I did have to blow the dust off of it before I used it.
Wocka wocka!
A boy in the class ahead of me bowled a 300 in our home town. His name was painted on the wall and remained there until Post Bowl was bulldozed. It’s a Stop and Shop now.
His wife bowled something under 80, because his wife is Not a Good Bowler. 
My best ever was 199. Needed 8 pins in the 10th to score 200,got 7 on the first throw,guttered the 2nd.
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…and just for good measure…
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Nice job!
Also, moving to the Game Room.
My husband bowled a 296 and our team lost. The rest of us bowled less than 100 each and the other team was on fire. At that time, you only got prizes for 297 and up, so he got completely shafted, poor guy.
He’s since bowled a 300. We won that one.
Grab a heavier ball, I’m tellin’ ya…
My normal score is probably 130-140, but I’ve broken 200 twice I think. I know my high is 221. I can’t imagine a 280!
The alley nearby has a summer special which includes two free games every day all summer for the kids, plus video game tokens. I think we’ll take them at least a couple of times. I’m probably guilty of using much to light of a ball – usually 11 pounds when I should probably be using at least 16 or more. 25 if I go by the 10% rule!
One comment on the 10% thing. This is only really useful if you’ve got a ball that fits your hand properly (preferably, one you’ve bought and had drilled for you specifically).
If you’re grabbing a ball off the rack at a bowling alley, it probably doesn’t fit your hand very well. You’ve got to find a ball with holes big enough to get your fingers in, which usually means the holes are TOO big. Which means you’re then having to squeeze your fingers tightly to hold on to the ball until you’re ready to let it go, and the heavier the ball is, the harder you have to squeeze. Which is why so many people who bowl casually find their arms get tired after a game or two – you’re working harder than you realize.
I’m not a good bowler…in fact, I was the 3rd lowest average for males in the league I was in with my wife.
However, I did bowl a 273! Next highest game ever was 212 It caused bad feelings because it was the last 2 games of the ‘season’ and we were playing one of the 2 top teams…they were not happy.
Only have had 8 games above 200 ever!
Talk about inconsistent.
Did bowl next to a guy that had a 300 game going…and he did it. Was real happy for him until I found it it was like his 8th one :mad: 
Sandbagger.
I wouldn’t be a bit surprised (okay, I’d be more than a bit surprised since Asimovian and I have had this… discussion, but I have tendinitis problems and can barely use the 11 pound ball I’ve got).
Actually, this is how I bowl as well - as do three or four other people in the league I am in - it isn’t as rare as you might think. My ball actually doesn’t even have a thumb hole drilled in it. The only real problem with bowling without a thumb is that since you don’t have the thumb acting as a stabilizer when you throw, you need to concentrate on how the rest of your fingers are being held more closely than you would think. Small changes in the positions of the other fingers cause a drastic change in how the ball spins and ultimately where it ends up on the lane.
Another problem is that the spin is more “sideways” than a ball thrown using three fingers (which has a more forward-sideways spin). This causes a stronger “jerk” as the ball gets close to the pins and again can change drastically depending on the placement of your fingers. This also causes a problem depending on the oil coverage of the lane. On dry lanes, my ball can shoot from the left to the right in the span of a foot or so. Once I realize Im on a dry lane, I then need to change how I hold and throw the ball to creat a more linear line as opposed to my normal curved line. On heavily oiled lanes, the sideways spin will cause the ball to stay drifting to the outside of the lane much longer and when it cuts across, it is a much shallower curve. On very wet lanes especially, I will throw it with such a large amount of sideways spin that the ball doesn’t cut across the lane at all for the most part and become pretty much a straight ball but imparts the angular spin to the pins when it hits them.
My average hovers around the 160 mark but I usually will bowl a 200 game every two weeks at least. So you can definitely do decent just using two fingers.
I used to bowl 25 or so years ago. Highest game is 289, 10 strikes and then, on my best hit of the game, solid 7 pin (I’m left handed). I finished the first game with 7 in a row, so add the 289 and I rolled 17 strikes in a row.
Now a kid I helped teach to bowl ('course he’s in his mid 30’s now) has 15 300 games to his credit.
Bowling balls are supposed to 10% of your body weight?
Some of those beer guzzlers are bowling with 30+ lb balls?
Not sure if you’re joking or not, but the maximum (legal) weight for a bowling ball is 16lbs, so a fairly decent percentage of people ought to be bowling with that weight or near it.
When I was a kid my dad and stepmom bowled 3 times a week in leagues. My sister and I would go and have our own games down at the end of the lanes. So we grew up loving to bowl.
I ended up bowling in a couple of college/grad school mixed leagues. Not too competitive, but a good time to socialize and meet people while having fun. My average was about 180. I didn’t have very many great games but not too many terrible ones either. I was very consistent. Not a great first ball, but I could pick up just about any spare. My high game ever was 261.
The last time I went bowling was a few years ago when I went with my sister and her kids. I have a glitchy back and that day I threw it out and really did myself some pain. I’m scared to try any more. 
but you said in an earlier post:
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It’s really hard to convince most people that they’re going with too light a ball. If it’s drilled properly for you (and you don’t otherwise have any health issues), **the standard I’ve always been taught is that you should have a ball that is at least 1/10th of your weight. **Definitely improves your pin carry.
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1/10 of the weight of one those guys is going to exceed 16 pounds, easy 30 pounds
That’s the next step for me. My hands are the only thing about me that’s tiny. Almost freakishly so. (I don’t put that in my online dating profile, though) That’s how I ended up using an 8 lb ball for about 30 of the last 35 years. I would look for one that I could grip comfortably.
Unfortunately, a custom bowling ball ranks lower than a lot of necessities and even than some luxuries on my list. Maybe I’ll end up bowling comfortably in a senior league.