Recent content by ShootingArts

Some youngsters made some few week trips but Scot Townsend was the last road player I knew of, still on the road. A few left alive but not trying to make the road work. If my hair was brown and the beer was cold I would like to try the road again. Many say it can't be done but there were a lot...

They both looked pretty awful in early play. Amazing how much better they play when the chips are down! As for the table, I'll make book that the modern tight pocket tables play easier than those old tables when you consider shelf, cloth, cushions, everything. I don't really care as long as...

I was already playing in low dives when I saw The Hustler the first time. Scott played his part so well I genuinely disliked the actor for awhile after watching! My take was Bert was playing both ends against the middle. He acted nice to Newman trying to get next to him, at the same time I...

I don't think I have lost a match with a broom handle. However, in all fairness the other person was using one too! Then again, I have beaten some of the very best when they were playing with their own cue and I was using one off the wall, slip on tip and all! I would have to say it is usually...

The best cue I ever played with was a twelve ounce snooker cue sixty inches long. 11mm at the tip and it had a very early dud on it. I learned a level of cue ball control with it that few would believe. After being able to do it with that cue for six months or so I could do it with almost any...

I used to gamble with a guy that liked to do weird shit. We played pool with all kind of weird things including playing with the lightweight mops and brooms or just the handles. Found out that you could use spin with just the wood and chalking it did help. There were a few mops and brooms around...

I used house cues as chump detectors. In twelve years of gambling near nightly I never used a hinged cue even when playing road players. Of course I played some places so often I did have three or four favorite house cues. Pays to remember that the old masters were just trying to build...

I hope you left the pin two inches long or so! The person you loan it to will have arm cramps just from putting that thing together! Hu

I used to know a guy, always showed up about supper time. It would be worth making this once just to set in front of him when he came mooching food! It makes me shudder and get a chill just looking at the pictures. Hu

I know this is old but it reminds me. Dad used to go visit an aunt every year or two. About a week of hell. The most exciting things were the rocking chairs on the porch and the Lawrence Welk show. Might have been the only time they turned on the TV and life in the middle of a few thousand acres...

Welcome! Some of these old threads need to be revived once in awhile. I have seen the pool balls flying hard a few times and I would rather the cues themselves! Had a minor league ball player throwing balls the length of the place and through the front glass one night. Not being anybody's fool...

Other things can be valid. Even reconstructions can be, but they can also be total horseshit. I have seen a double handful of reconstructions of auto wrecks in courtrooms. I have seen some valid, some no way resembled the wrecks. I have also witnessed the aftermath of hundreds if not thousands...

I have sold a few things I regretted forever after. Hunger can be a powerful motivation! For the people talking weights, if it is a spec cue the type of pin plays a role in weight and balance. When adding weight it can be added behind the pin as well as near the bumper. In extreme cases weight...

I don't remember if I watched the documentary or not. The footage I saw showed the kid going down deeper into the groove after the car in front of Tony went by. Only one camera but it seems something like that would be hard to be an illusion. I don't really have a dog in this fight not knowing...

It hits a ton and they are selling the best cue they have ever hit with! Hu