Stupid things you see in a Pool hall
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My bad. I roll my own - sometimes I'll roll one in advance and don't want it just laying around or I'll be ready to go outside and somebody will get me to play one more.
I hate that! Good players do it, too.
Hey, I do that, too!
Holy hell, I had an opponent in APA 9b a few weeks ago that would 'organize' the rack. Now, you'd figure since he always did it that he'd be quick about it. Nope. I wanted to mention that it is supposed to be random, but it was already bad enough, I didn't want to have to explain it, too. People that want to make the rack 'difficult' are funny, especially lower players.. do they not think they also have to deal with the rack?
I let an opponent know that if he did that again, he better be prepared to duck, because I'd be hucking that @#%#$%^ thing right back at him.
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What I think is stupid, is hearing people ***** about leagues and how much the players suck, when they're no better than a mid-range skill at best. 99% of them turn down offers to play afterwards, too.
same crap
Same crap
Except i had my cue laying on the table , the jerk put chips in my main player. had to have my cue refinished.
sorry dont mean to be negitive .
MMike
Same crap
Except i had my cue laying on the table , the jerk put chips in my main player. had to have my cue refinished.
sorry dont mean to be negitive .
MMike
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I leave my chalk on the table, so anyone I'm playing can use it.
What pisses me off is when you can clearly see a + sign on the chalk from stroking it accross the tip, they decide to screw the chalk onto the tip like a bottle top. I don't want chalk with a huge hole in it, thanks. It gets all over the furrule, shaft and hands and never ever fits my tip!
Also, people that hang around the table for an eternity after they miss just straight up piss me off.
What pisses me off is when you can clearly see a + sign on the chalk from stroking it accross the tip, they decide to screw the chalk onto the tip like a bottle top. I don't want chalk with a huge hole in it, thanks. It gets all over the furrule, shaft and hands and never ever fits my tip!
Also, people that hang around the table for an eternity after they miss just straight up piss me off.
Once Upon a time!
There was this guy at an 8 ball tournament who kept breaking really early on me, before I got away from the table. I asked him to stop and all I got was this smart ass "sure". The next time he broke it was so early that I still had the wood triangle in my hand so I threw it at him. He started for me with his cue stick in his hand so I grabbed three balls out of the rack and took a pitching stance. One more step and he would of found out how hard a left fielder can throw a ball. Maybe the rack hittin' him square in the chest gave him something to think about. Anyway, after appropriate promises to the TD about future behavior I was allowed to continue to play. The other guy never fully recovered his composure and lost miserably. Maybe the huge grin on my face for the rest of the match got to him.
Oh.....to be young again !!!
There was this guy at an 8 ball tournament who kept breaking really early on me, before I got away from the table. I asked him to stop and all I got was this smart ass "sure". The next time he broke it was so early that I still had the wood triangle in my hand so I threw it at him. He started for me with his cue stick in his hand so I grabbed three balls out of the rack and took a pitching stance. One more step and he would of found out how hard a left fielder can throw a ball. Maybe the rack hittin' him square in the chest gave him something to think about. Anyway, after appropriate promises to the TD about future behavior I was allowed to continue to play. The other guy never fully recovered his composure and lost miserably. Maybe the huge grin on my face for the rest of the match got to him.
Oh.....to be young again !!!
i want the upside down chalker....he can can get the 7, and chalking advice when we are done......maybe?
We used to have 2 Carom tables at the hall. More than once I was playing nearby and watched as teens dumped the balls on the table and racked before they realized that there were no pockets.
I'm sure that anyone that has played at a hall with a Carom table has also seen this happen.
I'm sure that anyone that has played at a hall with a Carom table has also seen this happen.
evanlockhart said:
Next time he does that, once you get done shooting, politely ask him if you can see his cue and then break that shit in half.
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Sounds like he spent too much time in Drill team in HS... lol
Hey, its a hard habit to break Buddy. The name of the college that I went to
was Kung Fu U. That exercise was part of our daily drills.
was Kung Fu U. That exercise was part of our daily drills.
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I have to chime in for this one. First of all let me say excuse me, I am not an ignoramus. 2nd I have a pool table at home and I can see the blow off that happens when we have TOO MUCH CHALK on the damn tip; call them racing strike marks or chalk specs or obstacles or what ever. My point is that this chalk crap ends up on the table, sometimes in little chunks of chalk; these things are road blocks, obstacles that I can't see that are there, and when I run over them with the cb or ob may change the course just enough to make me miss the damn shot. Did you know that little pieces of leather from your tip can end up on the table after you shape it?
