Funny Things Said to You at the Pool Room

I was home on leave getting ready to be stationed in Taipei, Taiwan and I was in the old pool hall where I worked as a kid when an old guy who fixed the tables saw me playing pool.

He came up and asked me if I was still in the Army and I said, "Bruce, I ain't in the Army, I am in the Air Force."

Bruce had drank about a dozen or more beers by this time and he just smiled and asked, "where you going to be stationed now?" and I said, "Taiwan."

He laughed and said, "Taiwan! I'm gonna tie one on right now."

Bruce was good for "tying one on" pretty much every day. He would come in the first thing in the morning and sip Budwiesers with a shaker of salt all day until he was buzzed really good and then he would call a cab and go home.

Funny Things Said to You at the Pool Room

One Saturday early, I was getting my morning practice and the youngster wanted to challenge my table as all the rest were empty. I tried to be gentle and explain that, "I am a money player." He puffed right up and replied, "I Am a Money player too!" Oh and as he racked for 9 ball Freebird came on the jukebox. "He looks up and says, "I never lose to Freebird." .....His allowance was gone before the tune was over. Shrug 🤷‍♂️. At the pay and surrender, I said "I never lose to Freebird either. " 🤷‍♂️ true story.

Tournament fees are out of control

they had a famous tree on that drive. i wonder if it is still there. i know, garzar will google it and inform.
and they patented it and said they would sue anyone who used the pic of it.

i used to travel around with a golf pro and they have an unwritten thing that the club pro lets the pro and crew play free. so i got to play all the famous courses even in hawaii, around except pebble as they wouldn't allow that.
but back then it was only a hundred or so.

Thoughts ... Russian Kenny is out of prision

I had never seen him play before. He looks and strokes like a banger but can get the job done.

His current opponent is a 691 and Kenny’s winning 9-3. Does the opponent not play for money or something? Ouch.
Maybe they have pool tables in prison where he was.
I don't know him and never heard of him till this post, but I had to start watching the video just to see him. I have to admit he actually seems likeable, his non stop talking while he is shooting is fun to watch. If he were to stop talking for a second, it would really be a quick game with him, even quicker than it already is if that was possible.

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