Recent content by KennyTooSlow

  1. K

    Any player still use Schon cues?

    It's legit ... Evan has seen the cue first hand. I bought the cue in 1999.
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    Any player still use Schon cues?

    This is my Schon LTD-345 from the Evan Clark era ... the most intricate cue I've ever seen.
  3. K

    What is a good way for a low-level player to handle unwanted advice?

    I'm an old guy ... one of that regular group of old guys that always plays on that table up front ... that every good hall has. The only advice we received was from the other old guys we played with. Until ... one of the 20 somethings who thought he was hot stuff needed a cue and I loaned him my...
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    SNOOKER IS LIKE ONEPOCKET

    I disagree ... Golf is more like One Pocket than Snooker.
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    You can take lessons from the best pro ..

    My criteria ... they must be a good player, must not have an attitude, they must know how to listen, observe and teach. Their competition status means nothing to me.
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    Shortening newly installed layered tips

    Technical arguments aside ... I think players use what they're used to and what they trust. Any change that effects that perception won't be favored by the player.
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    New look of the Joss cue points

    Preposterous ...
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    860 or 860HR for Garage table

    I live in the San Francisco Bay Area where it doesn't get that humid ... and have a 9 foot Connelly Ultimate with 860 in my garage and for sure ... it plays frustratingly slow.
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    Another One Bites The Dust…………But This Time It’s A Long Standing Pool Room.

    I live in CA. All the halls I used to play at have long passed. In addition to what has already been said ... none of them were great money makers even at their peak ... rent, tripple-net and other expenses are high here even in lousy locations ... and neither the landlords or the city were...
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    If you were not allowed to Gamble on Pool would you quit the game?

    I'll gamble at Golf on our 6 X 12. Rarely at 9 ball ... I just don't enjoy it ... and gambling sometimes brings out the "jerk" in some players ... which is something I won't tolerate.
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    Would you buy a cue with snakewood in it?

    I have a Phillippi with Snakewood points that cracked in half right at the front edge of the wrap.
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