Just Wanted to Introduce Myself and Say Hello

Saggy

Saggy

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I just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I have been a long time lurker and finally decided to start an account. This is certainly one of my favorite boards to read. I hope I will be able to make a positive contribution. I guess little about me:

Name: Craig
Skill Level: Low B
Occupation: College Professor/Psychology
Age: 29

feel free to ask anything that you are curious about...........
 
What other message boards do you use?? Pool related or otherwise??

Just asking cuz to nail the avatar and deep sig is an oddity.
 
Thunderball said:
What other message boards do you use?? Pool related or otherwise??

Just asking cuz to nail the avatar and deep sig is an oddity.
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No other pool message boards, I am on several baseball ones though. The avatar is just temporary as it was already set in control panel, I will change soon enough to something that better fits me.
 
Saggy said:
I just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I have been a long time lurker and finally decided to start an account. This is certainly one of my favorite boards to read. I hope I will be able to make a positive contribution. I guess little about me:

Name: Craig
Skill Level: Low B
Occupation: College Professor/Psychology
Age: 29

feel free to ask anything that you are curious about...........
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You're 29 and you own a 20 year old Richard Black cue? What's up with that? I'm just messin' with you Craig. Welcome to the forum! :D
Glad to see you posting.
JoeyA
 
Saggy said:
I just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I have been a long time lurker and finally decided to start an account. This is certainly one of my favorite boards to read. I hope I will be able to make a positive contribution. I guess little about me:

Name: Craig
Skill Level: Low B
Occupation: College Professor/Psychology
Age: 29

feel free to ask anything that you are curious about...........
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It is always good to see new members join. This is a great forum, and it is certainly great to hear that you want to make a positive contribution. Making contributions and also learning new things is what makes this forum such a great place to be a member of.

The only caution I would give you is please be careful if you purchase or trade anything on this site. Over the last couple years we have had a number of situations occur where newer members were taken advantage of by others. If you decide to trade or purchase something check the person out by going back through their posts. In most cases this will tell you if there have been problems in the past. While the I-trader and even the reputation points (Green Box's) give you some idea about some ones character it really is not a fair description. Because both can be given without any proof of a good transaction, and there are people who will capitalize on this fact.

Take care, and hope to see you out there posting!!!:thumbup:
 
JoeyA said:
You're 29 and you own a 20 year old Richard Black cue? What's up with that? I'm just messin' with you Craig. Welcome to the forum! :D
Glad to see you posting.
JoeyA
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I was fortunate enough to pick it up at the 1996 Expo, such a sweet hit.
 
manwon said:
It is always good to see new members join. This is a great forum, and it is certainly great to hear that you want to make a positive contribution. Making contributions and also learning new things is what makes this forum such a great place to be a member of.

The only caution I would give you is please be careful if you purchase or trade anything on this site. Over the last couple years we have had a number of situations occur where newer members were taken advantage of by others. If you decide to trade or purchase something check the person out by going back through their posts. In most cases this will tell you if there have been problems in the past. While the I-trader and even the reputation points (Green Box's) give you some idea about some ones character it really is not a fair description. Because both can be given without any proof of a good transaction, and there are people who will capitalize on this fact.

Take care, and hope to see you out there posting!!!:thumbup:
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Thank you for the advice and kind words. Certainly will be careful.
 
Saggy said:
I just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I have been a long time lurker and finally decided to start an account. This is certainly one of my favorite boards to read. I hope I will be able to make a positive contribution. I guess little about me:

Name: Craig
Skill Level: Low B
Occupation: College Professor/Psychology
Age: 29

feel free to ask anything that you are curious about...........
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Welcome, a lot of people around here could use a psychologists. lol.

That was my college major too, but since I interact much better with inanimate objects than humans, I became a computer programmer. :smile:

Also I find it interesting that with 7 posts and having very recently gotten off the bench and actually joined you already 6 rep boxes. Kind of points out the fallacy of the rep system doesn't it? When I joined years ago, I actually joined twice so I had an extra id I never used (this one). So about 3 weeks ago somebody stated how easy it is to get rep now, so I dragged this id out of the closet and started using it with no posts and no rep. It took 2 weeks to get a full compliment of green boxes without trying. When I first joined the other id took 6 months to a year to acheive the same level. Interesting experiment. The experiment is over, but I think I'll keep using this id.
 
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Saggy said:
No other pool message boards, I am on several baseball ones though. The avatar is just temporary as it was already set in control panel, I will change soon enough to something that better fits me.
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You can use this one;) :
:oink:
 
Saggy said:
I just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I have been a long time lurker and finally decided to start an account. This is certainly one of my favorite boards to read. I hope I will be able to make a positive contribution. I guess little about me:

Name: Craig
Skill Level: Low B
Occupation: College Professor/Psychology
Age: 29

feel free to ask anything that you are curious about...........
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Do you play Pool, collect cues, or what? If you play Pool, what game do you like BEST?
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Do you play Pool, collect cues, or what? If you play Pool, what game do you like BEST?
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I did have a nice cue collection at one time, however I had my car stolen once and in the trunk was a dealers case with 5 cues. That day I lost a Joss West, Boston Shorty Samsara, Tascarella, Paul Mottey, and a rare Meucci /3. Thankfully though my playing cues were with me in the pool hall so my Black was safe. I still have a few extra cues, like a Bluegrass, but I plan to get it fixed up and sell. The only cue I have bought in last 5 years was the Brunswick Preadator as it was a good deal, and a very pretty cue. Here is a pic

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In regard to my favorite game it would be three cushion, but sadly there are not alot of tables around me. However I am big on all the games 9-ball, 8-ball, Chicago, Straight, Cribbage etc.
 
Saggy said:
I just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I have been a long time lurker and finally decided to start an account. This is certainly one of my favorite boards to read. I hope I will be able to make a positive contribution. I guess little about me:

Name: Craig
Skill Level: Low B
Occupation: College Professor/Psychology
Age: 29

feel free to ask anything that you are curious about...........
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Welcome to AZB!
 
I Suspect That There Are Aliens Among Us, Posting As Earthlings

Steve Ellis said:
Also I find it interesting that with 7 posts and having very recently gotten off the bench and actually joined you already 6 rep boxes. Kind of points out the fallacy of the rep system doesn't it? When I joined years ago, I actually joined twice so I had an extra id I never used (this one). So about 3 weeks ago somebody stated how easy it is to get rep now, so I dragged this id out of the closet and started using it with no posts and no rep. It took 2 weeks to get a full compliment of green boxes without trying. When I first joined the other id took 6 months to a year to acheive the same level. Interesting experiment. The experiment is over, but I think I'll keep using this id.
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Here's the problem with your experiment. I've been on AZB since its beginning and like you, it took a long while to accumulate green boxes and Rep points. After 5 or 6 years, I had a total of 58 points.

Over the past 2-3 years, AZB doubled (or tripled) it's Member base and the number of people giving Rep grew proportionately.

I, and many other longtime members of AZB now have many thousands of Rep points. It took me about 8 years to accumulate my total, but now it is what it is.

In the past day or two, a new poster named GUS made a post and had one green box, I gave him Rep one time and he jumped from 1 green box to 8 green boxes. I am not alone. There are now over 300 members that have maxed out their green boxes at 11.

Good Rep from any of the members on Page 1 will now give a newcomer more than one or two green boxes.
AZB has grown, it's Membership has grown and the amount of Rep has grown accordingly. Such is life.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/memberlist.php?&order=DESC&sort=reputation&pp=30

A better experiment might be to determine what type of life form Eddie Wheat is..... imo :)

Doug
(now, I'm afraid to give Saggy any Rep)




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