SSP said:

I think automation has the edge in reliability.....you think wrong then, 1) ALL machines are designed and built by human beings 2) ALL machines have parts that have tolerances, that means there is an acceptable amount of difference in the parts of the machine that humans decide what that acceptable difference is, there is no greater machine ever built than the human being, but look who built it, the creator of the entire universe

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I'll buy this when I see scrimshawed microchips and hand carved F1 motors.

Mensabum said:

Just can't make those trains run on time, eh??

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I think they do. Their time. lol...

garczar said:

that's standard but they'll do it either way.

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I think that they only started doing it in the early 2000's

fastone371 said:

Does seeing your opponents results beforehand affect how you play your lag? You only have 2 choices, hit it harder or hit it softer than you opponent. I don't base my lag on how my opponent performed, if it were that easy why not just stick it to the rail every time?? I try to get the QB as close to the rail as possible regardless of how my opponent performed.

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I don't know whether waiting helps or hurts, but some instructors, including a US champion, have taught their students to wait for their opponent's ball to come off the far rail. If two such students have to lag, who gets the clock violation?

Straightline there are some wells catfish in Europe that get to a monsterous size but this isn't one of them .
I'd say CI for sure it's whiskers look very fake same thing with the rescue cat ha ha

alphadog said:

LePro. I can't stand the layers of layered tips.

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Is there a top player today that uses a single layer tip..?

fastone371 said:

I didnt hear his answer real well when asked about jumping up on the table in his post victory interview, did he say he hurt his knee when jumping off of the table??

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Dunno. Meant the photo on the front page.

poolscholar said:

It's because everyone is winging it... exactly why the first version of the 11.8 Revo was high deflection. They didn't understand that the flexibility was a factor. Then sometime a year later they fix the design because obviously the first one was incorrect. Of course predator changed the design without telling anyone because they don't want to look incompetent

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The Revo 12.4 is stiffer than the Cynergy 12.5 and yet deflect less.
The Rhino 12.5 is stiffer than the Cynergy 12.5 and it deflects more.

I believe that the flexibility/stiffness that we feel and talk about, which is mostly due to the taper, doesn't affect deflection; it's just the feel for the player. I think that there is a secondary flexibility at the front end that is required to cut down deflection, as something needs to deflect, either the CB or the shaft, but it all happens at the front, way before the bridge hand, and it happens for a split second that the player can't feel or see it.

since so much is being sent and ordered on line, all the shippers are over loaded. no stopping that.

and along with workers that dont care about things as they are not full time or looking for it to be a permanent position.

FWIW, all of the announcers for the finals of the Florida Open that I heard used the same pronunciation for Yapp's first name.

skip100 said:

Would this mean that if they don't do something to account for the tax differential, the winner would actually make less in the end if the finalists chop the pot equally?

When they chop, do they typically do it 50-50 or do they play for some smaller number?

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I have heard of savers/chops done with 60-40 or similar. Also, sometimes the players could agree in say the round of 16 to split by some ratio whatever the two win in total. Lots of possible variations.

Of course, the winner will get a 1099 for the full amount. I suppose he could claim an expense of, say, $5000 as a "professional fee for my buddy", but that would generate another 1099. A quieter way would be to reduce the saver payment by the estimated tax, but that might be tax fraud.

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This is fake right? Cause I'm about to go searching for colossal catfish.

Kim Bye said:

What's the reasoning here? The new inserts are aluminum, while the old ones where some sort of plastic, could they be worried about galling?
I will have to check with Triple 60. I sell their products and it's been a very positive experience for me as a dealer and for the players using the shafts, nothing but really positive feedback.

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Would be nice to know what they say. Since OB tried phenolic (?), and phenolic threads might hold up better than what could happen in an all wood shaft, I think polycarbonate or Noryl might be a better material than aluminum, for their interchangeable inserts. Both plastics function well with any pin material. Still, a ham-fisted drunk can ruin just about any joint thread you can hand them...