Excuse me sir. Do you know how to operate this table?

ChopStick

ChopStick

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I was practicing in a pool hall I have never been to before last night. It is mostly bar tables with three 9 foot gold crowns in the back. I was on one of the gold crowns all alone in the back. A group of four comes drifting back into the area. I could tell they were non-players just from the way they were walking. They gathered around the table next to mine and took up station. A couple of them even got sticks off the wall and were waiting around the table.

The other two were looking around the sides of the table. I knew what they were looking for, the quarters slot. I let them look for a while. Finally they gave up and one of the women ask me if I knew how to operate this table. I was tempted to just say yes and keep on shooting. I told them they had to go up to the counter and get the balls. Apparently this was not something they wanted to do because they left, which is fine with me. I go to the pool hall to work and just want to be left alone. The last thing I need is a bunch of ball bangers underfoot. :D
 
I've seen people get a rack of balls from the counter, go rack them up, and break them and shoot a couple of shots before realizing they were on a Billiard table.
 
You may have lost the opportunity to help a future world champion. Now he or she may only play on coin tables in bar rooms & will never be the Champion he or she could have become & it might all be your 'fault. Plus they may have brought in enough friends to keep that room from closing down in 3 months.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Regards & Best Wishes,
Rick
 
ChopStick said:
I was practicing in a pool hall I have never been to before last night. It is mostly bar tables with three 9 foot gold crowns in the back. I was on one of the gold crowns all alone in the back. A group of four comes drifting back into the area. I could tell they were non-players just from the way they were walking. They gathered around the table next to mine and took up station. A couple of them even got sticks off the wall and were waiting around the table.

The other two were looking around the sides of the table. I knew what they were looking for, the quarters slot. I let them look for a while. Finally they gave up and one of the women ask me if I knew how to operate this table. I was tempted to just say yes and keep on shooting. I told them they had to go up to the counter and get the balls. Apparently this was not something they wanted to do because they left, which is fine with me. I go to the pool hall to work and just want to be left alone. The last thing I need is a bunch of ball bangers underfoot. :D
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You go to the pool hall to work?

When you go home do you stand on your porch to yell at neighborhood
Kids to stay off your lawn? ;)
 
I saw a guy put quarters into a pool table while a game was halfway done. I yelled, "Stop!" but he just looked gave a dirty look and shoved the quarters into the table. I had to chuckle as the look of anguish came over him as he saw half the balls come down.
 
ENGLISH! said:
You may have lost the opportunity to help a future world champion. Now he or she may only play on coin tables in bar rooms & will never be the Champion he or she could have become & it might all be your 'fault. Plus they may have brought in enough friends to keep that room from closing down in 3 months.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Regards & Best Wishes,
Rick
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He told them they had to go to the counter to get the balls. If just that was too tough or scary for them...
 
I laugh when people play in the dark. I'm sorry but, how dumb is that?
It's one thing is someone endless hunts for the light switch, and you gotta tell them
"the counter person will turn it on". That's understandable if all you ever saw
in your life was rooms with a switch by the table.

But how does someone stubbornly try to shoot in the dark, in a dark room, at night,
and all the tables around them are glowing with light?
 
heres a couple....

ChopStick said:
I was practicing in a pool hall I have never been to before last night. It is mostly bar tables with three 9 foot gold crowns in the back. I was on one of the gold crowns all alone in the back. A group of four comes drifting back into the area. I could tell they were non-players just from the way they were walking. They gathered around the table next to mine and took up station. A couple of them even got sticks off the wall and were waiting around the table.

The other two were looking around the sides of the table. I knew what they were looking for, the quarters slot. I let them look for a while. Finally they gave up and one of the women ask me if I knew how to operate this table. I was tempted to just say yes and keep on shooting. I told them they had to go up to the counter and get the balls. Apparently this was not something they wanted to do because they left, which is fine with me. I go to the pool hall to work and just want to be left alone. The last thing I need is a bunch of ball bangers underfoot. :D
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Peeeeeeshawww !!! (That ain't nuthin' !!):grin-square:

I got on a 9ft the other day to get some drills in specifically for 9 ft tables. I have a few regional tourneys coming up , and from what I hear there's going to be a few good players there. Anyway, I got about 3hrs in , and all these 20 something Asian males come in on the table diagonal to me. I was getting a bit tired by then but was not finished the drills. Well, the 6 of them start getting "chatty" , then came the missed trick-shot along with all the over excited laughter. Then it got MORE chatty. I mean it sounded like a Japanese sitcomover there. By then I was tired of it , and just settled for some simple pocketing before I clean-up & unscrew.

