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    8 ball break weekly pot

    We had a side event at one tournament where it was just break and make a ball. All racked their own, and as long as you made a ball on the break, you went to the next round, but break dry and you're out. Entry was either $3 or $5, so just about everyone went in. They had a list of everyone...
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    how are ya'll doing in league ?

    We're four weeks in to our new APA session. We play both 8 and 9 ball. I'm one win for the three matches I've played in each format, so not a great start. The 8 ball team is a good group and we all get along well. We have a range of players, three 3s, a 4, a 5, and two 6s. I try to keep...
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    Glove

    I put the glove on and washed it like I was washing my hands in the sink. I used a little bit of Dawn. Couldn't believe how much chalk dust was in that thing. It was a Navy Blue glove, so it didn't look discolored, but after washing twice with it on my hand, I took it off and kept washing and...
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    My first lesson with a certified instructor, Dragon Billiards

    I know a few people that have had lessons, and have had some cue work done by Dragon Billiards. Kim has set up some equipment at a pool hall in Rome, NY when we had Tri-Cups there. I've also watched, from a distance, as he gave lessons to a few people at that same location. While not trying...
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    For the guys who play with glasses

    Thank You!
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    For the guys who play with glasses

    Got a link? Tried searching and I don't see these specific ones.
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    For the guys who play with glasses

    We spent the day up at Turning Stone a couple weeks back, watching the earlier rounds and seeing a bunch of players that generally don't make it to the last day. These are some pretty good shooters, just not quite up to making the top 16 at this tournament. My girlfriend noticed that a lot of...
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    Where to place my table?

    Our barbox is in the basement. and I'm just short of the space to use a full cue at every possible angle. The room is about 12'4" by about 20'. For shots perpendicular to the long rail, and shooting with the cue ball within an inch or two of that long rail, we have a short cue. I bought a...
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    8 ball handicap system

    I remember reading about a league that used this system. I think it was United Billiard League. There was quite a bit about it on these boards. Seemed like a pretty interesting system.
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    Am I dreaming??

    Our local APA league has had three locations with the 6 footers. There are still two in the league, the third location still has that table, but no team uses that location now. We also have three locations that use 6½ footers. The rest use standard 7 footers. You can still buy them from a...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    I think that one pass that was seeming caught by both receiver and defender, and then ruled as a catch, was an even more obvious bad call. The receiver did make a great play, but the ball clearly touched the ground when they both came down together. You could see the ball stop moving as their...
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    New Cue Syndrome -- Real or Imagined

    Especially if they were a pair of P. F. Flyers......with the action wedge!
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    Glove

    I never really thought about cleaning one either, since I have a pile of new ones ready to go. I think I'll put mine on and wash it up good with a little Dawn, and we'll see how that turns out. Can't hurt, right?
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    Glove

    A couple years ago I needed another glove. The one I had been using was dirty and kinda smelly, but worked, so I looked it up on eBay. It was a pretty inexpensive one, made by Champion, and there are numerous sellers for those gloves on eBay. They have graduated pricing, and while one glove...
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    League players pre-game rituals and venues.

    Funny this came up. Last Wednesday we played my old team. Our handicaps pushed us apart so we could all play, and we're all still friends, so no drama, but of course we all want to win. Their top guy and I would be playing, and I usually do well playing him. The venue has a Diamond 7 footer...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    It's the cigarette lighter from a car, as was mentioned earlier. You'd have that right by the ashtray in a vehicle. Push it in and it would activate power to it, those coils would heat up and glow bright red, and it would pop back out when it was hot and ready for use. You'd then pull it out...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Yes, this is it. You can't see the wood part at the bottom, but it's the wire chalk holders in the pic. Good job!
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Bottom right is an unknown. It was cut off at the place I first saw this too. I'll ask there and see if someone knows. The film looks like a 110 cartridge. There were cameras that used 126mm and 110mm cartridges. Point and shoot. Now you see them as completely self contained cardboard...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

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