Recent content by ShootingArts

With this old thread wobbling to life I have to say that I think being married to George is why Jeanette Lee could be out of public action for long stretches and emerge in top form. Steel hones steel. As for George, he used to say he would play anybody in the world even, if they first spent a...

I have found people doing strange things because of some interesting twists in how their mind works. I could be tempted to buy somebody that didn't like me just to piss them off. I totally wrecked one guy's weekend with a joking comment on the internet. He steamed about it all weekend totally...

Yeah, I have seen a few people drop out when they were going to cash for an asshole. I haven't but then again, I haven't been sold in many calcuttas. What is really funny is I have seen players buy friends in calcuttas so they were ahead of the game to not win a match later in an event...

There is always a group of fairly low level competitors with no chance of winning that instead try to have rules and restrictions put into place so they can win. It never works out. My experience is that the overall group of competitors at anything are their own worst enemies and they will...

Unfortunately this is fairly common. Jeanette Lee tried to buy half of herself after the fact. The bidder quiet reasonably refused. I think she has a history of that but I will stick to the one time I recall the details fairly well. A player thinking they should get half with no risk is being...

I remember most players going for twenty to sixty dollars, the best might break a hundred by a little bit. With just a modest spread in ability there would be a bunch of people that might cash pretty big, enough that might win to keep the calcutta prices from getting too lopsided. I know I say...

It is surprising how few people are gambling while waiting to be called. I have seen six or eight hour calcuttas! Typical start time reads, calcutta starts at seven, tournament immediately after calcutta. We have a guy that I think is the world champion calcutta auctioneer putting together the...

The WPA states that this is a warning because some were unaware this was illegal. I have certainly cleaned cue balls while in play without a referee, right out in the open using whatever is handy. Does a sweat soaked towel make a cue ball roll faster or slower after it dries? I don't know. The...

Around here it is usually the brutal wee hours of Monday morning after maybe starting Friday night, definitely all day Saturday and Sunday starting at nine or ten AM. Couple that with way too much waiting around and tournaments are grueling. I understand from the players' standpoint but after...

Inneresting! I have good friends with opinions I value on all sides of this discussion! For starters, breaks are defined vaguely. Full power breaks are breaks where the breaker is hitting as hard as they can with some semblance of control. "Soft breaks" are where things get confusing. "Soft"...

What I have often seen is green's fees and Surprise!! The added money and greens fees add up to exactly the same thing. Very often people specify an added money amount that is connected to the number of entries. Obvious a venue doesn't want to add thousands and nobody show but when the greens...

I find pretty much any form of competition entertaining; not quite the same thing as fun! After a dirt track race wearing my dinosaur open faced helmet I would reach in each cheek with a finger and pull out about a tablespoon of dirt! I had been open mouthed laughing most of the time on the...

Very nice! The short answer is that few people know how to photograph images of something with a lot of glare. I like the indirect sunlight you mentioned or using a white bedsheet or towel in front of the light to soften it. Unfortunately it takes real skills to photograph a cue well and most...

I think the real issue at your home is the red cloth. Even the Pelican is looking down his nose at it!(grin) To everyone, the difference between typical dirty house balls at a pool hall and new balls is night and day. Far more than I would have believed without seeing for myself. I will never...

I have never given it any thought but cleaning on shirts or in pockets leads me to wonder could there be some accidental tampering? Softener sheets definitely leave a residue behind as do some soaps. I don't know about all the other things that might be used in regular laundry or a cleaners when...