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If you bring the beer, we're on! :)

Ha! Knew I could count on you for some good advice, Tramp! Do you provide free shipping as well? ;)

Thanks everyone for your input! There is a billiards supply store nearby and because my parents bought our table from them a couple years ago they offer a 10% discount on cues. They carry McDermott and either Players or Action (maybe both?). So, I think I might pick one out that I think he...

I'm thinking of buying a cue for my boyfriend for Christmas. He hasn't played much until very recently but is a pretty solid player. He has a lot of interest in continuing to play and improve. I'm on a bit of a budget - $100 max - and have been looking at Action cues. They're inexpensive and...

11. Johnny Ramone 32. almost looks like Satriani when he had hair. 33. Tom Morello?

Hahahaha! Awesome! Thanks so much for posting! :thumbup:

First time this happened to me I thought I must be dieing...then I got the headache and wished I was. :-/ Migraines f*in suck - with or without the headache part. Sorry you had one!

Disclaimer: I haven't read the whole thread so this may have already been said. It seems that there is a lot of confusion about correlation and causation. A smoking ban was implemented and pool rooms started closing at roughly the same time? <-- correlation NOT causation Unless you can prove...

The 'Just for the hell of it' - might be down 2-5 in a race to 7, sees a crazy 3-ball combo kick shot needing the cue ball to squeeze through a space smaller than a golf ball and thinks 'What the hell. I'm gonna lose anyway and that looks like a fun shot.' and is always shocked when it works...

My Uncle Steve passed away this weekend. I'm not normally into posting memorials on the internet but I thought maybe I'd share a moment - a pool-related memory. When we were kids our families would all get together (usually at my parents house) for Thanksgiving. When my Mom and Aunt would get...

Does it make me a "young 'un" if I'm only 27? The texting thing gets me too. Though I have been known to do it myself when my opponent decides to take a few minutes to grab a drink or reload the juke box. But the first thing I do when I walk into the pool hall (or library or classroom or...

Amazing! I had to watch this about 10 times to convince myself I saw it right.

This is a really good question. I've been bumped a lot by people hanging out around the tables, though usually only in bars. How its handled usually depends on the game - casual game with friends or playing for the all-important table rights for next game. With friends I always offer the option...

I tried to give you rep for this....for making me laugh TWICE before I finished my first cup of caffeine...but I'm using my phone to check the boards this morning and it won't let me do it. Unless it did. In which case I have inadvertently given you half a dozen reps. :grin:

This has already been said in a variety of ways...but if you were giving these friends a ride somewhere would you ask them to chip in for gas? My friends and I have always had an unspoken rule that you either chip in for gas or you chip in for something else (food, drinks, etc). If you're short...

This was so much funnier after I bothered to go watch the you-tube clip. I didn't remember who Vincent Lauria was at first. :o And I just watched this movie last week!

Thanks again everyone! The best approach seemed to be a combo of adjusting the angle and speed. I spent almost an hour trying out different angle/speed combinations. It surprised me how much the speed matters. I definitely need to put in some more practice but at least now I know what...

Very nice room! I'm diggin' that giant painting! Where did you get it?

Great idea! This is the garage at my parents house. Well...it started out as a garage. About 15 years ago my dad turned it into his woodworking shop. We had always kind of joked about getting a pool table. We have a big formal dining room with a big antique dining table we use maybe twice a...

So the general consensus seems to be that interest in pool has been waning...pool halls are closing there doors left and right. I went to the pool hall near my house in upstate NY for the first time (just moved back to the area) and the owner and I had a good talk, part of which was basically...