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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
I didn't realize that, but you are correct.
I didn't realize that, but you are correct.
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RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
I had the job for two lanes (sat in a little cut out area between them). Had to step on a lever for little pins to pop up and then set the bowling pins on each as each had a small hole on the bottom to fit on what projected upward. If you were bowling on Kings Lanes on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn in 1961 I would have made sure your pins were set properly. That is, unless you happen to stiff me out of my dime tip!
Dr. D, tonight is my regular bowling league night.
Every time I leave a ten pin, I'm going to think you messed with the automatic pinsetter.
I had the job for two lanes (sat in a little cut out area between them). Had to step on a lever for little pins to pop up and then set the bowling pins on each as each had a small hole on the bottom to fit on what projected upward. If you were bowling on Kings Lanes on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn in 1961 I would have made sure your pins were set properly. That is, unless you happen to stiff me out of my dime tip!
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
She is using the bowling scholarship just to pay for college as she fully understands there is little chance to earn any sort of living as a female professional bowler. BTW she carries a 211 average (i know so little about the sport that I have no clue if that is really good but I know it would be a lot higher than i could ever get).
She is using the bowling scholarship just to pay for college as she fully understands there is little chance to earn any sort of living as a female professional bowler. BTW she carries a 211 average (i know so little about the sport that I have no clue if that is really good but I know it would be a lot higher than i could ever get).
I think that’s a pro quality average. However, I just can’t imagine there are many schools that I’ve bowling scholarships.
Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
Same here Doc. My time doing that was 1963- 1964 at the St. Joseph's alleys in south Troy. Two lanes upstairs and two more downstairs in the parish's activity hall. Activity hall long since condemned and demolished. Adjoining grammar school long since sold to a private not for profit. Sad sight whenever driving through the old neighborhood in the present.
Two years back then must have been an eternity in both bowling technology and etiquette. After picking up the ball, putting it on the rail and giving it a little shove, I only had to put the pins knocked down on the first shot in their proper slots of the semi automatic machine. After the second shot you had to grab any pins still standing and the others that got knocked down and put them in the remaining slots. After that all you had to do was pull a string to make the machine descend and set a fresh rack. The only difference was that after the second shot returning the ball ASAP was not the priority it was after the first shot. Other differences two years later were that I remember each lane had their own kid most times (unless someone did not show up) and quarters being skimmed down the lane at me instead of dimes. It added up pretty good back then.
Unlike yourself apparently, five and a half decades later I still remember the guys who threw hard. There wasn't much room to hide in those pits and the flame throwers who could turn pins in to projectiles sometimes sent you home with a welt or two.
Same here Doc. My time doing that was 1963- 1964 at the St. Joseph's alleys in south Troy. Two lanes upstairs and two more downstairs in the parish's activity hall. Activity hall long since condemned and demolished. Adjoining grammar school long since sold to a private not for profit. Sad sight whenever driving through the old neighborhood in the present.
Two years back then must have been an eternity in both bowling technology and etiquette. After picking up the ball, putting it on the rail and giving it a little shove, I only had to put the pins knocked down on the first shot in their proper slots of the semi automatic machine. After the second shot you had to grab any pins still standing and the others that got knocked down and put them in the remaining slots. After that all you had to do was pull a string to make the machine descend and set a fresh rack. The only difference was that after the second shot returning the ball ASAP was not the priority it was after the first shot. Other differences two years later were that I remember each lane had their own kid most times (unless someone did not show up) and quarters being skimmed down the lane at me instead of dimes. It added up pretty good back then.
Unlike yourself apparently, five and a half decades later I still remember the guys who threw hard. There wasn't much room to hide in those pits and the flame throwers who could turn pins in to projectiles sometimes sent you home with a welt or two.
Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
Adding new meaning to the question 'How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?'
Adding new meaning to the question 'How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?'
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
I received an email from Shirley who must be reading this.
The thread title didn't scare her off.
Here is part of it which is relevant to recent discussion.
I received an email from Shirley who must be reading this.
The thread title didn't scare her off. Here is part of it which is relevant to recent discussion.
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm guessing the clue went something like this: "An upstate NY institution of higher learning that has a proud history of science & engineering, (and hockey), but is currently undergoing a crisis of poor leadership." <a href="https://t.co/d4Tdko5uNJ">https://t.co/d4Tdko5uNJ</a></p>— Wade Abbott (@WadeAbbott) <a href="https://twitter.com/WadeAbbott/status/1092568818327666689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm guessing the clue went something like this: "An upstate NY institution of higher learning that has a proud history of science & engineering, (and hockey), but is currently undergoing a crisis of poor leadership." <a href="https://t.co/d4Tdko5uNJ">https://t.co/d4Tdko5uNJ</a></p>— Wade Abbott (@WadeAbbott) <a href="https://twitter.com/WadeAbbott/status/1092568818327666689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
Sounds very familiar. I got hit with a few flying pins but not all that many. i suppose the lanes I worked had just enough room for me to squeeze into so that i did not take too many direct hits. But for me, it was the outrageous noise. Most kids wore headphone but my family just could not afford me that luxury so I put cigarette butts in my ears which filtered (no pun intended) out most of the clamor. I got to bowl free and wasn't half bad but I just never found the game of much interest (at the time i did not consider it a sport) and preferred those that allowed me to express my hot temper. I played hockey, football, and pitched baseball.
