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all the people that i know that like to ski are disappointed this year. They bought their lift passes for the year, They are not cheap nor is the equipment. Up until this point the ski hills are all closed this year, too warm for snow. it'll change this week but half their season is already...

I regularly see pool tables for free, often with all the lights, balls, cues etc included. I set one up in my living room and it's nice to play a few racks in the evening, Ill go out and play with friends on the weekends. It's cheap and it's so much fun. a fancy cue is nice to have, sure...

You made some good points and I learned a new word, " torrefication" ;-) I restored the whole floor in my 100 year old house. some of the flooring was missing or damaged and it had a bunch of flooring layers overtop and some horrible to remove mastic. it had a lot of rusty nails in the...

wood that is unseasoned may have more smell too. I quite often machine100 year old fir to make old house parts and where possible I use recycled old growth lumber. It has a bit different smell to it than if I mill more recently cut fir. It is also very dry and have doe it's shrinking . maybe...

here is a thread that discusses pool table heaters. on some snooker tables they heat the table to keep humidity low and the table a bit warm as this affects the speed of the cloth. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/heated-pool-billiard-tables.176912/ In it, someone commented that the...

any heat source will cause expansion and contraction but that's pretty normal for any room. the only thing I see may be an issue is if the weight near the feet were to crush something. it it electric? water maybe? Just keep in mind that if it is a slate table you probably won't want to...

A well-known cannabis and drug policy reform activist says he sent samples of illegal drugs to every member of the legislative assembly in British Columbia to show elected officials the benefits of the substances' "medicinal effects." - source...

lots of people smoke pot rather than taking pharmaceutical antidepressants and sleeping pills and many seem to be micro-dosing on mushrooms and claim it helps. mushrooms are hard to make illegal here , I mean, they do grow naturally on my front lawn. Most who smoke weed aren't using it as a...

yes that's right. smell is one of the indicators used in identifying a wood species.. unlike color , grain pattern etc, smell is also difficult to describe accurately in words or text. Also it is common that many trees also have subspecies and area of origin. for example African mahogany is...

I'm no pro so you may want others to advise. I just noted that in the video you are doing stop shots and wondered if maybe giving it some top and then you could see how well the cue ball follows in line. I think if your stroke is not quite right and you try to follow with the cueball ( don't...

I think learning to play pool by watching professionals on a TV set is a lot like watching Olympic figure skating, and then trying to repeat what you saw ;-)

The best is red cloth with green cushions which reminds me of the red green show. I dont know how much it was aired in the US, It's a Canadian cultural thing.. :-) "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."

a few things I noted were that your table appears to have similar great big diamond shaped diamonds made of Ivory. The rails are rosewood, at least near the top surface. In that Etsy add, I noticed that the pockets are cut out on a 45 degree angle. and then there is a wood piece that is...

I'm surprised about balls wearing down, I'd imagine the surface would become rough before they got smaller. the only time I see material loss is if they fly and land on concrete or something. then you might get a chip. If one has actually worn the cue ball down to a smaller size, I can only...

The term Knots" came from boats that would drop a rope in the water tied to a small log or something, they could watch the rope run out and it was marked by a knot every so far, they would then count the knots to determine the ship's speed. I found a super heavy duty wind up clock that makes a...

ladies aid then ;-)

yes I said rest but of course meant "cue rest" AKA bridge.

How about good ideas? I sometimes wonder if a heavy weighted rest with no handle might be handy. retrieving it a bit difficult perhaps. how about something designed to sit half way on a rail? I often see players trying to find a realistic position for the rest when it happens to be located...

it looks like there is an anniversary edition 100 years of Aramith balls and it's in the 5th gen it says. https://www.aramith100.com/ Kind of cool, 100 years ! maybe the markings are a bit confusing perhaps the 10 looks like 100 but most probably dont read the numbers that much if they...

I think a lot of this is muscle memory, Like how you can get good at throwing a ball. there is no aiming other than the final destination and you throw things in an arc. we accomplish this quite well considering all the muscles and mental calculations we are actually involving. I think...