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.

Casady

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.

On Sun, 17 May 2009 18:39:40 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


Don't know if they float.

Depends on the weight of the ball. The lighter ones do float. The
heavier ones sink. (Bowling balls are all the same size)

"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.