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Why Pool Leagues Should Embrace “ALL BALL FOULS”

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dr_dave said:
... in league play, or just when playing under drunken "bar rules?"

Whenever people in my league think a drunken slob might get too close during a shot, they let the drunken slob get out of the way first, or they politely ask them to move aside briefly.
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Mostly get in line king of the table. I stayed away from leagues. The format was entirely commercial and a waste of time for me. If I was in a bar, I was there to get some pool in. The one thing the leagues accomplished was showing the crowd a logical ruleset - its own can of worms but better than "house rules". Anyway, having a protocol for determining stalemate would be useful to quote in those unsanctioned situations.
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How to stop wood shaft warping.

3kushn
cueball2010 said:
I have a great idea. What if we take those Silica Gel packs and throw them in our pool cue cases? that would keep things nice and dry... right?
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Why not buy shafts that have been properly made.
or
Go with CF shafts.

My shafts were finished at least 20 years after acquired as square lumber.
That makes my shaft wood around 40 years old.
They're still perfectly straight.

Don't do anything special other than keeping my cues out of temp extremes.
Mostly worried about heat.
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How to clean wood shaft after every use?

philly
cueball2010 said:
Exactly. 100%

Might be psychological. Paper towel would give it a fine sanding...not good. It's about reducing drag and having piece of mind that your hand is not going to run into the one small spot on the shaft that feels like bubble gum. You miss 1 time and you lose in this game.
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Pretty hard to concentrate on your game, patterns and such if you are thinking about your shaft while shooting.
Kidding not kidding.
Perhaps people eat while playing and get stuff on their shafts. I dont know.
I never clean my shafts. They're smooth as a baby's bottom, always.
How do you get stuff on your shaft?
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Why Pool Leagues Should Embrace “ALL BALL FOULS”

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dr_dave said:
Watch the entire video again when you can find the time. I think I make a strong case that "CB Fouls Only" is much more prone to arguments.
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I understand your rationale, but in a dark bar with players under the influence of alcohol, there would be endless arguments about whether a ball was moved. I get the complexities you brought up with only cue ball fouls, but in the 20 years of league I’ve played in, those have rarely happened- it is simpler when only one ball (cue ball) is in question
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How to clean wood shaft after every use?

cueball2010
Jimmy_Betmore said:
It might. The original poster asked about day to day cleaning and this type of cleaning isn't really about getting the all chalk dust and off. It's about getting any stickiness or gunk off to keep the shaft smooth and slick.
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Exactly. 100%
philly said:
Why clean your shaft at all?
Paper towel up and down the shaft and then over tip and then back in the case.
What are you doing to your shaft that you need to clean it?
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Might be psychological. Paper towel would give it a fine sanding...not good. It's about reducing drag and having piece of mind that your hand is not going to run into the one small spot on the shaft that feels like bubble gum. You miss 1 time and you lose in this game.
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How to stop wood shaft warping.

WildWing
fjk said:
I have had cue makers tell me upright or lying flat. Doesn't matter. It does seem like most store upright but to my knowledge there's no hard data to support upright is any better than lying flat. I can state from my own experience that I've always stored lying flat and have shafts 40 years old that are laser straight.
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That's interesting. I don't doubt you. Having said that, a shaft lying flat is not exactly even pressure on the shaft unless it is a perfect conical taper, which few are. But if it's worked for you, that's all that matters. Another theory with shaft straightness that I can vouch for is the older shafts tend to stay straight, as they didn't cut down maple trees as early as they started to in the late 80s, when cue buying turned crazy high.
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