Reed Foley said:

The test is similar to a 7th grade civics class

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Which means more than half of natural-born Americans would fail.
According to a survey released by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, only one in three Americans (36%) can pass a multiple-choice test consisting of questions taken from the U.S. Citizenship Test. The passing score on the actual citizenship test is 60%. A similar survey also found that only 39% of Americans can pass such a test.

7stud said:

Has anyone tried the wood grain or pearl shafts? Becues' painted shafts were terrible: even if you wore a glove they were not slippery.

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I’ve tried them all from triple… I also tried cynergy/revo/go custom and many others just to give you perspective

With triple whyte I’ve tried maple, white pearl, white silver, and the raw black

Pearl is not slippery at all and as I hate playing with gloves I could not stand it… with gloves you still would feel that it’s not smooth

Wooden grain is also not slippery. Actually it’s worst than pearl. Barehands it’s unplayable even if you’re relaxed I.e no sweats and whatnot. I cannot imagine how would it feel with sweats and playing for a serious match or tourney. With gloves it’s also very rough. You can feel it

Raw black from whyte is very very very smooth. Why I said very three times? Because it’s smoother than all other CF shafts that I’ve tried. I use it without gloves and it feels so slippery even if I’m sweating. So yeah it’s good! And it is what I mainly use as well as the revo shaft…

Sometimes I don’t want too slippery so I use revo. Even tho revo is still smooth without glove but the raw whyte is even smoother.

So here you have what I think do these shafts.

Counterpoint (571/1581 overall):

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Sad to hear this, we crossed paths a few times, he kind of reminded me of a friend and fellow player Kevin Barkes, who succumbed to similar circumstances, great guy, amazing talent, but troubled, struggling with inner demons. It’s always sad to hear of another player lost to us, so many lately. Condolences to family and friends, may he RIP

What is it with everyone here? Shall we just eliminate all rules and start poking object balls in with our cues? How fun would that be? Part of the fun and strategy is playing within the rules. Leaving your opponent locked up to another ball or in a pile of balls is part strategy, making the shot difficult. What's next, no moving you opponents balls to difficult places to pocket or tying them up? Coming up with creative ways to safe your opponent is strategy and fun. I love 3 fouling opponents in rotation, unless they are a high level player they rarely see it coming.

book collector said:

Parica was a pitbull, all of the Philipino's I have seen, are pitbulls , not sure how you got that idea from what I posted. I have always been a big Parica fan , I just feel Efren performed better . and for a period of 35 years
Parica might have played twice as well as Efren , but his record does not show it. and if we are going to rate people on what someone says , Don Willis is the greatest player who ever lived. {But he isn't}
The mention of no dogging it by Efren , was because if you showed any sign of weakness to Parica , he played even better. I erased that equation with Efren. He missed fewer balls when the big pressure was on , than any player, I ever saw play.

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Filler plays better than efren did

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Bob Jewett said:

OK, but if a pool organization gets to the point of having national championships, I'd argue that maybe they have serious players and ought to be careful about the rules.

Outlawing touching an object ball is not a technicality -- it has been the official rule for a long, long time.

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That is fine with me, as I also play golf in tournaments where I follow all the rules of golf. My comment was more towards leagues and Casual play, as there is no Authority mandating their rules of play. I support playing by all the rules if that is what the league chooses, and maybe should choose as DD suggests. That's okay with me as well, but for casual play I get a bit lenient with my play And my partner's play and just have some fun, and work on my stroke.