So odd how much of a difference the lane assignment at Nationals can make. I was on the same minors squad as Mark and Chip. I think they were around lanes 38 - 40. I was on 14 & 16. They were able to use Solid Horizons and a particle pearl, the SHift; I had to use a Blue/Green Centaur, standing against the ball return, throwing as hard as I could and targetting 12/13 at the breakpoint, somwhere inside the 4th arrow at the arrows. Admittedly, throwing hard is not my forte and might not have resulted in the best execution; heck, even then, I'm not in Mark's or Chip's caliber of bowling. Wish I had brought my Venus to that squad; might have given me a fighting chance.
At one point, last game of doubles and 1st game of singles, I flushed 19 of 22 shots, missed one 10 pin, made 2 washouts and the 2/4/5 (when I missed the pocket) and shot 201 and 184 as my reward :
I'm going back to my crocheting now ....
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"None are so blind as those who will not see." Edited on 3/21/2007 4:43 PM