The ramp is basically a metal rail you set the ball on, aim it, and push the ball down it.  I used one one time in Wisconsin back in 1986. I made one strike, I think.

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>Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:26:13 -0400
>From: Linda Macaulay <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: Let's Shift Gears ....  
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Ok, ya'll have to explain this ramp thing to me for bowling.  I never  
>heard of it before this article and wonder if it is available in my  
>area.  Maybe I will be able to go with my son and bowl afterall as he  
>gets older??
>
>Linda M.
>On Oct 31, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Tamar Raine wrote:
>
>> i have bowled with the ramp, quite fun, but she didn't feel like  
>> using it.
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Linda Walker <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:11:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: Let's Shift Gears ....
>>
>> You're right. I was scanning too fast. I didn't know that was  
>> called the ramp.
>>
>> At 09:31 AM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 31 October 2007 18:29:37 Linda Walker wrote:
>>>> I am able bodied but I do know that thalidomide was a totally
>>>> preventable and horrific limb deformity birth defect. I find being
>>>> asked to bowl while missing fingers incredibly harsh and cruel. Had
>>>> the company said come and join us for the fun, keep score, drink  
>>>> some
>>>> beer, and root for the team that would be different. Or if they
>>>> leveled the playing field by taping the other members fingers
>>>> together and then seeing who was really last that would be ok  
>>>> with me
>>>> too. Case does go bowling and they have a metal contraption that he
>>>> sets the ball in and it automatically rolls down the lane. If she  
>>>> had
>>>> used that that might be ok as well. Where is the sense of  
>>>> fairness in
>>>> this? Don't people use handicapping in golf etc to even the  
>>>> playing field.
>>>
>>> Hi  Linda,
>>>
>>> Read the article a bit more carefully Linda, it says:-
>>>
>>> " I felt like a child using the ramp"
>>>
>>> This is what Case uses, but she chose not to (my wife Linda uses it
>>> when we go
>>> bowling).
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Deri
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