Every time I went to the table to shoot, I’d walk the table gathering all the chalks.
I’d then place the chalks on one spot on the rail face up and stack 2 chalks and
have 3 stacks of chalk. I’d do it every time it was my turn to shoot.

If my opponent doesn’t take the hint and asks me why I’m doing that I’ll reply this
way. For 2 very good reasons……Having chalks all around the table distracts from
my field of vision on way too many shots. Just as important is not needlessly making
a mess of chalk dust and debris that gets deposited on the rails that eventually gets
on my bridge hand or glove. Having clean rails is very important and it’s why I do this.

I’ll do it every time it’s my turn and the more I have to do it, the slower I’ll get it done
each ensuing turn at the table. If need be, I’ll start using my Ed Norton imitation from The
Honeymooners. I’ll start stacking the chalks and keep rearranging or moving the chalks to
a different location on the table from where I just spent time previously stacking the chalks.

I know exactly how Art Carney would screw around with Ralph (Jackie Gleason) taking time
to do the simplest of acts like when he had to sign a document. When you gather the chalks,
just do it with a smile and briskly. By the 4th time, start going real slow and slower each time.
I’d take 75-90 secs or longer wiping the rails with napkins if he keeps placing chalk face down.

Good job outta you.

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This clip reminds me of growing up on the reservation it didn't matter what you were playing basketball at the basketball court baseball on the North or south sides of town or a pickup game of football it was all pretty much full contact and fouls were for sissies during some games .

Even playIng kick ball or dodge ball was rough and tumble at times with the others trying everything to distract you , then car moved close to two other indian,reservations and it was the same thing different day !

What did the leper say to the prostitute?

"Keep the tip"

Please don't ban me!

fastone371 said:

The best is (sounds like what this guy does) when a dude walks around the table a chalks with every piece of chalk before shooting, someone that does that needs a good whack upside the head with the fat end of a house cue. Same when they put the chalk upside down on the rail, just why???? The dude needs to be explained to that's its a foul if a ball goes up on the rail and strikes a piece of chalk, that's why you don't want 5 chalks on the rail. One night at league there were excessive chalks on the table and people were only using the one good one, when it was my game the chalk was out of reach from where I was shooting from and all of the crappy chalks were grouped together, I used my cue like a hockey stick and slap shotted them across the room, everyone started laughing. I didnt do it for the humor, more or less just making a point to get the crap off of the table, especially if its not being used.

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How about a simple throat punch on the first offense, should (hopefully) stop the stupidity.

boogeyman said:

It's funny how pool has an answer right in front of them and they ignore it.
Why not allow fans to impact the match? Just like basketball and other major sports.
Inject some excitement into our pool sport. If fans know they can become part of the action, more will attend.
Let's stop with the boring "library environment" and let's get some ARENA POOL going.

Let's separate the players who can handle real pressure and can thrive in it.
Filler, Gorst, Shaw, and SVB (deaf) are just a few of the names that immediately come to mind.

There's pool's answer right there.

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Ultimate Pool tournaments are a lot like that. It's pretty noisy in the background. I'm ok with it, I've never played in a bar (league or tournament) where people shut when someone was shooting.

Jaden said:

I want to know what kind of retard only tries one rack a day.

When you want to improve at something you don't practice until you get it right. You practice until you can't get it wrong.

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That's what I'm doing with Marriage.

straightline said:

Kaiser had a nice collection on JJ but stopped production of the SW types. Maybe they got CADd by SW though I don't think they really cut into SW sales.
That Adam might pass for custom it looks high end.

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Adam has made some super nice looking cues over the years. Many have been hand signed, and dated. A lot of them really seemed very high quality to me. Like the 86, and 87 Series Helmstetter cues, for example. They were pretty high end, for production cues. Just imagine paying a $1,000 for a Production cue, around 35-40 years ago. That is what some of those high end models cost.