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Happens very rarely and it never lasts, especially the older you get. When you get to my age (67) the best you can hope for when it happens (once in a while), is to enjoy it and feel the satisfaction that sometimes you still have it in you to play like the old days, even though you know it’s...

My late dad who grew up around here and experienced the 1940 flood as a teenager, had been begging me for years to get flood insurance for my home and business, which I never did. I think I may now reconsider after the river actually breached the 500 year flood plain. However, I’m sure after...

Just getting internet / cellphone and power back so I’m just now seeing this thread. Our house and Family Billiards just outside of Boone narrowly survived the flooding Friday morning when the Watauga River located right behind us crested at it’s highest on Friday morning. By far the highest...

When trying out this concept, I think there’s also a tendency when you are aiming full on the object ball to load up with a ridiculous amount of side spin, way more than you normally would, in which case it is more likely to actually work as the CB will deflect more off-line with ridiculous...

The issue with players in a professional sport not being allowed to place a wager with a professional bookie regardless of whether they are betting on another game or match not related to themselves or their own team or even if they are betting on themself or on their own team winning is...

Exactly what you did sounds appropriate. The ball goes in the pocket whether the jump cue butt is in the pocket or not. However, if the object ball deflects off the butt and stays on the table, then it would constitute a foul just as in the case of your cue or your hand contacting a moving...

Used pool tables, even Brunswick Gold Crown’s are not that easy to sell at $ price you might think you should get for. In addition to the condition of the table, it depends on factors like your location, how you advertise it, how quickly you need to sell it, etc. I’m guessing $3k - $4k likely...

For myself, I think not only the different feel of it CF vs wood, but possibly an even a bigger factor is the dark gray color of the CF shaft compared to the much lighter colored wood shaft. The darker CF shaft makes it harder for an older player like myself (67) in utilizing the shaft to...

This will clearly not work with a thin, extremely low deflection shaft. Maybe if the CB is located close to the side rail, but as the CB gets further off the rail leaving a steeper angle, the is no way aiming for a full hit even when applying maximum inside will deflect the CB enough to contact...

So he has quoted you $2550 for the entire job and $1400 for just assembly and recover with Simonis, even if you get nothing else done? That’s a ridiculous price. Assembling and recovering should be one single price, and should be no more than $800-$900, even if he’s supplying the Simonis...

For myself, I’ve found the Mezz WX900 wood shaft deflects less than any of the carbon fiber shafts I have tried. However, I’m currently using the Mezz carbon fiber Ignite, as I found the WX900 a little too thin for my liking, and thus too easy to miss shots if I missed my CB contact point...

The shag type on the sides and on the plate, but F1 felt on this spindles.

I don’t see why not, unless possibly the ref deems that the ball is in a position around other balls that would make it very difficult for the ref to mark/replace the ball accurately.

I agree, but obviously he didn’t think through the repercussions before he issued his original plan.

If the table has a ball return, I would guess it could be related to that. It would not be the diamond ball cleaner. The pads they are currently using in the diamond ball cleaner are not my first choice and need to be changed out, but that’s only because they don’t leave as high luster of a...

Less need for a glove with a CF shaft.

Stu, that is an impressive testament coming from someone with your knowledge of the professional game. A statement that is not likely anyone here would dare challenge you on, with any success!

It’s likely too much to expect of anyone in virtually any profession whose life is unbalanced to the extreme of having reached the very very top to act like most normal well adjusted humans. Of course there are many exceptions to my assumption, but just an observation I have made over the years.

Every manufacturer’s carbon fiber shafts deflect differently. Generally, I think it is safe to say that the less expensive ones tend to deflect more than the higher quality/higher priced ones.

There are no short cuts - trial and error is the only way for your brain to learn it. Simply put, the more off center you spin it, the more you must compensate in your aim for deflection. This of course is assuming there is no elevation of your cue during the stroke, which would then involve...