It musta been the early 80s or even late 70s when I had a waterbed shop at 8222 South Tacoma Way. Had the shop in the back of the store and had a pool table in the shop. Was real handy and profitable for after hours action.

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Here it is installed.

Spoiler alert: Not great leather. Did not cut very nice. No nice ribbon here.

We'll see how it plays. He is a good player, but not all players can tell the difference in the tip unless it is drastic.

nope not me. and i never played in tournaments in spots i hustled in. good way to lose customers.

maha said:

the red roof pub

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Oh and oh yeah, the Red Roof was where I won my first pool tournament. Hope you aren't the guy that went by Rhinestone Ray. I beat him by application of the 3 foul rule. Can't remember how much first place paid but pretty sure I spent more celebrating the victory that night.

maha said:

he was hooked and jumped the heavy big cue ball over and made his shot. and ran out.

first time i ever saw someone jump. my jaw dropped.

it was stupid to do anyway as you would instantly lose all action. but that was the end of me betting with him.
later i found out who he was. jim speers.

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Oh wow, that brings so many memories.
First off, I never knew his name other than Flyboy. Well obviously he wasn't hustler and just wanted action.
The punkin ball jump shot reminds me of Debbie Hess (well Hess at that time). She could jump a full ball at 12 inches with the big cueball and using her shooter as jump cues hadn't arrived. The gals wanted jump shots banned in the ladies events. Her and husband had a tavern on South Tacoma Way near the bases. I played her in the finals of a Spokane tournament. I can't remember the letter but it might have been called a C tournament. 9 ball on 9 footers, and was the largest purse I ever won in a tournament. Must have filled the field at 64 . $700 was first with another $190 from a $10 side pot. Ah those were the days.

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Obviously nothing exotic or rare. It's a P19r that I asked to have stained in smoke color vs the no stain they have pictured on the web site. I'm happy with they way it turned out.
I have been away from the game for just shy of 22 years. Sold off my collection (and had one stolen) over the years.
I got bit by the bug again and decided to get a new cue.
And, man, being gone from pool for so long, you don't realize how out of stroke one can get, and how friken hard it is to get it back.View attachment 914189

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Nice looking cue.