At Saratoga Springs
I stayed at that resort...there is a table in the rec center...8' I think. Even if I wanted to play I had no chance with all the kids lined up. Maybe other times when it's more available. So maybe good for a few racks at the right time but probably not for any kind of...
Fun pill game...
I've played lots of Razzle - mostly for fun...and Odd-Ball - mostly for money.
Here's a great pill game that's a lot of fun...lots of banging balls for luck but more strategy than you might think...
Pomp-8
• 16 pills in bottle
• Each player selects 3 pills
• Players keep 2...
My best break cue ever...which was stolen...
I ordered a sneaky pete type break cue from a well-known cuemaker. Standard stuff - 58" - 20 oz. - 13 mm shaft. When he gave it to me it was 60"...which I said I couldn't take that...which he said it would cost me to take an inch off the butt and an...
Oddball...
Oddball is a great ring game. Play like rotation...rack the 1-2-4 balls at triangle ends. Every odd-numbered ball is a money ball. At the end of the game the player with the highest total points (adding the numbers on the balls pocketed) gets paid one unit (whatever you are playing...
not sure if swanky is the right word lol...if you come to Orlando you are invited to a barbecue...and which you might then say 'comfortable'...and which you might run into a few Seminole fans lol...
table without cat...
Gold Crown I...room has different deco...items now missing - cow skull, faded pink curtains, gray rug, counter stools, all sw stuff, swing set...bid now if you want these items...
A note about Salem...
Tom
In my pool room in Salem I had an old black and white photo of Billy Hodgkins and Johnny Marco posing with their trophies...back to back New England champs in the mid-60's...John was no slouch and imo nobody could touch Billy when he was right...
Mike
I guess the mid 90’s seems a long time ago…but if you played a Florida Tour event you butted heads with these guys who actually lived here and not just passing through…and there were quite a few players not too many notches below them…
Tommy Kennedy
Buddy Hall
Steve Mizerak
Ray Martin
David...
It's not just in pool where some people excel a very great deal over the rest.
I imagine there were many painters that put as much time and effort into their painting in Rembrandt's day...and as many people (probably more) put as much energy into their music as Mozart...but could never produce...