“Plus there were only two sexes 50 years ago, Male & Female, there was no third SEX……………..I Call Confused.”
Just had to find a way to get this included in your post. You must be a speech writer for MAGA.
Was pool better 50 years ago?
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Just had to find a way to get this included in your post. You must be a speech writer for MAGA.
Oh HELL NO!
SHEESH, She was Attractive and flirtatious when we got real close and friendly.....there was the Surprise!
How does that song go? " Hay Baby, Take a walk on the Wild Side." Doop doop da doop.
I started playing pool in Los Angeles 58 years ago and some things were better then and some things are better now.
The Billiard Palace in Bellflower, a little Southwest of LA, is where some of the best players played, I watched Billy Johnson aka Wade Crane play Richie Florence for three days straight. The first set was for $8,000, The second set was for almost $8,000 and the last set was for Richie's cue, his new Cadillac and cash.
Richie lost all three sets.
The room was also famous for the PayBall game played on the 5 x 10 snooker table. PayBall is a 6 Ball ring game where you would win money for each ball pocketed and double the amount when you make the six ball.
Typically the game started for $10 - $20 but it would quickly go up from there.
I watched a game when just before Cole Dickson broke the rack while playing for $100 - $200 asked, "Make it $1000 for a break and run out?" Everyone said yes. No one did while I was watching.
The one thing that was absolutely better was it was easier to play for money, I started for .50 cents a game.
I didn't lose much because I didn't have much money and while it is what some players will tell you, you have to play for something if you want to get better, it's true.
I am not recommending anyone to play for money but in my case I wanted to beat a guy I didn't like and I improved my game until I could beat him.
Beating him for fun was not as good as beating him for the few dollars I won.
The best thing about pool today for me is I can watch the best players in the world sitting in front of my computer.
The Billiard Palace in Bellflower, a little Southwest of LA, is where some of the best players played, I watched Billy Johnson aka Wade Crane play Richie Florence for three days straight. The first set was for $8,000, The second set was for almost $8,000 and the last set was for Richie's cue, his new Cadillac and cash.
Richie lost all three sets.
The room was also famous for the PayBall game played on the 5 x 10 snooker table. PayBall is a 6 Ball ring game where you would win money for each ball pocketed and double the amount when you make the six ball.
Typically the game started for $10 - $20 but it would quickly go up from there.
I watched a game when just before Cole Dickson broke the rack while playing for $100 - $200 asked, "Make it $1000 for a break and run out?" Everyone said yes. No one did while I was watching.
The one thing that was absolutely better was it was easier to play for money, I started for .50 cents a game.
I didn't lose much because I didn't have much money and while it is what some players will tell you, you have to play for something if you want to get better, it's true.
I am not recommending anyone to play for money but in my case I wanted to beat a guy I didn't like and I improved my game until I could beat him.
Beating him for fun was not as good as beating him for the few dollars I won.
The best thing about pool today for me is I can watch the best players in the world sitting in front of my computer.
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the best thing that I can say about playing now is that pool has become more mainstream and lots of players to play with.