Hi Terri, and all,

Though it's been several years, the price for a
bowling rail, which I believe was made out of
aluminum and used a bowling ball on each end to
hold it in place, was $310. Though I may be
remembering wrongly.

I don't always trust my memory these days. I've
gotta hurry and get my masters or doctorate or
whatever it takes, so that I will then no longer
simply be absent-minded. I'll then be able to
epitomize the absent-minded professor.

Anyway, the price was slightly outrageous, in my
opinion. It may have been $210, but honestly, I'm
thinking it was $310 per rail. And the only place
I could find those particular rails was through
that association, which even back then I also had
a heck of a time finding the current and right
person to talk to.


Strive On!
Everett




----- Original Message ----- 
> Yes, exactly. There is no point in going 
> bowling, in my humble opinion, if they only 
> provide bumpers and/or a ramp to roll the ball 
> down. These are used for children to teach 
> bowling, and the ramp is used sometimes for 
> chair users to bowl. Both take the sport out of 
> bowling for a bowler who is blind though.
>
> I did look up the Blind Bowler’s Association 
> website and could not find ordering and pricing 
> information for the guide rails. I called a 
> couple of the numbers and one was no longer in 
> service, and the other one a guy answered and I 
> asked are you “Mr. …?” and he asked me “Do I owe 
> you money? ☺ Any way his phone connection was 
> poor and I couldn’t get any information from him 
> either.
>
>


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