Well he better come back soon is all I am saying. He is a large percentage of the entertainment here. Couple more days and I will have to call in the SWAT team to flush him out.
Every time he disappears, I figure it's 70% that he got pissed off about someone's post or 30% that he died. He's in pretty good shape...so I guess it's more 80/20.Originally Posted by Blacksox1
But this happens. The older folks have trouble with the "interweb" because people can just say whatever they want and talk about things that simply are inappropriate in the eyes of the older generation. They also have a weird fetish for dictatorship in that if you disagree with them or say something they feel is inappropriate....you should not be allowed to talk any more. It's kinda what I figure most retirement home activity rooms are like.
I figure Iceman will return eventually (if he's still alive). He just needs time to get over some random comment about what brand of underwear is superior because someone said "Hanes" and he's a "Fruit of the Loom" man....so it just really shocked him and turned his world upside down.
I HOPE he returns though. Without him, I'm the sole balck sheep. And thats just not as fun. I need, once in awhile, a break from being the villain. Like when Iceman exclaimed that real bowlers don't wear wrist supports or when he started "Bowling Internet Site Wars"....those were CLASSIC. Bowl1820 probably didn't think so. But CLASSIC! ANd it allowed me to take a break from getting kicked in the groin for my uneducated and dangerous opinions about spare balls and 2-handed bowlers and Pete Weber.
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Well he better come back soon is all I am saying. He is a large percentage of the entertainment here. Couple more days and I will have to call in the SWAT team to flush him out.
LOL.
ON topic, yes, I do use a plastic ball but only for right side spares an a house shot. Sport shots I will use it for all.
High Sanctioned Scratch Game - 300(12) Hi Sanctioned Scratch Series - 822(3)
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Rev Rate 400. Speed 18 at heads, 16.5-17 at pins. Axis tilt 10, Axis Rotation 55. PAP 5 5/8 x 5/8 up
I have answered before but I use an IQ Tour Pearl for right side spares and any other spares I want to throw straight at. I bought the ball used, redrilled it, moved the weight hole and still hate the reaction for a strike ball. I am out of redrills. It does however, fit my hand like a glove and I therefore use it for spares with my thumb in.
It hooks just a little. Sunday I bowled 14 games of practice. I never missed a single spare with that ball. I chopped a few combination spares with my strike ball. I must have left around 20 ten pins and I made them all. There were a couple I would have missed with plastic. This ball hooks just enough to hang on with 10 pin shots that get too close to the gutter. I picked up the 6-7 once. I also picked that split up on league last week. The slight hook allows me to throw it straight up the right at the 6-7 and it hooks just enough to clip more of the side of the 6 pin.
Ball speed: 17 - 18.5 mph Rev rate: 400ish
PAP 6 1/8" over 1/4" up
13° axis tilt / 30°-60° axis rotation
Thumbless bowler
High game: 300 High series: 804 High average: 217
I use plastic for right-side spares, some left-sides depending on pattern. Works for me, I was a 50% 10-pin shooter with a reactive ball, once I switched and got comfortable shooting that side I'm in the 90%+ range most leagues.
I reserve the right to possibly change my answer after a few of the misses I had this evening.
For as much as this topic has been talked about it is surprising how many looks this post has received. Maybe there were a lot of folks that haven't seen this topic posted before.
Arsenal: Raw Hammer Orange/Black Hybrid 14lbs, Blue Hammer urethane 14lbs, Columbia 300 Lava Ball Plastic 14lbs, Highest scratch series 710 Bowling 38 years Never hit that 300 game. Highest game 276, had 11 strikes and one spare in the middle of that game.
If I use plastic for my strike shot, 15 out to 5 and back, what should I use for spares? Teflon?
I highly doubt that.
I just think some dead horses are fun to beat....kinda like the old inflateable Godzilla dolls.
I mean, what more can be said? Plastic for spares...99.7% of pros do it....it's an automatic game changer. And they come in "Hello Kitty" designs....it's a no brainer.
Hey Aslan! You are a pretty funny guy when you aren't talking about bowling technique.
Arsenal: Raw Hammer Orange/Black Hybrid 14lbs, Blue Hammer urethane 14lbs, Columbia 300 Lava Ball Plastic 14lbs, Highest scratch series 710 Bowling 38 years Never hit that 300 game. Highest game 276, had 11 strikes and one spare in the middle of that game.
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