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You missed one Jay, great post! Those guys definitely had charisma. I don't know if you were ever around U.J. Puckett, but I assure you that he had it as well. A big guy, with a big, booming voice -- when he walked into the room he became the center of attention (unless he was intentionally...

Jay, wishing you a happy birthday! Now Jay, I am proud to call you a friend and always wish you all the best, but your post definitely gave us more information than most of us really needed!:thumbup:

Mike Shamos, who knows more about the history of pool than just about anyone, has a nice article in the current (July) issue of Billiards Digest. He details several sources of information and photos related to pool's history. As I looked through the article, I noticed an image that looked...

The difference in percentage between Dippy Dave and Scott has become negligible. I wish I had worded the poll differently to begin with. Maybe something like, "If your life depended upon being right regarding the payment of $50,000 for that third set, would you say that A) Dippy Dave lied...

I think you may have misunderstood the statistical analysis part of the poll. Statistics tell us that the difference between the percentage for Scott and that for Dippy Dave is NOT large enough to say that one is ahead of the other on trustworthiness. When I checked just now, the difference has...

We're done With well over 200 votes cast, we can now say with considerable confidence that the small lead held by Dippy Dave is not statistically significant and further voting is very unlikely to change this. Thanks to all who took the time to vote!:) Someone in this thread suggested that...

With 178 votes in With 178 votes in, the mere chance probability that the observed percentages of Scott and Dippy Dave differ from a 50/50 split is about 20%. This 20% "level of confidence" is pretty far from the 5% that would be acceptable in a normal scientific study in the field of...

Actually, even with the small number of votes cast so far (141), there is only about one chance in 10 that the difference in percentage between Scott and Dippy is due to chance alone. (see http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/polls/calcs.html#ca4)

I'm thinking that the third option covers that possibility.:thumbup:

6 more votes please Surely we can get 100 votes on this poll. I think that would be enough to be at least slightly meaningful.

Shoot, my cut of a measly $50 won't put me much ahead of Scott's current BR! Sorry, that was mean; it's late and it just slipped out. I should take my $17 cut and be happy with it. If I add that to the $5 I won at pool tonight (true story -- I was getting 8 to 7, the break, and two pics from a...

Dave, Mike told me he would settle for $600. Deal?

After talking to a good friend of mine who knew Dave well in years past, it wouldn't surprise me if he posted that you actually won the $1,000. I'm looking for $200 to $300 from you straight to my PayPal at billporter1874@yahoo.com. You can rest a while before you pay me and I promise I won't...

Oh NO! What if Dippy Dave makes the 1,000th post?????????????

If I don't win that $1,000 that I'm just sure that Dippy Dave will be happy to donate, I am definitely going to expect a few hundred to hit my PayPal from who ever wins it!!!:grin-square:

Come on, Dave Be a sport and and double your popularity on AZ with one simple gesture. $1,000 to the 1,000th poster in this tread. Become a legend for a pittance!:D:D:D

You know that several must be "stalking the number." I think I'll stick around to see who is the 1,000th poster in the thread. Kind of like trying to snipe an auction on eBay. You might need special software to pull it off. It would be a nice gesture if Dippy Dave awarded the 1,000th poster in...

I just checked the poll I put up earlier today and saw that the percentage who said they would trust Scott was 27.63% while the percentage for Dippy Dave was 35.53%. Given those figures, while there is not a huge number of votes involved, it's a stretch to say that "In this forum most pool...

Hoping for 100 responses to give us a decent sample.

I agree and maybe that's what I should have asked in the poll. Actually, it was probably politically incorrect to even post the poll and I wasn't going to be surprised if the mods pulled it.