In closing Excuse Me for being considerate. OH and BTW, just in case you are wondering I do feather the chalk over the tip and still I see excess chalk that need not be there.
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Loren
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Not trying to be rude, just sharing thoughts.
Don't chalk your tip over the table, but to the side of it- this may help with "road blocks."
There's moisture in your breath- when you blow on your tip, you can be moistening the chalk that's left on your tip, too. Good shots aren't made with speckles of sludge on the tip.
Nobody meant for any of these posts to be taken personally.
(but man, I just can't help it- I will think you are a weakling or a newbie, table at home or not, if you're blowing on your cue.)
My Little List
Some of my pet peeves and stupid things I see:
- The opponent that moves to sit or stand directly in my line of sight for every shot I take.
- The guy that tries to jump by hitting down, but under the cue and scooping it up, not hitting down on the top 1/2 of the cue.
- The guy that sets his beer on the edge of the table every time he shoots or racks.
- The guy that hangs his lit cigarette over the edge of the table while he shoots or racks.
Already been said, but wow, I really hate this:
- The guy that taps or bangs the 1 ball (or whatever ball is on the foot spot) when racking every time as part of his racking 'routine'....whether it racks tight or not. Big no-no.
lol Seeing guys walk into the pool hall, set balls on the table, find his perfect house cue, then do THIS
Some of my pet peeves and stupid things I see:
- The opponent that moves to sit or stand directly in my line of sight for every shot I take.
- The guy that tries to jump by hitting down, but under the cue and scooping it up, not hitting down on the top 1/2 of the cue.
- The guy that sets his beer on the edge of the table every time he shoots or racks.
- The guy that hangs his lit cigarette over the edge of the table while he shoots or racks.
Already been said, but wow, I really hate this:
- The guy that taps or bangs the 1 ball (or whatever ball is on the foot spot) when racking every time as part of his racking 'routine'....whether it racks tight or not. Big no-no.
lol Seeing guys walk into the pool hall, set balls on the table, find his perfect house cue, then do THIS
putting chalk on
hi Loren
truth is most women should teach men how to chalk up .
i was taught that chalk should be applied like a woman putting lipstick on they're lips. ( no pun intended) .< but that is how it was explained to me>.
I think watching a woman blow excess chalk off is kinda a classy momment
especially if you are kicking ass.
So if anything use this chalking methed to throw your oppenets focus off.:wink:
a kodak momment as you are destroying your oppenet. (Now thats a class act)
MMike
hi Loren
truth is most women should teach men how to chalk up .
i was taught that chalk should be applied like a woman putting lipstick on they're lips. ( no pun intended) .< but that is how it was explained to me>.
I think watching a woman blow excess chalk off is kinda a classy momment
especially if you are kicking ass.
So if anything use this chalking methed to throw your oppenets focus off.:wink:
a kodak momment as you are destroying your oppenet. (Now thats a class act)
MMike
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A bar half a block from my house has 2 coin op nine footers....
Whoever explained that to you lifted the line from Minnesota Fats. He says it in an old video guide to pool that was posted in this forum a few weeks ago. :wink:
applying chalk like a woman puts oh her lip stick
I (think) I pick that up in a book by Jeanette Lee .
Just trying pass along the best info possible.
I have seen alot of people blow exccess chalk of their tip . it dosnt bother me.
MMike
I (think) I pick that up in a book by Jeanette Lee .
Just trying pass along the best info possible.
I have seen alot of people blow exccess chalk of their tip . it dosnt bother me.
MMike
Pool Moves
Mike,
A guy that does this....he is either someone who needs a few lessons or one that is getting ready to give someone one.....there are tons of moves like that get people interested in playing....their greed gets em every time....
my personal favorite is one I call the flop, flop, hook.....you find the crooked house cue in the place and you make sure youre seen rolling it on the table...either when putting money in the table or racking.....on sight it sets the hook and the fish come right on in....lol
Just another lovely day in paradise......
336Robin :thumbup:
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Mike,
A guy that does this....he is either someone who needs a few lessons or one that is getting ready to give someone one.....there are tons of moves like that get people interested in playing....their greed gets em every time....
my personal favorite is one I call the flop, flop, hook.....you find the crooked house cue in the place and you make sure youre seen rolling it on the table...either when putting money in the table or racking.....on sight it sets the hook and the fish come right on in....lol
Just another lovely day in paradise......
336Robin :thumbup:
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