jeephawk said:

Then, based on how you've put it forth, the odds are this 1 in about 8 billion person will be homeless and/or depending on others or the "state" for assistance.

Lots of "what ifs" but this isn't really a reasonable one.

And the other answer is that person will simply be bad at some job (but have one) that will have a 99.9% chance of providing more/any/enough to sustain him or her vs. pool.

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I'm not talking about some random person off the street.

I am speaking of someone who actually has ability, has shown talent for the game. Someone who has worked hard and cultivated his/her talent.

This someone has nothing else in life & is making a go of it(being successful) playing the game for a living.

Awesome set with a fascinating back story, Mr L.

Great research, sir!

I know this is older, but Superior shafts that have the superior stamp on them, they came out of Billiards N Bagels in Gresham/Portland area.

Jim Oswald would send the blanks to various cue makers and Jim had a metal stamp to stamp the shafts when they came back. I have no idea what other makers were charging, Jim wasn’t the only one who bought blanks, but my friend bought a new superior shaft from Jim 18 years ago and it was $150/175 with a nickel ring that Runde made for Jim.

Fore Rail said:

You don't seem to understand.

What if the only thing the individual has is pool?

Meaning this particular person has struck out doing anything else in life & only is good at one thing.

In this instance it would be pool.

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Then, based on how you've put it forth, the odds are this 1 in about 8 billion person will be homeless and/or depending on others or the "state" for assistance.

Lots of "what ifs" but this isn't really a reasonable one.

And the other answer is that person will simply be bad at some job (but have one) that will have a 99.9% chance of providing more/any/enough to sustain him or her vs. pool.

bbb said:

the individual needs to understands his time would be better off doing something else.
its like choosing art history or philosophy as a major in college
there are better choices if your goal is to be self sufficient

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You don't seem to understand.

What if the only thing the individual has is pool?

Meaning this particular person has struck out doing anything else in life & only is good at one thing.

In this instance it would be pool.

skogstokig said:

then we'll get threads about how he scratches all the time

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Reminds me of a long-deceased AZB poster called Old Has Been. Not too long after Mosconi had his world record run of 526, Old Has Been visited the poolroom to see the table on which the run took place. Noting that the pockets were huge, Old Has Been commented that he felt that the most impressive thing about Willie's run was that he never scratched. LOL.