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And I'm happy he did. During the pandemic I bought a Valley and put it next to my GC for close friends who aren't pool oriented to play on. Now everyone has a good time. I never even knew of short rack or fast eight. I called it 9ball-8ball. Regular 8 ball rules. Started this because of the...

Yeah, about 45 degrees. BTW aside from the tables it was apple to apple because I used the same higher end Aramith cue ball. I just tried it again with the heavy magnetic CB on the Valley and it went right for the side pocket, so it added two more diamonds. All of this is way more spin than I am...

Tried that this morning Bob. I have two tables in the basement. The GC IV I hit reliably between the second and third. On a Valley 88 I can hit the second diamond. This has newish Penguin rails.

No. If I could do that regularly I'd have center table down, it would just be speed.

Yeah, back in the center. I can pot the ball, no problem. Getting position is frustrating. CB likes to scratch in the other corner. The margin I guess is a sheet of notebook paper. Outside I can make the OB and bring the CB back. Two rails, no.

Thanks Bob. My nightmare continues. Maybe three times in three years. That spin hurts. I'm a geezer, please don't remind me again.

Don't think a outside basement wall is to good for the cues either. Which can be to your advantage. Keep your cue in a case in your apartment. Let the others play with warped firewood.

And here I was thinking I'd gone major league when I started buying Blue Diamond at $7. a two pack.

"Holistic". Now that's some esoteric, woke B/S right there. It's as descriptive as zilch. All I can say is the worst hitting, sounding and playing cue I every had the misfortune to own is a cheap ass Chinese Dufferin Style, McDermott knockoff with a "Holistic" cloverleaf in the butt. That's the...

The Mother Drills and SPF have nothing to do with the origin of this thread. It was a ill conceived way of slamming a respected instructor long after he was dead. Let Scott rest in peace. Monitors please consider the history of the OP. This thread belongs in the trash heap of history.

With two tables in my basement there is a difference. One is a GC IV and I rack with the one on the spot. The Valley is a 88 barbox. These things are tiny. So I rack with the 8 or 9 on the spot. My table, my house, my rules. BTW, I also play a game I call 9 ball 8 ball on the Valley. Four...

While Sterling would be close, consider heading west to Winchester. On 522 northbound just a hundred feet south of Rt. 50 is Winchester Action Billiards. Then just east on 50 is the Blue Fox which is more of a bar scene. Action Billiards is the place to go.

I love sneakies and have about a dozen. From a slightly fancy Bob Frey to dead on production cues Muller and McDermott M11B. And one 3 piece traveler made from 2 house cues. But the closest thing to a modern sneaky that I use is a McDermott Harley Davidson cue. A Walmart Budweiser cue would be...

Went to Cancun, I got something. My wife got something even worse. We both vowed to never again go further south than Key West. You want a leather case? Go to SBE.

With the typical reputation of pool being a social gathering of drunks, junkies, gamblers and misfits it is exceedingly unlikely to be approved at the local school board. Frat house entertainment perhaps.

It was 1966 or 67 when I bought my first cue. Yes, it was a hard coat anodized aluminum cue. Almost an electric blue. I seem to recall around $20. I don't remember the joint or pin size but it was very solid and not about to break, flex or wobble. It did indeed have a funky hollow sound. Thats...

The only "tool" I own with an emotional attachment is my fathers Remington model 37 Rangemaster. Cues can be replaced by a guy in a brown truck and uniform.

Don't own a SW, never will. To old to wait, to tight to spend, to many other interests. But if I did I wouldn't tell any of my "friends" what I had or what it's worth. Somehow the word gets out and all of a sudden, poof, the cue is gone. Maybe with dead family members in the vicinity...

That question answers all of the other questions and answers, with the possible inclusion of certain other green leafy substances.

2 X 1/2 way. There, I finally beat Bob Jewett to a mathematical answer.