gregcantrall said:

ah hah I found it.
all kinds of options
available [ISPOILER][/ISPOILER]
uh oh more options than I need.

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Ah. Strike Through. Didn't know this stuff was there. Erase is clearer anyway...

Underline. I use bold and italics. More emphatic and sexy.

uk_9_ball_convert said:

The pocket shape makes 4 pockets harder and 2 pockets easier. Really surprised me when I started playing 9 ball that the American tables that I thought had buckets were actually quite tough to pot into the middle pockets compared to a UK table.

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Wait what are 2 pockets? Are you referring to the corners and sides? Ok think I got it. I haven't tried 4" sides yet but I have no issues with minimum aperture angles at any sides I've played on. The treachery is over rated I think. No converging rails to guide the eye. No funnel slop. I agree they probably take more care than snooker sides though.

So it's done. Still recovering. Lol well it was just yesterday. It was originally scheduled for the 9th but I was on the table they had given me oxy and the anesthesiologist comes in and says umm you took synjardy yesterday? Umm that's a hard stop. You can end up in the icu. I said they told me in my preop last week to take it to the day before. Yeah can't take it less than 4 days before so it was delayed till yesterday.

ah hah I found it.
all kinds of options
available [ISPOILER][/ISPOILER]
uh oh more options than I need.

Bavafongoul said:

I cannot explain the chemical composition nor how it creates a smooth finish. The wax is described as micro fine bubbles and it is used by the British Museum and other restoration specialists. I pay more attention to the end result instead of the chemical composition and properties of Renaissance Wax. I have recommended and promoted this wax as the best to use whereas all the others as basically crap in contrast with Renaissance Wax.

If there are any forum readers that tried Rennaisance Wax at my urging, please do chime in. Did I steer you wrong? Are
you pleased with the product? Yes, it is pricey but the damn wax is just amazing if you apply it properly and cleaned your shaft before using it. Remember if your shaft has dings, dents, scuffs, etc., Rennaisance Wax will not remove these and in all likelihood make it more noticeable because the rest of the shaft will be smooth so the damage would be more noticeable to yout touch. Always treat the damage first and restore the shaft before using Renaissance Wax.

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I use it on pen blanks after finished. Some jewelry. Ferrules. Good stuff. Expensive? Well worth it.

Make a great shot, who cares
Make a bad shot, who cares
Getting too high or too low is exhausting and does not help

ShootingArts said:

Sounds like desperation! When I couldn't get out I used a chop saw to cut a dozen or so pucks to practice with. A bucket hung from a table top. When it got full I swapped buckets. A small dot on the puck kept me in tune where I was hitting the cue ball and trying to stop in an exact place let me practice speed control. When I finally saw a pool table I was surprisingly close to in stroke.

Hu

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Well technically I wasn't playing i was analyzing the game and proving that what i developed and worked on paper worked in the real world. Since I wasn't playing pool I did get my bowling average up to about 200 and improved my drives and golf swings at the range.

hello said:

Sir, I seem to associate wax with stickyness but having never used it before, could you explain to me where the slickness comes from by applying it..?

And many thanks for offering a phone consultation on the subject, that is very generous of you and I wish for your generosity to return to you a thousand fold...

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I cannot explain the chemical composition nor how it creates a smooth finish. The wax is described as micro fine bubbles and it is used by the British Museum and other restoration specialists. I pay more attention to the end result instead of the chemical composition and properties of Renaissance Wax. I have recommended and promoted this wax as the best to use whereas all the others as basically crap in contrast with Renaissance Wax.

If there are any forum readers that tried Rennaisance Wax at my urging, please do chime in. Did I steer you wrong? Are
you pleased with the product? Yes, it is pricey but the damn wax is just amazing if you apply it properly and cleaned your shaft before using it. Remember if your shaft has dings, dents, scuffs, etc., Rennaisance Wax will not remove these and in all likelihood make it more noticeable because the rest of the shaft will be smooth so the damage would be more noticeable to yout touch. Always treat the damage first and restore the shaft before using Renaissance Wax.

skip100 said:

The funny thing is, golf has indeed become easier to a ridiculous extent but no one is out there saying the hole should be made smaller. On the contrary the powers that be seem to be rooting on technology trampling the game and making its great courses irrelevant.

Meanwhile, here in the pool world we have 400 Fargo players installing 4 inch pockets on their home tables. Insane.

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Yeah apples and oranges. In golf, you playing better on conditions made easier doesn't directly affect your opponents ability to win.

Jaden said:

Improvement in skill always comes down to two things, time on the table and knowledge.

All the time on the table in the world without knowledge typically will lead to plateau and all the knowledge in the world without table time will result in nothing although stroke practice without a table and visualization will make a difference when table time is limited.

When I was stuck at GTMO with no usable table to speak of , I played with tennis balls on my bed. Lol. It was more to test aiming theories than anything.

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Sounds like desperation! When I couldn't get out I used a chop saw to cut a dozen or so pucks to practice with. A bucket hung from a table top. When it got full I swapped buckets. A small dot on the puck kept me in tune where I was hitting the cue ball and trying to stop in an exact place let me practice speed control. When I finally saw a pool table I was surprisingly close to in stroke.

Hu

gregcantrall said:

When I started playing with "the other hand" which is Lefty for me, I noticed that shooting Left handed was luckiest for me.
One night I was struggling and became so frustrated that on a problem shot I switched hands and blasted em left handed. It shit a ball and broke the spell. Shrug So now when facing an ugly situation that requires "hit em hard and wish em well" I will be doing it left handed.

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While training the knowledge into the strong hand you have probably trained some of the feel out. The weak hand is shy on knowledge since you use it much less but it may have greater feel than the strong hand if you turn it loose.

I was off one day, couldn't make a ball in a five gallon bucket. The money ball was almost straight in on a nine foot Diamond. It was also an almost perfect four rail bank to the same pocket. I called the four railer and split the pocket. I never doubted the money ball was headed home.

An outfielder has to make many complex calculations to run up a wall and catch a ball. The ball is on a constantly changing arc moving at a constantly slowing speed. I doubt that a supercomputer could calculate things at the same speed as an outfielder's mind. The conscious mind would still be putting together the equation when the ball is already in the player's mitt, courtesy of an uninterrupted coordination between the unconscious and the body.

Hu

Mensabum said:

Loves me some ring games!!!
5 and 9 - money.
I'm rolling the cheese every chance I get as long as I'm not turning the table over or blowing shape.
Things I learned playing 3 cushion definitely helps me roll the cheese!! Money balls spot back up if down early and play continues. I'll make a ball, but the CB or one of the other balls is moving the cash if I can help it. Granted, you have to know who you're playing against.
I've had players quit bcuz they couldn't handle watching the 5 or 9 rolling around the table every time a certain player makes a shot.
It's frustrating.
They get tired of that shit real quick. Gets in their head cuz some days, they fall like rain!! Massacre on a barbox.
Ask Mikey. He likes it.
Have no clue why it's lined out.

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Could be a mod hinting you are full of caca! More likely the overstrike button got selected, the S with a bar through it. Sometimes you have to click on the three dots to open the menu to see the overstrike button. Sneaky of the software guys!

Hu