Lanny, I grew up right off McVey Blvd.....a few blocks from Palisades Lanes. Do you remember that place? All us kids in the neighborhood started bowling there when we were around 11 or 12. I really enjoyed it. Ended up working there as a pin spotter when I was around 15. Got paid $2.50/hr plus free bowling. It was a pretty good gig for a young teen. I think I ended up averaging around 192. I think I was 18. Thought about becoming a pro around that time. That is, until an HBO-televised tournament came to town at the bowling alley. Man, I saw those guys and said forget it! *sigh*