Cartune said:

Is this a BCA league or a UPL league? My BCA take days if not weeks to change, where as the UPL changes in a day.

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Your UPL games are being reported to Fargo??

loggerhead12 said:

Depends on what state you're in. Most still allow self-defense.

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Yeah, my state goes by the 21' rule last I knew. Started off with a fuss because the police were shooting people who had clubs and knives. The police gave plastic guns to some of the state legislators and had them try to simulate defending themselves from attackers inside 21'. The legislators quickly found it was shoot immediately or the attacker with club or knife had the advantage. The 21' rule was quickly applied to concealed carry too.

One thing rarely mentioned, concealed carry often saves lives on all sides. There is a story of an angry mob I negotiated with elsewhere in this thread. There were a handful more times when had I not been carrying a firearm the disparity of force would have left me no choice but to act first. The reason I bought a carry gun to begin with was that I almost had to use a five pound steel hook to defend myself one night. The would be attacker would have been just as dead but I would have been in more trouble. I learned from a case where a friend had to defend himself and his family, if you kill somebody, neatness counts!

Another thing, "Shall Issue" states are far safer. It was kinda funny, our vehicle is an extension of our home in my state, quite legal to have a firearm in your vehicle. However, the day shall issue went into effect in my state, roadrage incidents went down over 90%! An armed society really is a polite society. Much more recently, I had a minor altercation with two young men. One was middle sized, the other was the biggest man I have seen in decades. The giant was the one pulling back. If this crazy old white man wasn't intimidated he was probably carrying, ready, and willing to shoot somebody!

Just the fact that the average person could be carrying is a deterrent to crime and violence.

Hu

fastone371 said:

OUCH!!!!!! How did that work out for you?????

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I don't want to talk about it

Well watching baseball is like watching paint dry so the little things matter I guess

As I've aged my FR has gone down....

@peace said:

I’ve had all the versions of the professional and never had a problem with the slate sagging, my current table is about 15 years old with the top being replaced with the blue label one piece slate a couple years later.
The table plays great no regrets!
I told them I did not want pockets that were having the problem with leaving marks on the balls and got brown pockets, I did put damping foam inn between the pocket and skirt.
I added the bridge holder aftermarket.
I got the pro cut pockets 4.5 corners, plays tough! My high run- 63 and trying hard to beat it but got old ha ha!
My only complaint is a few of the diamonds were poorly cut in, this is a diamondwood top.View attachment 890793View attachment 890795View attachment 890797View attachment 890796View attachment 890798View attachment 890799

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My Pro stayed dead level for over 25 yrs. (concrete slab) until I made the mistake of standing on the slate. Leather pockets never marked the balls either. Good thing I live alone, since I rather enjoy the pinball machine-like ‘crack’ sound when a ball hits the prototype return system. Instead of the aggravation of fishing for the rakes in the traditional under-table locations, my two spectator chairs have cue-holder slots where they are kept extra handy. Cute dog.

maha said:

your buddy doc is ahead of him in line.

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Maha, for all we know that could be doc.

MarknTorrance said:

I run a BCA league. I punch in the scores tuesday and they show up Wednesday 90 percent of the time.

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You have to manually do that? Do your players use the BCAPL app?

Those Chinese made products have always confused me, they put out like 3 brands with 6 different versions of what looks like the same thing, then a few years later re-do it all with new names, with the product still looking the same with the same build design.

Tschmidt said:

I understand. But if you did that today, I dont think it would be the same. (Because of the politics today)

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Depends on what state you're in. Most still allow self-defense.

I always find it funny how if you just gather up the balls, you can match them into full sets of the same brand, but people just don't.
I have played in over 100 pool halls, I would say no more than 20% of them have actually been good as far as taking care of the equipment and 10% have been excellent. There is usually something off on the 80%, bad ball sets, cloth well past replacing time, house cues in horrible shape, tables without enough space around them, tables not level, etc...

I run a BCA league. I punch in the scores tuesday and they show up Wednesday 90 percent of the time.

white1 said:

Pool rooms been dangerous since they were born. Adds to their mystique

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Where I grew up playing, the greatest danger was from the room manager. He kept a sawed-off baseball bat (center drilled/filled with lead) behind the counter, and very actively encouraged the ‘library’ atmosphere of the place. Which explains my lack of sympathy for those Ecuadorian victims patronizing any room with a loud jukebox .