Recent content by middleofnowhere

It's not the price of the blank but I liked building my own stuff. That is the fun of building cues. I owned pool rooms if I just wanted to make a few bucks I would sell someone else's cues. I was a McDermott dealer. In fact I even sold Scruggs cues. I had a deal where I could buy 5 cues at a...

Part of my point was, the blank has more turning to do. So essential, other then building the blank, there is all the same steps required to build a completed cue. When I was building cues years ago, (I'm almost 80) I bought a few pieces from Prather. Once I could do my own splicing I never...

Are cue makers really that open to you showing up with your own blanks for them to finish out? There's quite a few turns still left to do on those blanks before they're even ready to be jointed or a shaft fitted to them and finished. I would think you makers would rather work with their own...

I actually saw that happen at the US Open in Chicago in the 70s . Miz shot it. I forget the ruling. In your case both balls are clearly off the table. But in Miz case it had to be termined if the ball was still on the table. They were jammed in the pocket.

Accident I think I make the connection and get the relevance, but I actually enjoyed reading this thread I read every response.

I've known some professional athletes and regardless of how successful they are many have been playing the sport since they were children. When you talk with them they actually look forward to the day they don't have to play anymore. One of my neighbors was one of the top college pick and he...

I remember seeing this when I was a kid. People actually believed it. The Jack Paar show showed it.

Why don't you give them a call?

Can you imagine getting arrested for promising to marry a girl and not doing it. Actually once women got one dose of Frank Sinatra they came back for more. I'm not going to elaborate here you'd have to look it up.

Did you ever read the actual origin of that picture you use in your postings? It's actually kind of funny.

You always have the next think ready to go and don't put all your eggs in one basket. Time to do it again. Make a few changes create a new name and image and you're off and running.

Civil law is expensive. That is why it is often worthless getting a patent. Someone can just knock you off and tell you to go to hell. A patent fight cost tens of thousands. And you don't have to win. To be honest, now that you are out of it, I can't believe you actually made any money with it.

I believe that's correct there's no evidence of Einstein having ever said that. But there's even a reference of that type going back to the 19th century referring to repetition for. It's one of those things that a common person could say as an original thought, even though it's been said before...

It sounds like the reality is though, it's more of a night out and not a place for people go to just play pool and hang out. Fact is it sounds just too expensive. When I used to run around playing pool I've been actually in hundreds of pool rooms all over the country mostly the East Coast. I've...