garczar said:

Never saw Buddy look even remotely nervous. 'Inevitable' is a good way to put it. His 'bad' play was better than a lotta people's A-game, his hi-gear was un-fadeable. Like trying to evade a tidal wave: good luck.

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He was pretty nervous when he was trying to figure out how to miss that hanger combo on the 9 against Mike Lebron, and still make it look good.

garczar said:

how many college students cram for exams? they may answer the questions correctly but have no clue about the context/use of what they just wrote.

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Most. But that does not work to qualify in medicine. So, many of them hit a wall after undergrad. If they don't evolve, they get filtered out.

bump for the weekend. GREAT Players case!

gregcantrall said:

In high school the senior football star needed geometry to graduate and get his scholarship. He hadn't passed geometry.. So the senior was in my sophomore geometry class. The teacher seated him next to me. I was careful to keep my arm out of the way during the tests. He got the answers. I got stories of his accomplishments with the ladies. .He passed geometry but I still didn't have luck with the ladies.

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Aha! A "scholar athlete". Don't get me started. LOL!

I can't help myself here because I love this topic.

So, I always thought I preferred softer hitting cues. But after a lot of time at the table and way too much cash, what I figured out was that I like a relatively stiff shaft but quiet hit. I ordered a Samsara new from them around 25 years ago. Holy hell... Any hit even slightly off center make the most god awful (to me) "PING!" or "PLINK!" sound. The cue moved the ball around very nicely and felt great in my hands. But that sound drove me nuts. So I ended up changing the melamine ferrule and Sumo tip to an ivory ferrule with a Moori tip. That made all the difference in the world. It went from "PING!" or "PLINK!" to a noticeable but satisfying "Dink." (That looks ridiculous in words. But I bet most of you know what I'm talking about.) And the taper didn't change so it was still stiff and moved the cue ball around beautifully. That cue is the only thing I've ever regretted selling.