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Custom and High End Cues on the Decline?

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fjk said:
My first job was in a large, very old factory; it was there since 1900. One day (in the early 80s) I was wondering around and found old file cabinets in storage. I found employment records there from the early 1920s. Hourly pay ranged from 20c to 40c per hour. The funny thing was most households were single earners and they had larger families.

I grew up during times of high unemployment. I can recall interviewing and fighting for entry level, minimum wage jobs...and they all paid the minimum wage. Now, today, get this: my 18-year-old son working part time as a bank teller started at $25 per hour. Something isn't right.
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The part that's not right is that a family making around $8000-10,000 a year could afford a house in the 1970s. Now, $25/hr is almost not enough to rent a nicer apartment in larger cities.

At a minimum, the U.S. as a country need to make it so that when a company holds a house for more than like 3-4 months without reselling they pay a lot in taxes/fees.
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Fedor New Cue?

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trob said:
Not to mention comparing what an elite player can do with a house cue to what us a normal human being can do with it is silly 🤣 I’ve said this before. pro golfers play with forged irons but you double digit handicap ass better get some over sized cavity backs like the rest of us haha
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I get what you are trying to say, but don't confuse ease or difficulty of play with two different manufacturing processes.
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Why is running English always (or at least usually) used for multi rail kicks?

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maha said:
learn to use the rails with no english first as that is the preferred route if available. as it is exact.

adding english changes the route if you are even a little bit off on what you put.

and rails pick up and lose english depending on things, you need to learn.
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Most multiple rail kicks require some sort of side spin to be exact. Other 1 rail kicks a player might be able to get away with using no spin if there are no blockers in the way of the angle in / angle out.

What if a player is a little bit off off trying to use no spin? The route is going to change.

Better off learning & mastering the usage of what is proper to get the cue ball to go where needed and intended.
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Send Mike Wong to the U.S. Open

Flakeandrun
Jaden said:
That reminded me of what I was doing in 2012. I was traveling the country a lot and was in Georgia for a span. Playing Johnny Archer Bonus Ball on Shawn Putnam's table at MBC. 45 minutes in between shots. Not because Johnny was slow, but no one would let him play. People were constantly coming up and talking to him. Shawn finally got tired of waiting and said "Johnny either play, or I'm going to play Jaden".

edit: oh shit, followed a link to this from another thread and just realized I revitalized an 11 year old thread...lol
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Garczar will likely be here soon to tell you just how Wong you were to do that
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Jacoby 1 of 1

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Jacoby 1 of 1 for sale.. Mexican Cocobolo with mother of pearl inlays.. radial pin.. Segmented handle.. butt only.. condition as good as new.. Test hit only..

$1800 shipped.
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Send Mike Wong to the U.S. Open

Jaden
july9x said:
wonder how different between you in 2012 and now?
you have balls to post this thread so I bet you won't mind any critics.
I youtubed your name and found 2 videos back in 2012, gave them a quick watch and here is my thoughts: boring and slow like... hell, terrible form of playing, chalking and walking, wearing a headset and changing music in the middle of a shot, not in a good shape (being an Asian), guessing a lot of shots, I watched the first 25 mins of the match you played against Earl and didn't see you even trying to POT a ball, no wonder why Earl missed a ball and there are 3-4 balls left on the table he just resign the game immediately (TWICE) because he didnt want to wait 15 mins to see you clear 3 balls and he knows he can still win the match. I'd rather pay you $1000 for NOT playing in U.S open to not have to see you playing...

Anyways that was you in 2012.

I dont care how but this is 2015, can you show us a video of you playing right now?
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That reminded me of what I was doing in 2012. I was traveling the country a lot and was in Georgia for a span. Playing Johnny Archer Bonus Ball on Shawn Putnam's table at MBC. 45 minutes in between shots. Not because Johnny was slow, but no one would let him play. People were constantly coming up and talking to him. Shawn finally got tired of waiting and said "Johnny either play, or I'm going to play Jaden".

edit: oh shit, followed a link to this from another thread and just realized I revitalized an 11 year old thread...lol
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