Recent content by OneHandedBreak

I'll have to try that. I made this shot the other night with the CB coming into the OB at about a 40° angle and the OB exiting the rail at maybe 70°. It seems I used low outside to make sure the CB got out of the way quickly. The one thing the definition doesn't mention is the pace you hit it...

Let's say your object ball is across the table against the long rail a few inches to the right of the side pocket. The cue ball has a clear path to the OB, but you can't use natural angle or you'll double kiss, so you cut it a little to keep the cue ball out of the path, and you punch it pretty...

Look into DMSO as a way to prevent the big C from coming back. Glad you made it through this test!

Next to the moon landing... :ROFLMAO:

From "Step inside the mysterious Masonic palace Quinta da Regaleira": That seems to contradict the billiards room being added around 1900, unless the paintings were added after the billiards room was turned into the King's Room. A more likely scenario is that the paintings are much older than...

What advanced Google features are there these days? Putting things in quotes no longer works to find exact strings, and neither does using the minus sign (-) to show results without certain words.

Oh and by the way I did think the video was quite good given the 2 minute length. Just trying to expand the dialogue!

How do you know they quote other sites verbatim if they didn't give a source? *Scratches chin*

I trust the site I linked to leaps and bounds over Wikipedia, and if pool was already a "thing" by 1715 it's not a stretch to think that the room in Quinta Regaleira goes back that far as well. But who knows?

Here are two links from another forum that is a deep dive into all of history, not just pool. The people who inhabit it may try to convince you that pool is much older than we think, though I don't necessarily subscribe to that theory. I do find it interesting though. I did a search on that site...

Even if the result was a snap? Or would that make it even worse...? 😇🤙

Helium in the butt of your cue helps. And lots of strategically placed magnets. And drugs, lots of drugs.

OK I'll take the bait... is that a line from a movie?* Speaking of which, Caddyshack beats Happy Gilmore every day of the week. * The Hustler I'm guessing

While I will admit to having nearly broken one window and another time almost hitting my opponent right between the eyes with an errant cue ball, I've never even put so much as a single thread out of place on the cloth. The trick is downward force on the rail with the shaft. As long as the cloth...

If you notice that particular table doesn't have enough space behind it to do a fully Happy Gilmore approach, but stepping down off that little foot ledge adds some extra oomph. Not sure it's legal though... I've thought of bringing my own "starting blocks" or sumpin for when there's room for...