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St. Patrick's day is near.... It's time for an Irish pool related story. Sean was standing outside of O'Brians Pub, holding a bloody towel against his forehead. Michael Malone was walking into the pub and saw Sean.. "What happened to you Sean?" "I was enjoying a brew when a couple of 3x size...

. Hang your scoring beads close to the foot end of the table. Most 14.1 straight pool shots are pocketed at the foot end. .

Weather Alert: Cold and wet today...

Vintage photo....

Time to plow...

. A short excerpt about the contents of the book "the hustler and the champ" from BD. Give it time to load all 3 pages. https://www.billiardsdigest.com/new_current_issue/jul_07/hustlerandchamp1.pdf .

Wine does the talking...

. Sometimes breaking up clusters first, beats pocketing. Move your balls away from the rails when it's possible. Try to leave the CB where you'll have multiple choices. If you have a blocking ball near a pocket leave it there. Never pocket the last ball if you can't pocket the 8 ball. .

You should write an article about scoring beads.. Many bar box folks have never heard of them. Older pool rooms had them hanging over at least one table. Maybe it would spark 14.1 interest. .

A new Army Captain was assigned to an outfit in a remote post in the Afghanistan Desert. During his first inspection of the outfit, he noticed a camel behind the mess tent. He asks the sergeant why the camel is kept there. The nervous sergeant said, "Well sir, as you know...

Stiff neck... .

. Why isn't pool played on ESPN? I've seen cornhole tournaments. Tonight I'm watching a Canadian axe throwing league on ESPN2. .

Mr. Jewett, I agree with the separation for the first breaking foul. I do the same after scoring 50 points if playing to 100. Playing for 100 both players know if the opponent is past 50. :wink: .. Over 100 a small clothespin for each 50. My beads are 60 yrs. old, strung on a 1/8 braided wire...

. 100 beads (50 black - 50 white) hang from the wire separated by a larger stop bead. Both sets of beads (b&w) start out away from the stop and touch from the #50 bead. Each player has one color.. A total of 14 beads are pulled playing 14.1 straight pool The wire has no beads from the center to...

Nothing political here... Just some Presidential thoughts at George Bush funeral...

. Vote Democrat or Russia?... Condemning without proof. Guilty before proven innocent. Just my 2 cents.... .

Edit: The cue has a brass pin, not steel as posted. I found some pics with the same veneers, joint and a white ring. It looks like it may be an old Hoppe but all pics have a wrap and not wrapless. Did Brunswick make a wrapless Hoppe or make other cues using that long wood pilot.

That would be one fantastic video.. :yeah: .

Spalted flecks, on a maple forearm Blue, green, brown, maple veneers No wrap. Long wood pilot. Steel pin Brass joint. White butt ring. No logo This cue looks like an old Hoppe I played with in the late 50's Would anyone have a clue as to the cue maker... or the age?

She was let go for incompetence...