Recent content by measureman

I would put cloth on the table not felt.

There is no such thing as a hand made cue. They are all made using machines.

West Germany was before the reunification of the two Germanies in 1990. So the cue was made prior to 1990.

Middle cue has a pin in shaft, Spain give away.

It's cloth, not felt.

A friend of mine got a set of balls for Xmas. This saturday he forgot to bring them to the room.So the question is can he leave them in the car 24/7 with temperatures here in Colorado getting down well below freezing at times. Will very cold balls shatter when hit hard?

In my opening post I said installed. The layered tip was $40 installed vs a solid tip at $23 installed.

I was playing every day and was in my mid forties. Now I'm 78 and play a couple times a week and wear glasses. I think now on good day I'm 75% of prime still pretty good but not the same. My Fargo rating now is 565.

No I was not a top player of that time just a good shortstop that played 14.1 pretty good. I had a good day and ran a few racks for the win,thats all. For those that knew Neptune Joe Frady's speed I played him 9 ball getting the 8 and we battled pretty good. Joe played me 100 to 80 in 14.1.

Grady came to the Ballroom (Toms River N.J.) pool hall to see his good friend the owner Tony Cattucci in the mid '80's. I played him a game of 14.1 and beat him. Neptune Joe Frady(RIP) destroyed him playing 9 ball. In my opinion Grady was in that level just below the top players of that time.

$20 for the tip and $20 for the install labor,crazy!

I know this subject has been beat to death but here is my personal take on it. I have been using solid tips for many years. Recently I decided to give a layered tip a try. I had an Everest installed and can not tell the difference from a solid tip. The layered tip was $40 installed vs a solid...

I dont see any planes?

Take up bowling.