That's a good question but I think it's apples and oranges, or the question needs to be more specific. Do I think the top players of today would beat the top players of yesteryear if you do a time warp and drop the top players from today into those times with the knowledge and equipment they have now, yes, definitely. But, had the top players of today been playing in that period then they would have the same knowledge of the game, equipment, practice routines, etc. If you look at some of the people you mention in Fargo, you'll see most of them are mid 700's and they're nowhere near their prime, if they were in their prime I have no doubt most of them would be low to mid 800's and therefore, competitive with today's top players.

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jimmyg said:

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Wide World of Sports covered a cliff diving event for a few years and of course Elvis made a movie. The trick in some places is that the tide and the wave has to be right. You have to dive when the wave is still out or just starting to come in.

I seemed to remember some tasty girls in that movie so I looked it up. Ursula Andress was one of the girls, the movie was Fun in Acalpuco. Elvis didn't do any of the real diving but the divers were jumping roughly 115' according to the net. These jumps don't look quite that high but nothing about cliff diving, other than the girls, appealed to me even when I was young and dumb!

That cut or whatever is very narrow which makes the water stack up nicely but there isn't much margin for error either where you try to land or timing a wave coming in.

Hu

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chillipepr said:

Looking for a pechauer pro butt, currently swapping shafts for breaking and shooting, would like a dedicated butt for my black ice shaft.

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iusedtoberich said:

Legit question. I've seen it missed a bunch of times over the years, even by mid to high 600's. I played this game about 4 hours last week, and my opponent and I both missed it once in that session. We are both mid 500's. I shot it a bit faster than pocket speed and slightly jacked up. We were on a 4 1/4" Diamond 9'. Was wondering if there is a more high percentage way to play it.

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First, set it up absolutely straight to the center of the pocket. (That's usually very near the intersection of the rail grooves.)

To minimize the effect of unintended sidespin, play with either draw or follow. Some players feel they can find the center of the cue ball better at the bottom, so draw is best for them.

A very old technique for straight-in shots: point your stick at the center of the pocket, not the object ball. The distant target may cause you to aim more precisely. Of course, if you have failed to do step 1 correctly, this won't work very well. (A more general use of the idea when the shot is not perfectly straight is to figure out where in the pocket to point your stick, like at the left point or at that rust spot on the corner casting.)

bbb said:

plus 2 system has less variables and if you get familiar to the ball paths
you can pick your target

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The Plus System is better suited for long shots when going off a short rail first, especially when the target ball is close to a rail, but both systems are useful. The Plus System also requires “benchmark spin,” and it also requires adjustments when the contact point on the first rail is close to either corner pocket.

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I don't believe any of the stabilizing agents are safe to use without fresh air, supplied air. I used to know something about xylene, not popping to the top of my head at the moment. I want to say it was a highly dangerous ingredient in some paints such as the three part paints that used equal parts of paint and "hardener" and roughly an equal part of thinner. That info is a little shaky but what isn't shaky is all of that shit is dangerous as hell!

I was using Ditzler products when their high epoxy paint came out, Deltron? similar to Imron. I talked to the factory at least once or twice a week for about six months. Talked to one engineer who I thought I knew well. He told me the double bugeye organic vapor face masks were plenty adequate. After six months my shop foreman and I who painted cars together, were both having to sleep sitting up after spraying a car, breathing issues. I called to talk to the engineer and he was on vacation. Talked to a different engineer. "Oh, we don't let our people even mix that paint without fresh air."

There was something labeled as a respirator number on the side of the paint can, an OSHA number. I spent hours on the phone to OSHA. "That isn't really an OSHA number, it is a bureau of mines number." What the hell, I have ran this rabbit this far, I called the bureau of mines to find out what this respirator was. "The number doesn't refer to a respirator,"(despite the labeling on the can,Hu) "It refers to a pamphlet."

"What is the pamphlet about?"

"Fresh air systems."

While on the general subject, some people finish entire cues with superglue type products. His doctor told one cue maker that this was what was causing him to die. Second hand info, I wasn't in the doctor's office.

Lot's of dangerous stuff out there. Think twice before using it especially in volume. I went back to using standard wood sealers and finishes. I also turned a shaft blank from square to rough tapered in eight to ten turnings then a few more turnings to get to final taper. Out of a gross of blanks, 20-30% became finished shafts. I didn't see that the stabilizers upped the percentage a whole lot. Best I recall, less than ten percent more stayed straightish, and all of them sounded and hit soft. If somebody wanted a sharp sound when hitting a cue ball I couldn't get it with the stabilizers. I could get the medium hard hit I prefer so I used the stabilizers on3-6 gross of shaft blanks.

Main thing I learned about shaft blanks, they make damned good tomato stakes in the garden! Rows and rows of eight dollar apiece tomato stakes.

Hu

One more thing about cinching close shots.

Firm stroke.

It's a hand/eye/mind thing. If you under-hit those, you let the balance shift to perhaps, mind - so any apprehensions can lead the former two.

bbb said:

i think there are so many adjustments and compensations that the system is really less than great
jmho
icbw

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No system is perfect over a wide range of shots, but knowing how to adjust when necessary makes them much more effective.

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Baby Huey said:

As a side question dr Dave, why is it easier to kick two rails to a specific location vs kicking one rail to the same location. In other words it seems speed control is easier kicking two vs one.

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I don’t think it is easier kicking 2 rails vs. 1, in general. But going off 2 rails can be less sensitive to speed and spin variations (because changes on the 1st rail tend to cancel off the 2nd rail).

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iusedtoberich said:

12 points is a good amount of movement with a 671 robustness for not having played in 3.5 years. My bet is you played a few tournaments in the interim and forgot about them, or didn't know they reported.

If you download the fargorate app, and pay for the subscription service, it will show you all of your matches. You can pay for just a month for about $2, and then turn it off. The free version doesn't show your match history, the paid version does.

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In my case, I quit at 630'sh (and climbing quick, I might add ) with just over 200 games (214 if memory serves me correct) and in the next couple of years (with no games) it dropped to 615'sh. That was about 4 years ago. I have played a few tournaments since then and now sitting at 617 and 254 robustness. I have always attributed it to the fact that a lot of the players I beat were low to mid 500's and now some of them are pushing 600, and a few of them might be over 600. I also beat the highest rated player in the area at the time (675) and he's now 658. His rating going down, brings mine down, all the other players ratings going up, brings mine down. So, I don't think 12 points with a 671 is that big of a deal, my guess is if he went through his history some, if not a lot, of the people he beat have had their ratings go up.

Also, you don't need to pay for the subscription to view your matches. The second icon from the left (the one with 2 heads) is your match history. You can also search by player name, turns out me and the 675 guy went 1-1.

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