Lowell said:

I don't even remember Tianqi making awful mistakes after that failed 2nd set closeout, but that failure did catch up to her since Chezka was shooting lights out in the last set and didn't really give her a chance

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not many. the third set shi won with the highest performance average of the match, 900 something. possibly of the tournament. it looked like she would win.

but chezka really has a great mentality now. similar to luca brecel or mark williams in snooker, very cool and care free.

What is CTE?

David in FL said:

Only if you're flipping a manhole cover!

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A Kotex?

GoldCrown said:

Can flipping a coin cause that size tear?

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Only if you're flipping a manhole cover!

Dennis Edwards said:

... I got frustrated and sent sent e-mail saying I thought getting legal help might get me an answer. ...

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I think at this point they will only be speaking to you through a lawyer, and that lawyer will only say something if he has to. But that's what any company is going to do when the "L" word is spoken.

Dan White said:

For instance... did JB ever start a CTE school of sorts in his new facility? That's not a gotcha question.

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true thats not a gotcha question
it also has nothing to do with aiming
if you are curious you could contact john and ask

the 13 is a "big ball" to make off the kick
kick it in rail first
play the 8 in the side
easy kick too

g0ds gReeN said:

Tube amps are still on my to do list. Hard to beat solid state for the cost.

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With modern amp modelers it is at that, but you still can't beat the warmth of a tube amp. I need to get a little 5 watt for in the house, my 100watt B52 half stack is a bit much for the house. The clip floating around on here of me covering van halen is on the b-52 with my old digitech 2120, that finally crapped the bed so I picked up a boss gx100, which is pretty tough to beat for the price.

Amaury said:

what about something like that? bad idea?
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You could use a Dremel with a plastic cutting blade, but beware of heat melting the ferrule, and it is going to be difficult to keep it square.

Getting rid of the brass threaded insert should actually improve the cue's performance (less end mass = less deflection). However, if you don't care about deflection you could just fill the insert and glue the tip on as noted above.

If you have access to a bench sander it is pretty easy to set up a guide perpendicular to the abrasive surface to get a nice square finish.

Amaury said:

what about something like that? bad idea?
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No..don't use that.

If you want to keep it cheap... Try to glue tips on. If they fail you can go to the next step (replacing ferrules). If you have never put a tip on practice on a small dowel. Practice trimming, shaping, etc. You will learn by doing. Face and clean the ferrules with an alcohol pad before gluing. Rough up the glue side of the tip. Use masking tape to cover ferrule when gluing and remove immediately.

There are plenty of uTube videos about applying a tip without a lathe. Purchase a cheap tip kit.