CECAA850 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, WillyBob said: all the pinsetters I worked were "automatic"... except when we needed to help them. Those holes are still in the bottom of pins. Well my brother is 75 (still bowling by the way) so this was 60+ years ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-js- Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 hours ago, DizRotus said: Next time you go bowling, think of my late father, Morton F. Disney Jr., one of the inventors of the Brunswick automatic scorekeeper pinsetter. The first pinsetter that let you concentrate on your beer and your hook, without wasting grey matter on addition. Publication number US3435120 A Publication type Grant Publication date Mar 25, 1969 Filing date May 11, 1964 Priority date May 11, 1964 Inventors William D Cornell, Morton F Disney Jr, Paul R Hoffman Original Assignee Brunswick Corp Export Citation BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (4), Classifications (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet Of course, that mechanical monstrosity has been replaced many times over by Increasingly sophisticated computer controlled equipment. wow, color me easily impressed I guess the things one can learn by hanging out/around & reading online - in a speaker forum of all places whodathunkit wait til I tell my GF what I learned on the forum today 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, -js- said: wow, color me easily impressed I guess the things one can learn by hanging out/around & reading online - in a speaker forum of all places whodathunkit wait til I tell my GF what I learned on the forum today Yeah and we haven't even covered cars and dogs yet Tell GF to stay tuned.....and send her photo please! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-js- Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 you must mean just haven't gotten into them today, eh? I know I've shown her some pics of the cars & shared conversations about the dogs from here. and yet, she still sort of laughs at me when she asks whatcha doin (with your phone) - Klipsching? and we've had the conversation that my "disease" is her fault - she "got me" our 1st pair on the Black Friday sale @ BB. and it's been ON since then! (not my fault!!!) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I was bowling with friends that are 80+. I learned a lot by watching seniors bowl. Especially, it isn't how hard you hit the pins, if you hit the right place. I always tell folks, "If you are sweating, you are working too hard at it ... relax" I'm 6'2" [or was] and 130lb. Muscling the ball is out. I have to rely on technique 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybobg Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 14 hours ago, WillyBob said: Hi vasubandu League bowling is generally 3 game sets 600 series is 3 game set [series] that total 600. I would crawl out from under my rock for special occasions. Like the SeniorGames. and the TucsonMasters. The SeniorGame was just for fun. The clients [they are my friends, too] expected me to make a showing. I took all age groups scratch and handicap I earned a couple of Gold Medals at the Huntsman Senior Games and then decided that the games were pretty much a non-event for bowling. Organizers didn't have a clue. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Hey.....just noticed the CC&C thread has been around for 4 years! Just so much important news here 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybobg Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, CECAA850 said: Well my brother is 75 (still bowling by the way) so this was 60+ years ago. One of my team mates is 90. Still carries a 160-170 average. Excruciating slow on the approach, no power, but a degree of accuracy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-js- Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 wow - that's impressive. he bowls better at 90 than I have ever. not that I've ever bowled much... but still 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, -js- said: wow, color me easily impressed I guess the things one can learn by hanging out/around & reading online - in a speaker forum of all places whodathunkit wait til I tell my GF what I learned on the forum today Not a day goes by that upon learning my last name someone asks if I'm related. Who would have thought so many people are aware of an inventor of the automatic scorekeeper? Every now and then it turns out they're referring to some guy named Walt . . . . whoever that is. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-js- Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 yeah. and I had no idea your last name. (having learned your first name not long ago) I was going to ask the other question about that Walt guy I've hear about. I guess I forgot. lol. nice - the things I learn hanging 'round here. makes me feel... well. not sure if I should really finish that honestly or not - I've seen comments from some other posters. don't really feel like being a target any more than I already am in other areas (work! ugh.) it is 5:00 somewhere, yes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 8, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, DizRotus said: Not a day goes by that upon learning my last name someone asks if I'm related. Who would have thought so many people are aware of an inventor of the automatic scorekeeper? Every now and then it turns out they're referring to some guy named Walt . . . . whoever that is. I have to admit, that thought did cross my little mind also, how could it not the mouse is well known. Have a friend with the last name Chase, he gets all the bank jokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 8, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 hours ago, CECAA850 said: If everyone on your team strikes but you in one particular frame, you have to buy everyone a beer as a penalty for not striking. I had no idea, I would be buying alot of beer, probably better to just bowl with others that suck also. 6 hours ago, DizRotus said: Next time you go bowling, think of my late father, Morton F. Disney Jr., one of the inventors of the Brunswick automatic scorekeeper pinsetter. The first pinsetter that let you concentrate on your beer and your hook, without wasting grey matter on addition. Very cool 12 hours ago, Rxonmymind said: Send the crappiest car up there to show how far behind we REALLY are. Show "them" we are not a threat. A little head fake so they don't see what we're really doing. If they can get here, I doubt we are much of a threat. They are probably more worried we won't kill off each other, they would hate to lose a good science experiment. Probably looking and thinking what's wrong with them ? Should we send another meteorite like we did with the dinosaurs and start over ? 3 hours ago, CECAA850 said: Nope and I've even e-mailed him. Hopefully he's just traveling or something. Maby hibernating for the winter, he was use to living on a sunny mild coast, hope he's OK. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrow#422 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 hours ago, WillyBob said: I was bowling with friends that are 80+. I learned a lot by watching seniors bowl. Especially, it isn't how hard you hit the pins, if you hit the right place. I always tell folks, "If you are sweating, you are working too hard at it ... relax" I'm 6'2" [or was] and 130lb. Muscling the ball is out. I have to rely on technique A good arm swing + good foot work = increased ball speed "naturally". Many older bowlers drop weight to compensate based upon ill advise from the pro-shop. I suppose its easier, and more profitable, to sell another ball instead of giving some instruction to iron out any issues with body mechanics. In that regard, it can't be much different than golf. A $500 driver isn't going to necessarily correct a swing issue & a $200 putter isn't going to "make" the ball go into the hole. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyBob Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 With seniors [being one now] mobility is prolly the biggest issue. Followed by arthritic hands. and the old age, I mean age old problem of not being as young as we think ... not 30 any more I toss a 14lb ball now for score. New resin type. For fun, I toss a 50 year old hard rubber ball. It makes a bit of a challenge out of a house shout. Timing is EVERYTHING. When you do it right, it is like hitting a home run ball or ripping the skin off a golf ball. the "I REALLY got a hold of that one" gratification 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 8, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2018 52 minutes ago, WillyBob said: I toss a 14lb ball now for score. On my regular 10-15 year bowling trip I am just happy to find a ball I can get part of a finger in, weight is not considered. 4 hours ago, WillyBob said: I'm 6'2" [or was] and 130lb. Muscling the ball is out. I have to rely on technique Well that's good, only problem for me is I have no technique 6'3" and twice your weight, well, thinking about that is depressing, big bones yea that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Huh? What? I can't hear you! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 8, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2018 It's not fun to look at a chart like that and have to go down to second from the bottom to find your age group. I think 10,000Hz is very optimistic for me. So if we peak at 5 years old, in theory Sesame street songs should be recorded really well you would think. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 We've got Lasik for the eyeballs, how come something can't be done about losing one's high frequency hearing? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasubandu Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 30 minutes ago, Tarheel said: Huh? What? I can't hear you! I can hear 16000 Hz, but not 18000 at all per YouTube. Then again I am 53, but I have always been young for my age. My wife says I am still a kid and that she has three boys. Try this, kind of cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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