Recent content by Rubik's Cube

Damn it, Chuck! If Cliff Thorburn or Jim Rempe now start gatecrashing my favourite dream about babes in skimpy dresses pressing buttons I’m blaming you.

It’s nice to even have a photograph. Before today I had only ever seen a crappy diagram. I was beginning to think none had survived.

Alas, it is not mine, HKC. I have asked the owner if he might be prepared to sell but he hasn’t replied yet.

I knew one would surface eventually.

I agree, Mr V. I had money riding on a Wu win, but couldn’t help feeling sympathy for Murphy and would have celebrated him winning. It somehow felt like he was the better player throughout the match to me.

Never in doubt. 😀

Wu is now 10 to 11 odds on favourite with Betfair. Shaun is 13 to 12.

I backed Wu at 19 to 1 before the tournament started but still hated to see Mark lose the match in that fashion. I don’t even think he hit that black too badly. It looked pretty good from the camera behind the pocket… until it didn’t go down. At any fractionally slower pace I reckon that would...

I think you might enjoy this movie, Mulambo. Free to watch on YouTube...

Just a quick word on Ronnie’s fastest maximum… I think it has now been accepted as 5 minutes 8 seconds rather than the previous time of 5 minutes 20 seconds. The reason for the difference is starting the clock when he first struck the cueball instead of when it came to rest after his opponent’s...

That is what I deduced John must have meant too, sir, but find that quite surprising if true.

Just listening to the post match interview with John Higgins. He was talking about Ronnie still using the older brand of chalk and how it increases the chances of poor contacts (what we call kicks over here). But he also claimed that Ronnie’s chalk made the pockets play tighter. This has me...

Jonathan Winters was superb in It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, more than holding his own in a truly classic movie full of legendary actors. Always been one of my favourites.

I haven’t seen that ball before either, Mr M.

I feel we are due a classic Romanique or Raschig appearing on eBay. It’s been a while. Keep your eyes peeled.