Tennesseejoe said:

MASTERS blue and green chalk play differently also. It may be in the dye.

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Way more miscues with the green MASTERS..........

I have a 30” BVP uniloc. $400

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jax_joe said:

Thinking of Cabrini, or the old Robert Taylor homes? Now they were an epic slum along the Ryan.

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First time I saw the mammoth apartment complexes was mid 80's, from our vantage point as best as I recall it looked like 2 white towers side by side. Not sure what the Robert Taylor homes are but I just Googled Cabrini now and it says its a "gentrified mixed race" neighborhood.

I suppose it could have been the Robert Taylor Homes apartment buildings, I'm not sure now. Those who actually lived in Chicago at the time told us it was Cabrini Green but it was just from word of mouth, we were not standing together and looking at them.

Anybody met Zielenski? I did. Not a fan. Not sociable at all. I saw him and talked briefly at the International Straight Pool tournament in 2024. I also talked to other fans about him, since he gave me the cold shoulder and they said the same thing. I don't ask for autographs and hardly say anything by the way. Mika on the other hand, dealing with cancer and was still upbeat and appreciated me saying he was one of my favorite straight pool players. Niels was also very sociable and appreciated that I watch all his straight pool content. He said he would do more, but it isn't liked as much as the rest of his stuff. Anyway; anyone have anything nice to say about Zielenski besides his awesome game? Brian

Patrick Johnson said:

Oops - I just noticed that you said you were talking about seeing Cabrini "back in the 90s" - yes, you could see the highrises then. Apologies for missing that.

I still wonder if you could really see the detail you describe or if you're just projecting from the historical myths (like everybody else). One detail I question is your description of "missing windows" - I doubt there would be any in Chicago Housing Authority highrises.

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You could see that detail because once again, we took that route many times a season, I have no reason to make shit like that up. I also spoke with many Chicago area residents who gave me the lowdown on our views thru Chicago.

The picture you used as an example is a pretty poor example, the photo is so distant its hard to make out cars on the freeway.

Those are Lucasi style railroad rings.
Probably made in the same factory as Lucasi cues.