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I don't understand why people like their coffee so hot that it gives third degree burns. When I get hot coffee, I use enough milk to cool it off, you know, so it doesn't hurt to drink it. There's some sort of machismo associated with it, I think, i.e. "real men" like their coffee hot enough to...

I've read just about every pool book out there, and I enjoyed reading this one more than any other. My friend Hu (ShootingArts) gave me a copy as a gift about two years ago, and it sat on the shelf forgotten until a couple of months ago. Once I got started, I devoured it in one sitting...

I don't know Gabe personally at all, but that sounds like a plausible story to me. I dabble a little in coins, and fakes are getting harder to spot. They would need to be taken out of their plastic sleeves to verify authenticity, which is the whole purpose of the graded sleeves. Someone who...

Living in Oklahoma definitely teaches you to put your relationship with your stuff in its proper perspective. It also teaches you to carry insurance on everything. :)

Scott... The May 3rd tornado happened in 1999, not 1998.

CJ presents himself so eloquently on here, that it's easy to forget that he still sounds like he's from Texas in real life. :D Thanks for the bit of pool history.

Just wanted to point out that Earl won his first pro tournament by beating the Miz on TV with a full-cue jump shot in 1983........ The year that SVB was born. Earl definitely has a few moves Shane doesn't know yet, because Shane has not been alive long enough to learn as much as Earl knows...

I'm trying to curtail my natural "I hate new stuff" inclination, but those title bars between each post are pretty wide. I'm not crazy about them. Other than that, it's actually very nice looking. I could get used to it.

"How to Make Friends Online" - MahnaMahna :D

To add to that, take everything with a grain of salt, but keep your mind open. You'll be surprised by some of the things you can learn from people you don't think have anything to offer.

Black-Balled can be pretty nasty sometimes, especially when it comes to giving advice to people who don't want to hear anything except their own words echoing back at them. I hate that guy. :thumbup: When I lived in an apartment, I dreamed about having a pool table in the living room. I was...

Never heard that before, but it's plausible, I guess. It was much easier to get away with embellishing stories in the days before everyone carried a video camera. And 526 is a much cooler story than two 263's back to back. Congrats to Danny H. for a great run, I'll bet he's got a mile wide...

Could Buddy Hall do a back flip - ever?

I can relate a little. I'm married with two boys, one is five and one is seven months old. I can play as much pool as I want, but the desire is fading as I actually enjoy being with my family more than b*tching about bad rolls. :D It's not automatic, it took years of work to reach the point...

If Allen makes $400K off this thing every year (which I doubt), then he's one of the very few of his generation to actually earn a retirement from this game, and I don't see why anyone would begrudge him that. How many pool players were/are sharp enough to realize they wouldn't always play like...

Hey, B. Good to have you back.

I wouldn't from where the 8 ball is laying now, but if it was sitting in a place where it would enter the side at a steep angle (like 2 inches closer to the spot), I would rather play for a corner pocket on the game ball.

All that cig smoke has seriously affected Gene's ability to smell a rat. :D Glad everything worked out this time. This particular brand of criminal is worse than most; the kind that only preys on people who were willing to help him out.

I really don't understand the tl;dr people. I come to this forum with the express intention of finding something to read. If it's long, that just means more time reading, less time looking for something to read. This was well written, poignant and funny. It was even formatted properly...

Almost nobody tries as hard as they can for free; this is most true when playing one pocket. I like to shoot long straight back banks. I'm pretty good at them, but the real percentage for those shots is probably 60% at best. For free, I will let 'er rip. For a dollar a game, I'm going thin off...