Cant wait to get old ! Miss The Old Days

What room do you shoot out of Steve?

I agree with you the place that i shoot out of used to be this incredible place of wonder for me where guys would bet constantly and there was always something fun or funny happening. Random Cue raffles or a shotgun tournament simply because we were all there. I used to look at the guys that shot on the action table like they were gods. The way they acted the way they moved with such swagger and such machismo. Everything they did was incredible to me. I was sixteen when i first started playing and i was welcomed by the then house men. Now i walk in and i am saddened by the state of the tables the house people and the current stock of players. The same four guys every day, day in day out simply because they dont know better. I remember nights where there would be no pool at all card games till five am or a great conversation over coffee in the front or back of the room. Scotch doubles games played with broomsticks and bridges just because it was fun. People had action constantly fair (or should i say fair to them) games were easy to find and you didnt have to look that hard. Long gone ar the days of the billiard club. I would love to create a club like the days of old ( i know i know im only 25 what do i know of the days of old) but when i started playing it felt like you were going to a social club like you were one of the boys. I was always the youngest with this group of misfits, gamblers, hustlers, and friends but i was never on the outside. They always let me in. I say bring back the club feel hell charge membership if thats what it takes but bring back the knowledeable house men, bring back the old timers with their stories of past runs and tournaments and more, bring back the cushy couches and chairs for the rail birds. I want it all. That magical sensation that what we were doing there no matter how mundane or ineffectual to the masses was amazing to us.

Great post steve keep em coming.

I walked into a room that was a regular stop for me for years, i could awalys win the gas $$$ in there or more, over a 5 year period or longer on alot of trips to LA, I dont recall booking a loser, I did run into a player once and broke even. Anyways I didnt go into that room for about 5 or 6 years and I happened to be driving past it and just for for fun I stopped in, I was playing at the time but just wanted to see what things were like.

I walked in looked around and they re arranged the boxes, counter etc but it still was a ok room. There wasnt anyone in there that could play at all, the best player was a 3 ball runner at best, for the most part they all owned their own cues too. I asked the guy behind the counter if there was any action. He looked at me and said "Whats that?". I asked him how long he worked there, he said " About two years". Wow times changed. I went back in there a week later on my way home just to see if that was for real. I went in during the day and the place was empty. I started talking to the girl who worked there, she was cute and had been there for a few years as well. I asked her if she was aware that people played pool for money, she didnt understand. So I told her how it worked, that 2 people would bet a dollar and the winner would get the $2. I dont think I got it across to her.

My point is times have changed. This was about 7 or 8 years ago maybe longer, I was winning in there in the mid to late 80's. Pool aint what it was.