Jul
18
@ 1:46 pm
Trivia
Posted on July 18th, 2007 by Tammy
Share a piece of useless/interesting information with the rest of us today.
I know wayyyyyyy too much stuff about bowling. I mean all the ins and outs of a lane, the machines, the pins and the balls that are used.
I bowled for almost 30 years and was a lane inspector for a few years and some kind of officer for most of that time. So, I had to learn the ins and outs of bowling, leagues, associations, bowling etiquette, the lanes, all the rules and other information that the majority of people in the USA don’t know or care about! For example: If you own a bowling alley that has sanctioned leagues and tournaments, you have to have your lanes inspected. How long the lanes are, how far the oil goes on the lanes, how deep the impressions are from constant wear from the balls, the width, making sure the pins come down on a certain spot and I could go on and on.
Lets see………..the lanes have to be 60 feet long, the oil can’t go over 45 feet, WIBC stands for Women’s International Bowling Congress, there are only 2 companies in the world that make bowling lanes, AMF or Brunswick, if you get 111th in the 7th frame you owe me a soda, 3 strikes is called a Turkey, etc. I could go on all day long.
I loved bowling all those years and hated when I left it to move to Georgia. I bowled a few times after that, but it wasn’t the same. I miss my team and there will never be another team to replace them. We had a good team, we bowled great together and had way too much fun for the normal person to have. They were my girls, my pals, my buddies.
My bowling pals.
Wow! My sister and brother in law are big bowlers in NY. My niece and nephew bowled growing up and won lots of trophies. I never knew there was such a thing as lane inspectors! Thanks for sharing this!
I don’t know that there were lane inspectors. How interesting.
You certainly know a lot about bowling! thanks for sharing. (I deleted the last post b/c I didn’t spell check!!)
How interesting! Thanks for sharing…I’ve never been a great bowler (my first time out I scored a 6) but it is a fun way to spend some time with friends.
And I mean ’6′ for the entire game!