Recent content by Bob Jewett

The first year at the casino was the big ice storm. Here is the current forecast -- be careful, especially if you are driving. WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations between 9 and...

I like to get one of each, so I bought a copy of "Three Cushion Billiards -- The Road to Mastery" by "Miles Moore". It appears to have been generated by AI. The info is all not quite worded right. The diagrams are broken. It is 444 pages of wasted paper. Yes, this piece of dreck is 444 pages...

Thanks for the answer. My view: they should try to cooperate with the organizations already in place. There are so few people interested in organizing snooker events in North America that it is counterproductive to make yet another organization. I don't know the particular politics involved...

I think you don't have the motion right. How about: Hold the stick a hand or a hand and a half forward of the "orthodox, perpendicular" grip position. That is, in fact, where a lot of the old timers routinely held the stick. For hyper-control at 14.1, it can work. Now you come to a power shot...

MR is getting a great deal of useful feedback about the $30 PPV, mostly from wnttv.com subscribers. Or, rather, former subscribers. ;)

Some things to think about, but not related to the exact question.... At a Eurotour event they put slo-mo cameras and such on about 20 top players and measured a bunch of things. A major result was that for all of the players shooting standard shots -- not break shots -- the tip hit the ball at...

Are you involving the national snooker organizations of the US and Canada?

Great video. I think a good way to stay at the edge of your comfort zone is Progressive Practice, which will automatically keep you there. It doen't work for all kinds of shots, but is easy to use for most of them.

I think "No Gambling" signs would be as amusing on golf courses as they are in pool halls.

Thanks. I watched it frame-by-frame and it looks like his hand has not yet moved back on the butt at the instant the stick hits the ball. The stick has not yet started to slide forward in his hand. (It would be clearer from a side view.) If that is true, the idea of throwing the cue for a...

The signs in the campus rec room said No Gambling Use the Ashtrays No Masse Shots We thought it was pretty funny to say, "Use the ashtrays", whenever someone started to shoot a masse shot. It was understood that all the regulars were gambling. Mr. Stone did enforce the masse shot ban, if he...

I would start from the side and hit the one ball full. note where the wing balls go. Move the cue ball to the other side and to the center in subsequent breaks, searching for something dead, but always play the one ball full. Unless they use a template, you will need to deal with the gaps. In...

I suspect that's because Louisville is farther from the Gulf Stream. I experienced -35F one winter when we lived near Syracuse -- a gift from Canada (15 Jan 1957). I enjoyed building snow forts/igloos and clearing ice from our sidewalk. I don't live near Syracuse any more, and it looks like I...

It looks like a nice room (on their FB page). Too bad they don't have any 9' tables.

I think that "Full Field Payout" does not mean that everyone gets money back. I think it means that if the field is full, these are the top (or maybe only) payouts. I think the house is going to keep the remaining $340. Maybe $40 each for the next four and the house keeps $180. Evidently it's...