There was one in Houston about 3 miles south of Halliburton, don't remember which hotel.

Pretty much anywhere you drive in the USA has motels that say "Pool" on their signs.

And I'm disappointed every time.

Bavafongoul said:

No I haven’t but I have played for 12 hrs…, 10 am to 10 pm and my cue shaft and ferrules remained clean but the ferrules are ivory so that doesn’t count,

My fingers were clean and the only chalk accumulation, which wasn’t much to speak of, was on the heel and bottom palm area of my bridge hand. Surely during your marathon session of 15 hrs duration, there was occasion yo visit the bathroom.

Did washing your hands ever come to mind? When I played for 12 hours, I must have washed my hands 4-5X. So when I spot someone with dark blue fingers, it is a sure fire sign they are chalking incorrectly, IMO.


BTW. it tends to be older players most of the time from what I’ve observed.

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Do you chalk with your bridge hand or with your handle holding hand. That's where my first comment on this came from. Most people chalk with their primary hand, if they're right handed with their right hand, if left handed their left. It lends itself to being cleaner because you aren't sliding the leftover chalk back and forth through your hand when sliding the shaft through it.

I and I guess a couple of others as well, use our bridge hand to chalk. With me I blame my grandfather who started teaching me baseball when I was 5 and assumed I was right handed, even though he was left handed. So I ended up forcing myself to bat and throw right handed. I ended up doing almost everything right handed. The only thing I can do equally well with either hand is bowl but if I'm not playing regularly, I still get confused on the foot work for bowling left handed.

GideonF said:

And this is why I always go for the first bump before and after the game rather than a handshake. I’d estimate that at least half the guys I see in the pool hall don’t wash their hands after using the urinal.

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I guess, the first bump is better than the last bump.. whatever floats your boat.

Thx Billy Big Foot.

maha said:

the white hand chalk went away mostly with air conditioning.

sweaty hands it was hard to stroke smoothly.

gloves were considered not manly, and none were really smooth or fit right back them to be useful.

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That cone chalk was BS.

I always carried and used baby powder.

as long as they have automatic faucets. other wise you are infecting yourself with what someone else left on the handle. ick.

and get infected again as soon as you touch the handle on the door. ick.

or the rack as he touched it and the cue ball. ick.

where do you stop with worrying about getting germs from someone.

Bavafongoul said:

I don’t get this……….I have been playing pool for 65 years…….different cities, tables and cues down through the years.
And, of course, a variety of pool chalks have been used as you’d imagine. I have never had chalk on my fingers or hands and I use a closed bridge on 75-80% of my shots. If you get blue fingers, hands, ferrules or shafts, I have news you don’t want to hear. Apparently, they never learned how to chalk correctly and are like the cartoon character that hangs with Charles Schultz’s Charlie Brown……Pigpen. These players are just slobs and over chalk so it stains their hands, fingers and pool cue. This has never happened to me or any cue I’ve owned. This is so inept that it’s sad but comical at the same time.

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Same here!

RandyinHawaii said:

I have a BECUE W.A.S (wood as skin) coming.

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I have the one I got from you way back when.

Paul Bell said:

Very interesting. Some here would disagree.

I presume you are familiar with McDermott's H-series cues with the butt that allows weights to be placed anywhere along the length of the butt --- like you did.

I have wondered what initial weight to buy in an H-series cue if you are used to an 18-ounce cue. It would seem that an 18-ounce H-series cue may weigh 17 ounces without weights making it impossible to add more than an ounce to it. Your comments suggest, however, that even if you like a lighter cue, a heavier cue may be okay if you have the ability to place weights anywhere along butt length.

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Paul, I may still have this thing in a dock box under my table. I'll check when I get home. If I have it I can send it to you, gratis (I have far too much schit). Now I use an old Dale Perry with a white diamond tip. I like the lighter cue with more control. The Amerola was an experiment. I think I made 2 of them just experimenting.

Jaden said:

ACtually many times no, I wouldn't go to the bathroom, I'd just keep playing.

But people saying that always reminds me of a joke.

A sailor goes to the head and does his business and then goes to the sink and starts to wash his hands as a marine walks into the head and goes over to the urinal to do his business. The marine finishes and starts to walk out as the sailor is drying his hands and the sailor says to the marine "You know in the Navy, they teach us to wash our hands after urinating".

The marine responds, "In the marines, they teach us not to piss on our hands".

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And this is why I always go for the first bump before and after the game rather than a handshake. I’d estimate that at least half the guys I see in the pool hall don’t wash their hands after using the urinal.