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You guys and your 'sun room' pool tables. I guess the old excuss "the sun got in my eye" could now be legitimate, huh??!! Have fun in the sun but don't get any of that sun screen on your shaft, it makes it all sticky and stuff. L8R..Ken

My son, who is 33 now, has a couple of different cues but his favorite is his Homer Simpson cue. He calls it "Homey". He wins about as much with that ons as he does with his McDermot and a hustler cue that he uses regularly. He like to see the looks on peoples faces when he gets out on...

I think the real question is...which "committee of well-traveled professional players" did the APA use to write these rules? Something sounds a little fishy in that statement in the 'foreward' of the "Official Team Manual" for the APA. I guess I'm with IA8baller...I'll never play APA. L8R....Ken

Thanks Scott for the reply. I'll look into the possibilities you have suggested. L8R...Ken

I have conceeded that I will never make a living of playing pool. I do have a good understanding of the rules and physics of the game though. I have actually 'taught' (using that term loosely) some people from time to time different aspects of how to play the game. I have not ever called...

I agree...DECOT'S are the best for us old guys. I have had a pair of DECOT'S now for about 3 years. I used my normal bi-focal glasses before that but was never satisfied...always looking over the top and never could get the right focus with my head tilting just that little bit (they were...

You may never get that chance. Alt. breaks, you would get your chance to show your stuff. Granted, if you're down 8-3 in a race to 9 with Alt. Break, you're probably not going to win...but then again, how did your opponent get that far ahead? Somebody said it is unlikely that players will...

The cheapest I've ever paid was 20 cents. It was in a small town bar somewhere in Nebraska in about 1968. That was actually the very first time I ever paid for a game. I grew up playing and learning in the Boy's Club in Omaha where the 9' Brunswick tables were free. As I recall, I held the...

wait a minute... Mosconiac, That is a really big Northern Pike :eek: and those pic's are great:thumbup: ....but those pic'a seem to come up every year (at least for the past 4 years) with a similar story:o . I have personally seen those same pic's on the iowaoutdoors.org forum before. I'm...

great drill I've been using this basic method for a while now. It is a lot more rewarding that trying to run the full rack of 9 (or 15) right from the start plus you can gauge your progress. Something I have been doing lately is practice the break. Irack the full 9-ball rack, break them as...

True, you don't make contact with the intended pocked OB, but you did make contact with one of your OB before it went into the pocket. BTW, good comments so far...good thread. L8R...Ken

Nice guy I once played Ike in an 8-ball tournament. He had to spot me 2 to 7. It went hill-hill with my break in the final match (BTW, he was behind the whole match). I missed shape on a ball that would have put me out and he won. After the match, he told me I shot very well and if I had...

rule vs opinion Well, since I don't think there is a rule that directly calls out this exact situation, I'll give my own opinion as others have. Since the 'hanging OB' was never struck by any other ball during that shot, I would rule that it either is replaced or stays down (according to the...

Right now, since the Tournament is in the Quad Cities, we have quite a few from that area, but probably only 100 or so from Illinois. Omaha is so far away (over 400 miles) that they usually only send 25 or so players. We are considering moving our Tournament to Des Moines...a more central...

bordering communities I don't desagree, however... The situation we have here in Iowa, with Omaha and the Quad Cities, a lot of the players form those areas live out of state but play leagues in Iowa. We do allow out of state players provided the league they play in schedules 50% of their...

Yea, have you ever tried to shoot with one of your ears bitten off??? It really throws your balance out of wack. L8R...Ken

I have two sons that play pool. This is our game of choice (ring game style...200-300 points) when we all get together. It's a lot of fun, good practice and the slop factor really gets spread around (you can go 3-4 turns and never see the low ball, but then the whole table opens up for a big...

My appologies to Mark Griffin and BCAPL Sorry Mark, I didn't realize that you were 'spreading the wealth'. All I remember is that in the presentation that you gave in 2004, and your partner in 2005, the BCAPL didn't have much to offer our Association for the $10 sanction fee. But to be fair...

i4pool, Ok let me outline what we require: First off, we only accept leagues with 30 players or more. Those leagues must agree to report their statistics to our Association via a web site that we provide for free. Each league then has thier own individual web site (it includes a forum and...

The rules we implement at teh ISPA State Championship are the World Standardized Rules as published by the WPA. We do not have any 'special' differences from those...if it's covered at the WPA site, it's the rule. We have a crew of Nationally Registered referees at our tournament to enforce...