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David in FL
DeeDeeCues said:
Really? It's a pool table, everything that will get damaged by kids is easily repairable.

Your kid is two years from driving. If you didn't trust get and her friends on a damn pool table, how are you going to handle putting her on public roads in a guided missile? Are you going to forbid her from riding in friends cars? Would you believe you could enforce that ban?

Again, it's a pool table. Just a pool table. Nothing more than a pool table that can be repaired, but is made to hold up in a commercial environment.

Your kid, on the other hand, is a being on the verge of transitioning into an adult person. She is more valuable than any pool table ever made.

You do you, but it saddens me that there are people who are raising humans they will release into society who apparently can't be trusted with a damn pool table.
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I didn't put my 16 year old into a car unsupervised for the first time.

And while we left her home without a babysitter for relatively short periods at 14, she wasn't allowed friends over at that age when she was alone either.
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Do you ever get the feeling that the Fargo Rate of a player just does not seem right?

loggerhead12
vintagecollectibles831 said:
. . . I just seen them on a bad day.
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You can't make any meaningful conclusions from a single interaction. I can easily play way below or above my Fargo on any particular day. If you catch me in god-mode or dog-mode you wouldn't believe my Fargo either.
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profoundly stupid question

D
jnwilliams said:
I truly appreciate the thoughts and feedback. right now I'm leaning towards just getting a valley or something and having that set up in the house. It will cost a little extra, but probably come out cheaper in the long run.
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Really? It's a pool table, everything that will get damaged by kids is easily repairable.

Your kid is two years from driving. If you don't trust her and her friends on a damn pool table, how are you going to handle putting her on public roads in a guided missile? Are you going to forbid her from riding in friends cars? Would you believe you could enforce that ban?

Again, it's a pool table. Just a pool table. Nothing more than a pool table that can be repaired, but is made to hold up in a commercial environment.

Your kid, on the other hand, is a being on the verge of transitioning into an adult person. She is more valuable than any pool table ever made.

You do you, but it saddens me that there are people who are raising humans they will release into society who apparently can't be trusted with a damn pool table.
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profoundly stupid question

gregcantrall
gregcantrall said:
Just because I didn't "spank" didn't mean that a frying back hand couldn't be employed, to uh get your attention. 🤷‍♂️
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The sort of wrist action can add significant velocity to the cue tip at impact. That's how some of the best get the CRACK!!! Sound with a smooth effortless delivery. The Little Girl with the Big break award in my history could go to a few. I did get my ass kicked by a little girl more than once.
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Do you ever get the feeling that the Fargo Rate of a player just does not seem right?

td873
You can't really use a single data point (one match) as a predictor for whether Fargo rate averages are correct. If those two players played over and over and the result was lopsided, Fargo would correct for that. But anyone can win one match.

On that day, Player one might play 100 points better than his FargoRate and Player 2 might play 100 points lower. That's like 1 750 playing 550. That doesn't mean their Fargo Rates are wrong. Just that they played outside their average that day.

-td
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I am whoofing at the whole country (or maybe the Midwest) and maybe it’s more of a friendly bark

K
Does your pool room have a 700-plus Fargo-rated player that is willing to gamble cheapish? When I say cheapish, I mean $20 -- $50 / game one-pocket, or maybe short one-pocket races for $100 dollar sets, or something near this. There is no need to name him here, if you know of such a player.

Does this 700-plus player want to match up against an out-of-town, pencil-pushing, lawyer.? I am your huckleberry…maybe.

That’s right kollegedave is coming out of his basement to a town near you. Empty your bank accounts and get ready, or maybe just take $500 out and get a sandwich.

This is my proposal:

I will travel to you. In reality, I am probably confined to the Midwest, south, or mid-Atlantic, but if you live in the Northeast maybe something can be arranged for the right situation. I would propose we negotiate the game in private and not here, but I am not a 700 plus player. In return for playing cheap, I will offer a game that is slightly in my opponent’s favor (complete with references), and I will stand and fight.

I would like to play some long-ish sessions (5 – 12 hours), provided I can manage to not get blown off the table. I have privately made this offer to a few 700-plus local legends, and all of them are not interested. I am hoping that if I cast a wider net, maybe there is a player somewhere that wants a good-natured sparring partner.

I understand that players at this skill level often prefer larger action, sorry, that’s not what I am offering.

Soon-to-be slightly poorer,

kollegedave
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profoundly stupid question

gregcantrall
My USAFA leadership training included.
Rank has it's privileges.......it also has it's responsibility. Table access is a revocable privilege. 🤷‍♂️ Amazing how a 5 year old can absorb, just like a sponge. When you act like an adult you can hang with the adults. That's a privilege.
My 5 year old daughter and I had a heart to heart as I held her in my arms and explained to her why I was in charge. She was in the middle of the adult gathering in the pool table er uh recreational room. Of course in the beginning she was mid room in her underwear and balking at doning er uh putting on her night gown as it was HER bedtime. She was putting me to the test, so I gently scooped her up and we went for a walk with her siren protests into the dark of the night. We went for a walk to talk 🤷‍♂️ The flower child mode. 🤷‍♂️ It didn't take long for the wailing and sobbing to subside. She calmly asked, "Dad where are we going?" Well it gets fuzzy from there but we did come to an understanding. She has grown well and strong.
Gotta resist the temptation to Brag on Her. She has undertaken the difficulty of of "The System " in the regimented education system and federal requirements.
Happy Birthday baby. 😍
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