Put on a nice shirt. Then lean across chalk face side up and stretch a bit to reach a shot. Now you can tell me and the rest of us why placing the chalk face down can be good!
I bought a gross of Master chalk, seventeen cents a piece back then. I threw a couple of pieces of chalk in every vehicle for emergencies just like carrying a cue ball or two in my main vehicle.
When I had strayed off for a couple hours I would carefully use the top of the chalk to mark my t-shirt down by the belt line. My wife would greet me with a kind smile as she heated my supper, "Where the hell have you been??" Damn, that ain't a smile, she is baring her teeth ready to strike."
I would look at her kinda sad and apologetically, "Girl, I have to admit I have been making mad passionate love to a beautiful blond for hours!"
"Ha, in your dreams! I see those chalk marks on your shirt. You have been down at the pool hall with those other bums!"
"Damn girl, I can't get anything past you!"
That there is why you carry chalk in your vehicle and rub the face side into the shirt so she instantly identifies a chalk mark. If you can't be good, be smart.
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That’s hilarious……you know the chalk is there…..and hopefully not more than 1-2 pieces
on a 9’ pool table and 1 piece of chalk on a 7’ version……so you approach the shot and
visually see this piece of chalk in front of you since it isn’t hiding and is in plain sight…but
it never dawns on you to reposition it or merely push it one Diamond over to avoid soiling
your shirt?
At least with chalk positioned face side up, you can easily spot the potential complaint before
it happens. You just slide the chalk over one Diamond. And all the rails still remain clean.
But the way you look at it, well, all that chalk dust and debris, and remember everyone
isn’t playing with the cleanest chalk around, I.e., TAOM V10, gets deposited on the rails.
So that clean shirt you are worried about getting dirty by letting it rub or touch the upright
chalk from leaning over to play your shot will also acquire chalk from your hands touching
the rails that pick up chalk and also from just coming into contact with the rails stretching
for a shot. And the chalk color matters a lot like Blue or that brothel color Red that’s hideous.
As far as your laundry routine, whatever idiosyncrasies seem to work for you, well, keep doing it
