"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:09:26 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2009 15:31:39 -0500, lid wrote:
Granted, some things ween't
its fault (like hitting a bowling ball at high speed for instance. I
didn't even know a bowling ball could float!)
The things are made of cork, with a thick skin of hard rubber.
Not any more - the cores are asymetrical ceramic/mineral/metal
composites and the covers are some kind of polyethelene.
Don't know if they float.
You must have just watched a recent installment of "How It's Made". I
didn't realize they have switched to an asymmetric core. I haven't bowled
in about 40 years and always had problems with a "hook". Maybe I should take
it up again.