Recent content by hurricane145

Nothing wrong with it. Just a different format is all. Just like giving handicaps based on Fargo ratings.

Well if it is double elimination and you lose your first match you don't have to stick around for the next match if you don't really want to be there. People make comebacks from the "loser's bracket" and win tournaments all the time. Just a few more games to play. Nothing wrong with that to me...

I only buy cues to use them. If the sleeve is stapled at one end, carefully remove the staple so you can re staple it closed later if you want to. You can test hit a few balls using centerball hits and no chalk. You might wait a very long time "to see if anything happens" to it's value...

I am used to 58 inch cues which I have always been using. I do have one longer cue and it doesn't balance well for me. Just feels too funny. It could be the weight is not right for me. I am 6ft. Arm length may have something to do with it for some too. All you can do it try out a few different...

COTBH. Cash On The Barrel Head. In any event it isn't hard to work out payment these days, Venmo, Zelle, Paypal etc. Usually you know ahead of time roughly what the cost will be in discussions with the seller or an asking price to start negotiating. If you want top dollar for everything or are...

I'd sooner go find a local tournament with the 15 bucks!

I recall the pro taper was described as 3/4 pro taper or 1/2 and maybe 1/4 the length of the shaft. Usually I have seen a gradual taper but have seen a more direct taper like > rather than being gradual. You sure knew when you got to the unusable part of the shaft! I remember the old Waldo cues...

Maybe if someone still watches TV on a 1969 Sony Trinitron CRT television set.

Sometimes I let fouls ride. It can be for me a matter of having evaluated my opponents abilities. Often they are going to miss the shot no matter what they do!

Pool...Moments of brilliance surrounded by hours of terror.

Playing cues, I have a few! I have never been much of a collector except Marvel Comics when I was a kid.

They do get worn off. I have seen more than a few of nice Huebler cues with the vertical logo worn off. I have seen and own one cue that the maker's name is either worn or just unreadable. Asking about it here got me the answer. Mystery cues are fun. Something can be learned for someone in the...

Watched Mike Collins, a dedicated 9 ball rider, play Dick Tischler (Lake City Red's son) who was a dedicated run out kinda guy play for a few hours one night back in the mid 80s at The Name of the Game tavern here in Seattle. They ended up quite even at the which surprised us. I would have put...

The first four from the left are all I would be interested in just from an initial viewing. Might be less after inspection. The cost for conversion to a two piece might be high enough that one may as well just buy one that already is converted. I always wanted a Titlist cue or a Hoppe converted...

"I made a living playing pool". Sure, okay. A lot of players like to kid themselves about that! Usually it's a laugh when you see how they live. Some probably don't much care how they live as long as they are free to play pool and gamble all the time. The median household income in the US is...