Fellow pool ball enthusiasts, I have a question regarding finding replacement balls. I own this older Crystalate set in 52,5mm



Sadly I am missing a cue ball, and I have 12 reds instead of 10. I searched on ebay, but could not find incomplete sets. What would be my best option for a cue ball replacement? An Aramith ball? Or should i just wait for my luck to find a affordable incomplete one somehow?

I would be rather delighted as well, to maybe get another 3 reds. Hence making it a full Snooker set containing 15 reds, which could replace my cheap Chinese Power Glide set as well.



Or should I just try and make a "want to buy" thread in this forum here?

Any help or tips would be appreciated!

Jay here's to A complete and total recovery !!!! Would you quit going to such great lengths to meet cute nurses ha ha !!!!!

Yes my humor helped me get through cancer treatments I expect it to work as well for you !

George the Greek said:

The gummies have helped somewhat with my back and left knee that pained big time going down the stairs. I took one last 2 Fridays and that's it sofar.

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Mobility exercises aren't the most fun but they could help if you do them before practice.
Just gets things loose.

If you're just trying to find the Greek man of your youth.. I say double the dose and crank up some Jimi

couldnthinkof01 said:

Light physical wam up before practice.
Play every shot in practice like it's game 7 of the world series.
Quit and take a break when you lose your focus
Build it up over time.
Drugs are a fun reprieve but a poor long term solution.
Just my 2¢

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The gummies have helped somewhat with my back and left knee that pained big time going down the stairs. I took one last 2 Fridays and that's it sofar.

Probably placebo.

DeeDeeCues said:

Sounds like you are on the right track. I assume that you have changed chaos five times, spent a bunch of money buying the best performing cue technology, tried several different gloves, and perfected a sixteen step psr.

Once you've done that, drugs are the only way to improve.

Seriously, tho, I'm guessing that you would benefit from some changes to your game. Just the fact that your first comment is about how you bank means you likely need to develop your game.

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I've been using the same break and playing cue for 40 years. I bought a cheap Chinese CF cue to try out but stick to the 11.5mm wood shaft. As far as developing any more at 73 it's not gonna happen and trying to find a litte of my youth play is what I'm after.

Bob Jewett said:

So... Add Jean Balukas.

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I didn't know she was there, wish I woulda met her.
I do remember LOL, when a hippie chick asked fats for his autograph and he pulled out a signature stamp.
"Quote hippie chick'' If I wanted that stamped I'd go to the bank.
Fats........... was Speechless. A first.
The Hippie chicks Loved Thompson.... with his long tasseled brushed leather jacket, and long hair.
I was there when the treasury dept. put all the players Cash in Manila envelopes and wrote their names on the cover.
And that ended the ABC WW of sports era shooting the matches in the pit.

maha said:

a fair amount of guys showed up for the action and didn't play in the tournaments. i remember jansco telling me at the stardust it had made him mad they didn't enter.
but at the stardust since it was vegas it wasn't an issue. but they all came to vegas.
many entered just so they could dump and win the side bets. slim preston made lines on most of the matches for some of the years. he did win money but i dont know how as he faded all the dumps and held all the bets.
he was one of the best hustlers ever. played at least short stop speed. which caught alot of people.
but his major hustle was poker and short cards.

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In 71, Freddy the Beard, Little (The General) Mikey and I left Chicago for that event at the Stardust in Mikey's 67 Olds and $700.00 Total!

Anything that could go wrong with the car did, by the time we hit the Vegas city limits it died completely in front of a gas station at 1am!

He said He'd take a look at it, and gave us a ride to the Stardust, we had $10 rooms already paid for all the way in the back and $21.00 left!

The General drove, He was tired and went to sleep, Freddy and I walked all the way back to the Casino!

I took the $1 bill and put in my back pocket for the 0.99 breakfast, got four $5.00 chips with the Dub!

Went to the crap table and proceeded to win $300.!

It's now about 5am, we can't sleep back to the tables, take a $100 shot and win another $1,100!

Mikey is still sleeping, left him $300 and we're off to breakfast!

We decide to take a $300 shot each, amazingly we win $3,600.00!

The buzz going around was that 'Cornbread & Detroit Whitey' made a Huge Score (90K) before we got there!

The one person that was friends with Freddy & I that heard we were on a small roll was, 'Johnny Ervolino',

Johnny had been working in Vegas for a while and knew how to play Crap at a top-notch level for Money Odds!

To make this story a little shorter, Freddy & I put up $3k and let Johnny shoot the hands!

When we (Seven Out) we had $7,500 out on the board, all the number/hard hits!

We gave Johnny a Nice Jelly after winning $35,000, while starting with just 'four' $5.00 chips!

The General got an end to play Poker/Short Cards!

BTW, We Never played a match in the tournament!

I'm a traditional cue, no glove, Masters Chalk kind of guy. I switched over to Taom when I realized how much chalk dust was on my table when I used Masters at home. I now use it all the time when playing at pool halls, but it is a double-edged sword in that it tempts you into chalking infrequently and you may miscue if you go too long without chalking. Otherwise it's near perfect.

Bump.

Bump.

CocoboloCowboy said:

Have you searched AZB For SALE, archives For Sale Section, and Ebay same item?

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Searched eBay 'cowboy' (didn't find any, though found some J&Js that looked pretty much the same). I'll take a look on the sale section here (Thanks )...