Anyone that has less than $100 in his/ her pocket.
Pool Room 101
- Thread starter TheThaiger
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Wait... what about shoes but no socks??? What about flip flops? And what about women who where high heel swith painted toenails and perfect pedicures ...without socks?
Freddie <~~~ wears socks
TheThaiger
Banned
A clear winner, but in the interests of not appearing sexist, how about arse cleavage? I play with a lad with the hairiest backside this side of the Bornean jungle, and he refuses to wear a belt. {shudder}
Surely there are a lot worse things than these?
I have to agree with TheThaiger on slow play. Although overall it's people abusing the equipment that grates the most. Other than a couple of exceptions, I've yet to play in a club (in the UK) with decent-good standard American tables.
I agree karoke is out
I disagree road players add to the pool room experience
I agree and so does my wife who like me to come home NOT smelling like an ashtray
Slow cloth, dirty balls as well
TheThaiger
Banned
I don't where you live but look out for GB9 players, who sometimes have their own professionally tailored tables within their clubs. If you are on tour yourself, club managers can sometimes be persuaded to set aside one of their tables to be a covered match table, which only you can use, as long as you agree to pay for them to be re-covered etc.
I know several players who are 'sponsored' in this way. There are decent tables around but you have to know where they are, and the people that can use them.
I hear the new Rileys management is planning to spend some money on American tables for a change, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
Really?!? Can you expand on that? What have APA players done to you that makes you single them out?
Table Top Joe
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karaoke, loud music, baby powder, people who scoop whitey and call it a jump shot. also....my piss poor stroke.
I took your advice Thaiger! Had a word with SAM Leisure before Christmas about making changes to my table to match the GB9 tables. Should be out within the next 3 weeks. They were a bit vague on what they would actually be doing but we'll see when they come out.
Back on topic...I'd banish a few snooker tables from pool halls around the uk in exchange for American tables. Not every pool hall I've been to, but the vast majority have too many snooker tables for the demand. Mine has 19 and I can't ever remember half of them being in use and the 6 K Steels we have are in high demand, even if they do cost like £1 more an hour. The chance of holding any sort of league or tournament for the regular lads that use the K Steels is pretty impossible on 6 tables. I'd hate to organise a small 32 man tourny on 6 tables!
Back on topic...I'd banish a few snooker tables from pool halls around the uk in exchange for American tables. Not every pool hall I've been to, but the vast majority have too many snooker tables for the demand. Mine has 19 and I can't ever remember half of them being in use and the 6 K Steels we have are in high demand, even if they do cost like £1 more an hour. The chance of holding any sort of league or tournament for the regular lads that use the K Steels is pretty impossible on 6 tables. I'd hate to organise a small 32 man tourny on 6 tables!
TheThaiger
Banned
Getting 32 players in the first place would be a struggle in most places in the UK...
If they match GB9 specs exactly, expect to start rattling balls. I would suggest you get everything you want in writing, just in case there's any miscommunication.
Yeah cheers for that. I've had enough problems with them in the past to realise things in writing is a must.
For a start when I got my table re-clothed they brought snooker cloth and insisted it was the right cloth for my table. The Mrs was the only one home and didn't know the difference so they fitted my table with the snooker cloth then when I phoned them they told me I'd have to pay for the cost of the new Simonis and recovering costs. Needless to say I told them to get fu...
Yeah cheers for that. I've had enough problems with them in the past to realise things in writing is a must.
For a start when I got my table re-clothed they brought snooker cloth and insisted it was the right cloth for my table. The Mrs was the only one home and didn't know the difference so they fitted my table with the snooker cloth then when I phoned them they told me I'd have to pay for the cost of the new Simonis and recovering costs. Needless to say I told them to get fu...
Too bad it wasn't on a credit card, you could halt payment.
