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It's funny. A good friend of mine was one of the leading computer network specialists and instructors in the nation. His wife was the local State Farm agent. Between the two they were probably knocking down over a quarter million in nineties dollars. They lived in small town Mississippi by...

I remember white pool halls and black pool halls. Somehow black guys that could play well got much whiter than bangers! When I had worn out my welcome at most of the white pool halls around town I went to the black pool halls with a black friend who had been making laps of the white places with...

Good for him! I have watched people do the work to become a citizen. It isn't a gimme, a lot of work involved including prepping for the test. Respect for him and everyone that goes through the process. Hu

My shaft has a very slight roll every summer, straightens every winter! Far too slight to be an issue unless I let it get in my head so I rarely check to see if the shaft has a roll at the moment or not. Rambling and gambling I wanted a tip, maybe even a bridge area without splinters if I was...

I remember it as a big help when you had to shave the paint off of balls to make table length cuts. Long before low deflection and such hitting the cue ball accurately and judging it's path were much more important parts of the game when trying to get that last few percent of ability a person is...

You must have been playing well! Funny how there are no problems with a lot of things until you start kicking ass and taking names. Hu

You stirred up a lot of memories of Carencro, all good! A cousin still owns a bed and breakfast a few miles away and I built a lot of memories racing on a dirt track nearby. A nice match track for horses there too. That was where I saw a chicken race for the first time. They tied a rooster to a...

It used to be common as dirt on house cues hanging on the wall. They were marked so they could be easily indexed with the warp in the vertical plane. There is another reason for those marks even on straight sticks. You can turn the mark to remind you where the tip and cue ball are actually...

I took one look and realized she didn't have one foot on the floor! The other three or four looks were just to verify that, uh-huh uh-huh! Hu

Great song, but I think Jim nailed the broad in your post! Hu

I think he was trying to pull the cue ball to the back side of the nine bumping the nine towards the corner pocket and giving easy shape on the six and eight. That would still be doing things the hard way but the only thing that seems to be plausible. I think whatever he planned included hitting...

Way back when my ex had accumulated a herd of weinie dogs. Over a hundred bones to get a rabies shot and tag for all of them or all of these house dogs could get the same shot for $1.69 if I bought them at the veterinary supply, no tag. Grabbed a half dozen preloaded syringes and I was ready...

I don't know where all they operated but Atlantic Waste in Baton Rouge LA had that slogan on all of their truck Should have minimized complaints! Hu

Speed control is almost the holy grail of pool and almost as hard to find because it involves a lot of hard work especially on today's equipment. Looking at players from high C to A, I would estimate speed control to be worth several balls. The catch? It is damned hard work! Under about...

That works until you get into take what you make rules. Gets kind of crazy sometimes. Take what you make, your choice if you make one of each. If you make three balls then you have to take whatever you made two of. As you know, eight ball rules have to be explained in detail because two places...

I can't recall seeing the stat I really want to know, somebody's break and win stats. It is very common for people to head into very low percentage shots before considering a safety. Now a safety is the better option but they didn't play shape to play safe. The person that planned to play a...

Yes, I still use viola when I mean voila in memory of Doug too. Baited breath is a good pun, while in memory of Doug, I used it long before I met him. I occasionally thank people for inciteful comments too. With spellcheck and such now it makes it often impossible to know if humor was intended...

A stroke needs to be consistent for about two inches. Not necessarily straight. That leave a lot of room for unorthodox strokes. Seems like there are more odd strokes than textbook ones at the highest levels sometimes. Less true lately but I think long hours alone on a pool table when young led...

Pool is an extremely simple game. You are rewarded for putting balls in holes. If a person wants to be paid for flash they need to take up artistic pool. Hu

Rules used to say no moving parts in a cue. Several have been marketed with moving parts however. Who knows? A little work, a price under forty dollars, they might have something! Hu