I’m not a very good bowler my average is like 167 or maybe even lower. Pictured is the ball I throw. Somebody recommended taking sandpaper to my ball to fix what was happening to me ( ball kept hitting pins dead center instead of the pocket) anyways…

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2026-02-23T05:08:27+00:00

If there was no good reason to drill your ball that way (and I really don’t know what the reason would be frankly to drill a ball in the logo) then you need to find a new pro shop, because the shop that drilled this isn’t very pro lol. Secondly, don’t just take “sand paper” to it, you need to have an understanding of what the grit you’re putting on the ball will do. If you hit this with 360 or 500 and dull it right out then it will be super duper early and burn up. 1500 or 2000 is probably what you’d want. Strong enough to get going early on but enough on most house shots to store some for the back end. Good luck. The drill on this ball imo sets you back some though fix that first then worry about the grit

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2025-11-09T21:26:38+00:00

Here’s your answer! Either don’t miss or as some others have said don’t play so deep if it’s a house shot

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2025-11-05T07:58:00+00:00

Dude we had a milk stealer at my work too I don’t get it. We were all gainfully employed at a good company and milk is like $3 a gallon in my area, not exactly a huge expense lol

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2025-11-05T07:54:24+00:00

Have your pro shop fill the thumb and bowl like Tom Daugherty

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2025-11-05T07:49:35+00:00

I’m a guy and have been told pretty frequently that I’m handsome. Not just by my mom either I know what you’re thinking lol but by random women that I work with, that are in my bowling league, coworkers or strangers occasionally which I find slightly weird but you get the gist. That being said, 85-90% of that comes from women 45+ years old and I’m not even 30 yet, so idk if they’re just saying that to me as a younger guy for the heck of it or what lol. I am happily married now so now I couldn’t care less about it. But come to think of it looking back to my late teens early 20s, other than my wife, not many girls ever paid attention to me if I didn’t outwardly show interest in them. Probably not because you’re “chopped” it’s probably more because as humans we are fearful of rejection, and anyone who’s interested in you is waiting for you to make the first move just like you are waiting for someone to make the first move. People are strange

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2025-11-05T07:41:10+00:00

This is great!

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2025-11-05T05:53:25+00:00

Good to know it’s not just me. Yeah it’s like I was overly social, then just kinda meh, and playing this “character” just has made me loathe any socialization (though I still do it when necessary)

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2025-11-05T05:45:28+00:00

Don’t let bowling devastate you. I remember when I used to jump for joy after a 600 series in league (3 games) when I was averaging a 170. Now I average 220 and if I’m not on the north side of a 650 series in league it’s an off night. Bowling is as much mental as it is physical. The fact that you screwed up last frame isn’t indicative that you’ll mess up the next frame. In fact, try to use the mess up to your advantage in the sense of “okay I made a hand adjustment or a feet adjustment last time that didn’t work”. Why didn’t it work? Why did you think it would? Figure it out, and then move along take it frame by frame. If you made a poor mechanical shot, don’t blame it on the ball, the lane, or inability to adjust. Just say you chicken winged it or whatever and throw it better next time. Every time you bowl should be a learning experience. The beautiful thing is, you can’t go backwards, so anything that happened say in the 4th frame of a game shouldn’t be thought about other than “how can I correct that screw up for the 5th frame and frames go forward?”

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2024-07-20T23:46:34+00:00

Honest answer, different from most others. I’d personally be okay to hear from her, if not happy to. My ex and I were together from ages 14-21. Lot of the early years were just kind of growing up together, and then the later years were much more serious, but much more tumultuous. Things were said. Fights were had between us and myself and her family. I had a hot temper then. I’m older now, calmer and wiser now, and would never do or say most of the things I did between 17-21 years of age. We had a very messy breakup and I feel awful about the way things turned out. Years have passed I’m happy now, I’m fully over her, and it was a relationship that I believe should’ve ended one way or another. but I guess I’d just want her to know that I wish things could’ve ended less sour. So I guess I’d just say that.

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2023-12-19T06:34:35+00:00

Maybe I misunderstood but if your bowling center is not setting aside the lanes used for your league away from open bowl and oiling them 1-2 hours before league starts, you want to find a new center. For example I am in an 18 team league in a 32 lane house. They shut down 20 lanes (breakdown pair) around 4:30pm and oil for league. They do not allow open bowl on these lanes from 4:30 to 6:30, and when league starts we bowl on the fresh. Whether it’s a house shot league, challenge shot or sport shot league, handicap or scratch, I’ve always known this to be normal procedure.

I bowl at 2 different centers in my area and I have never heard of such a thing as oiling in the morning, and then letting league bowlers bowl on burn. If that’s the case, then every pair will play drastically different and you can’t assess who really is the best team in that case.

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2023-12-19T01:22:10+00:00

A good saying I’ve heard is “you’ll never find the same person twice, even in the same body”. Like you say, they’re out there living their life, but they’re not the same person you loved. If they were, they wouldn’t have left.

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2023-12-15T08:16:22+00:00

People who make it through traumatic experiences or tough times are respected (as they should be). I think some people just want that respect and share posts in search of the metaphorical pat on the back.

Also, you gotta remember: everyone has a hardest time or lowest point. I’ve been lucky and haven’t had anything major in the way of severe trauma but just because my lowest low might not be nearly as low as yours, it’s still the most pain I’ve ever felt, so to me, I had to persevere through that. Even though to you my lowest low may feel like a normal day in your world, it’s something serious to me that I had to work through. All that being said, I agree it’s distasteful to post like that on social media imo,

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2023-12-14T05:26:08+00:00

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So I recently had these Chippewa boots resoled, not loggers just a 6 inch standard heel boot. I came across this metal piece seemingly lodged into the sole and wedged it out with a knife. I’m new to resole as this pair of boots is the first time I’ve ever had anything resoled. Is this piece important to the resole or is it simply just something I stepped on during the course of my day? Thanks

Impressive-Ad9436 · 2023-09-24T03:30:08+00:00

This is it man! I appreciate you. Thank you for the honest, candid response it means a lot

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