Recent content by JPB2

Good that you talked to them. The foul call was incorrect given the wording of the rule. They SHOULD change it because the plain meaning of the rule means you don’t HAVE to call any shot unless asked by opponent or ref, but you SHOULD. I have only played the league format, but UP stresses the...

If I win the lottery, one of my tables will be the best GC-1 I can get restored by the best who will take on the job with camel cloth. Ode to early ‘’60’s Brunswick goodness and the first pool hall I went to.

“He had a long, fluid, left-handed stroke and he knew a lot of “trick” shots (i.e., hand is quicker than the eye kind of shots the average mark would never notice or question).” In light of the push shot thread I noticed this. I’d like to hear more. Maybe it fits in the other thread. What was...

I’ve read worse. 😆

I kind of liked it and I don’t have any connection to Cleveland. As mentioned above tho, a paragraph or two would have been good. 😉

Since I’ve never owned one but every one I’ve hit with was good, I’m considering a Joss as my next cue I don’t need. ( Disclaimer—Yes, I know it won’t make me better, it’s the archer not the arrow etc…). How is the joint compatibility of the Joss with aftermarket 5/16-14 shafts? Not my main...

Your interpretation is not the rule though.

Generally speaking I think that in most sports and endeavors the best could compete across eras. It is difficult or impossible to compare across eras but as Hu has pointed out humans haven’t evolved much. I saw a computer comparison trying to estimate how fast Jesse Owens I think it was would be...

watched some good one pocket yesterday. 😛

Well, the point I remember from the Polsky book Hustlers, Beats, and Others was that pool was the bastion of the heterosexual permanent bachelor. That demographic shrunk post WW2 with many guys starting families, moving to the suburbs etc… I think the changes in pool may reflect pool being...

US Open One Pocket. Ultimate Pool # 2.

I’d like to hear more. But the post said that there wasn’t a noticeable difference in cueball movement on the frozen ball vs a small gap. I agree, but one is a foul and one not. I also agree that if you are saying the better way to call it is cueball movement. But, isn’t it also true that the...

Check Dr Dave’s site for videos. And the one above. Push shot and double hit are different. Dr Dave’s site linked a Mike page video too.

Listen. 😉

It defines it as legal because it specifically says it is legal. You can’t define it as legal any more clearly. Rule 3.8 can’t make illegal what 3.7 specifically allows.