good man, I should learn. and yes I've dialed on a rotary can do math without a calculator but can't tell you the last time I went to a bowling alley with human pinsetters and human score keepers
But I've been bowling since I was 10 sometimes fairly completive, worked in a bowling center since I was 17, and have been the head mechanic of a center for the last 4 1/2 years.
Plus I've had to keep score by hand when bowling duckpin or candlepin in the past.
I was 10 years old. Yeah, I can still do it. Plus, now it would be easier cause I'd only have to deal with single digits every frame, lol. I can also tie shoelaces and tell time on an analog clock :)
Funny thing last time I went bowling the only trouble I had was setting the automated scoring correctly.
I bowl in a league and the biggest pain in the ass is to make scoring changes. You have to go through a couple of menus to do it.
In the old day, an eraser and 5 seconds. Technology my ass!
The newer stuff is very menu driven. That said we usually just correct scores from the desk. Growing up a majority of the centers i bowled at had AMF Accuscore+ scoring, as did the one I started working at. I was a master with that system.
when I wanted to change the channel on my TV, I actually had to get up out of my chair and walk over to the TV set and rotate a knob to change the channel.
The knob only had 13 numbers on it, but there were only seven channels in those days.
I knew days in advance what I was going to watch. Every week I got a pocket-sized magazine in the snail mail called TV Guide. It told me what was on TV for the next 7 days.
A modern TV Guide would have to be the size of a phone book. Oh wait, you probably don't know about phone books.
when I wanted to change the channel on my TV, I actually had to get up out of my chair and walk over to the TV set and rotate a knob to change the channel.
The knob only had 13 numbers on it, but there were only seven channels in those days.
I knew days in advance what I was going to watch. Every week I got a pocket-sized magazine in the snail mail called TV Guide. It told me what was on TV for the next 7 days.
A modern TV Guide would have to be the size of a phone book. Oh wait, you probably don't know about phone books.
Ah ... memories!
RE: I know that a lot of you won't believe this, but
when I wanted to change the channel on my TV, I actually had to get up out of my chair and walk over to the TV set and rotate a knob to change the channel.
The knob only had 13 numbers on it, but there were only seven channels in those days.
I knew days in advance what I was going to watch. Every week I got a pocket-sized magazine in the snail mail called TV Guide. It told me what was on TV for the next 7 days.
A modern TV Guide would have to be the size of a phone book. Oh wait, you probably don't know about phone books.
Yeah, I’m old enough to have used knob TVs. But also the original Zenith TV remote that my grandparents had on an old 1950s black and white. One button for on/off, one button to cycle thru the channels:
20-30 years from now that our kids/grandkids will be discussing. “I remember when people actually had to drive a car” or “ I remember when we used to pay for things with actual money”
but don't forget the magic of the UHF channels. You had to tune to UHF and then use the dial in back of the channel tuner. This was a skill and it didn't always lead to success... You also had to have one of those horseshoe antenna, because the rabbit ears didn't work for UHF.
Seems like there were more watchable programs, despite the limited number of channels...
20-30 years from now that our kids/grandkids will be discussing. “I remember when people actually had to drive a car” or “ I remember when we used to pay for things with actual money”
I mean we're at that point now with some things like floppy disks and VHS tapes 🤣
It was back in the day when coaches would give out salt pills and forbid you from drinking water during or AFTER practice because it would “cause cramps”. You could swish some in your mouth but had to spit it out. The coaches would stand at the drinking fountain to guard against us drinking any. And of course this was before there was bottled water too.
How about when they passed out tests in the classroom
in my head – but only for myself. It helps that I'd roll only a handful of strikes and spares. (I haven't bowled in 20 years, but I'd be happy with 130, very happy with 140, and thrilled with 150, if I bowled tomorrow.) The tally I'd keep would be "What's my score when the 1st frame is complete?" And I'd remember that until my 2nd frame is complete, then add the two, and that would be my new total after 2 frames. And so on. Even with a dicey short-term memory, I'd only have to remember: 1) my total through the last complete frames and 2) pins taken on the past two rolls.
Has addition gone the way of cursive writing?
Has addition gone the way of cursive writing?
How about could you do math without a calculator?
good man, I should learn. and yes I've dialed on a rotary can do math without a calculator but can't tell you the last time I went to a bowling alley with human pinsetters and human score keepers
Strikes are 10 + next two balls. Thus worth up to 30 if next two balls are strikes.
Plus I've had to keep score by hand when bowling duckpin or candlepin in the past.
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its been a long time but unless i'm missing something spares are 10 + next ball and strikes are 10 + next frame
Strikes are 10 + next two balls. Thus worth up to 30 if next two balls are strikes.
Yeah, meant say next frame unless a strike. I feel like I’m missing something else though.
Yeah, meant say next frame unless a strike. I feel like I’m missing something else though.
No, that’s it: 30 x 10 = 300. Strikes in the 10th you only count the pinfall.
What's a clock? I know how to tell time by looking at my cellphone
You'd swear I was cranking out hieroglyphics.
I bowl in a league and the biggest pain in the ass is to make scoring changes. You have to go through a couple of menus to do it.
In the old day, an eraser and 5 seconds. Technology my ass!
Some brands and models lf auto scoring suck. From a user and maintenance standpoint
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Funny thing last time I went bowling the only trouble I had was setting the automated scoring correctly.
I bowl in a league and the biggest pain in the ass is to make scoring changes. You have to go through a couple of menus to do it.
In the old day, an eraser and 5 seconds. Technology my ass!
The newer stuff is very menu driven. That said we usually just correct scores from the desk. Growing up a majority of the centers i bowled at had AMF Accuscore+ scoring, as did the one I started working at. I was a master with that system.
The knob only had 13 numbers on it, but there were only seven channels in those days.
I knew days in advance what I was going to watch. Every week I got a pocket-sized magazine in the snail mail called TV Guide. It told me what was on TV for the next 7 days.
A modern TV Guide would have to be the size of a phone book. Oh wait, you probably don't know about phone books.
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Funny thing last time I went bowling the only trouble I had was setting the automated scoring correctly.
I bowl in a league and the biggest pain in the ass is to make scoring changes. You have to go through a couple of menus to do it.
In the old day, an eraser and 5 seconds. Technology my ass!
Yeah I hated it.
The knob only had 13 numbers on it, but there were only seven channels in those days.
I knew days in advance what I was going to watch. Every week I got a pocket-sized magazine in the snail mail called TV Guide. It told me what was on TV for the next 7 days.
A modern TV Guide would have to be the size of a phone book. Oh wait, you probably don't know about phone books.
Ah ... memories!
The knob only had 13 numbers on it, but there were only seven channels in those days.
I knew days in advance what I was going to watch. Every week I got a pocket-sized magazine in the snail mail called TV Guide. It told me what was on TV for the next 7 days.
A modern TV Guide would have to be the size of a phone book. Oh wait, you probably don't know about phone books.
Yeah, I’m old enough to have used knob TVs. But also the original Zenith TV remote that my grandparents had on an old 1950s black and white. One button for on/off, one button to cycle thru the channels:
Seems like there were more watchable programs, despite the limited number of channels...
Or using punch cards and a dot matrix printer!
I mean we're at that point now with some things like floppy disks and VHS tapes 🤣
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going through engineering school today using a slide rule.
Or using punch cards and a dot matrix printer!
...or have to actually go to a library and search through a card catalog file to find study references instead of doing a Google search.
Or when you had to make copies yourself using carbon paper?