Beautiful cue ready to be sold. Lets go.

fastone371 said:

Then I guess I would assemble my spare cue, it only says you concede if you break down your cue, not assemble one. Besides, people put their jump cues together during a match all the time.

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On that note: I noticed Szewczyk takes the whole butt off his AirRush and puts the gripped portion on the shaft when he needs it shorter. That would definitely classify as disassembling a cue. But it's not an issue because it's obvious what he's doing. Common sense, y'all.

Taxi said:

BITD Steve Gumphrey was the best 9 ball player in the DC area. With the break and BIH I would beat him, but without BIH I needed the break and the slop 7. This was long before the template came along, and my break has always been a POS.

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It always drives me crazy when I ask some of the "champions" to help me break better. It turns really quickly into a lesson on how to gap the balls the best way. I don't like that.

Black-Balled said:

And, cant utilize any rewards other than discounts on current purchase, sadly. You can't cash that account out/ use collected awards.

More than a few cashiers have said "wow, you have a lot of points! .you should use them".

No can do!

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Yep, just say, maybe Jenny can you use them

I may. I was hoping for an older one

This happened to FSR late last year. Something was up with his tip. Took a break after the rack and was talking to and showing the official. He grabbed his spare shaft and that was that.

If i were the official i wouldn't give them the time for a repair, but if you have a spare shaft go for it.

Bob Jewett said:

All areas are susceptible to wandering off the beaten path. Sometimes that's good, but nearly always it is a less effective way to play. I think would-be trail blazers should ask themselves, "Why is this a better way to play than what others are doing?" "It's my way," is not a very good answer.

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Agreed. You better have a damn good reason to stray from conventional wisdom. That said, SVB was way closer to conventional in his early career and then really leaned into that wavy stroke with a super brief follow through and an extreme preset in his wrist later on as he rose to #1 in the world. Mika Immonen came from snooker and had many centuries under his belt with a standard snooker piston stroke technique before abandoning it for his flowy Pinoy style which made him a killer and player of the decade in the 2010s.

Those techniques ARE better...and not just if you can practice 8hrs a day. SVB and Mika would not adopt those ways if they made them worse. More consistency and less susceptibility to breaking down under pressure.

jimmyg said:

A giant floating petri dish...

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That boat is nuts

I want on the 2nd voyage it took. Everything new and staff motivated...twas a nice time.

Unlikely to return!