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Joe Rogan - What's in the bag

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Flakeandrun said:
"I think it's a cocobolo..." imagine owning something that costs thousands, that you supposedly use as your main player, and knowing jack about it...
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Imagine working 80-100 hours a week and owning hundreds of cues and forgetting about whether points in one of them were coco or rosewood or whatever during a 10 minute live interview. Yes, I can. He did remember details of his shafts and the model name of the Gina he bought almost 30 years ago didn’t he, so….

I like his approach to jump cues, buy’em all and find out. If I had his money I’d do that. Heck, I don’t have his money but the % of jump cues I’ve tried compared to my net worth probably compares favorably to his ratio of net worth/value of jump cues purchased. 😝. Given his net worth I probably win handily. I cheated and sold some and tried some for free.
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If you live in the SouthWest beware of this HUSTLER.

Bishop
ShootingArts said:
I think Mike and his partners are most responsible for anything that happens on AZB. I have owned over two dozen businesses. When there is a problem, the problem is with me and it is my problem to fix. If Dave was that bad he would have been long gone. He was here when I came so I honestly don't know: How many years did he serve? It was a bunch!

Quite a few of the bans during Dave's time weren't his doing either. It was automatically assumed Dave was behind any issues with mods or admin.

Back when the door was first opened to more mod's somebody suggested me. There were a lot more agreeing with that idea! I was the one that shut it down. I had ran my share of sites already and my patience was zero! Those that think Dave had a short fuse would have found I had no fuse.

This site is easier to moderate now because it is damned near dead. It was a much different beast when I first came and it needed a half dozen people actively moderating it, not one!

Hu
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I’m not one to speak for others but Mike has said more than a few times that the Wilson situation should have been dealt with much sooner.

I know Mike has essentially delegated moderation long ago. Sure, he’s available but Wilson had way more power than he should have.

I don’t think AZB knows what to do to improve things here currently. They’re married to an antiquated demo here.

I was recently reading the billiards sub on Reddit and saw a number of members engage Mike which resulted in a few threads being removed from the NPR. That should have probably never existed in the first place.

This forum has honestly lost the plot.
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Have you ever known any players who played really good with the heavy (mud) cue ball, that you see on so many Valley coin op tables?

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garczar said:
Don't confuse the big ball with the mud ball, totally different animals. The mud ball was a standard size cb but with magnetic particles mixed in the ball. They played like a big heavy wad of gum. You had to play stop/follow with maybe short draw shots. Tulsa barbox wizard Fat Randy was one of the best with that cb. Matlock told me that Randy, in his prime, could gin it with that mud rock like few others. This cb was very common in the Midwest as the big ball faded away. Lot of really good mudball players 'cause it was so common.
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Oh the small ball with the slug in it? Yuk that thing doesn't even roll straight. In fact guaranteed roll off. I thought Aramith introduced the first ferrous ball. (?) Those play good. That's all they have on non optical tables now.
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Joe Rogan - What's in the bag

TheGrandWazoo
It's like any luxury item. Let's say the "John Mayer" Rolex Daytona with a green dial that nobody liked it until John Mayer decided to say, "Oh, this is the bomb," and then it went through the roof. Same thing with Joe Rogan and the Southwest cue. He doesn't need to know how the watch was made (read cue); he just needs to tell everybody that he thinks it's the $hit. If more celebrities adopt Southwest or pool in general, that's a good thing.

Make it fashionable and it will become more fashionable. Mind you this response is many beers into the long weekend.
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Joe Rogan - What's in the bag

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Flakeandrun said:
"I think it's a cocobolo..." imagine owning something that costs thousands, that you supposedly use as your main player, and knowing jack about it...
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Yeah but to be fair, there are so many rosewoods that somestimes the maker doesn't recall which it is. No way I could say with certainty what wood is in a few of mine.
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If you live in the SouthWest beware of this HUSTLER.

ShootingArts
Bishop said:
I certainly can appreciate the difficulty of the job. You make a great point there.

However he ran this place off emotions generated by politics. Along with his ego. I think he did a horrible job and played a huge role in people leaving the forum.

The culture that has made people seek other billiard platforms was largely created by his doing.
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I think Mike and his partners are most responsible for anything that happens on AZB. I have owned over two dozen businesses. When there is a problem, the problem is with me and it is my problem to fix. If Dave was that bad he would have been long gone. He was here when I came so I honestly don't know: How many years did he serve? It was a bunch!

Quite a few of the bans during Dave's time weren't his doing either. It was automatically assumed Dave was behind any issues with mods or admin.

Back when the door was first opened to more mod's somebody suggested me. There were a lot more agreeing with that idea! I was the one that shut it down. I had ran my share of sites already and my patience was zero! Those that think Dave had a short fuse would have found I had no fuse.

This site is easier to moderate now because it is damned near dead. It was a much different beast when I first came and it needed a half dozen people actively moderating it, not one!

Hu
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Have you ever known any players who played really good with the heavy (mud) cue ball, that you see on so many Valley coin op tables?

S
Al Romero comes to mind instantly. Keith Mcready too and then a slew of road guys who I wouldn't even recognize their name.
The big ball was fun to watch. The thing is practically a billiard ball and many chose to go with the mass and bang it around. It's a master class in ball control.
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House Cue Tip Replacement

GoldCrown
If your technique is the same …If all of a sudden tips are falling off the glue might have gone south. Tips do not just fall off. You know your work and how it has been holding up. Start with fresh glue.
Do you clean the faced ferrule with an alcohol pad prior to gluing? Do you rough up the glue side of the tip. Are you getting the tip on fast enough .. before glue is setting? Center the tip quickly and put the clamp on. I use Bob Smith or Starbond CA. Never had an issue with my own cues or buddies cues. Are you allowing the CA to fully cure before finishing? Don’t rush.
I’m not a pro cue maker but can do a first class tip installation. I had a problem once using dollar store CA.(Crazy Glue)
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