Bigkahuna said:

I have an OB cue and shaft with the short regular looking ferrule. I think I bought it maybe 10 or 15 years ago at APA Nationals in Las Vegas. I met the owner, Royce I think it was. I know he passed and the company is gone. The cue was not particularly expensive but I like how it played compared to my Falcon with non cat Predator shaft. How are these cues regarded these days?

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The cues and shafts are worth less than you paid for them.

There are no OB collectors and while there are general collectors that will buy an OB butt/shaft to have in their collection, there not "shelling" out the big bucks to get them.

I have two butts in my collection one merry widow and one fancy 1of 10 edition with lots of inlays. I have about $400 all-in for the two cues.

Best place to sell is going to be eBay but there are several OB's on there now that the owners have decided are rare and unusual so are asking stupid prices and as a result they are going unsold.

no matter how hard you work at it and how much time you put in, if you do not have the required eye hand coordination and ability you will never be top or even close to pro speed.

so if you cant play tennis, golf, hit a baseball, play ping pong, well with some effort, you are never going to be a great pool player.


and if you do and desire to be a pro player you will see such fast improvement without hard work that will have you eager to try.

does any one think those great players from the past put in work and drills to get where they were. no, they gambled under pressure for hours a day in the pool room. and had that eye hand coordination that propelled them quickly to a top speed.

skogstokig said:

he's just trolling DCP...

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Am not.

Here is an old story I posted a long time ago.

There are some good stories in that thread.

SSP said:

I paid $1500 for a custom cue built for me almost 20 years ago, that would be double in today's money.

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Honestly more like Treble to quadruple...

Baby Huey said:

I was on the road to San Fran with my buddy when he blew the bankroll totaling $70 circa 1968. We hand $11.50 to get back to LA. Plenty of money with gas 23 cents/gal and Mc Donalds 15 cents a hamburger and most importantly cigs 22 cents/pack. We stopped at the old Circus Room in San Jose and I couldn't even get all the way in the door when another young guy asked me to play $1/game six ball. I say I'll play some for 50 cents/game and ten hours later after playing him and two others we left with almost $450. That roadie ended up with us winning somewhere around $1500. I made 3 advance car payments and 4 months advance rent payments. It was like an amazing sequence of events even today that remains one of my favorite stories.

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Great Story!

I had similar happen. I was low on funds to put it mildly and bills had to be paid in about three weeks. I had perfect credit and meant to keep it that way. Packed my bags, rounded up my road partner, planned a couple week trip. Stopped at a place my partner knew was good for small action to pump up a bit before letting the ponies run. My truck with a warmed over 454 would outrun anything but Motorola but it wasn't easy on gas. With spare tank it toted almost fifty gallons of premium gasoline, and needed it all!

Anyway, this first stop was mainly to feed that 454 and have a little gambling money. Fourteen hours or so later the road trip was over. Had the mortgages covered and some party money after one stop! Even had a couple girls. Never had an easier, or shorter road trip. Can you call less than fifty miles a road trip? I had planned to go from the Mississippi River to maybe the east coast, turn down into Florida and kinda follow the gulf coast back to the Mississippi and home. I usually traveled in loops.

Hu

alphadog said:

There is a video clip of all the nasty comments viewers make about this ladies size. Some are quite funny.
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“She’s thicker than zoo glass.”
“She’s like the only fat 9 I’ve ever seen.”

We had a Poker League that would play out of our Bar every other week. They'd take an entire side of the Bar up, utilizing ALL the tables. They spent ZERO money, didn't drink, didn't eat, just kept the PAYING customers from having a table, or place to sit.
The Band thing sounds awesome to, till the Copyright Police starts their relentless harassment for their Licensing money, and it ain't just 1 or 2. Brian.

Enjoy. Have lots of fun with it.

u12armresl said:

That's a pre op pic cause your sinuses would be packed with gauze, and the worst pain ever in my life was the 3 weeks after surgery where they pulled the packing out. While it opened up a world of smells, worst pain.

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I only had the packing for about a week.

When they snatched it out, you definitely got a sharp pain and then the rush of cold air hitting the raw skin inside your nostrils.

The pain only lasted a few minutes for me.

Bert van Manen said:

By the way, has anybody given thought to the strange fact that the averages at the top have stagnated? ...

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In his interview with Xavier G., Blomdahl blames the overall level of competition. There are no more easy games where defense is unimportant.

garczar said:

This has come up before and i'm pretty sure they don't use diff. slate for diff. pocket sizes. I don't think what jimmyco posted is correct so i msg'd D'mond to be sure. I'll post their reply.

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By “look up” I meant jimmyco’s post, and this entire thread, went over your (and others) head!
All in good fun, happy new year.

obe1 said:

-Had a new inserts installed and mech said collars were loose so he reinstalled them.
Now the shafts has lift on tip end when attached to any of my cue butts.
They roll straight alone-

These are Steve klapp old growth shafts purchased 2010 -Never had a issue till now.

Appreciate your thoughts on this issue.

Thank you for your time.

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The mechanic should have checked them, Then again, maybe the inserts aren't straight The collars may have been loose because somehow, he applied heat to remove the inserts, which softened the epoxy holding the collars on

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Rusty in Montana said:

Ok I'll admit I don't get / understand this one ^^^^^
Or is she a he ?

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There is a video clip of all the nasty comments viewers make about this ladies size. Some are quite funny.