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badbeard

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house shot
« on: March 03, 2015, 11:40:49 AM »
Any one bowl. on a THS that is wet after the pattern on the last 3 outside boards?

Also how can a house clean up kids open play right before league starts.

On sundays if you bowl on the lanes the house has all its birthday parties on they oil right before league start and some nights there is no back end at all. They have a new machine but it does not help this problem. Is there a way for them to fix this or do we just have to live with it. Last sunday average 173 last monday different house
average 224 same ball tried all of the balls on the sunday night house nothing worked 
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CincyBowler82

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Re: house shot
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2015, 12:56:00 PM »
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the oil machine strips the lane as much as possible before oiling. So it should remove most, if not all, of the carry down from the previous day's bowling.
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badbeard

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Re: house shot
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2015, 01:01:43 PM »
That is what we think but it does not happen and what is with the out of bounds in these 2 houses
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michelle

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Re: house shot
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2015, 01:46:07 PM »
Quote from: badbeard on March 03, 2015, 01:01:43 PM
That is what we think but it does not happen and what is with the out of bounds in these 2 houses

Wait...are you really attempting to claim that having an OB is improper? 

How dare proprietors actually expect bowlers to, I don't know...umm...actually BOWL!
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Pinbuster

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Re: house shot
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2015, 01:49:57 PM »
While newer lane machines can strip and oil I don't believe they have to. I know at times they run our machine after some lane play to simply refresh the head oil but do not strip and completely lay down a new pattern.

My first reaction is if the outside 3 boards have oil and an out of bounds then don't throw on or too those boards.

We have become so spoiled with pristine conditions. I remember well when houses might only strip once or twice a week.

They might start stripping the lanes if you complain but I wouldn't count on it.

Square up and use you arsenal. If there was a house shot there to start with then some remnant of a shot is left.

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badbeard

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Re: house shot
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2015, 03:24:56 PM »
Thanks for the reply and I understand learn to play the lanes no matter what
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Ken De Beasto

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Re: house shot
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2015, 03:28:13 PM »
yea sounds like they juse oiling the heads and leaving the carry down out there, but it shouldnt be out of bounds unless its a modified house shot. and well if there is out of bounds dont go in it.
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xrayjay

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Re: house shot
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2015, 04:56:04 PM »
it's funny how many bowlers expect to see the same thing every week. I bowl at one house of over 5 years or so and never do I expect it to be the same as last week. Though there is a defined track, some times it doesn't play the same. From one end of the house to the other, and even from pair to pair.

Even if I know which pairs I score well on, I still don't expect to do so.

just bowl and let your ball talk to you....
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Re: house shot
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2015, 07:30:18 PM »
I didnt see anything about plastic balls.If its weekend and parties with open bowling before leagues. Its House balls which are usually plastic.Lane machine is doing its job of stripping.This happens alot in our centers if lots of plastic is thrown down the middle.Just thought I might throw this in.Not really much can be done unless you can get them to oil maybe 30 mins before your league starts.
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Juggernaut

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Re: house shot
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2015, 08:17:49 PM »
 Not sure exactly which houses he is talking about, but I bowl in one of them on the Sunday league, and he isn't stretching the story at all.  I understand playing the shot given you, but this house doesn't always give you one.

 Yes, they bought a decent machine, but it can/has malfunction(ed) at times, and nobody there knows what to do about it. It is a smallish rural area, and the nearest tech is 80-100 miles away.

 I don't expect the shot to be exactly the same, but when you have to throw your weakest ball one week and have trouble keeping it on the correct side of the headpin, then come back the next week only to find that the strongest ball you have will not find a breakpoint ANYWHERE is a bit extreme, don't you think? One week you have a big o.b., the next week the outside ten boards are FLYING and you couldn't throw it in the gutter if you tried to.

 One week, they will oil an hour before league, the next week they will still be running them right up until the practice session starts.

 I don't think he is asking for a carbon copy shot from week to week, but a little consistency isn't too much to ask, is it?
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badbeard

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Re: house shot
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2015, 11:09:05 PM »
This is right on the money as to what I brought up. I bowl in About 14 different houses over the season 4 leagues 2 travel leagues and tournaments so i see lots of lanes lots of different shots but never getting any thing close to consistent in a house you bowl every week can drive you buggy
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