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I am a newbie player. I have visited five pool rooms in the last 1-1/2 years. House cues in all were sticky, dirty, beat-up, and with mostly unknown, poorly installed/shaped tips. And sitting behind a counter doing nothing was an employee who could have been spending leisure time maintaining...

I am retired and also "teach" pool at an assisted living center near my home. I am a beginner pool player, but I know enough to help people who know less than I do. I have six women and three men who often show up. None of them are physically able to do well, but it doesn't matter. It's all...

Tramp - Well done. Made me laugh. You must be in marketing. Rick

"Every day above ground is a good day." 1Sgt. Sorkin, 173rd Airborne, Xuan Loc, VN 1966 "Wherever you go, there you are." Grateful Dead bus 1972 Rick

I recently bought a vintage Dufferin butterfly-splice cue. Now I sting like a butterfly and float like a bee :-). Rick

Guys - Thank you for the replies. At our level, I suspect none of us would know the difference between an expensive versus a cheaper set of balls, so I will probably not invest a lot of money. And I will check the pockets for sharp edges. Good advice. Thanks again. Rick

I volunteer at a senior assisted living center. Even though I am mostly a beginner, I know enough to teach and play pool with the residents. The 30+ year old Olhausen table is in poor condition with Accu-Dead cushions, rough cloth, loose pockets, and old scratched and dull balls. I recently...

President Billiards, Super Star, Delta, and Dr. Cheng cues appear to me to be the same. Check out Dennis' (Dr. Cheng's) feedback. He does an excellent job marketing his products and provides excellent service. Apparently many pool players are pleased with his cues and other products...

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Slaya - Older two-piece Dufferin cues in very good to excellent condition are available on Craigslist nationwide for $20 and up plus shipping. Install a tip of your choice, and you will have a tough time finding a better playing cue. If you find something that appeals to you more later on...

My favorite car salesman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGJdNPiWZzQ Rick

I think some wraps are pretty. I suspect Meucci cues are wrapped and clear-coated just to be pretty. I like the feel of linen, but I do not like the feel of a hard, glossy surface. My hands tend to stick to it. Meucci cues and wrapless cues with a hard, glossy finish are not for me. Over...

That would be Mike Shamos whose "The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards" among onthers is a wonderful read. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ian_Shamos Rick ------------ > The person who collects and stores history on pool is a gentleman from > ( ? ) Pittsburg or Philly and...

Fatz - > I've read threads here where people put water on other people's chalk > during a match to screw it up. I guess chalk that is literally wet on the > surface is a bad thing. Never tried it, but I would guess the same thing. > Now if yours had time to soak in and just ended up raising...

So last night I put two drops of water on a cube of hard-as-a-rock "Pioneer Billiard Chalk" and secured it in an airtight plastic bag. Today I applied chalk to my tip. Chalk was kinda clay-like and pasty. Seemed to work OK - no miscues - but I'm not a power hitter. Not sure if I have much...

I just received a bunch of "Pioneer Billiard Chalk" from Ebay. I tried out a cube today. It is hard and does not want to leave chalk dust on the cue tip. Is there anything I can do to make it softer, or have I just wasted money on cheap chalk? Thanks. Rick

So I have read about Cue Silk, dimethicone, polyfluorester and other chemicals, sealers, and waxes for use on pool cue shafts to make them slick. I recently read about "Liquiglide" which MIT chemists also recently concocted. It sounds like another miracle chemical with numerous applications...

Slop - > Because 1-piece cues are almost always low quality pieces of shit. Don't believe everything you read on the internet including what I am about to say. I have a 20+ year, old 19 ounce, straight, one-piece Dufferin High Run cue with four points and an Elk Master tip. It plays every...

Mase - Thank you for the pics and info. Lovely old cues. Rick

Mase - Thank you for posting catalog pics of the one piece cues. Would you do the same for Dufferin's two-piece cues please? I am a Dufferin fan and would love to know what they offered. Thank you. Rick