Sorry, here are more photos that was given to me.

Bob Jewett said:

So far as I know, there is no referee who is in the BCA Hall of Fame. Maybe some players in the HOF have acted as refs, but no one has entered for being one.

The only Tom in the HOF is Tom Rossman. I'm not aware of him ever acting as a referee for nine ball.

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Not in the BCA HOF....
He's in his late 80's from the Midwest, got his award from that area this past year.
50 yrs of service.
Reading the rule book, I came across the verbiage describing the situation.
When I asked him about this, He quickly gave me his thoughts nothing more.... by comparing this moment to 8 ball off table on the break.
Which he's never seen but it's in the rule book.
Attends all major league events.
CSI event recently, and was just in the Tri city area.
I just think the rule book, needs a change to describe this situation better is all.
Pocketing the nine, or intentionally/mistakenly driving it off table should not be the same.
The ACS rule book doesn't describe this situation.

CocoboloCowboy said:

Lancaster and Ephrata, PA is right in middle of Amish Country, would think not much action their, except Church, Barn Raising, Bake Sales, and local Color mostly Black n Boring.

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What goes Clip Clop Clip Clop bang bang bang?.................... an Amish drive-by.

So, we think Ronnie will have about 9 or 10 World Championships by 2045?

Hey Nick.... be sure to visit Pudge's in Blue Bell for a pizza steak... It's about a 10 minute ride. Never mind what Philly says....they are good!

luv1pocket said:

Where did you get those ferrules above and are they more orange that yellow color? I'd like to get a yellowish micarta ferrule that Schon used and I sent them a messsage but no response.

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The block started out yellow, but turned orange over time. I have some other ferrules that are similar that turned more orange than yellow.

DeeDeeCues said:

I don't know where you got your information, but Micarta was a Westinghouse brand, which inherently means it wasn't all, 'military made'. In fact, none of it was made by the military. Maybe you meant that it was Mil. Spec., but even that doesn't necessary limit the use to military.

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The micarta that had asbestos was typical reserved for military applications (not necessary MIL-spec). The information came from a 30+ year engineer at International paper who knew exactly what the formula was for old yellow micarta. Unfortunately they were not allowed to recreate it due to gov't regulations.

U-Turn said:

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No problem. Good luck with your search.

I can name that tune in one note

Any pool is better than no pool.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

Funnily enough Melling has just posted a video called 5 beginner mistakes, and two of the examples he says most American players do this wrong all the time (bridge for when cueing over a ball and standing side on to the shot which is his explanation for America struggling with tighter pockets in Mosconi cup)

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Namely, "This is too basic," he says. Then proceeds to accidentally put spin on half his shots. Because his fundamentals weren't actually letting him hit where he was aiming.

The absolute number one problem with American players is their inflated egos, which is fed from the individualistic society we live in here. You can't "personal-style"-ize your way around proper fundamentals. People here would rather jump into the herd and live the life, mediocrely, rather than be bad at something boring for a long time before mastering it. It is related to this current willful-ignorance (or even spiteful-ignorance) environment that bothers me so much.