Sweet Gus Ted, Hope you are doing well! I love the smaller diameter butt. Wow a 13.75 mm shaft. Largest i have ever hit with is 13.3.

Chili Palmer said:

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Max has a really sweet stroke. Another plus for that video is that if you concentrate on the background it proves the Earth is flat. Max must be having a tough go this year with the Artemis mission to the Moon and back being front and center in the news, so give him a like and subscribe.

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Barely. 4 months behind on rent. All other bills up to date but the rent......

As a new owner with just over 2 years in the business, I'm going to suggest you add about 25% to your budget. I started with about the same amount and I'm currently running at a deficit. For you food service and yes I would suggest food. Depending on your customer base it may not need to be the best thing on the block but it should make people happy that it's good. You could look at Turbo-Chef Ventless Ovens and Perfect-Fry Ventless Fryers. One of our top sellers is fries and tenders. You get them par cooked and frozen. We run a convection oven and do personal sized pizzas. The goal is to make you stay and if you have decent food they don't need to leave. As far as leagues...remember leagues don't pay table time so your only income will be from you food and beverage service. Most league night run approx. 4 hours and depending on the size could take up half of your tables. I also if you go with several leagues you check with the operators for scheduling. If you have a team that plays BCA on Monday night and you have APA on Monday, you may have a issue with getting players in your room. In house leagues are great. They are usually there to have fun, they spend more money on food and drinks and best of all they're not pool players. Pool players don't spend money. People that like to play pool, DO!
I'm not going to tell you not to do it but just think about where and how your going to make it work. Mentally, Physically and Mentally.

Chili Palmer said:

The only time I look at the CB last is when jumping or tree topped, it helps with putting excess english on the CB.

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Funny that's how I started doing it. I had the hardest time drawing off cuts down the side rail from the end rail. Finally arrived at testing the stroke first, right next to the cue ball - like golfers do with puts. Since the idea was watching the the last three inches of the stick, the whole process paralleled right over to the shot itself. I started nailing those like they were two footers. It worked so well I tried it on everything that gave me trouble. It's more than a theory.

DeeDeeCues said:

Nah, the only nod to low deflection on my shafts is a shorter ferrule. I had a couple of LD maple shafts at different times, but didn't really see any difference, so I gave them away.

I really think it is more that I use so many different cues that I don't really have any adjustment time. For me different shafts are a lot like walking from pavement to concrete.

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Then that tells me you have way more experience moving between wood and CF than I have, and that's ok. It doesn't negate the fact that CF is inherently more consistent than wood. Prove me wrong?

jax_joe said:

How 'bout none of the dumb gimicky high run nonsense and just stage an actual world class straight pool event. No International this year so there is another hole there.

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are you sure the 14.1 won't be held?

The only time I look at the CB last is when jumping or tree topped, it helps with putting excess english on the CB.

Chili Palmer said:

Honest question, are your wood shafts low deflection? If not, then maybe our shooting styles are different because when I go from my old school high deflection shafts to a CF shaft I will occasionally miss balls I shouldn't miss and my leaves aren't as accurate. I also don't have a lot of time with CF shafts and I'm sure if I played with them more my play would even out, but again, I simply prefer old school wood shafts.

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Nah, the only nod to low deflection on my shafts is a shorter ferrule. I had a couple of LD maple shafts at different times, but didn't really see any difference, so I gave them away.

I really think it is more that I use so many different cues that I don't really have any adjustment time. For me different shafts are a lot like walking from pavement to concrete.

maha said:

its the best to compare thats why.

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Clearly it isn't. The targeting required of pool is way more sophisticated than gun shooting.

DeeDeeCues said:

Yeah, that is eight minutes of my life I'll never get back.

I switch all the time between wood and CF.

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Honest question, are your wood shafts low deflection? If not, then maybe our shooting styles are different because when I go from my old school high deflection shafts to a CF shaft I will occasionally miss balls I shouldn't miss and my leaves aren't as accurate. I also don't have a lot of time with CF shafts and I'm sure if I played with them more my play would even out, but again, I simply prefer old school wood shafts.