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A history of pool and the White House

kling&allen
bbb said:
interesting reads
thanks @trob and @JAM
surprising to me the billiard tables referred to were pocket billiard tables and not carom billiard tables as its my impression that carom billiards was more popular at that time
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American 4 ball was the popular game until after the civil war, a combination carom and pocket game played on a pocket billiards table.

Carom rose in popularity starting in the 1870s and then with Hoppe after the turn of the century. I’m not aware of any presidents playing carom (balkline, etc). Perhaps their high brow (foreign) roots and difficulty were discouraging for politicians .
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Derby City Cue Vendors

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garczar said:
wtf are you talking about?? he'd already bought his booth and while unloading he sold out. you keep making these stupid guesses. well you don't know shit. hows that for 'pedalling upstream'. stay in your lane bud.
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Yeah but selling choice stuff in the parking lot can be a violation. It was obviously looser there. Not saying he killed the market but would you have stood idly by while a competitor snagged all your customers?

And it's peddling...
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Need Jump AND break cue, would prefer to get both in one cue, suggestions?

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First off, I don't jump very well and am working on that. I've been using a McDermott Stinger jump/break for a number of years and it does OK as a break cue but I can't help but think there are much better options for a jump cue.
I would prefer to have a more effective combo jump/break cue so I don't have to carry as much stuff in my case but if a dedicated jump cue only is the way to go I guess that's what I'll have to do.
Does anyone have experience with a good combo jump break or should I just keep my Stinger and use it for breaking and buy a dedicated jump cue?

Thanks
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Shaft suggestions

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garczar said:
No on the pins. They are not a direct/easy fit on Radial. They have two, the orig. and the Wavy2 and neither is a good fit on a 'real' Radial pin. Another shaft is the J.Flowers SMO wood. It has a carbon core, never seen/hit one but i've heard a lot of good about them. Pred has the Centro out also. It has a cf core as well.
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Hmmm....well my WX Alpha shaft fits nicely on several radial butts which are the real deal.

I do know radial shafts will not fit on Mezz's wavy thread.
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