Fun with physics - when I can

The friends I stayed with after the con last week are inveterate bowlers. I've always liked the games of applied physics and geometry: bowling, pool/billiards, and curling. With my knee, I can't really play the latter; there's few safe/nice places to practice the middle either as bars tend to insist at least two people per tables on evenings.

And now I found that of 12 bowling alleys in the area, only two have 10-pins; and one is in the butt-end of Aylmer, not practicable by bus.

The remaining one, of course, must accomodate all local leagues, leaving two times per week for open bowling (except when there's tourneys, then it's Thursday nights only - and one league already takes half the lanes then). One would think this could spell a definite business opportunity... sigh. I hope they'll even let me play by myself! I mean, how else can someone improve except through practice? And since no one I know locally likes to play...

My fun in those games is to apply knowledge of geometry and basic physics, tempered by one's fitness and dexterity levels and by the non-perfect state of the playing surfaces (oiled plastic, felt or ice). Control, adaptability and patience are all required, and are all good things to develop...