Ok, last yr while bowling i had a couple times where several of the guys i bowl with or know would get into a conversation about the state of bowling in our area.  Or we would talk about different people and how they bowl n stuff, and one guy on my league who happends to be our Association president has a couple times told me how i should change my style and stuff and that would make me a better bowler.  And of course i would snap back and say that there is nothing wrong with my style and the of course he would make a reply about someone on our league who has a 230+ average, and say well obviously he is doing something right since he is carring a much higher average.  My average ended at i think 206 i think, maybe a pin or so either way.  But anyways the guy he was refering to all he does is play the track, up 2nd arrow.  And i myself play anywhere from 5th arrow to 2nd arrow, depending on what the lanes are playing.  And yes i have a higher than normal back swing and put a lot of revs on the ball.  But here i am able to play basically anywhere on the lane and carry the same average 24/7.  And he is comparing me to someone who plays the track all the time and carries a average 20+ pins higher.  And this comment comes from a guy who is a LEFTY of all things, And he considers himself better than me  too, because he carries a higher average.  Yet i have seen these guys totally be lost when the shot change a lil bit cuz of being in michigan the lanes change cuz of humidity and temp.  And yet on the same shot i shoot the same or better. Because i am not stuck playing the track.   And i personally have heard both of these guys complain about the conditions at STATE and Nationals.  The guy who carries a 230avg, this past yr was complaining about how after bowling singles and doubles, he was bowling team and was playing close to 6th arrow cuz the heads where totally burned out.   And when he told me that i was just like cry me a freakin river!  I mean i guess it just gets to me yet makes me laugh at how narrow minded people are when they think in terms of how good someone is, as by judging the person on the basis of someones league average.   I bowl in a scratch tournament series and have had success and failures but, i have learned how to bowl on a wide variety of conditions, yet these two guys are no where to be found when these tournaments are happening.  And this past yr, i had one tournament where i went +142 over 4 games of qualifiying, and then the next tournament i go +8 in qualifying, yet come back from being down -70 after the first two games to end up +8.  But i am sure everyone has heard of stories like mine so please feel free to vent on these people!

I use to struggle real bad with ligh/dry lanes and when these types would hassle me, I would say, let's strip them and oil to 42 flat. 20 bucks a game. let's go!( 15 years ago 20 buck was big)

I find know it all's to shut the hell up when it comes time to turn on the lights.
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"deserves got nothing to do with it."
-- William Munny

So, does a bowler have the right to complain when the heads/lanes turn to toast..? If not, does a bowler ever have the right to complain..? =:^D

My biggest complaint is when we START bowling (6:30 PM) the first of our league games (1 of 3) and the lanes are (as you describe)TOAST! That angers me to NO END to have the PROPRIETORS disrespect us as bowlers. There is NO REASON not to put oil down (at least 3 hours) before a league. I can accept a 9:15 PM start with NO NEW OIL but earlier starts should have a FRESH oiling. If PROPRIETORS accept leagues at 1 PM .. 6 PM they should be prepared to TREAT THE BOWLERS FAIRLY!
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Hit them light and watch them fight
      J O E - F A L C O

Another phrase I've seen in ball reviews:  "hits like a freight train"

I like the word "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!" when someone on the opposing team throws the cheesiest strike in history while your team is burying the pocket and leaving single pins in the back row.  My translation:  "If it weren't for these cheese strikes, we wouldn't stand a chance against you tonight."

However, my personal favorite is when I'm against a bowler at my average or higher who tells me "quit making me work so hard" when my lead is building or when it's close.  Naturally, I ignore them and continue the obliteration of my opponent.  I keep throwing my trusty Danger Zone while they pull out ball after ball trying to show me up.  I just sit back and smile while thinking "It ain't the ball, it's the person throwing it."  

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On league night, a realm of untold destruction and horror is formed.  Innocent pins are unsuspectingly pulled into this terrifying realm.  Their lives are changed forever by the terror that is unleashed upon them for the next 36 frames.  They stand in fear as they await their fate when they enter...The Danger Zone.  (Only those damn 10-pins have lived to tell the gruesome tale.)

If you're truely sorry, then why haven't you spaced your last post out..? C'mon David, hit the enter key once in a while..!! Actually, youneed to hit it 2 times in a row, for the paragraphs to be spaced apart. =:^D