So is this post stupid or funny, can't decide. Lou has me on ignore but wants to watch a video of me
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So is this post stupid or funny, can't decide. Lou has me on ignore but wants to watch a video of me
And that's not the reason you want to see me post a video of my pathetic playing and we both know it. That lame little hustle won't work.
You and your posse want to laugh at my weak shooting and humiliate me all over the place.....and I will not cooperate with that. Am I scared?? You bet I am...right down to the tips of my toes.
I also learned some things from watching the videos of you shooting straights. Those things were #1 Straight pool is old, outdated, and boring. :boring2: #2 Don't dog the 6 ball straight-in to the side pocket like you did. And #3 Don't gamble money playing pool against Lou...he will send you into the poorhouse.
So there.
Then there's this:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=5904978&postcount=4
And then there's a post where you said you ran 56 balls in 14.1 and won $18 using CTE, amazing yourself and your opponent.
And then there's the time you said you broke 100 in 14.1 using CTE.
Sounds like you are quite a good player, so which is it?
Gesture of good faith? Hah...since when do pool payers make any "gestures of good faith"? What century are you lost in, my man?
And that's not the reason you want to see me post a video of my pathetic playing and we both know it. That lame little hustle won't work.
You and your posse want to laugh at my weak shooting and humiliate me all over the place.....and I will not cooperate with that. Am I scared?? You bet I am...right down to the tips of my toes.
On the other hand, I am not the one pontificating about how to shoot pool better.
Mr. Johnson goes on and on all over this site about what everyone should do or should not do. It's on him to demonstrate that he knows what he's talking about..not me. (even a couple of the fat bellied "instructors" who aren't worth a flip have posted up some of their video work)
I am only a simple student of the game, trying to improve and learn.
I even learned something from you, watching you choke your guts out in that one pocket fiasco against Mr. Barton. Those things were #1 Don't make bad bets. #2 Have a good backer who will help intimidate your opponent and #3 Don't gamble money playing pool against Lou..he will send you into the poorhouse.
I also learned some things from watching the videos of you shooting straights. Those things were #1 Straight pool is old, outdated, and boring. :boring2: #2 Don't dog the 6 ball straight-in to the side pocket like you did. And #3 Don't gamble money playing pool against Lou...he will send you into the poorhouse.
So there.
You're projecting. I have no need to belittle your play, unlike *you* that mocks the available videos of me.
Not too long along someone else here posted new video (Mirza?) and no one belabored him on his play. It's all about fairness -- here's mine, where's yours? There should be yours out there before you demand his, good faith or not.
Lou Figueroa
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Spider, as much as it galls me to have to do it, I apologize for implying you were being dishonest. Since then I’ve looked back and see that I had forgotten (and missed) some moderator messages. Mea culpa.Can you point a couple out to me? I'm sure you don't just make stuff up about people here - that would be dishonest, and that's beneath you... right?
pj
chgo
This isn’t just me playing nice for the mods, who I still think have their thumbs on the scale in the CTE Troubles. But I still don’t wanna go steady - just paying what I owe.
pj
chgo
Hope you brought a lunch.Say...that's a great idea!
I think, since I'm not willing to share a video of my lousy playing, I will go along with your suggestion and just lurk....beginning now. IF..(there it is) the big IF....others will do the same thing.
Now....is Mr. Johnson going to just lurk too? (haven't seen any video of him yet)
In the interest of what Mr. Lou calls 'fairness'....I think Mr. Johnson should do likewise.
Flame war problem solved.
*waiting*
I might post a vid of me playing sometime if there’s ever a reason to, but not because some go-off keyboard warrior demands it, and especially not to defend my “pool credibility” - that would only validate the mistaken idea that, above an intermediate level of experience, one has anything to do with the other. In fact, a fair amount of technical pool knowledge is just common sense that needs no pool experience to figure out. It ain’t rocket surgery.
pj
chgo
I must be getting set up for something. It's coming, I don't know when but it's coming.
I'm in shock. But I'll take it. Maybe I'll even blow it up and frame it.
