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.

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.

pool room balls get so much more play and do get smaller. they have to. usually the cue ball is by far the worse. line it up against the rail with two of the higher numbered balls and see the difference. put your cue across them.

fastone371 said:

One of the funniest things I ever saw at the bar was a big dude coming around the pool table just looking to cause trouble. He squared up with a small Asian dude we knew, he competed in martial arts, was a good 8" shorter than the trouble maker, They were squared up nose to nose (more like forehead to Adams apple) and the small dude kicks him in the side of head, watching his torso you couldn't even tell he moved his leg!!!! After the big guy shook off the cobwebs he was running around asking everyone who kicked him and made him spill his beer. He was done causing trouble for the night. It all happened because, you know, alcohol.

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Good one! Risky to pick on the little guys.

Two funny stories, same guy. Fred had built a dirt car, put a lot of money in it, and illegal nitrous oxide. Still couldn't win. He was was tall and thin, long on mouth and short on ass. He decided somebody else was at fault after a red flag, jerked off his new fangled full face helmet and ran over to Joe's car. Joe always laid a half inch pull arm behind the low wall of the track so he could make quick adjustments to his right front suspension during the common red flags. When Fred came running his way, Joe came up with the pull arm ready to do some adjusting on Fred's head. Fred hastily put his helmet back on while two thousand people roared with laughter!

Different track, different Joe, same Fred. Fred had been in several wrecks, the last putting him out of the race. Fred's fault but as always he figured it was somebody else's. This Joe was a quiet guy that was never in scenes. One reason was that Joe had massive, I'll say that again, massive, arms! The only person I had seen with arms that big spent his days shaping eighteen wheeler leaf springs. Fred gets to Joe's car and stuck his head in the driver's window, going in almost to the waist. I couldn't see anything but the roof of the car and Fred's bottom half.

Fred's butt and feet started going up about a foot in the air, over and over. Looked like he had enough fun after that. At least he was near the end of the stands instead of at the flagstand. I laughed until I cried! Between the dust and the tears I had mud running down my face.

Dozens of drivers on the track, why would anybody pick Joe to jack with. No exaggeration, his upper arms were bigger than my thighs and my thighs weren't little!

Hu

NYC here - $20 greens fees per match, so $80 total each week for a team fielding four players.

garczar said:

How 'bout, "Don't dog it nit or your walkin home". Pretty inspirational don't you think???

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Like: "Shoot hard and sleep in the street." Less effective since fewer players are playing for their room rent these days.