I will admire whomever wins.

Badpenguin said:

... What was the bizarre rule?

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Curiously enough, it was that if you could not actually see the tip hit the ball a second time, you could not call a double hit. Physics be damned. And that's the rule I used. Richie Florence was the victim of one of the most obvious double hits one could hope to see, except it was too fast to see, of course. What I said was, "39", which was the ball count. The shooter said, "You made a good call." Ritchie was irritated.

Barley's was one of the great "upscale" rooms in that era. Their extensive rack full of custom McDermott's that were Barley's House Cues was impressive. It was a pleasure to handle this cue in my shop and give it an extension of life for use in its current home. Would love to see more of these emerge from hiding...... jkb

GideonF said:

If you’re talking about the Yapp situation, there was a referee directly watching the shot? And Yapp was in the road - he couldn’t see the hit.

What else was he supposed to do? Maybe he could have moved to see the shot, but even that is questionable as a potential shark move (getting out of your chair when a referee is there to make the call). And as I’ve posted above, he would have protested had he seen the shot.

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She, and it looked like a brain fart. You know there are sharks everywhere.

lfigueroa said:

You are a beast.

Lou Figueroa

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I wasn't the beast. Cueball Kelly was the beast. He reffed 27 matches and he was 85 at the time. Ball and count on every shot. He was mad because they picked someone else to ref the finals (Sigel/Varner). Maybe he needed the five bucks.

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One thing about straight ins...
Straight into where?

Saturated Fats said:

I visited Hard Times (Bellflower) once not long before it closed. When I was there they had a 6 x 12 in a separate room and an open Golf game going on non-stop. I found the same thing in a room in Savannah years later. In Savannah, it was more of a friendly game between locals one day a week. I was nervy enough to join the locals in Savannah, but the Hard Times game was a little too serious for me.

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A friend of mine was in Hardtimes the same time I was down there (2005?). He often played golf up here and thought he would try his luck.

Tiny pockets
Rolls like the foothills of the Smokies
Five champions who were tuned to the table
Slightly different rules

He missed his ball completely a lot. I guess there is no way to withdraw before the end of the game or he would have.

Zerksies said:

X drill is the only way

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I know a guy who shoots nothing else. He never plays anyone. He never shoots any other shot. He doesn't even change ends.

There are several reasons why the X is a bad drill, especially the way some people end up playing it.

Cuebuddy said:

The Fontainbleau looks like you could have that done in a day, with a good Dremel.
I am sure the market is there if they have been in business for as long as stated.

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The Dremel that goes to 200,000 RPM? I wonder if that's all CNC.

I like inlay more than carved, like the Sorrento:


Or maybe a Kling-inspired design.