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Bowling is better than Math.

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Carl and Lenny were bowling in their Tuesday night bowling leauge. They were playing head to head.

Things were looking good for Lenny when Carl started his game with a spare. After that they just kept on throwing strikes through the 9th frame.

Carl had a score of 260, while Lenny had a score of 270 going into the 10th frame.

Carl threw a turky to add onto the 8 he already threw in a row. Lenny doubled up and left the 10 pin.

The pins in their house are regulation, and weigh 3 and a half pounds each. How many pounds of pins were knocked over during the game?

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836.50pounds, and their scores would not have been that at the ninth frame. 😉

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Originally posted by Omnislash
836.50pounds, and their scores would not have been that at the ninth frame. 😉
Hey look at that. I did jump the gun a bit. Good eye.😲

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Yes you did, didn't you?

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Originally posted by waldorf
Yes you did, didn't you?
I guess I should have called the post "I bowl better than I add"
😏

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When I was 15 years old, I bowled a 286.
Since then I have never been able to break 180. Explain that?

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Originally posted by Lazaraus
When I was 15 years old, I bowled a 286.
Since then I have never been able to break 180. Explain that?
Did you have me adding your score? Heheh. You must have been striking like a mad fool.

My hi score in highschool was a 176... and I thought that was great. Turned about 27 and a friend let me borrow "his ball" and I threw a 184. Hooked since.
😉

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Did you have me adding your score? Heheh. You must have been striking like a mad fool.

My hi score in highschool was a 176... and I thought that was great. Turned about 27 and a friend let me borrow "his ball" and I threw a 184. [b]Hooked
since.
😉[/b]
It was strike after strike - I only missed near the end (probably when I started thinking about 300).

It was weird. In my school uniform, using lane shoes and a very old 16 pound ball - I didn't try hard but just let it flow.

I still have the score slip almost 20 years later!

It does make you wonder what we are all capable of and what your true potential actually is?

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Originally posted by Lazaraus
When I was 15 years old, I bowled a 286.
Since then I have never been able to break 180. Explain that?
Probably because when you were 15 you lied about your score

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Originally posted by waldorf
Probably because when you were 15 you lied about your score
Hey Waldorf... perhaps you should make some chess moves rather than posting so much... this is a chess site ya know!
😉

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If it is of any concern to anyone, today I broke my old record (by a whopping four). The new PR for me is 244. What is bad about games like that is you look at the board and say, "If only I cound have closed that one frame!" or "If only I could have strung them together!". Nonetheless, I am happy with my new high. 🙂

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Hey Waldorf... perhaps you should make some chess moves rather than posting so much... this is a chess site ya know!
😉
Stick your beak into someone else's business 😀

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Originally posted by waldorf
Stick your beak into someone else's business 😀
Quak-quak!
😉

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Quak-quak!
😉
woof woof 2 u 2