Recent content by spatlese44

They sell blemished shafts and butts at the store at the factory. I live in Milwaukee, so it's a short drive for me. I actual bought a G core just as you're describing. The thing is, these shafts are sold without a warranty. I know this from experience as I brought the shaft back after it warped...

I use to throw boomerangs competitively (believe it or not, it's a real sport). Some tournaments we'd contact the local tv and they would send someone out and do a story. Local papers would pick the story up sometimes. Point is that boomerang throwing has maybe 200 competitors nationwide and it...

A much better idea. Is it just me, or does the cloth look a little slow? And what about those sticks? I've never been on a cruise ship, but always assumed that really big ones don't rock at all. Am I wrong here, or is this a smaller ship?

I hope that's wood the table is resting on. Back in the 50's everything was made out of asbestos.

The Carom Room in Beloit, WI has some great tournaments. I'm guessing you're a little over three hours away.

I bought a shaft off the "blemished" rack of a local cue manufacture thinking I was getting a good deal as it was half off and I don't really care that much about asthetics. The shaft warped anid when I brought it back they said that while they warranty all their full price shafts and cues for...

At my regular bar, one - fifteen is one of our most popular games on free pool night. We play closer to BCA 8 ball rules with the special ball rules added. We also don't use the 1 and 15, but rather a pair of same colored balls (i.e. the 1 and 9, or 5 and 13), which I think makes more sense...

Funny, that was my first "aha" moment also. They say a good player can play with a broomstick. Given the choice, I'd take the broomstick. I had this conversation with a friend after league play two weeks ago about that stick. He wondered why I hated the thing so much. I told him the next...

Is it really a Wisconsin thing? I thought we were just like everyone else. Everybody knows about bank-the-eight, right? There's also a set of "Milwaukee rules" bar rules, the biggest difference being that a scratch on the eight isn't a loss.

No, not all pockets are the same size. I was trying to sneak the 5 ball straight past the 9 on this shot. Perfect staight on shot hit with a fair amount of speed and the ball stopped dead. There are tight pockets and then there's this beast. Most shots sent down the long rail will rattle...

I'm going to put a vote in for Al's and Vic's Bar. I've never actually been there, but my wife use to bartend there and has told me numerous stories about the pool players there. This is from a while ago, but at the time this was a hangout for some very good players.

Monday is free pool night at one of my favorite bars here in Milwaukee, and this has become the most popular game that night. We sort of re-invented this game with some different rules. First, we don't always use the one and fifteen and generally use two same colored solid stripe balls i.e. 2...

Spatlese was the name of my cat, which I named while drinking some German wine. Cat died five years ago, but I keep using it as my username for a lot of things.

Even up splitting isn't really fair to the hot seat as they're statistically 3 times as likely to win. That's just statistically of course. A fair split would be a 1/4, 3/4 split of the difference of first and second. Example: tournament normal payout: 1st $1260 2nd $750 split: 1260 - 750 =...

I generally don't like parking my car in that part of town, though I've been meaning to check it out for some time now. If you're staying at the Ambassador, it's only four blocks away. Other than that, the above advise is pretty solid. If you're ok with 7' Valleys, you might check out...