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Prime Buddy vs Filler in 9 ball

Hope you’re never in the market for a 6 speed TT Supra. Cue makers are free to charge whatever they want and buyers will quickly show if they are out of line or if they’ve been undercharging this whole time.

Cue makers gotta buy groceries and pay the note on their cars as well. To quote Ray Charles in the Blues Brothers: “well, you know, depreciation man.” When the cost of almost everything is up 30% from 10 years ago, cues will be also.

Pretty sweet shot but I shudder to think of what would happen to the poor sap who tries this in front of the regulars around where I am. He’d wish that they’d just shot him.

The price per hour is way out of line for the region (Southeast) by about 33%. I’ve lived in NC and GA but have played rooms in SC, Bama and FL. Average ceiling is $10/hr unless you want to shoot on one of the special tables.

I went to school in Greensboro, not too far from Winston. Pool is HUGE there. It’s been 20 years since I’ve lived there but I don’t think things have changed that much. I never spent much time in Winston, but being a college town, it should have a few joints. You will find no difficulty finding...

I miss the ‘raw’ of 90s era 9 ball. Yes it was flawed, and everyone knew it, but that is one of the things that made it good. It was more GAME than sport. That has now changed, maybe. I’ll say it until I’m blue in the face. The whole point is to string racks together. Changes made to dissuade...

the way the balls behave when they interact with each other is HIGHLY dependent on the condition of the equipment. Using an extreme example to better illustrate my point: A freshly covered bar table with polished balls played inside an air conditioned bar in Tucson is going to play a hell of a...

You have a GC. There is only 1 correct answer. Why would you not rock a set of Centennials?

Cleanliness of balls and cloth along with humidity in the room. I’ve yet to find a bar table that screams “my owner takes good care of me.”

It is a different game, I agree, but I may be missing your point I believe. The laws of Geometry and physics don’t change from table to table. Increased Coefficient of friction with the typically dirty equipment on a bar table makes for a drastic change in cut angles with any English applied to...

Don’t settle for a busted up Formica rail GC or anniversary. No busted side skirts. No previously shimmed pockets, no missing rail bolts. No cigarette burns. If it had pinned slates, make sure no dingus tried to lift them up and bust chunks out. Just because a Brunswick...

Always wondered how a steam cleaner followed by a shop vac. I don’t think I would want something that scrubs in a circular motion.

I got these off the Bay many moons ago for $50 for a radial pin cue I had at the time. Not sure what they originally came with, but they’re gorgeous. Definitely ebony with what I’ll assume is some yeah in white.

Thank you for a debt none of us can repay. I have many patients who are veterans. The seen scars some return with. The unseen scars ALL return with. All. Literally all. This is the greatest country on planet earth with freedom that is unparalleled, only possible because we have the biggest...

Or just load it up with high inside and play a 6 railer to end up straight in on the long rail.

One handed behind my back with so much high inside English that Efren would say damn. Of course I’d actually spill a beer on the table (since I had it on the rail beside me), put a 2” rip in the cloth and watch whitey fly off the table, hitting a biker dude in the knee… ensuring a well deserved...

Welp, if I put my reading glasses on, what I thought was the cue ball is actually the spot. Humorously, a kick works for the shot that dcp inquired about. My conventional approach kind of depends on the table. If it’s a 4.5” gold crown with favorable cloth/balls/humidity, I draw back to the...

I’d go in 100% and fire away to kick it in off the long rail. I don’t trust myself to pull off a finesse safety and if I’m going to lose the game, I’ll at least know that I gave myself a chance.

when Johnny opened his new place and had 2 VIs, I played on them the first week they were set up. No thanks. Was not enjoyable at all. Balls kept getting hung up in the rails but I’m sure that was an install issue. It was a far, far cry from a GCIV. Not even close.