Pool Players day jobs (No Doctors?)
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As did PROFESSOR Roy Shire. They were the two most educated tag team rasslers the ring has ever seen, even if Graham was actually a "Doctor "of Ear Biting and Shire was a "Professor" of Kidney Punching. But we can't be too particular.
Only "Doctor" I ever met in a pool room was a bookie who always told his clients to ask for "Doctor Hemingway" whenever someone wanted to call in a bet. But his real name was Peaches.
They're good customers. No air barrels.
LOL!
Yeah. The prices often go up too when people see the MD.
I have cards that say MD and cards that don't. They are used strategically. :thumbup:
But sometimes we are comped stuff too...gotta know how to play it. :wink:
Here ya go. With all the Rights, Honors, and Privileges Thereunto Appertaining.
Wow. Thanks! I feel just like the Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz!!
The sum of a high potomus of a triangle and all that!
All these aiming systems are becoming crystal clear now too. Wow.
A friend of mine is a Doctor and he comes to the pool hall here almost every Sunday to bang around some balls. I was just talking to him yesterday and he was asking me what kind of tip I had on my cue. It gets lots of "action" and I get asked that at least once or twice every Sunday. FWIW, I use an Ultra-skin soft.
This Doctor also has some nice cues. A South West, I think a TAD, and a few more top-end cues. The cue he is shooting with on most Sundays is made by our own JoeyInCali here on AZB.
I also used to play pool with a Psychiatrist many years ago. He was from somewhere up East where they liked to play 14.1 a lot. He used a high-dollar cue, too, but I can't remember what kind it was.
This Doctor also has some nice cues. A South West, I think a TAD, and a few more top-end cues. The cue he is shooting with on most Sundays is made by our own JoeyInCali here on AZB.
I also used to play pool with a Psychiatrist many years ago. He was from somewhere up East where they liked to play 14.1 a lot. He used a high-dollar cue, too, but I can't remember what kind it was.
Tournament got cancelled. Some people were in shock.
He had to make him artificially breathe by applying tons of pressure on his chest.
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That, and medical practice probably pays way better than any "professional" pool player can imagine...malpractice insurance included.
Anyone that wants to play pool for a living doesn't want a real job.
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Gulfportdoc, who is a physician and on AZB, plays a great game of one pocket. Spends a lot of free time at the pool room down in Gulfport.
JAM knows of a dentist (I forgot his name) who was really strong.
Wow. Sounds like he really did crush his larynx. Very dramatic.
Lucky the doc was there. And probably lucky he was a surgeon too. He could do a cricothyrotomy or tracheotomy if necessary. Any doc should be able to do a cric, but a tracheotomy is another matter.
This is why they teach to punch a person in the throat in self defense classes. Do it if you have to to defend your life but you can easily kill somebody.
I saved a guy on a plane once. Got a thank you letter from a head honcho at the airline and a voucher for a free flight. I almost had to do a cricothyrotomy.
I am sure it was shocking to witness.
And it only took me an hour and 45 minutes to type this post....
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His name is Brian, and he was in Richmond, VA when I saw him. I cannot remember his last name, but he's the dentist.
Here he is in front of Billy Stephen's old pool room, The Playing Field.
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Like others that have posted here, I also have a Ph.D. Mine is in medicinal chemistry. I can't speak for others, but going through grad school, post-doc, and now in industry you really have to make time to shoot. I get to shoot one night a week during leagues. When that is over I will go months without picking up my cues. I have 18 month old twins so the demand of family and my career really dominate my life. I have to travel quite a bit for work as well.