Idle musings

    Yesterday was the second time that I tried bowling, thanks to a cousin.     The first time was a couple of years ago. On that occasion, my first fear was that I would not be able to lift the ball ! As a result, I think I might have knocked all of four, yes 4 pins (count them !) down in the 20 chances I got !     I went home that night convinced that the bowling lanes were rigged. The other possibility that crossed my mind was that the bowling ball was bewitched. It seemed to have a fatal attraction towards the gutter ! The game, I decided, was fit for big built Americans with nothing better to do than throwing an ungainly ball at some awkwardly placed bottles ! Yes, grapes were sour that night !     Yesterday was considerably better. To begin with, I had two foot faults. My cousin advised me to swing my arm and that worked. Things had to get better and they did ! I knocked down more than 4 pins on one attempt itself and sud...