Pool related. I watch some of these reality shows that the roots go back to the old horse traders and buy low sell high theory that’s been around for centuries. Shows like House flippers, Car flippers, Pickers, and many others.
Back in 1955 when I was working on my Dad’s ice truck and coal truck for $2 a day I started buying old junk cars and fixing them myself, getting them painted by Earl Shriebe ($19.95), and then flipping them for a nice profit. Actually I began doing it with bikes at around 10 years old. I’d pick old bike frames and bike parts on rubbish day, making one bike out of a few, painting them and selling them. Buy the time I was almost old enough to drive legal (16) I had built a 1940 Merc coupe with a 1954 Caddy engine in it, a fire engine red 1951 Ford Convertible (3/4 race flathead), and a 1951 Indian Chief and 1941 Harley with the past 3 years profits.
I had phony proof at 16 to start going in the bars. At this time the Bar Boxes were in most Long Island, NY bars. It was like the old gold rush days for the better than average pool players. You could keep the table for a few hours a night playing for a $1 and a beer and walk out with a $20 profit most every night. $100 to $140 a week was more than most good blue collar jobs paid back then. Almost all the profit I made on pool for about 25-30 years I bought cars and other stuff at a steal and fix or had them fixed and flipped at a nice profit.
I bought my first Racing Greyhound pup in 1987 with pool winnings. I was lucky. The Greyhound became a stakes racer in Wisconsin making me enough money to buy a litter of 6 more pups. Long story short, when I sold my Greyhound business in 2002 I had almost 200 dogs (about 75 racing around the country), pups, and the #1 sire in the USA. All from a “B” players profits. Johnnyt
Back in 1955 when I was working on my Dad’s ice truck and coal truck for $2 a day I started buying old junk cars and fixing them myself, getting them painted by Earl Shriebe ($19.95), and then flipping them for a nice profit. Actually I began doing it with bikes at around 10 years old. I’d pick old bike frames and bike parts on rubbish day, making one bike out of a few, painting them and selling them. Buy the time I was almost old enough to drive legal (16) I had built a 1940 Merc coupe with a 1954 Caddy engine in it, a fire engine red 1951 Ford Convertible (3/4 race flathead), and a 1951 Indian Chief and 1941 Harley with the past 3 years profits.
I had phony proof at 16 to start going in the bars. At this time the Bar Boxes were in most Long Island, NY bars. It was like the old gold rush days for the better than average pool players. You could keep the table for a few hours a night playing for a $1 and a beer and walk out with a $20 profit most every night. $100 to $140 a week was more than most good blue collar jobs paid back then. Almost all the profit I made on pool for about 25-30 years I bought cars and other stuff at a steal and fix or had them fixed and flipped at a nice profit.
I bought my first Racing Greyhound pup in 1987 with pool winnings. I was lucky. The Greyhound became a stakes racer in Wisconsin making me enough money to buy a litter of 6 more pups. Long story short, when I sold my Greyhound business in 2002 I had almost 200 dogs (about 75 racing around the country), pups, and the #1 sire in the USA. All from a “B” players profits. Johnnyt
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