Forget everything you know about bowling on a house shot.  Leave the aggressive stuff home- urethane or plastic is your best bet.  To put things in perspective, you will see your ball do things you didn't think possible.  

Fried heads with soup on the back ends, pins deliberately off-spt, no dots or arrows to work with...

I would say do a search back about a year, but the powers that be took that option away by deleting alot of good material.

180-190 across should get you some cash back.

Only two balls allowed, no shadow balls, no reracks unless a pin is missing.  Bowl 8 across 16, every lane has a different "pattern".  The old house was notorious for chewing up balls, especially if you happened to have a big string going.  The new house doesn't have that problem, they simply convert the lanes over to the Petersen "shot".

No dots or arrows on the lane, they cover the heads with grey guardian to hide the markings.  Poles are put up between the lanes to give the same effect the old above ground ball returns had.

Pins are old and really chewed up, 2-3 pins in each rack are deliberately set off spot.

Score of 1600 will either give you a very large check or win the tournament.

Best equipment to take is plastic and urethane.

Thongprincess is a glutton for punishment, we're going to shoot it sometime in August.

If you only bowl 1 tournament a year, this is the one to make it too.  Most fun I've ever had shooting sub 100s.
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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel

1st law of combat, "Bullets always have the right of way"

No problem Pepper.  TP is planning on flying into Chicago, I'll pick her up, shoot the petersen then we're heading for Cincy for the Hoinke,  tentative dates look to be around 21-22 Aug.  She has some friends (yes, she claims she really does)from LA heading for Cincy, just trying to fit everyones schedule together.
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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel

1st law of combat, "Bullets always have the right of way"

Edited on 5/6/2004 10:23 AM

That would be great Doc.  Contact Colleen for the details.  I'll just work my schedule around you guys.  Chicago is only about 5-6 hours from me.  Would be great to see you two again.  I know a few other BR members in that area that may be able to join us.
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~~~SrK - Have balls, will travel

1st law of combat, "Bullets always have the right of way"

I bowled in it twice and will never again. Broken pins,
pins offspot, different weight pins, ball damage, etc...
Oil conditions are different on each lane and go from
bone dry to ice. In my opinion its a big waste of time
and money.