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weirdest thing uve ever done
« on: March 07, 2004, 07:28:46 PM »
turkey, 2 count, 4 bagger, 2 count, i don't even remember the score, and a game later i had another 2 count and the third game i had 2 more

I was playin a 20 out to 3 line it was real wet and there was a huge bumper outside of 5, if i didn't catch it or got it out too late it would just skid and at the last second flip over to take out the 4 and 8 for me.

i think i left 5 or 6 two counts total in that set, and haven't done it since.
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2004, 11:10:44 PM »
AKA YOU INTO GOTH CHICKS TO?!?! YES! One time I ditched it, it popped out, and picked up the 3-6-10. Yea I know, "HOW DID YOU DITCH IT THAT EARLY?!" Over powered it, never gave it a chance to come back.
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2004, 11:12:56 PM »
Well, I'm not sure it's appropriate to discuss in a family forum... LOL

I think I was 13 or so when I got PO'd at leaving a 10 pin.  Grabbed a 9lb. houseball and threw it as hard as I could at it (think I was usually throwing 12 or 13 lb stuff at the time)...  Remember the old Brunswick machines where part of the sweep arm hung down over the gutter?  Well, the ball went into the gutter then flipped up into the air (kinda like a water skier launching off of a wave - if that makes sense) and right into that bar.  2/3 of the ball went on into the pit... the other 1/3 lay there in the gutter.  Surprisingly, it was a clean cut - no shattering.  Fortunately, the place was owned by my Dad and he didn't see it happen since he was busy doing something else.

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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2004, 11:03:52 AM »
In the early 70's I thought I was pretty good.  I had seen a few bowlers turn their back on a well thrown strike ball, and thought that was pretty cool, but hadn't done it myself.  I was bowling good one night, and threw a ball I thought was perfect.  When it got about 40 ft down the lane, I turned my back and came back to the pit area.  I started to sit down and one of my team mates said I'd better throw another ball.  I asked what I'd left and he said "8 - 10".  I said "No way I left an 8 - 10 on that ball!", but when I looked there it was bigger than life.  That was the first and last time I ever turned my back on a strike ball.  --  JohnP

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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2004, 11:31:53 AM »
deadwood laying at 35 feet, i throw my spareball at it, i miss badly it falls in the gutter right at the deadwood, hits the deadwood, pops out and goes dead flush strike

other i shot a 7 pin, crushed it, it pops out so hard straight up and knocks the sweep off whatever its attached to.

i shot somethin or other, hit it, my spare ball double hits and comes back out and rolls all the way back to the foul line.

last one my friend shot a 10 pin, brought it out comes straight down the lane and stops at the dots on the approach. he then proceeded to call in deadwood. the kid came up and saw it and just started bustin up
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2004, 01:10:32 PM »
I was shooting at a 10 pin and dropped it into the ditch (recurring theme here...) right in front of the pin.  Hit a seam or something, jumped straight up in the air and smashed the fluorescent bulb.  Took them 15 minutes to vacuum up the mess.  Everyone's balls got nice and scratched up that night.  I'd have paid for resurfacing had anyone asked.
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2004, 02:03:48 PM »
I had a 7-10 standing and threw my spare ball as hard as I could at the 10. The pin bounced out of the pit and back onto the pindeck, actually hit the 7 and spun it around about 3 times, but it didn't fall.  I just stood there yelling at the 7.  I was calling it a coward and crap like that.
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2004, 02:29:20 PM »
Strider "I'd have paid for resurfacing had anyone asked" Hmmm wonder why I missed this offer

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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2004, 02:32:27 PM »
You weren't on my pair that day were you?
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2004, 02:34:47 PM »
Buddy of mine miss shot, hit the 7 pin, it hit the back mat bounced back and caused a domino effect that led to a strike. And yeah, he took credit for it too.
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #25 on: March 09, 2004, 02:42:31 PM »
I can't remember if you did that when I was bowling with you but I have seen it done one time.

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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #26 on: March 09, 2004, 02:51:01 PM »
My most memorable, if not strangest, moment was when I went double, ringing 10 & spare, double, ringing 10 & spare, double, ringing 10 & spare, then double and a ringing 10 on the fill. The next game, I started with a double, ringing 10 & spare. At this point, everyone else on the pair is shaking their heads along with me. Then I left a bucket to screw up the pattern. I still smile when I remember that night.

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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #27 on: March 09, 2004, 03:51:05 PM »
Well i have a couple weird occurances.

First, I was at our local bowling house just practicing, and i have my line down just fine. but my next shot i kinda set the ball real wide and it went in the gutter at the arrows, ball jumped back out, went back on the line i'd been shooting.  and STILL hooked in to the pocket and just crushed the pins.  I was playing down and in.  NOW THAT'S A WALL!!!

the other night at the same bowling house i was struggling really badly.  finally had rolled a decent shot and it hit just a tad high on the head pin. (usual 4 pin leave) well i leave the 4 pin and the headpin bounced off the wall and nailed it, it slid forward and to the right until it was in front of and to the right of the headpin.  The sweep came down and it was behind the sweep but when the deck came down to pick up the pin the pin was completely out of the way.  so unfortunately i couldn't keep the pin there and show everyone.  the only person who got to see it was the friend that was bowlign with me. but that pin must had slid a good solid 3-4 feet and still stood up. AND this house usually keeps their backends fairly dry.
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #28 on: March 09, 2004, 04:10:47 PM »
3 things...

my dad hitting a high pocket shot, and the 5 pin rolled like a top all the way over to the 7 pin spot and yes, the pin setter called it a 7!

shot at a 4-7-10 split and hit it about as perfectly as i could. the 4 pin goes airborne, bounces, and hits the 10 at about a 30* angle, at the bottom of the 10 pin. the 10 scoots over damn near in the gutter, standing up, and the 4 pin rolls into the pit. standing 10. *i am still amazed about that one!*

high pocket strike, i watch the mixers solidly hit the 5 pin FOUR times. two pins rolled into it hard, both countering the other's hit and wiggling it, a sideboard messenger hits it squarely as another pin bounces off of it (coming form the other side) at the same time... so it never fell. i needed that damn strike too, which made it worse.
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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #29 on: March 09, 2004, 04:32:35 PM »
While shooting at a 6-10-7 split with a pin in the gutter, the ball falls off the lane at just the right moment to hit the pin, which sends the ball bouncing accross the lane, and on the rails of the ball return, meaning, the ball came right back to me through the ball return.  Freakin funny ask heck when it happened.  

A friend of my was having a bad game, and got really pissed while throwing at a ten pin, however unknown to us, some debri from the machine fell into the gutter just ahead of where the 10 pin was.  The ball hit the debri and went straight up into the machine (my friend is a power bowler), causing the machine to crash down onto the lane.  It took a 2 inch gouge about an inch deep out of his detonator.  I'm not sure the of the exact damage to the pinsetter, but I never seen anything quite like that.

Another person bowling at the same bowling alley a week early threw a similar type shot, except this went up prior to the pin setter, breaking the signage.

Needless to say, we don't bowl at that house anymore.  Not because of what we did, but the damage to our equipment was unreal on a regular basis.

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Re: weirdest thing uve ever done
« Reply #30 on: March 09, 2004, 08:37:06 PM »
I have done many weird things, but 2 of my best were when i went spare next 10 then 4 count (3 4 6 7 9 10) for 284 and I also once went big 4, got 2 off, then next 10 and the same 4 count for 272
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