Lowell said:

I think the APA is great in normalizing ball in hand rules for casual pool.

And while slop can be annoying (when you're on the wrong end of it), I don't think it's as big of a deal as people think. I see it happen only occasionally among better players and weaker players aren't running out in fewer than maybe 5 innings anyway.

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Also how a player reacts to a sloppy shot. A respectful wave to your opponent acknowledging "That wasn't what I meant to do". Opposed to fist pumps and hollering "Gotta love that APA BABY!".

Frosty said:

Not really smooth or flowing, it’s mechanical, machine like, which was my original point. It doesn’t “flow naturally”, it’s contrived. But hey, whatever works for you

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You are both right and wrong. Some of her hard strokes are plain jerky, some of her strokes as smooth as silk. The lady isn't consistent so unless somebody knows what they are looking for they aren't going to find it.

Of course we are both criticizing a world record holder on I assume her world record run. I didn't watch all of it.

Hu

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fastone371 said:

We were headed north thru Chicago on the way home from a race down south on a Sunday night, we got off on I think it was the Coney Island exit with a trailer wiring problem, the police pulled up next to us and said "you folks should not be here at this time of night" he escorted us back to 94 (or 294), it was many a year ago.

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It was STONEY Island, which means you were on the South Side, and the cop did you a big favor.

Like all cities, Chicago has safe and unsafe areas. I used to live in Cicero, back when it was still a mob town and very safe at all hours of the day or night. But, if you got on the wrong side of Cicero Avenue after dark, you were dead meat.

If you are worried about crime, there are online crime maps and gang maps, but best to ask the locals. Chicago is very neighborhoody.

I think @daflorc is right that he got scammed.

Unless Jamie has changed his name to Robert Wilks Harper recently.

Worminator said:

Who is right? I promise I have not scammed anyone Mike.

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Jamie, it appears that someone was pretending to be you - saw my post offering a trade deal, and emailed me posing as you, looking like it was you responding to me and my post. I got scammed. To anyone reading this, it wasn't the actual Jamie (worminator) who scammed me.

Dave

vickie be careful when getting offers to buy and value
many here are honorable and will give you good advice
some will try to low ball you an offer
and some are scammers
you need to weigh the butt and give weight in ounces and size
measure the shafts in millimeters
and say whether everything is straight or not
it there is a "wobble" when you roll the shafts if its slight many call that a taper roll
hope this helps
check your PM