I have never done crack but they say that it's an instant rush that goes away too soon and has you back for more in minutes to get another hit.
This is kind of how I feel about AZ right now. I have never been addicted to any kind of drug in my life but this sure feels like an addiction right now.
The other day I calculated that I have spent about a year, as in all the hours and minutes that make up a year, on internet billiard newsgroups in the last 12 years. Primarily RSB and AZB.
When I first discovered RSB around 1996/97ish I was like WOW people are discussing POOL! On the web! Cool! I dove in and shared my own experiences, sold a few cues, sold some cases, and learned a lot about playing pool. Then at some point I got into my first argument, if I remember right it was about how I thought it was uncool for Adams to say that the cues they build are "what George would built if he had lived". I don't know why but something about that set me off and me and someone else ended up in an argument and flamefest over it.
I was like wow, I can argue and insult people and no one is going to come and punch me! Cool!
So that was my thing on newsgroups - help where I can, relate my anecdotes and road stories where they fit, give my opinion based on my life experiences, and tell people how ignorant they are when I felt that they were being so.
Did I go overboard. Oh yeah. After all no one was going to come and punch me and no one ever did. There has only been one person who I ever argued with on the net who didn't shake my hand when we later met in person. But he didn't punch me either.
I am not proud of all the time I wasted arguing. I am proud of the good information I have provided on a variety of topics. I am fortunate that I have lived and played in Germany and Europe for ten years and now am doing the same in China. I am very lucky to have been able to hang out with the best players and the top industry folks through out the years. I am still somewhat of an outsider though so I don't have the down and dirty details of either group but I am fortunate to count a lot of nice friends and acquaintances among them.
Since Edwin Reyes died senselessly I have felt that I need to be nicer and more tolerant and stop wasting time arguing with people who I feel are just making ignorant statements in order to be controversial. I have been backsliding on that promise to myself recently.
The other day my wife said AZ or me. Not really but that was the 'look' in her eye and all you married guys know that look. I said ok honey and then spent all night typing long thoughtful responses that I felt were very educational about economics and market dynamics. In the morning my wife said "did you change the world?" I said maybe a little bit if someone reading starts to think a little bit more.......and went on like this for five minutes more.....as her eyes glazed over.....when I was done she said, "did you finish that sketch for that guy that you promised him?" I said no, and she said "well could you change the world after you take care of business?"
This is the one I want to keep forever so I am going to miss hanging out with you all
But I won't be gone - I will still be lurking and I am giving my wife the JB Cases account and she will forward me the PM's which hopefully will now get answered faster since I won't be creating global peace through my essays on AZ.
She will post our new cases on AZ from time to time and probably be the one to answer your JB case questions if you have any. She will ask me if she doesn't know the answer.
Well that's it my last hit and cold turkey after this. It's not goodbye just aufwiedersehen.
Xie Xie.
This is kind of how I feel about AZ right now. I have never been addicted to any kind of drug in my life but this sure feels like an addiction right now.
The other day I calculated that I have spent about a year, as in all the hours and minutes that make up a year, on internet billiard newsgroups in the last 12 years. Primarily RSB and AZB.
When I first discovered RSB around 1996/97ish I was like WOW people are discussing POOL! On the web! Cool! I dove in and shared my own experiences, sold a few cues, sold some cases, and learned a lot about playing pool. Then at some point I got into my first argument, if I remember right it was about how I thought it was uncool for Adams to say that the cues they build are "what George would built if he had lived". I don't know why but something about that set me off and me and someone else ended up in an argument and flamefest over it.
I was like wow, I can argue and insult people and no one is going to come and punch me! Cool!
So that was my thing on newsgroups - help where I can, relate my anecdotes and road stories where they fit, give my opinion based on my life experiences, and tell people how ignorant they are when I felt that they were being so.
Did I go overboard. Oh yeah. After all no one was going to come and punch me and no one ever did. There has only been one person who I ever argued with on the net who didn't shake my hand when we later met in person. But he didn't punch me either.
I am not proud of all the time I wasted arguing. I am proud of the good information I have provided on a variety of topics. I am fortunate that I have lived and played in Germany and Europe for ten years and now am doing the same in China. I am very lucky to have been able to hang out with the best players and the top industry folks through out the years. I am still somewhat of an outsider though so I don't have the down and dirty details of either group but I am fortunate to count a lot of nice friends and acquaintances among them.
Since Edwin Reyes died senselessly I have felt that I need to be nicer and more tolerant and stop wasting time arguing with people who I feel are just making ignorant statements in order to be controversial. I have been backsliding on that promise to myself recently.
The other day my wife said AZ or me. Not really but that was the 'look' in her eye and all you married guys know that look. I said ok honey and then spent all night typing long thoughtful responses that I felt were very educational about economics and market dynamics. In the morning my wife said "did you change the world?" I said maybe a little bit if someone reading starts to think a little bit more.......and went on like this for five minutes more.....as her eyes glazed over.....when I was done she said, "did you finish that sketch for that guy that you promised him?" I said no, and she said "well could you change the world after you take care of business?"
This is the one I want to keep forever so I am going to miss hanging out with you all
But I won't be gone - I will still be lurking and I am giving my wife the JB Cases account and she will forward me the PM's which hopefully will now get answered faster since I won't be creating global peace through my essays on AZ.
She will post our new cases on AZ from time to time and probably be the one to answer your JB case questions if you have any. She will ask me if she doesn't know the answer.
Well that's it my last hit and cold turkey after this. It's not goodbye just aufwiedersehen.
Xie Xie.
,sounds good you takecare your Family and Business.
