straightline said:

This seems to be the way. Customer service has gone offshore if not completely offworld. Unless you know and can contact actual people in the right departments, you'll get the A.I. prescription.

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I don't need the stress and spending hours trying to sort things out online or on the phone can be very stressful. No thanks! I can survive without AI.

jay helfert said:

My same issue with PP. They refused to review or accept the proof I offered, and it was impossible to reach a real human to discuss my claim. They firewalled me out completely.

I used to do many tranactions on PP but they lost me as a customer forever. As if they care!

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This seems to be the way. Customer service has gone offshore if not completely offworld. Unless you know and can contact actual people in the right departments, you'll get the A.I. prescription.

I've flown across multiple time zones dozens of times (nine zones between the U.S. and the PI), and I've figured out the best way to overcome jet lag.

Don't eat any meals during the flight! Liquids only. Maybe a small snack or energy bar is okay. Our body's digestion cycle is very important in this regard. Eat at least 2-3 hours prior to travel.

I know it's not easy but you can do it. It will shorten your jet lag to one day or less.

Fly at night and sleep on the way, hopefully arriving in the morning. You will adapt to the new time zone more quickly this way.

How cool is that when local players can catch a gear and take down world champions. Congrats to Baseth Mocaibat and Bernie Regalario for reaching the semifinals. And the scores of Regalario's matches against world class players, being Alcaide (10-2) and Sanchez Ruiz (10-1).

bbb said:

I had a dispute that paypal ruled against me in spite of proof of the dispute
Amex ruled in my favor and refunded the money due me

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My same issue with PP. They refused to review or accept the proof I offered, and it was impossible to reach a real human to discuss my claim. They firewalled me out completely.

I used to do many transactions on PP but they lost me as a customer forever. As if they care!

Ed Keeney said:

I took the plunge and spent quite a bit on a Cuetec SVB Ghost cue W/ 11.5 Cynergy shaft but just come to find out the long SST taper is so long that it seems very whippy. Has anyone experienced that? Ed

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Smo sst is whippy. I can play with it decently but not my favorite.

nicksaint26 said:

Considering over 75% of the field was Filipino it’s not that’s surprising imo. It is my favorite tournament of the year watching all the monsters from the Philippines.

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Just under 50% of the players were Pinoy.

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ChrisinNC said:

The ghost match I like to use is has a few variations:

1) If you scratch on the break, you lose the game.
2) if you make a ball on the break and run out without taking ball-in-hand, that counts as 2 games for you.
3) If you pocket the 9 ball early, you still have to complete the runout.

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This is similar to my version. Interesting. Differences are that in my version: scratch on the break is both a loss of game and 2 points for the ghost. There is no option when you make a ball on the break to take ball in hand. If one is stuck behind balls or there is a cluster, its time to kick and kick well, or jump and jump well, and in rare instances its time to kick and try to get lucky. In my version, a pocketed 9 gets spotted. No early nines. A spotted 9 from making it early can not create a cluster on its own right. It would get spotted below a ball that is already on or near the spot, at the first reasonable location below a ball or balls already on or near the spot where the 9 has at least one pocket to go in with a reasonable difficulty or less shot. Thus, an early 9 does not cause undue difficulty for a given break and run or runout. It is neutral to the runout.

My version forces me to try to get a good break, make at least one ball, get a good spread, and get a shot on the second ball by leaving the cue ball after the break shot in a high percentage position to get a shot at the next ball.

Is your cf shaft coming without a tip ? Why not play with the tip it comes with for a bit and see if you like it ? I play with a very inexpensive Crical cue ...no clue to the layered tip that is on it. It feels like a med hard ,holds it shape and have used a tip pik on it once in the 8 months or so I been using it .

Chuckg