Re: [MBZ] OT: Bowling, UK style...
The ball is analogous to the farthing-pence-shilling-pound-guinea currency system that was in effect at the time... On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 1:57 PM Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > They used that eccentric ball in lawn bowls at the ex pat cricket club in > Suva (Fiji) when it was still a crown colony. > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 4:35 PM Frederick Moir via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Mitch. >> Thanks! >> I have never played indoor bowls nor crown bowls. >> The ball curves because one side of the ball is weighted, curves more the >> slower it goes. >> Some of those guys must understand ballistics as second-nature. >> Thanks again, enjoyed it. >> Fred. >> >> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 1:04 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> > I figured at least Fred would get a kick out of this. >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ohG2I0NA8 >> > >> > ___ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com >> > >> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Fred Moir >> Lynn MA >> Diesel preferred >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Bowling, UK style...
They used that eccentric ball in lawn bowls at the ex pat cricket club in Suva (Fiji) when it was still a crown colony. On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 4:35 PM Frederick Moir via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Mitch. > Thanks! > I have never played indoor bowls nor crown bowls. > The ball curves because one side of the ball is weighted, curves more the > slower it goes. > Some of those guys must understand ballistics as second-nature. > Thanks again, enjoyed it. > Fred. > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 1:04 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I figured at least Fred would get a kick out of this. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ohG2I0NA8 > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > Fred Moir > Lynn MA > Diesel preferred > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Bowling, UK style...
Mitch. Thanks! I have never played indoor bowls nor crown bowls. The ball curves because one side of the ball is weighted, curves more the slower it goes. Some of those guys must understand ballistics as second-nature. Thanks again, enjoyed it. Fred. On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 1:04 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I figured at least Fred would get a kick out of this. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ohG2I0NA8 > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT: Bowling, UK style...
I figured at least Fred would get a kick out of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ohG2I0NA8 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
