Stinkin' Stankin' Corner Pins

[ursus]

Left lots of ten pins today, just happened to be bowling lanes 9 & 10. The conspiracy lives on

[billf]

Our house lanes 1-4 are 40 years older than 5-12. The older lanes were actually moved from the first alley in the county into this place in 1972. The walls on each end are right against the gutter cap so there is no room to the left on lane 1 and the same on the right of lane 12. The desk is off set to the right so 5-10 see the most open bowlers. That actual has made 1-10 play very similar while 11 & 12 are different. People blame the wall but let's face it, a wall on the right side won't affect right-handers as much as a wall to the left that your balance foot hits on every roll. These same people can't give me a reason why 11 plays the same as 12. Amazing how common sense isn't very common anymore.

[GeorgiaStroker]

Our house lanes 1-4 are 40 years older than 5-12. The older lanes were actually moved from the first alley in the county into this place in 1972. The walls on each end are right against the gutter cap so there is no room to the left on lane 1 and the same on the right of lane 12. The desk is off set to the right so 5-10 see the most open bowlers. That actual has made 1-10 play very similar while 11 & 12 are different. People blame the wall but let's face it, a wall on the right side won't affect right-handers as much as a wall to the left that your balance foot hits on every roll. These same people can't give me a reason why 11 plays the same as 12. Amazing how common sense is very common anymore.

I could see myself scraping the skin of the knuckles of my left hand when I reach out for balance. Where is the access door for the back of the house?

[billf]

Between lanes 4 & 5

[got_a_300]

I could see myself scraping the skin of the knuckles of my left hand when I reach out for balance.

I know what you mean we used to have a wall right up against lane 17 when we still had
24 lanes as lanes 17-24 were in the basement. Then they decided to close up stairs back
in 1997 and just use the 8 lanes down stairs so we had to put up with the wall a lot more
since we didn't bowl up stairs any more. The wall had a lot of holes kicked into it over the
years where people got mad when it got in the way then when I had to quit bowling in 1999
I didn't go into the center for a few years. Well when I did finally go back to the center they
had torn the wall down and added 6 more lanes in the empty space to the left side somewhere
around 2004. Then last year when I decided to go back and try to bowl again they had installed
synthetic lanes so it made my day as I love bowling on synthetic lanes and done away with the
dreaded wall.

[TheSheibs]

The way I see the 7 and 10 pin is just there to screw with you. Whenever you get on a hot streak with a lot of strikes in a row or you need a strike to help your team win a game, one of those pins is always left. The only good thing the 7 and 10 pin are good for is as a messenger to go across the lane and get the other corner pin. No, there is no facts backing this. Just a reason I use to coup with leaving one of these pins. I had a great looking ball the other night in the 10th frame and ended up leaving the 7 pin(left handed bowler). Everyone thought it was a strike and you should have seen my reaction when the 7 pin was left on a great looking throw. I also believe the 5 pin is there just to tease you when you leave it standing. These three pins are good for taunting and bringing disappointment.

[J Anderson]

Agreed, The main purpose of the corner pins, other than bringing the number of pins up to ten, is to mock you when you think you've thrown a good ball. The Five is generally useful in taking out the 8 or 9 pin. But those times when you leave it, its always glad to laugh at you as you miss the spare, because "nobody misses the 5 pin"!

[The German Shepherd]

Agreed, The main purpose of the corner pins, other than bringing the number of pins up to ten, is to mock you when you think you've thrown a good ball. The Five is generally useful in taking out the 8 or 9 pin. But those times when you leave it, its always glad to laugh at you as you miss the spare, because "nobody misses the 5 pin"!

What do they say? "5 no drive?"

J.

[Hampe]

Whenever you get on a hot streak with a lot of strikes in a row or you need a strike to help your team win a game, one of those pins is always left.

Yep.....nothing more annoying than rolling a good shot with the game on the line only to get screwed over by a bad bounce.