Recent content by Tommy Joe

I have owned only one cellphone in my life, an old Nokia for 12 years that used strictly for driving the cab. I got rid of it a few months ago after I called it quits a year ago. This computer is over 15 years old. Getting into the group is hard enough, video is impossible. I am not against...

I don't doubt that for a minute, even said so myself. Yeah, there are no real original ideas, or so they say. I agree with that in a general way, but things can be tweaked. I'm not a business man (the suit and tie turned me off years ago to something I might actually have been good at, being...

I don't get video on my old dialup computer and I don't care. I prefer lying in bed, watching an actual tv, not perched in front of a small screen. But I haven't seen pool on tv in a long time. I suspected it's because it's gone to the web. I suppose if I had access I'd check it out now and...

Try looking on the bright side. People are wising up, harder to hustle. That's a good thing for society in general. But you don't care. All you care about is what you get out of it. Am I right? Come on man, it's time for the people to learn how to avoid being hustled. Once we achieve...

I think the book is a hustle designed to mislead the readers into using the wrong defense maneuevers in a war currently being planned by the guy who wrote the book and the people publishing it. It's a trick. It's right up there with paying $49.99 for a book called, "How to Become a Millionaire...

I agree with your post, especially when you say everyone feels like they got hustled when they lose. But I'm not sure I agree with the second part. I always preferred feeling like a winner when I'd win, not like a hustler. Even if I hustled someone, which was rare, it would be the very mild...

Thanks for the effort. Tom lived in Hollywood on and off for 20 years, same as me - 23 actually. He may or may not be in Jacksonville today. But he's from there - Jax Beach. When I knew him best he was a shaky player, kind of nervous, and I had a slight edge on him. Then he disappeared for...

I'm glad you found it funny because my purpose in life is making people laugh. Ok, let's adjust it a hair. They should be allowed to drive, but I can guarantee you that drivers as overly careful as those who would make it a full time practice to stop a full 3 seconds at every single stop are...

Just curious, do you know a guy named Tom Wiley from down around your way? He'd be around 66 years old now. I believe he was from Jax Beach. Thanks. TJ

A few good laughs in there, especially the opening. I get your point. Again, I'm the gray area guy - (beats 'fence sitter') - because the truth is that most if not all things have a gray area. I prefer speaking only for myself, not always doing a good job either - but think it's fair to...

In a recent post, Straightpool_99 says hustling is a gray area. I agree. I also believe all areas have some gray in them, including even drunks, druggies, liars, and thieves. There is a gray area to everything. 8 million stories in the Naked City, blah blah blah. Sorry, forgot who...

I don't see any failure, but you could be right. As for the hustlers and losers and the rest of the room, they're all in the same boat, aren't they? One night at Hollywood Billiards I was listening to another boring debate between The Boa and The Swamp Rat about who between them had won more...

See now, I like this more than discussing pool itself, the subject of what is and is not moral. It's interesting. When I lived in L.A. a friend and I put out a pro football tout sheet that my friend (he had the car), would take to magazine stands to be sold at consignment. I did most of the...

I agree, I don't care for them either. But in fairness I have to say not everyone is brought up the same way. Some people are born into environments requiring them to hustle hard from a young age. Not making excuses for them, just an observation. I don't like hard hustling either and I also...

I don't like cheating or lying. I have made a point of putting myself in a place in life where I don't need to lie. I don't want much. But the subject intrigues me - cheating and lying and so forth - the morality issue. I often wonder, even about myself, maybe most about myself - am I a non...