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Bowling, bowling, bowling -- keep those balls a rolling

I woke up this morning feeling like Don Carter.
Just in case you don't know who Don Carter is -- and shame, shame, shame on you if you don't, he was once upon a time the bowling champeen of the whole wide world.

Don Carter wasn't one of those "sling it and bring it" style bowlers like you see on TV today. He had this old-fashioned form and style. He was bowling 300 games and 800 series long before fancy equipment and technology watered down the sport.

They've made the game so easy that even an old fart like me like do it.
And last night I did it better than I ever have.
I bowled a 695 series.

Now, if you don't bowl, 695 doesn't mean a thing to you.
It is averaging right at 232 a game.
Still doesn't rock your boat?
THEN QUIT READING.

For those of you who have no life and are still with me, I had eight straight strikes from the second through the ninth frames in my first game -- a 246.
It was so strange. I almost felt like I was throwing the ball and somebody else was knocking down the pins.
I started the second game with six strikes in a row and bowled 257.
I needed 197 to reach the 700 mark that I had always thought unreachable for me -- a 170-something average bowler.
I missed 7 pin in the middle of the third game and had to settle for 192.

I doubt if I will ever bowl like that again, but damn, it was fun while it lasted.
And it came in the same week when I shot 83 on the golf course -- abut six shots better than average -- and made the final table in two poker tournaments, finishing fourth and third.

Thanks for reading. I just had to tell somebody about it.

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