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Funny that this is being touted as new technology when throughout my youth I can only remember bowling at lanes that used string pinsetters. The fancy mechanica
by paxys 3y ago
Funny that this is being touted as new technology when throughout my youth I can only remember bowling at lanes that used string pinsetters. The fancy mechanical ones only came much later, and at least in Europe plenty of places never bothered to upgrade at all and still work this way. So this is less of an upgrade and more a reversion to an older, simpler, cheaper way of doing things.
- Nition 3y agoThe article does say: "European bowling alleys have used string pinsetters for decades because they require less energy and maintenance. All you need is someone at the front counter to run back when the strings tangle. "But Americans have long treated this technology as a gimmick, relegating it to arcade-style games in restaurants and bars. The bowling congress knew that conferring official status meant confronting a stigma."
- JohnFen 3y ago> Americans have long treated this technology as a gimmick Perhaps because, as I found out, the string method makes the game much less fun.