 7 hour ride in the truck was enough for the ball to squeeze down on the slug and caused it to crack where my pitch had drilled the slug thin.

So, lesson learned.  Keep the equipment nice and toasty.  Trunks get cold.

Fortunately it didn't seem to hurt the ball any.

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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel

Old bowlers never die, we just don't score as often

i strongly recommend that everyone keeps there bowling balls in an area with normal room temperature( 60-85 degrees ). the polyurethane compounds that bowling balls are made of are very temperature sensitive. i realize that travel can affect where your bowling balls are stored----it's difficult. i keep my bowling balls in the house when they're not being used and in the backseat of the car when i'm driving.