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jbuzz31

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How hard is it to put down oil?
« on: January 16, 2009, 12:01:43 PM »
I mean seriously.  SERIOUSLY. this one house i bowl at normally is usually on the drier side of medium but god****. i had to START tonight crossing 25 boards with my orange warlock and at the end of game 3 i couldnt keep my blue dot out of the nose. and if there trying to save money thats b.s because we pay 9 a week per person for lineage.   theres no reason lanes should be that dry to begin with. and none of the houses around here seem to put down anything below a solid medium pattern.  heaven forbid they get a little wet.anyways just had to get that out. RANT OFF.

oh btw if anyone else has horrible center stories about not oiling feel free to share.
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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2009, 08:09:48 PM »
The local house for me that I bowl at never puts out that much oil. Its not bad at the beginning but the main issue is that by the end of the night the shot is hooking a lot thanks to the super strong modern equipment everyone has. I had a long talk with the proprietor and he really put into perspective how the new oil balls that seemingly everyone has that are used on the normal house shot really tear it up.
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jbuzz31

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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2009, 08:37:53 PM »
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new oil balls that seemingly everyone has that are used on the normal house shot really tear it up.




yea except my orange warlock was made for med/light 10 years ago and my blue dot is....well its a blue dot.  lol
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Edited on 1/16/2009 9:38 PM

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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2009, 09:18:03 PM »
seriously how hard is it to change your hand position and go to a weaker release

just a thought
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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2009, 07:04:59 AM »
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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2009, 07:52:12 AM »
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jbuzz31

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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2009, 07:52:27 AM »
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seriously how hard is it to change your hand position and go to a weaker release

just a thought
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i did..... i completely flattened my wrist. and it was still going through the nose.

but that also has nothing to do with the fact the lanes were not oiled.  so your saying if i change my wrist position that will cause the house manager to lay down oil?

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Edited on 1/17/2009 8:53 AM

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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2009, 08:16:47 AM »
Alot of houses are using less oil this season,because of the price of lane oil.I've gone back to using equipment I haven't used in years because I couldn't get it to move in the past.As a result my average has gone up since I experimented at the start of the season.Of course a Warlock is a pretty old ball I just reread:A BLUE DOT are you kidding me
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jbuzz31

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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2009, 08:27:29 AM »
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Alot of houses are using less oil this season,because of the price of lane oil.I've gone back to using equipment I haven't used in years because I couldn't get it to move in the past.As a result my average has gone up since I experimented at the start of the season.Of course a Warlock is a pretty old ball I just reread:A BLUE DOT are you kidding me
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nope not kidding.  

although it was quite hilarious watching the guy on the next pair over trying to use his bounty.
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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2009, 12:22:07 PM »
just cause i cant bowl doesnt mean i cant tell you how to bowl.........
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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2009, 01:59:33 PM »
Work more on scoring on tougher patterns and less on whining and you'll be okay.

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Re: How hard is it to put down oil?
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2009, 02:19:42 PM »
good point buzz31 i should have just asked if you tried changing your release to see if that helped
i must have gotten caught up in the rip the other guy mentality that is BR

my bad



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seriously how hard is it to change your hand position and go to a weaker release

just a thought
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i did..... i completely flattened my wrist. and it was still going through the nose.

but that also has nothing to do with the fact the lanes were not oiled.  so your saying if i change my wrist position that will cause the house manager to lay down oil?

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Edited on 1/17/2009 8:53 AM

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