Well the Grinch paid us a visit for Christmas.
My wife and I took a 1500+ mile trip to surprise our 2 kids and 5 grandchildren when they were expecting us not to even have a chance of coming to see them.
To make a long story short, our car was broken into on Christmas Eve night in Wichita Kansas. My gps, a couple of hundred bucks gas money hidden in the arm rest console, a bag of electrical tools I took because I was going to do a couple things for my son, my wife's prescription sunglasses, my pool case and cues and worst of all...all the gifts we brought for the grandkids. The only thing left in the car was a pen and a hair brush, it was like they had an industrial vacuum cleaner that sucked everything out.
I know I've got no chance to get anything back at all and this has happened to thousands of people all over the country this time of year and it just sucks so bad that stinkin low life thieves can put such a damper on holidays for people.
The only thing I might have is a half ass shot at recovering any of the cues.
If anyone in the Wichita area spots them maybe they'll give me a heads up and I could figure something out. I know a pool room is close by to my sons house, I think it's called "Side Pockets". I never did have a chance to go check it out which is why
I brought my sticks along. We were going to stay a little longer but we decided to head home.
Anyway, I had a black soft full zippered case that had pouches for 4 butts and 8 shafts, an older Paul Huebler jump/break cue (black wrap), a predator break cue (the first one that came out) and most importantly a Sneaky Pete cue that was very sentimental to me.
The sneaky was made by a life long friend and good player "California" John McCue. He passed away in my pool room 10 years ago and made the cue back in 2001. It's signed...John McCue 2001...in the points. A plain cue with a black joint but it meant alot to me and it played good. He was friends with Joey Gold and when he started making cues he relentlessly picked at Joeys knowledge so he was making a pretty nice hitting stick.
It's a shot in the dark but what the hell, I've felt like vomiting since it all happened and still feel like it.
If someone came up and said "I got all your stuff and I'll only give one thing back" I'd say the stuff for the kids but it ain't going to happen like that, so I'll take a shot on some people in Wichita looking out for some crack heads trying to sell all the sticks and case to get enough for a rock.
The scumbags might have put a damper on our holiday but they didn't steal the time we had with our kids and grandkids. That was worth more than anything they could take from us.
Thanks in advance for any effort.
My wife and I took a 1500+ mile trip to surprise our 2 kids and 5 grandchildren when they were expecting us not to even have a chance of coming to see them.
To make a long story short, our car was broken into on Christmas Eve night in Wichita Kansas. My gps, a couple of hundred bucks gas money hidden in the arm rest console, a bag of electrical tools I took because I was going to do a couple things for my son, my wife's prescription sunglasses, my pool case and cues and worst of all...all the gifts we brought for the grandkids. The only thing left in the car was a pen and a hair brush, it was like they had an industrial vacuum cleaner that sucked everything out.
I know I've got no chance to get anything back at all and this has happened to thousands of people all over the country this time of year and it just sucks so bad that stinkin low life thieves can put such a damper on holidays for people.
The only thing I might have is a half ass shot at recovering any of the cues.
If anyone in the Wichita area spots them maybe they'll give me a heads up and I could figure something out. I know a pool room is close by to my sons house, I think it's called "Side Pockets". I never did have a chance to go check it out which is why
I brought my sticks along. We were going to stay a little longer but we decided to head home.
Anyway, I had a black soft full zippered case that had pouches for 4 butts and 8 shafts, an older Paul Huebler jump/break cue (black wrap), a predator break cue (the first one that came out) and most importantly a Sneaky Pete cue that was very sentimental to me.
The sneaky was made by a life long friend and good player "California" John McCue. He passed away in my pool room 10 years ago and made the cue back in 2001. It's signed...John McCue 2001...in the points. A plain cue with a black joint but it meant alot to me and it played good. He was friends with Joey Gold and when he started making cues he relentlessly picked at Joeys knowledge so he was making a pretty nice hitting stick.
It's a shot in the dark but what the hell, I've felt like vomiting since it all happened and still feel like it.
If someone came up and said "I got all your stuff and I'll only give one thing back" I'd say the stuff for the kids but it ain't going to happen like that, so I'll take a shot on some people in Wichita looking out for some crack heads trying to sell all the sticks and case to get enough for a rock.
The scumbags might have put a damper on our holiday but they didn't steal the time we had with our kids and grandkids. That was worth more than anything they could take from us.
Thanks in advance for any effort.
