Pool in Iraq

Russ Chewning

Russ Chewning

Short Bus Russ - C player
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I finally got around to getting a photobucket account, and thought I would post some pictures of the pool tables here in Baghdad and the pool area right beside the tables..

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Nice Repair job...

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More where that came from...

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The other table..

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The table are outside, don'tcha know?

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And next to a pool, no less! Pool pic not showing for some reason..

And the table is still super dry, and the chalk don't stick!


Hope you enjoy...

Russ
 
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Nice playing conditions, at least the swimming pool part. :p Russ, you do look familiar. I will have to let Mike take a look at your picture and see if he remembers you. Take care.

Linda
 
I'm no expert, and I don't want to tell you your job or anything Russ, but I'm not sure that's the right way to mark out a helipad.

Take care of yourself out there though. Mind you, you obviously don't need telling that. I take it that's body armour you've got under the tee shirt.

Boro Nut
 
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Wow, it really *is* true that you can fix anything with Duct Tape.

It's just not right though that my taxes can afford to buy the US miltary smart bombs that costs millions each but no-one can come up with a measly few hundred for a bolt of new Simonis?

Russ, if we all club together and buy you some new cloth and ship it over is there someone there who can fit it?
 
Pool aside, you're still a winner, and we are proud of you!

Thanks for sharing.
 
AuntyDan said:
Wow, it really *is* true that you can fix anything with Duct Tape.

It's just not right though that my taxes can afford to buy the US miltary smart bombs that costs millions each but no-one can come up with a measly few hundred for a bolt of new Simonis?

Russ, if we all club together and buy you some new cloth and ship it over is there someone there who can fit it?
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The thing is, MWR *has* the cloth. They also have a b***h as an MWR rep, unfortunately. MWR means "Morale, Welfare, and Recreation". It's her job to make things fun. She seems like she doesn't like her job. We needed to borrow MWR's spare karaoke microphone because our Sergeant Major dropped and broke our spare, and she told us to put in a work order and get it approved through upper management.

This microphone was needed for ONE day for a WAR brief, and I told her this as nicely as possible.

I ended up finding someone else to brrow from, and they were more than happy to help.

Getting back to the cloth. They have cloth, but they don't have anyone that knows how to put it on, and they also do not have cloth pullers. I don't know if there are any specail staples either, as I have never reclothed a table.

Seriously, tho.. The tables really don't play as bad as they look. And due to the VERY DRY climate, the chalk don't stick as I said. What this mean is that the non players miscue.. A LOT. And they all think they know how to masse and jump the ball.

Bangers + extremely dry conditions where chalk don't stick = Ripped cloth.

You can run out these tables.. I know some of the taped rips look really bad, but as long as you don't slow roll over them, they're not too bad.

The main issue is the pockets. Sometimes a well hit shot will hit the back of the pocket and either climb right over the back of the pocket and off the table, or will spit right back out off the back facing. Never saw anything like it in my life.

Believe it or not, you can hit a lot of balls with a soft pace and they won't roll off.

Russ
 
Njhustler1 said:
What did Sadaam say to George Dubbya?
Iraq. You break.
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You do realize it's probably legal for Russ to shoot you for making that pun? If it isn't it should be.

Russ - I'm sure there are some books on basic table recovering you can get. Perhaps some of our excellent table mechanics here would offer you some guidance to walk you through doing this yourself. (That is once you pry the cloth out of the clutches of your MWR rep.)
 
Russ, if you have cloth, I can send you a DVD on how to recover the table, along with anything else you need. Let me know. RAT




Russ Chewning said:
The thing is, MWR *has* the cloth. They also have a b***h as an MWR rep, unfortunately. MWR means "Morale, Welfare, and Recreation". It's her job to make things fun. She seems like she doesn't like her job. We needed to borrow MWR's spare karaoke microphone because our Sergeant Major dropped and broke our spare, and she told us to put in a work order and get it approved through upper management.

This microphone was needed for ONE day for a WAR brief, and I told her this as nicely as possible.

I ended up finding someone else to brrow from, and they were more than happy to help.

Getting back to the cloth. They have cloth, but they don't have anyone that knows how to put it on, and they also do not have cloth pullers. I don't know if there are any specail staples either, as I have never reclothed a table.

Seriously, tho.. The tables really don't play as bad as they look. And due to the VERY DRY climate, the chalk don't stick as I said. What this mean is that the non players miscue.. A LOT. And they all think they know how to masse and jump the ball.

Bangers + extremely dry conditions where chalk don't stick = Ripped cloth.

You can run out these tables.. I know some of the taped rips look really bad, but as long as you don't slow roll over them, they're not too bad.

The main issue is the pockets. Sometimes a well hit shot will hit the back of the pocket and either climb right over the back of the pocket and off the table, or will spit right back out off the back facing. Never saw anything like it in my life.

Believe it or not, you can hit a lot of balls with a soft pace and they won't roll off.

Russ
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Hey there Russ, I hope you are well & healthy. We, the citizens of America, are saying our prayers & wishing you well.

Please keep your health & morale at the top mark, soon you will be home with your family & friends.
 
Russ in Iraq

Folks; In another area of AZ, I have asked for donatons of dvd's on pool and received some committments as well as my own. If any of you particpants have dvd's to send to Russ, I am shipping a box out in a few days as I am awaiting several more items to include in this initial shipping. I won't hold up this box after WED. of next week but will send more shipments in the coming weeks. If you have something, please send me a private message and I will schedule and pay the shipping to Iraq.

Some of you sellers of pool dvd's, why not donating them for this effort? Russ and the soldiers are coming back soon to play pool again. I guarantee the shipment of them and each provider's name will go on one of the many posters the Black Widow has donated to our troops.

Thanks,

John Rousseau
john.rousseau@west.com
 
Russ, just a thought, but I think there is a tech or two here that can spell out exactly how to replace that felt.

There aren't any special cloth pullers or staples.

The pullers are on the ends of your arms and I've seen a regular staple gun used. 3M Super 77 or some other spray adhesive and some comprehensive directions and you can do it.


Who feels up to sending him the instructions?
 
Russ Chewning said:
The thing is, MWR *has* the cloth. They also have a b***h as an MWR rep, unfortunately. MWR means "Morale, Welfare, and Recreation". It's her job to make things fun. She seems like she doesn't like her job. We needed to borrow MWR's spare karaoke microphone because our Sergeant Major dropped and broke our spare, and she told us to put in a work order and get it approved through upper management.

This microphone was needed for ONE day for a WAR brief, and I told her this as nicely as possible.

I ended up finding someone else to brrow from, and they were more than happy to help.
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Is that MWR the Hillary type? Sounds like she's got a "testicle lockbox" operation going...
 
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