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Tougher tables did not help USA pros for 20 years

lfigueroa
This weekend I played in a one pocket tournament at Railyard in Louisville on Diamonds with 4.25" pockets and I'm here to tell you, based upon first hand experience, that it's a different ballgame if you're not accustomed to those size pockets.

Your strategy has to be different and your technique has got to be *far* more precise. I play on a Diamond with tough 4.5" pockets and I'm here to tell you the game is different when you lose that 1/4".

Lou Figueroa
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Dynaspheres Factory and Manufacturing

sudocrushms
nataddrho said:
I looked at the actual numbers more, and my x10 in 30 years is an outlier, but not that far off...

1400 sqft house that I grew up in in the 80s in CT was bought for $86k, is now ~$330k. x3.7 (40 years)
1800 sqft house that I grew up in the 90s in CT was bought for $160k (sold for $162k in 2000) and is now ~$450. x2.8 (30 years)
1200 sqft house (another one I lived in in CT) is now $290k and was bought for $115k. x2.5 (25 years)

But the 1300 sqft house across the street in MA went from $90k to $465k since 1995. x5.2 (30 years)
And the 3000 sqft house I live in now in MA increased by a factor of x6.0 since 1995 (though work was done to it).
I live an hour south of Boston

AI says that the average increase is around x6.6 in 30 years for MA. Still not x10 but could be in specific areas.
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My parents built their 2900sqft house in a south Mpls suburb for $175k in late '95. It's worth $444k now (just a garage addition since). So 2.5x in 30 years.

There's a property right by me (edge of mpls suburban growth) that's 158 acres. Was last sold for $66kin 2007.
It's worth nearly $3.2 MILLION now...(GIS market value). So nearly 50x. Absurd.
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Gold Crown 7 Revealed

philly
iusedtoberich said:
I take it back, I think the channel for the ball return are plastic, not bent sheetmetal. They seem curved in cross section from the pic, which is not usually done with metal. They might be extruded plastic due to the curve. Extruded plastic is cheaper for tooling than molded plastic, and a good choice for a tunnel. Plastic would be better for a tunnel than metal (in general) because it won't rattle when the ball hits it.
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Good critique. Once a mechanical engineer always a mechanical engineer. You're a good man brother.
Will miss you up north. You're good for the game.
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