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I guess the second person from the bottom - listed as Rudolph Jr. Son, Age 7 is our Rudy W. -- Age 7. That would confirm a 1913 birthdate (Same year that my mother was born). Great genealogical /detective work, Bob !!! My mom.s father bought a brand new Tin Lizzie Ford that year for $500...

Many, many thanks for posting this match, Iusedtobe. I greatly enjoyed this nailbiter. Arnaldo ~ What talent exists worldwide now for our beloved sport. We can rest assured that its popularity will persist for many future centuries...

Eric: I'm sooooo pleased to hear that!!! I was -- fingers crossed -- greatly hoping it would be a treat for you (and very likely plenty of other folks on here). Gotta luv the "Hey I'm a hundred years-old -- what do I care?' I'll be saying exactly that 12 years from now. Arnaldo ~ Some good...

Eric: One of my newest favs of the incomparable Rudy W. is this 3-minute geriatric-years one (don't know if you -- or other AZBers -- have seen it). It's called "Minnesota Fats vs Me" - lovingly (and thankfully) uploaded to YT four years ago by Paul Ryden: Arnaldo ~ Enjoy...

What a treat to see them all again. This is a real piece of pocket billiards history! Aired on ABC Wide World of Sports to very high TV viewership. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYNBZz4lMrg&t=119s Courtesy of, and many thanks to Max Eberle. Arnaldo ~ No doubt it's been AZB-posted before...

Mort Sahl, who some may pleasantly recall as a 1970s-era very acute, sometimes acerbic social commentator, humorously had this to say about one of a few overly-evangelized lifestyles (steaks vs vegan, gay vs straight, rationalist vs believer, etc.): For years it was "The love that dares not...

George Fels -- a longtime and well beloved monthly columnist for Billiards Digest -- had a home table for many years, and I've always loved his supremely on-target, published comment on owning your own table and playing in the middle of the night: "Nothing in the world beats the sheer pleasure...

I loved to watch Mosconi. Saw him in person dozens of times during his traveling Straight Pool (my lifelong favorite game) exhibitions and during several of his 14.1 championship competitions when my uncle - a major fan - took me as a little boy. As everyone knew in those days (especially the...

It was 1952 and I was 16 - sort of a fairly bright loner - and deep into astronomy and building my own telescopes and needing a few things that were only sold in a shop on Liberty Ave in Queens. While cruising the shelves I kept hearing loud blasts coming thru the ceiling. The owner told me...

Many thx for this vid, Jason. It's otherworldly imaginative. This lad is a good kind of crazy. Arnaldo ____________________________________________________________________________

I had exactly the same backstory as yours, Mike, in my Ozone Park/ Richmond Hill neighborhood. It magically opened the door to a lifetime of multi-faceted pleasure with our mutually-beloved sport, and especially the gift that keeps on giving: 14.1. Which Mosconi once ruefully called "a...

What a reviving shot in the arm this film gave to players, room owners, and potential new-interest players. Dyer's beautifully crafted 4-page article from Billiards Digest fully details the tidal wave of worldwide awareness and player-influx that the film's 1961 release led to...

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I'd love to travel back four centuries and see how this game went: ____________________________________________________________________________ William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, ACT II, SCENE V Alexandria. Cleopatra's palace. Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS, and ALEXAS. Att. The...

Enjoy: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/if-you-could-go-back-in-time-and-watch-just-one-player.290825/ Arnaldo ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

No advice could be more antithetical to the definition and core existential aim/purpose of any worthwhile discussion forum. My three cents. Arnaldo ~ However, personally answering one's own "meaning of life" questions does beneficially eliminate the need for most of the planet's gaudily-garbed...

I appreciate knowing/learning about the smoking permitted policy there. That would dissuade me from ever attending that otherwise appealing event . However, to each his own. As Sinatra used to say: "You do you . . . and I'll do me." Arnaldo...

Thx. Nice to be remembered. Just read somewhere that we're about one-percent of the population, which figures out to be about three and 1/2 million of us and diminishing annually. Arnaldo ~ US Army sergeant (infantry/ordnance), Korean War era.

Great advice, Maha. It's a certainty this creature has done this crime elsewhere in the past when he was sure he'd get away with it. I advise taking this particular matter up, on any of the very active, much larger social media platforms. Somebody will remember something. Arnaldo...

Totally accurate comment, Hu. And there's a not-immediately-obvious reason for that: -- Virtually all of the older players -- especially the top tier -- honed their "smarts" (lightning-fast, instinctive risk-reward assessment on every shot) -- not via cumulative tournament experiences -- but...