Recent content by Bob Jewett

Not that new: Joined Dec 5, 2004 We also have: /libraryfool77.133469/ which lets you know how many members have signed up along the way, not counting those who have multiple identities. ;)

The advanced search function has dates so you can find early threads. Here's one of the first of the new forums. AZB seems to have started in the 1990s, but the posts before March 22, 2003 were lost in the transition to the current site...

Ronnie did the same in a long run when playing the three ball when he was badly treed by the five ball. ;) As for the OP technique, I like it for its innovation and have used it, but was talked out of making it legal. The Williams/O'Sullivan technique is legal, but not so useful at pool.

Brief quotes for instructional purposes are usually within the fair use guidelines of copyright law. Of course the source should be acknowledged. Usually the "borrowers" fail to point out that the info is someone else's.

I think this is one of Grady's better instructional videos. Did he say, "fraught with peril", during the video? ;) Nice work.

If you are talking about the UMB rules of the free game, that is no longer true. If the cue ball ends touching/frozen to one of the object balls, all three balls go to the starting/break position -- on the spots. There is no choice at the free game. This is covered in Article 27 - Balls in...

I don't think he was really known 21 years ago.

Yes, I have no separate tax ID number, so it's my SSN. You may not want to send it out, but you have to provide it on the shipping form for any item sold and shipped to a foreign address. This seems to be a new thing with the new tariffs.

The side pockets provide some strategies and require knowledge to avoid them. Leave the pockets on.

I was using PirateShip. A few clicks in, after puzzling through the precise tariff category number I should use for a billiard instructional book (something like19.0099.0100), PirateShip asked me for the tax ID numbers of both parties. As I said, it didn't used to be this hard. I assume it is a...

There's no need for that. Studies have shown a drop from 20% B&R to 12.42%. Of course this doesn't apply to DCP's old table, where the run out percentage starts at 0.03%.

I was recently asked to ship a book to the UK. I started the paperwork and gave up when I was asked for the tax IDs of sender and recipient. It didn't used to be that hard or expensive.

What level of players do you think will most benefit from the course? Are fundamentals stressed? Strategy and position play? Mental aspects?

Old school rules. That may be what some were recently asking about. Will there be roll outs?

That's a pretty standard backup shot. Fairly common at pool, but with an angle that pockets the first ball. Demanding to see the written rule when everyone in the hall knows one never does that shot could be problematic, unless they know you.