Once a few sessions ago during leagues, a SUV full of college girls pulls into the parking lot, (after circling the place 1/2 dozen times !!). The girls get a rack of balls, and the owner (I think on purpose) put them on the tight pocket table. They are all giggling like crazy, which prompted me and my captain to take notice. Three of the girls each decide to drop balls into the triangle, and another girl quickly moves it to the CENTER of the table,....... balls still in the triangle. My capt'n nudges me and sez "ya think we should,..........." I cut him off and said "We'll never finish tonite, and if you think 1 middle-age woman is bad, imagine 6 teenies." He chuckles and agrees.
All the while, they still giggling. so much now that it was stupid.

Whats wrong with his avatar ?? (OP's) Kinda looks like me when I wake up in the morning ! :eek:
 
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"No bar, no bowling alley, no pinball machines. Just pool. Nothin else." Also no juke box?

Where, I'll move there.

Dave Nelson
 
Dave Nelson said:
"No bar, no bowling alley, no pinball machines. Just pool. Nothin else." Also no juke box?

Where, I'll move there.

Dave Nelson
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That's a line the houseman uses in The Hustler, but it also applies to the pool room I play at because the nicer poolroom in the city is too far from my house.
 
ChopStick said:
I was practicing in a pool hall I have never been to before last night. It is mostly bar tables with three 9 foot gold crowns in the back. I was on one of the gold crowns all alone in the back. A group of four comes drifting back into the area. I could tell they were non-players just from the way they were walking. They gathered around the table next to mine and took up station. A couple of them even got sticks off the wall and were waiting around the table.

The other two were looking around the sides of the table. I knew what they were looking for, the quarters slot. I let them look for a while. Finally they gave up and one of the women ask me if I knew how to operate this table. I was tempted to just say yes and keep on shooting. I told them they had to go up to the counter and get the balls. Apparently this was not something they wanted to do because they left, which is fine with me. I go to the pool hall to work and just want to be left alone. The last thing I need is a bunch of ball bangers underfoot. :D
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your post reminds me of the 1st time i ever set foot in a pool room. i was in my middle 20 s back in the 70s and played mostly in bars.

i went ot the only pool room in town and felt quite unwelcome because i was a banger. all i wanted to do was to get good at playing pool. after a few smirks and laughs due to my poor playing i left and never went back. i just continued being a bar banger until a few years ago,

gee.... i wonder why the only pool hall in town closed back then. surely it could not be be due to the few serious players in there making potential new players unwelcome ?
 
Pushout said:
I've seen people get a rack of balls from the counter, go rack them up, and break them and shoot a couple of shots before realizing they were on a Billiard table.
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thats the best, i seen a guy (some long haired stoner looking guy in 88) walk into the pool room with 3 girls, all coked up, I was playing 2 tables away-in $100 action when he made his grand entrance, checked all the cues rolling them on the table, finding the best cues he could for each of the girls, it was a big show. For me then $100 action in this room was pretty strong, but I had to sweat this. he racked the balls, was walking around the able showing the girls how to hit the CB the whole bit. by now were all watching, even the guy i was beating had to sweat it.

