garczar said:

i'm sure he'd already paid for his booth. they caught him before he had chance to set-up.

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Peddling upstream though. Bet somebody called foul. Not that I care...

bbb said:

Who was bushwacker?

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Gary Nolan

gregcantrall said:

Hitting the cueball the length of the table from the head spot to have it return to the cue tip is my favorite test of hitting center axis.

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But wait there's more!...
Speed.
Once across, twice, thrice, etc...
balancing a ball on a ball on a needle.

ShootingArts said:

Three time world champion according to Wikipedia. Last I knew he still posts on here once in awhile. Funny to see people arguing with or correcting him!

While somebody else had the handle, Ray was always a smart player. Guaranteed to give you all you wanted and then some!

A gentleman and a scholar, of cue ball physics.

Hu

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GhostBall?
I've aimed a couple lines because of the ghostball thing.

Who was bushwacker?

I think the silent killer is inflation.

Young people in towns like LA have seen an unreal escalation in rents, if they aren't living with their parents.

The demographic of the players seems to get older and older.

Very few kids coming up are serious about pool as a hobby.

Labour costs have gone way up.

What kid will be able to afford 15 dollar an hour practice time after work?

The day to day action that made pool exciting is largely gone in a lot of rooms.

Regular folks have less discretionary income to spend these days.

Then there is the fact that allowing younger patrons in means, more insurance costs........

A pint of beer in many rooms is not cheap these days.

The management in many rooms is pretty shabby.

A lot of the employees have attitude even when you tip them.

It ain't like going to Chick Filet or In and Out Burger where all the employees are happy and helpful..........

After Covid everybody is expecting fat tips for nothing........

sixpack said:

I recognize your writing style from when you were on here before I think. I was looking forward to watching this develop.

Anyway, best of luck with whatever you decide.

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Thank you kindly, honestly I just came out of 8 years of complicated grief, and I really never expected that response. I am sorry for melting down. I really am. and when mean just, it was the day I posted and now I am stricken over what we lived for 46. I am sorry to anyone I offended, Gary would have hated that. I try to honor him in every way I can; and here I let him down and am now vulnerable. Email me at the tales account please. And thank you for the kind words. I do appreciate that. There were others that were kind, but the negative did feel like it would not serve me going forward. SO, I made that story VULGAR, it will done as a comedy skit with Gary being NOT mentioned. I reworked it. It was accepted, Be kind to everyone. You never know what someone is going through.

Yes sir. That is the only play to keep you in the game.

lfigueroa said:

huh boy: none of us are worthy of your words...

To be frank, if that is your attitude, no one here would want your stories in the first place.

Lou Figueroa

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I respect your opinion.

Black-Balled said:

Get them tales in a book and let the board know when and how we can buy it.

Might not be a more concentrated set of buyers anywhere past her for what you're making.

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No I want stories I didn't get to witness, the good the bad and even the coarse content I knew my husband's humor. You can email stories there if you wish. I think I met you at one of our state tournaments. You were nice to me. I was working the cash register. cash me if you can!

Mensabum said:

Anybody out there see any benefit to the carom in the side off the 7??

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Not for $$$$$

lfigueroa said:

huh boy: none of us are worthy of your words...

To be frank, if that is your attitude, no one here would want your stories in the first place.

Lou Figueroa

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Fair enough

P.S.
In retrospect, had I been more intuitive in those days, I should probably have offered to buy the ball machine myself, as he was likely having financial difficulty getting the new restaurant/club business off the ground. It was only because I was so taken aback, and couldn’t perceive the issue behind his surprising attitude (especially after all the grief I had endured traveling and losing to dues-paying bangers given overly generous handicaps). Oh well.