I just wanted to drop an introduction from the new guy. I saw no specific 'intro section' here, so this seemed the most logical place.....and I am well versed in forum etiquette, I own 2x 100,000+ member forums...so if this is indeed posted in the wrong area, may the staff feel free to wag your finger at me and then move it to the right area....
Anyway....I'll keep it as short as possible, so not to bore everyone to tears...my name is Chris, I'm from Salem, Missouri. I've been fascinated with billiards since I was tall enough to see the top of the table standing on my own 2 feet. Through my early teens and early 20's I was a very active pool player, tourneys, bars, pool rooms, etc......but like most, life happened. Got married, raised a daughter, and the unfortunate side affect of this, my pool playing days were pretty much over....I quit playing actively when I was about 22. Well, staring down the barrel of 40, my daughter only having one year of high school left, and having a little extra money to play with this year, I figured why not get a pool table, something I've always wanted.....but first I had to build a room to put it in... I added onto my workshop. 1200sq ft addition. The pool room is 22x22, plenty of room for my Gold Crown 9' table.
Just a couple pics of the finished pool room:
I built it myself.....took almost 6 months. I began in early June, and finished trimming it last week.
Here's the table I bought... These are crappy phone pics taken at the guy's house. The seller is a close friend of a close friend of mine. The table sat there patiently waiting for the day the table mechanic takes her down and brings her here....
I got some new Simonis860 cloth.....sorry green-loving guys, I had to think outside the box a little, and went with the 'wine' color. It matches the room all too perfectly!!
The table will be brought out next Thursday, the day before my 40th birthday....how cool is that!!! My long wait is almost over!!
Now to what put everything on the fast track.....whoever says being married sucks doesnt have a queen as glorious as mine apparently.... I unwrapped a Brunswick GC5 Anniversary Edition cue Christmas morning.....I never saw that coming!! It's made by Predator Cues as far as research tells me....which explains why its so expensive....but she thought it was pretty and would match the GC table....women! ...all the same, I can't wait to play it!
The new GC5 is in the top spot. The cue in the bottom spot of the case is my trusty old Steve Mizerak cue. I beat a dude out of it at a pool hall when I was 19, I've played with it ever since. It's hit a lot of balls around! The GC ball set was given to me by a guy 15yrs or so ago that sold his table and had no further use for them....they've been stashed in a closet all these years.... Everything is falling into place!! I visited my parents this past thanksgiving, and they have an 8ft table in their basement....its the first time I've hit a ball in over 4 years....and man was I rusty!! Nobody could beat me, but I was missing some of the most simplest shots.... Will I ever play competitions and tournaments again? I doubt it, not as bad as I shot that night.....but I realized just how much I missed the game!
A little about me....I've made my living in the Computer/IT industry, more specifically, component level service and repair. I'm the computer guy that would fix all the hardware that the other "techs" told you was unrepairable. It's been good to me and allowed me to remain self employed my entire working life. I'm also a Nissan 300ZX nut, I have several of them....
There is one more off to the right, not pictured. Its stripped completely down and is being built.
Anyway, that should do it......sorry for being so long winded....but one thing I've learned over the last 12 years of running forums, knowing your members on a personal level makes for a much nicer community....
Anyway....I'll keep it as short as possible, so not to bore everyone to tears...my name is Chris, I'm from Salem, Missouri. I've been fascinated with billiards since I was tall enough to see the top of the table standing on my own 2 feet. Through my early teens and early 20's I was a very active pool player, tourneys, bars, pool rooms, etc......but like most, life happened. Got married, raised a daughter, and the unfortunate side affect of this, my pool playing days were pretty much over....I quit playing actively when I was about 22. Well, staring down the barrel of 40, my daughter only having one year of high school left, and having a little extra money to play with this year, I figured why not get a pool table, something I've always wanted.....but first I had to build a room to put it in... I added onto my workshop. 1200sq ft addition. The pool room is 22x22, plenty of room for my Gold Crown 9' table.
Just a couple pics of the finished pool room:
I built it myself.....took almost 6 months. I began in early June, and finished trimming it last week.
Here's the table I bought... These are crappy phone pics taken at the guy's house. The seller is a close friend of a close friend of mine. The table sat there patiently waiting for the day the table mechanic takes her down and brings her here....
I got some new Simonis860 cloth.....sorry green-loving guys, I had to think outside the box a little, and went with the 'wine' color. It matches the room all too perfectly!!
The table will be brought out next Thursday, the day before my 40th birthday....how cool is that!!! My long wait is almost over!!
Now to what put everything on the fast track.....whoever says being married sucks doesnt have a queen as glorious as mine apparently.... I unwrapped a Brunswick GC5 Anniversary Edition cue Christmas morning.....I never saw that coming!! It's made by Predator Cues as far as research tells me....which explains why its so expensive....but she thought it was pretty and would match the GC table....women! ...all the same, I can't wait to play it!
The new GC5 is in the top spot. The cue in the bottom spot of the case is my trusty old Steve Mizerak cue. I beat a dude out of it at a pool hall when I was 19, I've played with it ever since. It's hit a lot of balls around! The GC ball set was given to me by a guy 15yrs or so ago that sold his table and had no further use for them....they've been stashed in a closet all these years.... Everything is falling into place!! I visited my parents this past thanksgiving, and they have an 8ft table in their basement....its the first time I've hit a ball in over 4 years....and man was I rusty!! Nobody could beat me, but I was missing some of the most simplest shots.... Will I ever play competitions and tournaments again? I doubt it, not as bad as I shot that night.....but I realized just how much I missed the game!
A little about me....I've made my living in the Computer/IT industry, more specifically, component level service and repair. I'm the computer guy that would fix all the hardware that the other "techs" told you was unrepairable. It's been good to me and allowed me to remain self employed my entire working life. I'm also a Nissan 300ZX nut, I have several of them....
There is one more off to the right, not pictured. Its stripped completely down and is being built.
Anyway, that should do it......sorry for being so long winded....but one thing I've learned over the last 12 years of running forums, knowing your members on a personal level makes for a much nicer community....
