I'm probably one of the few that doesn't disparage anyone who takes their life. This world is a struggle at times and sometimes you get into a tailspin that you can't pull yourself from. I had a friend who took his own life nine years ago and I still think about him. If anything, I'm mad that I...
I have so much damn chalk that if I never bought another piece I don't think I'd use it all before I croaked -- and I'm only 48. Have two tins of the Tiger chalk (half of which I've left in pool halls by accident, the other half untouched). Jacoby sent me a care package of chalk and a keychain...
Had a custom cue maker tell about the time he was doing refinish work on a cue made by another custom cue maker. Put it on the lathe to take off the old finish and wound up taking off a point too. Turns out it was inlaid with Sharpie in the first place.
Filler was named Mosconi Cup MVP as a rookie in 2017.
It's 2025.
He's won three China Opens, two DCC 9-balls, a U.S. Open and a World 9-Ball since 2017.
This isn't 2-5 years. We're coming up on a decade.
I'm a State Farm agent in Pennsylvania and have what is called a "Personal Articles Policy" on my high valued cues (Only have three so it is nothing obnoxious). Guards against 16 possible perils, including theft, damage and being destroyed. Costs about $100 a year with $0 deductible.
Saw John a lot at Breakers in the early 1990s, usually in just a tank top undershirt laboring around that table like Fred Sanford. I too heard the story about him winning a ton of money.
I try to rotate them but I have a hard time picking between my Paul Drexler and my Jacoby. I like the feel of both but, gun to my head, I feel like I hit them better with the Drexler.
The story I had heard years ago was that McDermott desperately tried to get his cues into the movie production but Joss already had the arrangement in place thanks to Sigel. They also used Murrey tables because Murrey was based in California and was local to the Hollywood headquarters...