He racks the balls, now there was no rack cause it was a 3C table, so he walked up to someone, made a big show about that, and asked to borrow their rack, what was cool is he knew too what was going to happen, so he played along and gave him a rack or it would have ended there. Handed "hot shot" the rack, he racks the balls , sliding the rack back and forth like he was using a wash board in the 20's or 30's(for you old guys ;) ). got his rick tight and blasted them, he was a real strong banger or C--- player not sure, he them proceeded to explane the rules of 8 ball to the girls now that the balls were open to the girls(who were good looking, he wasnt, which explanes the coke) they liked his dope not him.


so the balls are open all over the table after he blasted them like Larry Nevel(he did crush them) the girls were getting their lessions, and now after 10 minutes of chatter and lessions he decides to shoot, he calls his shot, points to the corner(no pocket of course) and missed it, of course. he went back to giving lessions after his miss(he still asnt noticed there are no pockets) could have been some speed in with the coke-not sure about that. He shoots about 4 or 5 more shots and still hasnt made a ball, and is getting pissed. then one of the girls(all hot) said "how come there are no pockets?", hot Shot turned 5 shades of red and grabbed up the balls faster than you can imagine. Lucky for him there was a open table rest of the room was full, they played 5 minutes and left in a hurry, it was a 20-22 table room, everyone was laughing as most people there could play a little. And this guy was so loud with the eye candy it was impossible not to notice him, Couldnt have went down any better.

the guy i was gambling with and I were laughing so hard we had to stop playing to recover. I win $300 that night 3 sets and laughed my ass off. i seen the pool balls go on a 3C box a million times, but this guy took 4-5 shots that he called!!! and never noticed, and people wonder why there are traffic accidents.....scary, the world thru his eyes.
 
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LMFAO!

Greenies all around. This is some hilarious stuff. Thanks for the much-needed laughs!

I have to admit that I did some pretty silly things before I started taking pool seriously. :)

I was lucky enough to walk into a really cool pool hall for my first time actually learning to play. I walked in carrying an instructional book ("Precision Pool"), and asked for a table. The owner (who was working the counter) noticed the book and, without hesitation, offered to help me get started. Starting that day, and over the next few months he must have given me 40+ hours of free lessons. I'll never forget that.

Thanks for the laughs!

-Blake
 
Fatboy said:
thats the best, i seen a guy (some long haired stoner looking guy in 88) walk into the pool room with 3 girls, all coked up, I was playing 2 tables away-in $100 action when he made his grand entrance, checked all the cues rolling them on the table, finding the best cues he could for each of the girls, it was a big show. For me then $100 action in this room was pretty strong, but I had to sweat this. he racked the balls, was walking around the able showing the girls how to hit the CB the whole bit. by now were all watching, even the guy i was beating had to sweat it.

He racks the balls, now there was no rack cause it was a 3C table, so he walked up to someone, made a big show about that, and asked to borrow their rack, what was cool is he knew too what was going to happen, so he played along and gave him a rack or it would have ended there. Handed "hot shot" the rack, he racks the balls , sliding the rack back and forth like he was using a wash board in the 20's or 30's(for you old guys ;) ). got his rick tight and blasted them, he was a real strong banger or C--- player not sure, he them proceeded to explane the rules of 8 ball to the girls now that the balls were open to the girls(who were good looking, he wasnt, which explanes the coke) they liked his dope not him.


so the balls are open all over the table after he blasted them like Larry Nevel(he did crush them) the girls were getting their lessions, and now after 10 minutes of chatter and lessions he decides to shoot, he calls his shot, points to the corner(no pocket of course) and missed it, of course. he went back to giving lessions after his miss(he still asnt noticed there are no pockets) could have been some speed in with the coke-not sure about that. He shoots about 4 or 5 more shots and still hasnt made a ball, and is getting pissed. then one of the girls(all hot) said "how come there are no pockets?", hot Shot turned 5 shades of red and grabbed up the balls faster than you can imagine. Lucky for him there was a open table rest of the room was full, they played 5 minutes and left in a hurry, it was a 20-22 table room, everyone was laughing as most people there could play a little. And this guy was so loud with the eye candy it was impossible not to notice him, Couldnt have went down any better.

the guy i was gambling with and I were laughing so hard we had to stop playing to recover. I win $300 that night 3 sets and laughed my ass off. i seen the pool balls go on a 3C box a million times, but this guy took 4-5 shots that he called!!! and never noticed, and people wonder why there are traffic accidents.....scary, the world thru his eyes.
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It would have been really funny if on his way out, to try and play safe, he said..."now girls, that's how you play some lock up safeties!"
 
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