Black-Balled said:

No ding to a wood shaft that is "quick, easy and painless" to remove would have occurred if inflicted upon a carbon shaft.

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You're kidding yourself if you really believe that.

Chris said:

Right, but it's not as though experienced players frequently ding their wood shafts. But when it does happen, it's quick, easy, and painless to completely remove those dings from wood shafts, nondestructively returning the shaft to pristine condition. Such damage cannot be completely avoided with CF shafts, and when it inevitably happens, the repair process, assuming the shaft is not damaged beyond repair, is much more complicated. Many players won't even be able to DIY the repair, let alone complete the repair before the next day's session (or sooner). In a pinch, a wood shaft ding can even be properly removed during a playing session if a spare shaft can be used for a few racks.

With respect to maintenance, when choosing between wood or CF shafts, people choose between occasional simple and easy repairs with wood, or even less frequent, albeit more complicated and expensive, repairs with CF.

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No ding to a wood shaft that is "quick, easy and painless" to remove would have occurred if inflicted upon a carbon shaft.

The rest, therefore... unnecessary in writing or the pool room.

garczar said:

Live Scoring – Ultimate Pool USA

ultimatepoolusa.com

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How many tables do they have at this venue? There is a helluva lot of pool that gets played in these events, wow

Send me your best offer

Black-Balled said:

The force required to damage a carbon shaft is far greater than to damage a wood one, so the majority of dings- which are likely minor- are completely avoided with cf.

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Right, but it's not as though experienced players frequently ding their wood shafts. But when it does happen, it's quick, easy, and painless to completely remove those dings from wood shafts, nondestructively returning the shaft to pristine condition. Such damage cannot be completely avoided with CF shafts, and when it inevitably happens, the repair process, assuming the shaft is not damaged beyond repair, is much more complicated. Many players won't even be able to DIY the repair, let alone complete the repair before the next day's session (or sooner). In a pinch, a wood shaft ding can even be properly removed during a playing session if a spare shaft can be used for a few racks.

With respect to maintenance, when choosing between wood or CF shafts, people choose between occasional simple and easy repairs with wood, or even less frequent, albeit more complicated and expensive, repairs with CF.

Bavafongoul said:

What’s even better than great clarity is the world of colors exploded.

One thing you’ll need forever is sunglasses. Stepping outside into
sunlight or daytime driving is absolutely blinding. Fact: having your
vision restored via cataract surgery means permanent light sensitivity.

It’s a small price to pay to see clearly and with colors you can’t imagine.
I had no idea how much I was missing out on and boy, what a change.

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Agreed.
Sunglasses while driving all of the time now.
Medical miracle when it comes to pool. Cut the shit out of that ball all of the way up the long rail.

nmh2008 said:

Some of the funniest excuses I've seen:

"Race to 30 is dumb, they should play 10 ahead instead." - OK, well in that case it'd have been over in 12 games.

"Justin just took awhile to figure out the break." - Sure, but breaking is kind of important. Also, in total they both broke similarly.

"Shoulda been winner breaks, alternating break is dumb"

"vs. Skyler he'd have no chance" - LOL

"[John Mars] Tom can play SVB next if he wants to win a house" - SVB could win himself a new bass boat if he wanted to play Josh, Alex (1P), or Fedor (any game)

It's so hard sometimes for us Americans to give others credit. Tom Cousins is an incredible player and he beat the brakes off of Bergman last night. And yes, winning by 5 games with an alternating break is pretty convincing

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I forgot one

"Justin is in better shape so if it were a real race to 50 or 100 he would have easily won"

OP.... what size tables are shooting on, and what focal point are you going to choose.
I prefer 9'.
While getting your normal eye exam, there's no extra charge for the optometrist for your chosen single focal point.

philly said:

Contacts worked perfectly for me. I had them prescibed for distance. I have an astigmatism and they worked well for years. I had cataract surgery a few months ago. Brand new lenses. Pretty close to 20/20 now.

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What’s even better than great clarity is the world of colors exploded.

One thing you’ll need forever is sunglasses. Stepping outside into
sunlight or daytime driving is absolutely blinding. Fact: having your
vision restored via cataract surgery means permanent light sensitivity.

It’s a small price to pay to see clearly and with colors you can’t imagine.
I had no idea how much I was missing out on and boy, what a change.

garczar said:

A couple friends have these and love em. https://billiard-eyeglasses.com/

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Gosh, I dunno what to say about those glasses other than everyone has different tastes and opinions.
Personally, I’d rather go with a contemporaneous look & style eyewear instead of that style of glasses.

And by using a blended prescription, presuming you had near and far vision prescriptions, you get a near
perfection image between 2-12 feet away. You just weaken near & strengthen distance in a new prescription.

I think wearing a normal size, stylish frame, even Ray Ban 58mm Aviators or sleek wraparound design looks
so much better and fits your vision needs. I suppose if you wanted progressive, just let your eye doctor know.

Zip.s.
Dealing with suppliers out of town versus visiting your own optometrist is a night and day experience. I you get to
see your physician and communicate so much better so that your prescription is hand tailored til your next exam.

When you have follow-up visits with your eye doctor, bring your glasses and get retested every year to see if your
prescription needs changed. Let’s ask the readers….Ray Ban version like mine or the referred to billiard eyewear?

Does anyone have a favorite pair or style of eyewear frames they now use or would like to get, even sunglasses?
You can use those frames for your billiard prescription eyewear. So would anyone still pick those billiard glasses?

p.s. No tariff surcharge buying locally

Johnny just came with a great kick in the first rack.