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I think you have answered your questions yourself. Tournament play at any level isn't going to be your cup of tea. Mine either although I played the occasional tournament. One of the things I really disliked was sometimes blowing through the "A" side then trying to stay warm while waiting hours...

Paul, I have always heard everybody has one book in them; and it is usually a good place for it to stay! I have written a few chapters a handful of times, that is about as far as I can get. I have always felt like you could write a good book. You are smarter than the average bear and you have...

I have more equipment than most cue builders and don't build cues so I feel free to say it really takes very little equipment to build a cue. A couple places build blanks if you want to go the full splice route, sneakies and merry widows just need a lathe and very minimal skills. Ringwork can be...

Got to admit Coco is right. Even golf tours you have never heard of pay far better than pool. However, if pool is your thing, find a well qualified instructor near you and get instruction. That doesn't necessarily mean a good player, many good players are lousy instructors. Get some good...

Gar is a rough fish of course. Not something I would favor fried or baked but just fine as the base ingredient of basically a seafood ball, as much spices and extras as the base itself. The fish needs some taste to not get lost in the mix. Choupique which is the Cajun name for bowfin is another...

I should have painted the outside of the tip with a sharpie to hide the layers but the kids suspected a sneaky from across the room. I guess even those many years ago I didn't look like the kind of guy to own a ten dollar cue. Might have had a better chance late night too, it was still daylight...

When I had my cue shop my sister bought one of the dirt cheap Bud cues for under ten bucks complete with ripped vinyl case. One day I was bored around the shop and went to work on the bud cue. Bored the butt as deeply as I could and put a hard maple dowel and 3/8-10 quality pin in then I turned...

I heard of the trick with nylon rope. They recommended leaving the tail end fluffy for more appeal. Never got around to trying it although I always meant to. Garfish balls made from the meat after baking or boiling it are right tasty! I came up on a couple men at the boat launch rigging some...

I saw a hundred pounder and one hundred twenty pounder both caught on the same trotline by a commercial fisherman. They are a commercial fish in Louisiana and not uncommon. Sounds like a tall tale but I saw one that would dwarf even that 253 pound gar one day when fishing in a backwater of the...

I use whatever I have handy that is super sharp. I had a draw knife. When I had to do a little shaping on the end of a pine 2x4 it cut like butter both directions with no tendency to climb or dig in. When I needed to put a tip on I grabbed the draw knife. It did a beautiful job, perfecto mundo...

I saw one many years ago. It was a very well made tool that a pool room owner used to put tips on. He had put countless tips on and it was still as perfect as new. One of those things I would kinda like to own just because. A man died and his widow offered a four foot rose lathe for $15,000...

Mechanics do have a tendency to overtighten the cloth near the pockets. It usually loosens up shortly but I think we have all seen pockets with that slight inward curve. One of my first tests of a table used to be running a ball down the rail past the side pockets from both directions checking...

Happy Birthday! I am a day late and a dollar short but nothing unusual about that.(grin) I hope you went down to the pool hall and found a young whippersnapper to beat up on. If not it ain't too late! Got to schedule a visit with a cancer doctor but most of my tests have came back negative...

This is the basis for a good prop bet. Put the cash under the center diamond on the head rail. Cue ball on the head spot, object ball on the foot spot. Drive the object ball into the rail with a stop shot, have it come back and hit the cue ball. The cue ball has to roll across the money to...

The cue ball was about an inch from the middle of the foot rail. It was touching one of my balls with one or two more of my balls blocking a kick in one direction forcing a kick into the head rail to start things off. From there into the left side rail, right side rail, left side, right side...

No. Not at all. I don't have any way to video, not even a known place to play nearby after losing my table to Hurricane Ida or I could video and be worth a thousand words. I consider my slip stroke pretty typical. On the final rearward stroke right after I start back I let my hand slide over the...

I was in a place I hit balls in almost every night. Danny was on the road in a strange place. Danny was using his own stick and I was using a house cue but I had three or four house cues in there that I knew well. I didn't finish that session with the feeling I was the better player, I think it...

It can be done like that and I have done that. However, the final stroke is usually different because you do still follow through. However, the cue ball is hit while you are still in the same range of motion you have been grooving in with your practice strokes. Sometimes, particularly with...

I had went full screen at first. With video quality it is much easier to see small screen. That is a nice slip. That much or more you hit the cue ball in the same range of motion as your practice strokes. You can still follow through but it is also possible to have zero follow through. I think...

I was thinking about Mike when some people say no talking during a match. The match I mentioned earlier with Danny Medina, aside from anything else I don't think I have ever been more evenly matched with somebody. Homefield advantage definitely helped me, especially since I was and am a...