dendweller said:

Here's the AI description of predator's vault plage.
"a specialized "T"-shaped insert component in Predator REVO carbon fiber pool cue shafts that acts as the anchor point for the cue tip, acting similarly to a traditional ferrule but designed specifically for hollow, ferrule-less carbon fiber construction."

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dendweller said:

So you have a carbon fiber break shaft?

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dquarasr said:

I am not a golfer. I tried it many years ago and decided it wasn’t for me.

I am watching The Masters. I have previously thought that golf is inherently harder and crueler than pool. And pool can be pretty darned cruel: the rattle leaving the $ ball in the pocket; the roll that lands 1/4” too long or too short hooking yourself; the scratch after hitting a ball on the table you didn’t account for; the missed straight-in long shot where the CB is 4’ from the OB and OB in turn 4’ from the pocket. All these can be avoided or fixed by experience, and better focus.

But playing pool I’ve never missed a shot by fractions of an inch and had the OB run down a hill dozens of yards away. I’ve never had an OB land in sand or water because I misjudged a shot maybe 1% short of the power I needed, or behind a tree. I’ve never had to calculate how much the CB or OB will curve because the slate is uphill the first half of a shot and downhill the second half (well, maybe at some halls, lol.)

Pool is tough and frustrating enough for me. Golf seems much more so.

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dendweller said:

I think what you're missing is that if you have a wood shaft, I don't think there is a vault plate, just pads. You have a ferrule.

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ShootingArts said:

I watched a bit of The Hustler last night. Reminded me of Mike copying Paul Newman before the final. Funny in a way but I think the con ran in the IPT was Mike conning Kevin. I suspect that Mike really thought he could turn back the clock with the heavy cloth but the train had left the station. Mike might have stood a better chance had he played an American but playing Efren who had been adapting to every kind of equipment since he was a child didn't work out at all for Mike.

The experiment was interesting to see. Mike would have probably had a better chance in the final had he came up through the event. We usually see players in the semi-finals and finals and they all look like monsters. Easy to forget the players have been tuning in tough competition to get where they are at. Mike didn't have that fine tuning. The other side of the coin is that it is highly unlikely that Mike would have gotten through the field to get to the final. Father Time is a cruel bastard!

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uk_9_ball_convert said:

In snooker the fans and top players have been complaining they've been making the pockets too easy.

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