Thanks.
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If you did Colin Colenso's potting test I honestly think you'd fail miserably. Especially if you filmed it on the first take. I'd even go as far as saying 20 takes. It is not easy. I could be wrong but you can always prove me wrong and I'll throw out the next apology and give praise where praise is due.
But since you're a technical physics analyst on the pool table, I'll throw out a suggestion that should be right in your wheel house.
Do a demonstration with many different cut shots having varied angles from minimal to very acute and everything in between. Shoot them at short distances between the two balls, half table separation between the balls, and 3/4 table.
The demo will be an examination and demonstration between the use of parallel application of English vs. angled English by way of preset BHE (as opposed to swooping in mid stroke) If you included Tuck and Roll that would be another excellent way of demonstrating it.
What will this demo be out to prove? Which method, parallel or angled, results in the highest percentage of potting the OB when applying English. Both ways will spin the CB effectively for position, but what needs more calculating and guess work to offset the effects of squirt/deflection and how it's done to increase success in pocketing balls.
Are you up for it? This isn't a challenge, it's something I'd like to see and I think many others would also.
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Where has this Buddy Guy guy been my whole life. This dude is great! Maybe I should start exploring the BLUES more.
Yes. Blues is the way to go. I like my buddy Leo too....you'd probably get a kick outta him.....
https://youtu.be/x0RV0kgdqJU
Yes I do!
Not Blues, but great energizing music to be listening to especially if you had to demolish a building with only a sledge hammer.:rotflmao:
Somebody gave a couple of Blues CDs to me that I like. Walter Trout and Friends - Full Circle - and Kenny Wayne Shepherd - How I Go is one CD and 10 Days Out Blues From The Backwoods is another.
I'll be buying a lot more in Blues.
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His remakes are great. His wife and daughter and join in on many of his bids. Talented guy. Talented family.
See the edit in my post.
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Same old Pat Johnson (70+old) hiding behind his keyboard where he can pretend that he can play pool and fool everyone with his slick tongue and writing.
The fact that Lou chimed in to say that Pat played "pretty good" indicates to me that Pat is not the numnutz player he is being portrayed here, and that game with Lou was 20 years ago. I'm sure Pat is even better and wiser now.
What level of play do you have to achieve before your comments are considered worthwhile? It seems to me that looking at how someone play misses the point. I mean, if a beginner starts to tell you why you made this or that strategic mistake and it sounded wrong, then that's one thing. But Pat is not a beginner and most of his posts can be verified one way or another, no? The last thing I remember is someone wondering why he can't make shots when both balls are frozen on the rail. Pat said it is because of the nose of the cushion pushing down on the ball and squirting it away. Well either that's right or it isn't. In this case it is right. I think a lot of Pat's comments are like that. They are verifiable in some way.
If someone shows me a good trick for hitting something like long rail shots and it works, I'm not going to ask to see the guys billiards credentials.
Nobody is perfect, not even the top players (they get lots of stuff wrong), but in Pat's case I think it is barking up the wrong tree to discount his knowledge because he might only score 75% on Colin's potting test.
It's a stupid argument. Just let it go already.
What level of play do you have to achieve before your comments are considered worthwhile? It seems to me that looking at how someone play misses the point. I mean, if a beginner starts to tell you why you made this or that strategic mistake and it sounded wrong, then that's one thing. But Pat is not a beginner and most of his posts can be verified one way or another, no? The last thing I remember is someone wondering why he can't make shots when both balls are frozen on the rail. Pat said it is because of the nose of the cushion pushing down on the ball and squirting it away. Well either that's right or it isn't. In this case it is right. I think a lot of Pat's comments are like that. They are verifiable in some way.
If someone shows me a good trick for hitting something like long rail shots and it works, I'm not going to ask to see the guys billiards credentials.
Nobody is perfect, not even the top players (they get lots of stuff wrong), but in Pat's case I think it is barking up the wrong tree to discount his knowledge because he might only score 75% on Colin's potting test.
It's a stupid argument. Just let it go already.