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Is there anything that Earl does that isn't strange?

Last I heard he was in Metropolis, Ill. That was a couple of months ago.

Are you sure it will last past the third temper tantrum?

I managed rooms for years. Guys think they can stand up and play after they have been sitting around drinking beer or coffee for weeks and never open their case. Guess what. They are wrong.

What finished me off was major seizure attacks and a 6 month hospital/nursing home stay. I was on life support for a week. Then a month in intensive care. Then almost 5 months in a dump of a nursing home. I am just now weaning off of seizure meds. They kept me in a total fog. I have had a bad...

No, I did not know he had passed. I will miss him. It was Larue that I got the cue from, yes. I did help turn the wood in the early stages. From what I understand, he went back to his first love, custom furniture. Larry is a nice guy. I used to do tip repair for a number of bars and in pool...

Oh well, it was worth a try. I guess I have to dig up another one. I guess I cannot blame whoever wound up with it. It was the best playing cue I ever touched. The guy made a masterpiece.

I practiced on a snooker table with regulation balls sometimes. One guy had been coming in to Bakers in Tampa for years. He literally never said a word to me in that time. I was female, just not worth speaking to. He was rumored to be of the other persuasion. I am on a fairly tight table out of...

There was a rumor that it was seen in the Brooksville, Fl area. I am not sure if that was true. The cue is about 20 oz. 13 mm tip. It was mostly a gift, too. I know I did not pay full price. The maker worked with Wayne Gunn and later took over his shop when Wayne moved from Bakers Billiards to...

I had a black J Flowers case, with the name Kathy Keegan tooled in white, along with the usual tooling. I also had a personalized cue, with my name inset in the butt. The cue was very simple, rosewood and tiger wood, no points, just my name on one side of the bottom of the butt below the wrap...

I lost my mother, age 85, to lung cancer in September. She had smoked most of her life. It is a horrible way to go. The lung does not kill you. The cancer moves to the brain. Then you have only a short time left. She started having seizures, then she lasted 2 weeks in intensive care.

Earl really is batshit. He came in one night and started a practice routine, playing to the railbirds. After the normal lining balls up and just shooting them into a hole, he decided to step up the show and was making 1, 2 and sometimes 3 rail banks. I got bored. The guys that taught me to play...

Bakers on Tampa St just north of I 275 about 4 blocks. Tampa St is 1 way going south. Just use Florida Ave 4 blocks north of the interstate and turn left 2 blocks. One pocket and 9 ball. There is action and if the Filipinos, such as Efren or Jose, are in town, plenty of watching. Fatsos is on...

My best night was running 7 racks on John Schmidt when he showed up where I was the only one brave enough to be hitting balls when he got there at Fatsos looking for someone to hit balls with. I had him confused. Some broad just started nailing them. I have a bad back. That same guy Stan had to...

Hey CJ, I have met you. You were passing through Tampa a number of years ago. TR found someone for you to play in Melbourne. You had a young lady and a driver with you. TR called me, told me to meet him at a bar east of Tampa on Highway 60. I was bored, said ok.He had 2 guys, Bob and Stan, with...

I know you, too, CJ. I went with TR and Bob and Stan from here to Melbourne with you following us for a money match. It was the first time they had dragged me with them. They called me up out of the blue and did not even say why. I found out. I was the designated driver in the black caddy for...

TR lives east of Tampa now. I worked for him for years. I know he has a joint out that way somewhere now.

I worked at various pool rooms in Tampa for a number of years, Bakers, the Cue Club, Fatsos, Northdale, and Hot Shots . I have played Buddy, he is a friend. Big Goose Conway is a very good friend, as is his wife Sandy and son Little Goose. I have played / practiced against him for a number of...