Thanks everyone for your input! There is a billiards supply store nearby and because my parents bought our table from them a couple years ago they offer a 10% discount on cues. They carry McDermott and either Players or Action (maybe both?). So, I think I might pick one out that I think he...
I'm thinking of buying a cue for my boyfriend for Christmas. He hasn't played much until very recently but is a pretty solid player. He has a lot of interest in continuing to play and improve. I'm on a bit of a budget - $100 max - and have been looking at Action cues. They're inexpensive and...
First time this happened to me I thought I must be dieing...then I got the headache and wished I was. :-/ Migraines f*in suck - with or without the headache part. Sorry you had one!
Disclaimer: I haven't read the whole thread so this may have already been said.
It seems that there is a lot of confusion about correlation and causation. A smoking ban was implemented and pool rooms started closing at roughly the same time? <-- correlation NOT causation
Unless you can prove...
The 'Just for the hell of it' - might be down 2-5 in a race to 7, sees a crazy 3-ball combo kick shot needing the cue ball to squeeze through a space smaller than a golf ball and thinks 'What the hell. I'm gonna lose anyway and that looks like a fun shot.' and is always shocked when it works...
My Uncle Steve passed away this weekend. I'm not normally into posting memorials on the internet but I thought maybe I'd share a moment - a pool-related memory.
When we were kids our families would all get together (usually at my parents house) for Thanksgiving. When my Mom and Aunt would get...
Does it make me a "young 'un" if I'm only 27?
The texting thing gets me too. Though I have been known to do it myself when my opponent decides to take a few minutes to grab a drink or reload the juke box. But the first thing I do when I walk into the pool hall (or library or classroom or...
This is a really good question. I've been bumped a lot by people hanging out around the tables, though usually only in bars. How its handled usually depends on the game - casual game with friends or playing for the all-important table rights for next game. With friends I always offer the option...
I tried to give you rep for this....for making me laugh TWICE before I finished my first cup of caffeine...but I'm using my phone to check the boards this morning and it won't let me do it. Unless it did. In which case I have inadvertently given you half a dozen reps. :grin:
This has already been said in a variety of ways...but if you were giving these friends a ride somewhere would you ask them to chip in for gas? My friends and I have always had an unspoken rule that you either chip in for gas or you chip in for something else (food, drinks, etc). If you're short...