Sounds very familiar. I got hit with a few flying pins but not all that many. i suppose the lanes I worked had just enough room for me to squeeze into so that i did not take too many direct hits. But for me, it was the outrageous noise. Most kids wore headphone but my family just could not afford me that luxury so I put cigarette butts in my ears which filtered (no pun intended) out most of the clamor. I got to bowl free and wasn't half bad but I just never found the game of much interest (at the time i did not consider it a sport) and preferred those that allowed me to express my hot temper. I played hockey, football, and pitched baseball.
Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
I never thought there was many schools offering scholarships either until I got interested in finding funding for this young lady. There are as many as there are for hockey if not more. At some schools, Nebraska, Vanderbilt, McKendree, it is truly a major sport. Take a quick look here http://www.ncaawomensbowling.com/NTCA_STATISTICS.html to get some idea.
I never thought there was many schools offering scholarships either until I got interested in finding funding for this young lady. There are as many as there are for hockey if not more. At some schools, Nebraska, Vanderbilt, McKendree, it is truly a major sport. Take a quick look here http://www.ncaawomensbowling.com/NTCA_STATISTICS.html to get some idea.
Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
My memory is similar. I was in Troy for those years and those numbers sound spot on. A hook (as we call a grade of 'C') was not all that bad and as mentioned before, B and C were the most common grades.
My memory is similar. I was in Troy for those years and those numbers sound spot on. A hook (as we call a grade of 'C') was not all that bad and as mentioned before, B and C were the most common grades.
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
Hey Dude, how many emails have you received from Shirley?
I received an email from Shirley who must be reading this.
Here is part of it which is relevant to recent discussion.
Hey Dude, how many emails have you received from Shirley?
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
I don't think that I get any directly from her. They are from someone in the admin.
I don't think that I get any directly from her. They are from someone in the admin.
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
I thought you mentioned on tLodge that she was sending you a couple mil.
I thought you mentioned on tLodge that she was sending you a couple mil.
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.
I thought you mentioned on tLodge that she was sending you a couple mil.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.
Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
I think it's normal for alums to think the current students have it easier.
"They even have a climbing wall. In my day that was called The Approach."
P.S. That won't make sense to those that don't remember this: https://hibp.ecse.rpi.edu/~john/The_Approach/May18.html
I received an email from Shirley who must be reading this.
Here is part of it which is relevant to recent discussion.
Enrollment
The demand for a Rensselaer education has never been stronger. We had over 20,400 applications for a place in this year's freshman class - another record - leading to a freshman class of 1,778 students. We were able to select, and enroll, an extremely talented and diverse group of students. The average SAT score of entering students was 1410, with a middle 50 percent range of 1330-1500. The Class of 2022 includes more women and underrepresented minorities than any class in our history.
Our students are attracted to Rensselaer because of the exceptional quality of our faculty, the strength of our distinctive programs, and our rising reputation. I thank our deans and department chairs for their leadership, and all of our faculty for their expertise, collaboration, and commitment.
I think it's normal for alums to think the current students have it easier.
"They even have a climbing wall. In my day that was called The Approach."
P.S. That won't make sense to those that don't remember this: https://hibp.ecse.rpi.edu/~john/The_Approach/May18.html
Ralph Baer
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
I didn't realize that it had deteriorated to that extent. I haven't used the approach since the Best Western at the foot of the hill became a dorm. Has it started to deteriorate again?
I didn't realize that it had deteriorated to that extent. I haven't used the approach since the Best Western at the foot of the hill became a dorm. Has it started to deteriorate again?
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Re: RPI Hockey 2018 - 2019 Part II: We're Just Gonna Complain, Don't Bother Reading
Last time I was there, it seemed quite kept up. Heck, I remember seeing some sort of wedding activity (assuming pictures and not the ceremony itself) there just after showing it, along with the "breathtaking" view of Downtown Troy, to my nephew.
Last time I was there, it seemed quite kept up. Heck, I remember seeing some sort of wedding activity (assuming pictures and not the ceremony itself) there just after showing it, along with the "breathtaking" view of Downtown Troy, to my nephew.