As some of you know, @ a month or so ago, I started a thread called "best cue ball ever", regarding the cue ball I grew up playing with ( Blue Circle from Centennial sets ). During the course of the thread life, someone sent me a link to Brunswick's site for the page that sold cue balls and ball sets. And there was a Blue Circle. So I ordered one. While I was waiting for it ( Brunswick dropped the {cue} ball, so to speak and screwed up the order so it took two weeks to get here ), two different things happened. One, someone here told me they were gonna send me this: http://www.cheapcues.com/ballsak/
and asked for my address. After going back n forth with him privately ( I felt a bit odd accepting such a thing from someone here, so insisted on reimbursing, he said no, I said yes, and on... until I just said THANK YOU, and accepted his kind offer ), I sent him my address and sure enough, a few days later, it came in the mail.
The second was, someone offered in private ( he owns a pool room ) to send me one of his Blue Circles he has in storage that's practically new, if Brunswick sent me the wrong cue ball or anything else unlooked-for happened. I thought THAT was extremely kind as well, to just offer that out of the blue. So, the Brunswick ball came, it was new, it was a Blue Circle and I was pleased as punch. So, privately, I got back with him and asked if I could get one of his spares as I would really like to have an extra one. He replied, "Sure, I'll pick out a good one for you." I asked how much did he want for it. He ignored me. I asked again, he ignored me again. So he asked for my address and five days later ( today ) a small box comes in the mail with **TWO** BRAND NEW Blue Circles! ***SERIOUSLY***???
Wow... so as most of you all anywhere near my age ( I'm retired ) know very well, it's tough to get to this age and not be the teensiest bit jaded. Especially as pool players... but wow. My faith in humankind has been restored. Neither one of those people had to do that, needless to say. But they both did. And not only did they both *tell* me what they were gong to do, but then they actually DID it.
Wow...
I am not identifying either of them as I don't want to invade their privacy. But they certainly know who they are.
and asked for my address. After going back n forth with him privately ( I felt a bit odd accepting such a thing from someone here, so insisted on reimbursing, he said no, I said yes, and on... until I just said THANK YOU, and accepted his kind offer ), I sent him my address and sure enough, a few days later, it came in the mail.
The second was, someone offered in private ( he owns a pool room ) to send me one of his Blue Circles he has in storage that's practically new, if Brunswick sent me the wrong cue ball or anything else unlooked-for happened. I thought THAT was extremely kind as well, to just offer that out of the blue. So, the Brunswick ball came, it was new, it was a Blue Circle and I was pleased as punch. So, privately, I got back with him and asked if I could get one of his spares as I would really like to have an extra one. He replied, "Sure, I'll pick out a good one for you." I asked how much did he want for it. He ignored me. I asked again, he ignored me again. So he asked for my address and five days later ( today ) a small box comes in the mail with **TWO** BRAND NEW Blue Circles! ***SERIOUSLY***???
Wow... so as most of you all anywhere near my age ( I'm retired ) know very well, it's tough to get to this age and not be the teensiest bit jaded. Especially as pool players... but wow. My faith in humankind has been restored. Neither one of those people had to do that, needless to say. But they both did. And not only did they both *tell* me what they were gong to do, but then they actually DID it.
Wow...
I am not identifying either of them as I don't want to invade their privacy. But they certainly know who they are.
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