It's Indian not Hindian. They have magic carpets n shit.
"It's the Indian, not the arrow" the most nonsense I've ever heard.....
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You’re saying it’s the carpet not the … this is getting complicated
Are their cues monster hitters that hit a ton... what kind of tips?
Have not had coffee since Oct 2023. Mainly tea.. BLACK and no decaf.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog. No that's not it. How about? It ain't the meat it's the motion.
Gotta wonder what Yogi would say.
Gotta wonder what Yogi would say.
Yes it is. Not for the uninitiated.
Seriously ...
It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing.... Duke Ellington.
edit...someone please report me and request a ban.... I swore I was done posting and becoming a professional lurker.
Innit useless swingin' ?
It is always the Indian…….and to think otherwise demeans and diminishes the required skills to excel at pool.
There are guys that will let you pick the house cue they’ll play with, name your game and proceed to dominate.
And you’d sit on your ass, holding any cue you own or aspired to have, which you already said was nonsensical.
Yes, any of us can play with any cue; that’s pretty self-evident. Do we play better with some cues? That’d be yes.
Sounds more like you got a grunt on about expensive pool cues which should be no skin off your nose since it’s
neither your money and the cue isn’t yours. Do you go to restaurant & critique people drinking very expensive wine?
After all, it’s just crushed fermented grapes and you’d never piss away that much money for only 1 bottle of wine?
What about your opponent that is wearing a Rolex watch? Nothing but a show off, right? He could wear a Timex.
I don’t get why some people have a dire dislike for fancy cues or famous cue makers that command top dollars.
If it helps them cope with their angst and scorn toward expensive custom cues, just let ‘em be. They are a minority.
Sometimes you pick up something that is an extension of your body. I have picked up a few pool cues like that, never fortunate enough to be the owner of the ones that fit from the first moment.
Pistols and shotguns the same way although I will grant I made the pistols that way. Same with my '57 Chevy late model dirt car. I tuned on that engine and chassis until I didn't climb in it, I put it on like a suit of clothes.
I built a few 1911's and AR-15's. Both can be tuned until they are an extension of your body. I tuned my pool cues to suit too. Still not quite as sweet as a couple I have shot with. Some cues have a little magic in them. Some shotguns mount and swing perfectly too. On an on. The right fishing rod and reel... Circumstances have forced me to sell magic a few times. It can't be replaced except by luck and I haven't gotten lucky.
A short 1911 story: My nephew was a fire captain and commissioned police officer. My brother and I were at his house one day when the talk turned to pistols. My nephew commented 1911's weren't accurate, a glocko fan. My brother looked at me, "Get the Commander." I fetched it while they picked up a sixteen ounce plastic coke bottle that happened to be handy. Set it up about twenty yards out. The nephew hit it with the first two shots and it bounced over the low berm. My brother was relentless, "the cap is still there." Three shots three hits. I tuned that Commander. Still has the series 80 parts and a very crisp clean three pound trigger. Everything tightened up just enough to be very accurate and I can't remember it ever jamming. Never another word about 1911's and accuracy! I set more records and won more matches with the 38Super but the 45 was more fun to shoot and still won more than it's share and claimed a local record or two.
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If you can "play with any cue," then you appear to be at odds your own assertion.
In that case, it's the Indian not the arrow.
Snooker cues are usually the Indian cue of choice….India has produced many snooker and English billiards amateur champions.
…….the moniker ‘snooker’ was born in India.
I believe you are actually proving the point you are denying, condemning , although I could be wrong.
Agreed, 100%.
A true lights out player can take a stick off the wall and beat everyone in the room.
Agreed 100% on this also.
I think it is his 3rd sojourn here.
Think Hank and Hans.
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Showmanship.
I play on the table closest to the bar at every pool hall. It's a habit of being close to the bar and getting drinks. So whenever I'm practicing alone I will get people watching me pocket balls. I know they are watching out of amazement, or at least I want to think that, but I also have to be the showman and have something nice. I have also pondered getting an American flag cue. LOL
Like I said I can play with anything. We all like nice things.
Efren said that it takes him a couple of months to get used to a new cue..........