Mensabum said:

AbHow far from Subic Bay are you Jay??

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Mensabum said:

How far from Subic Bay are you Jay??

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An hour or so drive on a good highway.

maha said:

sigel, lassiter and rempe all of which were among the best ever, lacked a top one pocket speed which was played often in their time.
yet kelly which could beat them all at any time is rarely mentioned.
varner excelled at all the games. and especially at one pocket. yet he single handily ruined the viewing of it with his slow play.

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Sigel won a couple of pro one-pocket tournaments when one pocket wasn’t much a tournament game. One pocket was not unknown to him, and had it been a primary pro tournament discipline, there is no doubt he would have been one of the top players considering:

- One of the greatest 14.1 players in history
- Gambled more in one pocket than any other game
- won at least two professional one pocket tournaments

Jaden said:

At the Arizona open Corey was mentioning that he hardly recognized anyone there and that most them had no idea who he was. I think it was me, him, Max Eberle and Johnny Archer standing there. I said, "Yeah, unfortunately, we're the dinosaurs here. Most of the people here probably don't know that you were the original reason that they went to the nine on the spot either".

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I did.

RandyinHawaii said:

I have a BECUE W.A.S (wood as skin) coming.

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That sounds great!

Mensabum said:

How's that going for you?? Any updates??

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Been getting my IV transfusion twice a week for the last two months. This week we try going only once. We'll see how it goes.

Frosty said:

The Wedge

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I try for the Varner wedge almost every game I play once it goes up table. But there are only a few old dogs I play and no one is watching

Bob Jewett said:

I agree that Nick is one of the greatest all-around players we have seen.

The problem I have is the "organization" that created a whole series of billiard awards. Here's their website:

Best in Billiards | Best in Billiards Awards

The site recognizes outstanding players, instructors, cue makers, manufacturers, publications, products, and industry leaders who have made a meaningful impact on the sport. Each award highlights documented accomplishments, major championships, records, career milestones, innovation...

www.bestinbilliards.org

I suspect the whole thing was generated by AI. I have never heard of anyone on the "advisory committee". And I strongly disagree with some of their choices.

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Yeah, my first thought was this whole thing was AI too. Politicians honoring pool players? In 2026? That doesn't pass the sniff test.

Mensabum said:

Can I use it to shoot squirrels??

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Yes you can! Simply grind the tip into bird food and lie in wait.

Now that I watched a few minutes of Austin play, he reminds me of Patch Eye Henry, a 300 ball runner and 1 pocket specialist. I played him myself a few times about 15 years ago in Philly. He was about 80 years old then, and had had a stroke, but still played super strong.

He would get down on the ball, with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, and about 1" of ash about to fall off of it.... then he'd stay completely still, in the address position, with zero warmup strokes, for what seemed like 5-10 seconds. Then he'd pull back and fire the ball in the hole and play the CB about as good as Efren.

Mensabum said:

I thot it was Honey Grahams.

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I was trying for Luca Brazzi asking how many grams.

Mensabum said:

Did somebody mention microdot???

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Could be doable but I seriously doubt it. You'd be 20 times slower than Hennessy. Probably closer to a hundred.

Mensabum said:

Thanks for that Jaden.
Who knows. Good things come to those who wait.

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Yeah maybe the AEM shaft will be available before that one...

Mensabum said:

That's my fave breakfast cereal!! How'd you know dat?!?

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Ok temporal anomaly please return to your seats.

If I got the best of it.... I'm very giving when making sure the benefit of doubt Most Always... goes to my opponent, keeps em around.

Chezka Centeno doesn't take any practice strokes. She just gets down and fires. Plays world class. Second only to Siming in current FargoRate standings.

Mensabum said:

Ok. For the uninitiated, wtf is a balut??

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You had to ask.

Bump.

bbb said:

excellent recommendation @straightline ......
@dquarasr think of her and the other stuff should go away....

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I'm going to try that right now, no joke.