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Patrick Johnson · Monday at 2:23 PM

fastone371 said:
... the missing windows and the white what I'm assuming were bed sheets being used as curtains floating in the wind outside of the windows were all the clues I needed from I94 to know that I did noy want to be there.

Cabrini is behind the big white apartment building (and all the other buildings in between) - I hope you didn't burn any holes in them with your magnifying x-ray vision.

pj
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Sooner32 · Monday at 2:22 PM

JPB2 said:
It was somewhere in between just shooting pool and the gear focus of today IMO. My experience…Shafts were maple. Then people would sand the crap out of them with Scotchbrite or sandpaper. The pool hall where I bought my first cue you could get a Le Pro or a Le Pro for a tip replacement. That is only a slight exaggeration. Chalk was Master. Meucci had a following. Where I played they’d make fun of the plastic joint. I had one for a while anyway, but there was a big preference for a metal joint where I played a lot. Adam was a popular brand. Heard about mystical custom brands, but saw few. Saw Joss Wests in Denver, Stroud was in Colorado then. One guy from NY had a Balabushka. Well used. Not babied at all. Saw the occasional Viking, Schon, Palmer. Mc Dermott was popular. More so at places without the strong metal joint bias where I played. No break cues. No jump cues. 1x1 or 1x2 cases mostly. The one accessory from then that has disappeared now is the apron. GC skirts would put a black line on your pants.

My recollections from my era in the mid to late ‘80’s.

Everything you said in this post brought back memories for me. I had a lot of different cues but was fond of Meucci's in the late 80's and 90's. I was already interested in pool before the Color of Money came out but it really ignited it to another degree.

No telling how many shafts I sanded. I got a Joss and was in love with it, I think I really wanted the stainless joint at the time because I thought players better than me were using those. I wanted a Schon because I seemed to regularly take beatings from guys playing with Schon cues. I did have a "break cue" but it was whatever cue I liked the least. First cue was a Huebler sneaky, then an Adam. My cases were Porper and It's George and all my tips were Le Pro.

maha · Monday at 2:20 PM

they were the best and most accurate in their day.
still like them the best, but some now have smaller tolerances. if that is more important to a person.

for home great but out and about since so expensive, most rooms are going with other brands so nothing is standard.

fastone371 · Monday at 2:20 PM

That looks like a cool system.

sjm · Monday at 2:18 PM

I cannot fault Yapp here. His facial expression showed he knew he might have fouled but wasn't sure. With a referee present, he was willing to defer to the referee and abide by the call made.

driz86 · Monday at 2:14 PM

I contacted them recently trying to order a tip press and her responded fairly quick.

middleofnowhere · Monday at 2:13 PM

Jimmorrison said:
If the ref makes the right call, it’s 9 to 5, with FSR breaking. Is he a favorite from there, obviously not. Is he capable of winning the next five racks, obviously yes.

I beat Buddy Hall in a match trailing 2 to 7. In a race to 11. Things out of nowhere can just all of a sudden turn around. With players of that caliber, it don't take much. FSR as you call him could have without a doubt won that match. Hell, he might have run out the rest of the set. But will never know will we.

Black-Balled · Monday at 2:08 PM

maha said:
you used to play for cash so it was one of your jobs at one time.

now its posting here.

Shows ya what growing up'll get ya!

Fore Rail · Monday at 2:07 PM

DCP said,

"Yesterday I had about eight (8) chances where I felt I should run out. I hosed up five and got out three times."

My interpretation of the above does not mean 3 out of 8.

He could have broke 100 racks and in his opinion only had 8 decent chances to run out & managed to do so 3 times.

maha · Monday at 2:05 PM

Black-Balled said:
And dear Lord...thank you for not making pool be my job!

you used to play for cash so it was one of your jobs at one time.

now its posting here.

maha · Monday at 2:02 PM

i think the ref should call based on what he sees of the hit and not the way the cue ball rolled. if they want that and this shot was a clear foul, then you need to have a camera. no camera then ref makes his call based on what he sees of the hit.

other wise ref calls what he sees, is fair for both sides. it can work for you or against you. that has been how pool was reffed forever.
other wise the hit becomes more subjective from the ref. even though some shots like this are clear. but only from the after roll of the cueball.

Black-Balled · Monday at 2:01 PM

maha said:
if blacky cant run 5 balls think about all the others that have to spend ten minutes chalking up and putting their sticks together.

even a very decent player goes a long time not running 3 racks out of 8. with where the cue ball lands on the break.
not many would i stop betting with at that game..

sure the players here are better than what we might see on league night. but in general many are really just rec. players that may only hit balls on league night. nothing wrong with that.

And dear Lord...thank you for not making pool be my job!

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