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VarmintKong
bbb said:
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How do I know that I am getting old and uncool?

I was 6 pages behind in this thread. “Diddly squats” had me giggling so hard that my wife walked in to the room to see what the deal was. If only I’d read it on a Saturday afternoon before my weekly nap.

Also, I couldn’t find my back scratcher so I had to multipurpose this:
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When I wake up at 3:30 this morning, this will be the first thing I will reach for.
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WNT Florida Open 2026, August 4-9, Orlando, Caribe Royale

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GideonF said:
In fairness, he’s around 600 Fargo with 147 games. And it’s not that he’s Barry’s buddy - he’s a radio and tv personality in the UK. It’s like if Joe Rogan plays the US Open. He’s going to be on some livestream, because maybe some of his many fans will watch and become fans of the game in general.
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Goldstein has gotten much better compared to his WNT debut a few years ago. He’s definitely put in the work. I’ve enjoyed watching him.
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Funny pic/gif thread...

VarmintKong
Korsakoff said:
I immediately thought of the old Robert Earl Keen song, "It's the Little Things" when I saw this. Below is a link to the song. It's too old to have an "official music video", and the live performances on YouTube are marginal. So, the link is to just the song, not the performance.

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Lee Ho Fook!

I love the way you remember how I came home late 11 months and 14 days ago.
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anyone else who's cue was lost or stolen

hunger strike
Chris said:
I like to wash my hands frequently during a session, as it helps the shaft glide smoothly along my bridge, as well as keeps the shaft clean. That means frequent trips to the restroom. Until I'm familiar and comfortable with a pool room and its regulars, I leave my preferred playing and break cues at home, and stick with my bar cue (in a cheap 1x2 vinyl case) for both breaking and playing, so I only have a single cue to watch.
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After hand washing, hands are clean so I hang on to the moist paper towel and finish drying with the door opener towel. Then I take the first one to the table to wipe off chalk. Who's with me?
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What, in your opinion, is the minimum Fargo you should have before entering a WNT Open?

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JABSolstice said:
I think we are saying the same thing. Playing for the experience knowing you aren't going to win it.
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I just hate the term Donating. Someone said something to me like that once, when I said that I would love to play in the DCC 9 ball. And, that is not even considered a Pro tournament. As if it would be completely pointless to even play. Maybe it was stupid of me to let that term, and those words get under my skin. In that example, lots of 600 level players probably play in the DCC 9 ball, and do not feel like they are Donating.

I understand that a WNT event is completely different though. I would assume that mostly only Pro's play in those.
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Pia Filler hates wood shafts

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Straightpool_99 said:
This has never been proven and even if it was somehow true, most people are playing with soft tips on their carbon shafts, anyway, negating whatever small effect could be discerned from the shaft.

You want a "more efficient" transfer of power, put on a rock hard tip. It will do more for the power of your stroke than any carbon shaft will. That is one of the reasons break cues have really hard tips (the other is wear). You could easily play with tips that are a lot harder than most people use, and still have no problem with miscues etc. I happen to prefer harder tips for playing, but not for reason of stroke efficiency. Hard tips just sound and feel better to me. I get more feedback from my stroke, which is the opposite of what a carbon shaft does, which is mask the impact of the hit. I once played with purple heart shaft for a couple of hours, and the effect is much the same as carbon. It just feels dead. Some people like that feel.
To me it's like wanting to give ones sweetheart a loving little pat on her behind, but someone shot ones arm up with novocaine and taped a huge pillow to ones hand. Not quite as nice.
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I use a Bulletproof Recoil Hard tip, all CF shafts are not created equal, Becue is CF shaft and Butt, their Prime II 12.0 shaft has lots of feedback, CF is being used in golf clubs, tennis racquets, bicycles, and even the space shuttle, the difference between wood and CF is CF can be engineered for specific purposes so you can get repeatable results, wood that is used in pool cues cannot be engineered, you will get varied results even from the same tree, if you value consistency CF is the way to go, I appreciate the artistry that goes into a custom wood cue but I like the consistency of CF in my playing cue, pretty don't help you win unless it's a beauty pageant.
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What, in your opinion, is the minimum Fargo you should have before entering a WNT Open?

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Lowell said:
I think anyone should be able to join, it's called an "open" after all

That being said, I think the likelihood of winning literally 0 racks is somewhat high if you're below 500 or so
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Oh, I would think the likelihood of not winning a single game is fairly high if you were under a 600 Fargo.
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What, in your opinion, is the minimum Fargo you should have before entering a WNT Open?

JABSolstice
vintagecollectibles831 said:
Can we just call it, playing for the Experience of it, to hopefully benefit in some way, from the experience? Seems pretty harsh, to me, the way you just put it.
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I think we are saying the same thing. Playing for the experience knowing you aren't going to win it.
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