I almost bit the bullet yesterday

[Curval]

$500?  Did you bring some kind of portable bowling computer with you? 

Rhinestone bowling shirt and matching croc skin shoes.

lol

Glad to hear you are safe.  jk

[crazyivan]

Only been worried 1 time flying. That was at O'Hare

[zoozoo]

Glad you made it home safe Rook ground squeaker crews take good care of you guys
!

[bmwgs]

well, that just goes to show how well the safety systems in place really work. something like that could've turned out much much worse, if not for the safety systems in place.

glad you're ok.

btw.....$500.00 of bowling stuff?

That's nothing.  When I go to a tournament just the bag that I take into the center has about $1000.00 worth of equipment.  That's not counting whats in the car.  Price a high end bowling ball these days, they run well over $200.00 a piece.

Used to bowl professionally  (Region that is)

Fred

[Curlew]

Do you get to keep your perkies?

 

[CAP1]

That's nothing.  When I go to a tournament just the bag that I take into the center has about $1000.00 worth of equipment.  That's not counting whats in the car.  Price a high end bowling ball these days, they run well over $200.00 a piece.

Used to bowl professionally  (Region that is)

Fred

it's been years since i've bowled. in fact, it was back when hammers were the popular balls. i had a polished one for dry lanes, and a dull one for wet lanes. both were drilled for fingertip, and in the dull one, i had an extra hole, for my ring finger. it gave me a bit more rotation.
 but that was about it....2 balls, shoes, wrist brace, and towell...might be a couple other things, but i can't remember.

[sntslilhlpr6601]

I have paragliding and hang gliding friends that have flown to 23,000 with no o2, not the smartest thing (or legal) but it can be done.

Yeah, not the smartest thing at all.

You can pass out before you even feel symptoms at those altitudes. Not a bad thing when you're in the cabin of a plane, but in a hang glider... no thanks.

[bmwgs]

it's been years since i've bowled. in fact, it was back when hammers were the popular balls. i had a polished one for dry lanes, and a dull one for wet lanes. both were drilled for fingertip, and in the dull one, i had an extra hole, for my ring finger. it gave me a bit more rotation.
 but that was about it....2 balls, shoes, wrist brace, and towell...might be a couple other things, but i can't remember.

Shows how things have gone up over time.  Today those two balls (mid range price), brace, and shoes will run you just under $500.00, and that's not counting the bag to carry them in.  I haven't been able to bowl competitively in the last couple of years due to an illness, but at one time it was defintently a fixation with me.  One thing I can say, I didn't win very many tournaments, but I was cleaning house on the side bets.   

Fred

[1pLUs44]

15,000ft    Must have been a rook.    

Seriously, glad you made it out okay. 

No... that's atleast late Knit-Early Bish stuff... Rook is more 30-40K type of stuff.