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The phrase "luckier than a two-peckered billy goat" comes to mind.

Wow, 22 years? Don't make me tell the Bingojack story, lol! :) I would love to come out and see a little of this, I'll do my best to make it.

To the OP: Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. Got the call from Laurie after a long wait, posted about it and a bunch of naysayers showed up in the thread (along with several well-wishers, too). The cue was gorgeous and turned out precisely how I envisioned but I had a super...

I gave you a shot at a fantastic cue with a great story behind it and you didn't even hit a ball with before turning it down, ya nit! Slow? Who would have ever called you slow, lol?!?!? True stroy - one time about 20 or so years ago Okie and I were playing scotch doubles 9 ball, overmatched...

I didn't get to see a lick of it but saw an update from time to time, very impressive! Congrats, Ken... looks like you're hittin' 'em real well! If I ever have the gumption to dust off my cue case again you'll have to spot me a fizzy soft drink and give up money odds. :smile:

He can crush 'em, for sure. Danny Medina had a little power, too. (Might still have, for all I know) As far as players that I personally have seen live, these two are at the top.

Jack Garner was actually Jack Bumgarner, James dropped the "Bum" part for a stage monicker (as did Jack for a few roles, apparently) Jack was a very nice man and well respected in the community, I remember him greeting us at the front door of the church every Sunday. Unfortunately passed on...

Wow, what a great read... love this thread! I remember the pool hall in the OU student union... I used to play pinball there when I was about 12, lol! The Golden Cue on Campus Corner was a great spot, also. REALLY happy to see Don Owen's name pop up, sure hope you're doing well! If you had...

Drive it back to where you started and fly home.

Holy cow, how in the world did I miss this thread? I'm definitely going to have to check in here more often... Let's see if anyone has any stories about Tommy "Tucker" Schultz (RIP).

I know exactly who the horse trainer is (or was... not sure if he's still alive or not) and he definitely was the money. I just never believed that the player's real name was Rusty.

In the early to mid nineties a fellow rolled into OKC with a local racehorse trainer. Who knows what his real name was but he went by Rusty, supposedly from Kentucky, which would actually make sense judging by who he was running with. He carefully uncovered his true ability as necessary. At...

Jig - Please tell me that you didn't actually write this. I think I feel a wager coming on, lol! :D

I think he first rolled into town for one of the Southwest Tour 9-ball events we had down in Norman... maybe '90 or '91? I believe NC was where he reportedly called home.

Y'all had a few good tourneys at our little joint up here on Campus Corner in Norman back then as well. We had some real monsters show up for those pretty much every time. James Walden, Randy Estes, Bob Vanover, Coy Nickerson (sp?) Tony Watson, Randy Wallace, Jr. Brown, Raphael Martinez, Danny...

I was in St. Louis from August of '99 off and on through 2002 and I do recognize a few of the names. I met you for a brief time at C & C on Woodson. We didn't get to play as my time was limited. Is that joint still open? My old RSB handle was bluestang98.

Lou... it's 20 years ago. Post the names! :thumbup:

Great story, Lou. Reminded me of some of the old RSB days. The first decent cue I ever owned was a Meucci.

One of three cues that I owned, sold, and later regretted doing so was a Libra that I bought from John McChesney about 12 years ago. It was an understated maple / black / white 4 pointer that John said he thought was one of the last ones that came out of their shop. I don't know if that was...

Don, drugs are bad... mmmmkay?