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My road dog produced the second best,, and it was on a bar table. Finished out a dry break by the other pair, then seven break and runs. There was a lot more after that. We were up thirteen games when I had shot a few balls twice! that's when he became my road dog. Playing Johnny Archer...

There is no mechanism to lock your shoulder. The only thing that holds it in position pretty well is getting extremely low to the table so the soft tissue holds the shoulder in place pretty well. If you can't get low to the table the shoulder will have excess movement and the pendulum stroke...

Not quite what I was suggesting but Ames will never exist again. Hu

Never do anything about it at this point but I have long daydreamed about a pool and cue sport club. A big part of the enterprise being the focus on club. Comfortable furniture to spend an evening in, tasty snacks at the least, possibly fine food, alcohol. A place to while away an evening in...

Accidental post above. They do indeed clean up nice! My story is a lot like yours and Keith's. I have played Johnny Archer and others but Danny Medina was my toughest match. With me having home field advantage we were too even to call. With me having home field advantage on a bar table Danny...

No creek, a small apple grove, two catalpa trees, not another tree! No pond, nothing but cotton fields forever. Dad was orphaned young, Aunt Jurdy took him in out of the kindness of her heart, and so he could hoe and pick cotton. He had us try picking cotton one day, just wanted us to know what...

Some youngsters made some few week trips but Scot Townsend was the last road player I knew of, still on the road. A few left alive but not trying to make the road work. If my hair was brown and the beer was cold I would like to try the road again. Many say it can't be done but there were a lot...

They both looked pretty awful in early play. Amazing how much better they play when the chips are down! As for the table, I'll make book that the modern tight pocket tables play easier than those old tables when you consider shelf, cloth, cushions, everything. I don't really care as long as...

I was already playing in low dives when I saw The Hustler the first time. Scott played his part so well I genuinely disliked the actor for awhile after watching! My take was Bert was playing both ends against the middle. He acted nice to Newman trying to get next to him, at the same time I...

I don't think I have lost a match with a broom handle. However, in all fairness the other person was using one too! Then again, I have beaten some of the very best when they were playing with their own cue and I was using one off the wall, slip on tip and all! I would have to say it is usually...

The best cue I ever played with was a twelve ounce snooker cue sixty inches long. 11mm at the tip and it had a very early dud on it. I learned a level of cue ball control with it that few would believe. After being able to do it with that cue for six months or so I could do it with almost any...

I used to gamble with a guy that liked to do weird shit. We played pool with all kind of weird things including playing with the lightweight mops and brooms or just the handles. Found out that you could use spin with just the wood and chalking it did help. There were a few mops and brooms around...

I used house cues as chump detectors. In twelve years of gambling near nightly I never used a hinged cue even when playing road players. Of course I played some places so often I did have three or four favorite house cues. Pays to remember that the old masters were just trying to build...

I hope you left the pin two inches long or so! The person you loan it to will have arm cramps just from putting that thing together! Hu

I used to know a guy, always showed up about supper time. It would be worth making this once just to set in front of him when he came mooching food! It makes me shudder and get a chill just looking at the pictures. Hu

I know this is old but it reminds me. Dad used to go visit an aunt every year or two. About a week of hell. The most exciting things were the rocking chairs on the porch and the Lawrence Welk show. Might have been the only time they turned on the TV and life in the middle of a few thousand acres...

Welcome! Some of these old threads need to be revived once in awhile. I have seen the pool balls flying hard a few times and I would rather the cues themselves! Had a minor league ball player throwing balls the length of the place and through the front glass one night. Not being anybody's fool...

Other things can be valid. Even reconstructions can be, but they can also be total horseshit. I have seen a double handful of reconstructions of auto wrecks in courtrooms. I have seen some valid, some no way resembled the wrecks. I have also witnessed the aftermath of hundreds if not thousands...

I have sold a few things I regretted forever after. Hunger can be a powerful motivation! For the people talking weights, if it is a spec cue the type of pin plays a role in weight and balance. When adding weight it can be added behind the pin as well as near the bumper. In extreme cases weight...