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Thank you both.

Mods? AZB needs to step up and assist. Not just links but underlying info also to obviate dead links.

Such an end for Justnum would have never crossed my mind. I might have found some solace in the fact that cancer did not take him down in its own evil way, but the truth is that the depressed often suffer terribly, in silence, and alone. Any comfort will have to be that all of his struggles...

Now all we need is a single reference which gathers all links to cue information in one place. Sticky?

The importance one attributes to his subject is often reflected in the quality of expression. It is analogous to pool -- some can, some can't, but a practiced eye can usually discern the difference. Relax, some folks just think and write funny. Folks reach different levels in school, and the...

A good amount. Yes. No. No. Both. Yes on both. There's nothing like the new cues. I love the old cues, but I prefer playing with a Scruggs, but everyone has their own favorite.

If you are saying NOLA, I am in complete motherloving agreement. Whatever it is, NO ONE puts it on like the Big Easy. I've been over there a few times and can vouch for it. All Buffalo would need is the right facility -- but they are not short in New Orleans, hotel rooms either. Never...

I agree and Tunica was a step in that direction, but it failed miserably (I was there and saw it for myself -- dismal pos). Casinos (present day) are a problem.

Please explain.

It is a very serious matter to libel someone, especially when the person enjoys a reputation which is beyond reproach. Yes, you should be banned, and not for a short time. Hang him.

We got a lot of Morans around here. Most of them live "cross the Bay". One of them is actually a pretty good 1P player, posts regularly on that "other" pool website.

Apparently, snapping fingers is found in some circles, but I've never seen it in a pool hall. Further, tapping can evidently be observed in some scenes from "The Hustler". https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/tap-or-snap.345394/

I believe I understand the query. but for the sake of clarity for the less informed, it should be noted that one of the pictured cues is a Willie Hoppe Professional. I do not know if they are considered "bumperless", but I do not believe they have a classic "rubber", or pliable, bumper. On my...

I vote "yes" on Titlist. Got my circa '48/'49* WHP out to compare, and they are close, if not a match. Here is the problem I have on the Ebony Issue. My points are very dark, but will not qualify as "solid black" like piano keys. If examined under a very strong light I can see grain in them...

Some people are never happy/just can't be pleased. Give them exactly what they want and they still keep on pissing and moaning. It's like people who continue to argue after the other side has conceded. I only had to be told once to understand "shut up when you've won."

"The worst I ever had was wonderful." Anonymous

Facing a particularly challenging exploit, I would often remind myself, and others: "no one is going to end up in jail or the hospital today, so it can't get real bad". I never queried my co-horts, but I took comfort in this idea.

Realize and embrace the simple and eternal truth of competition: there is no shame in losing, only in not giving one's best. No right thinking person will ever think little of anyone for losing, because, if one is a true competitor, one must necessarily take on players who are their betters...

Okay, okay, I give. I will henceforth forego my feeble attempts at sarcasm, at least insofar as the subject is our loss of old school pool halls and the disappearance of the pool environment in which I was raised and educated and which I so mistakenly believed I would be allowed to grow old in...

Use of adjustments are already dictated by the fact that tables are designed differently -- Brunswick v. Diamond. Further even if initially set up within 99.9% the universal constant, time will work separately on every table. Pool, especially in the area of banking, is necessarily a game of...