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Wow! Very nice... I didn't really know what you were talking about, lol.

You guys are all barking up the wrong tree. It is still a fact that 30 cents of real money buys a gallon of gas and gets you at least 3 federal reserve notes in change. A silver dime is worth at least $2.50 in federal reserve notes. Three silver dimes is $7.50 in federal reserve notes. The...

How do you account for my post above? Three 1964 silver dimes (they were all silver then) can still buy a gallon of gas and you can get 3 federal reserve notes in change. The price of gas hasn't gone up, the value of federal reserve notes has gone down. The Federal Reserve System (central...

The difference in the price of gas now compared to 1964 is that in 1964 you could buy a gallon of gas with three dimes and maybe get a few cents in change. Today you can buy a gallon of gas with those same three 1964 dimes and get 3 or 4 paper dollars in change. The price of gas has gone...

I'm disappointed that the Rack Attack review with my friend Rodney Morris is giving misinformation. I patented the Rack-M-Rite Racking Template (tapping mat) system more than a decade ago. It was the first tight rack system that used the spacing of the indents to make all the balls "lean in...

Half the world being on a dangerous drug does not make it safe. Anti-depressants are very dangerous, and don't work as well as a placebo sugar pill.

I don't want to hijack this thread, but since you work in this field, I invite you to come to the NPR section of this forum and discuss the causes of vascular problems. I agree cigarette smoke is poison, but cholesterol cannot be blamed for heart disease which is caused largely by dehydration...

A quote from Johnny Archer: "For straight pool, the balls have to be tapped."

On a tapped table, the indentions made by tapping are sloped, and are very small, so a ball must be moving very slowly to be deflected and it must hit a very small target. With a foot spot you have a much longer edge that is not sloped and will easily deflect a slow rolling ball and is a bigger...

Looks like they are still using the template tapped racking method that was first introduced here with my patented Rack-M-Rite Racking Template more than a decade ago. I still have a few available for 15$ with free shipping.

I made some corrections to your post. JAM could possibly help a little more.

Do you know if the tables were tapped?

On the Euro tour the tables are tapped using a template (you hold a ball on the template and tap it down a couple of times into the cloth using another ball) to get a consistently frozen rack. The template allows the tapping to place indentions slightly closer together than the balls can...

If you look at the plastic pocket going down into the hole you can see the right side but not the left. I'm guessing if you center the camera and the balls in that picture the pocket will appear to be much more symmetrical.

The "European way", is the American way. It was first used here in professional tournaments. It gives the smallest footprint, and is the least intrusive way to get a consistently frozen rack. It is called the Rack-M-Rite Racking Template. I invented it and I have never even been to Europe...

I think most pros develop longer bridges for better control of stroke speed on all shots and also to be able to get extreme power with less effort when it is needed. And the longer bridge may not make for a straighter stroke, but it may actually help with aiming, especially as they get older...

The best single exercise imo (I do a whole lot more) for pool related back issues is to hang from a bar and pull your knees up to your chest repeatedly.

Ran an 80 today on 4" pockets.

In short... yes. Nice shooting.

Thanks Joe! Happy New Year! I forgot to mention for those that don't know, I invented the tapping mat with my partner Dale Craig (mechanical engineer), and we own the patent. US Patent Number: US0D0433724 It was copied for use in Europe, but we are the original inventors - just...