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    Monovision ... WTF?

    Monovision Contacts I am 65 years old and have monovision by means of contacts, one +2.75 and one +1.5. I'm no Shane VB but when I lose a match its usually not from missing balls, it is from getting out-safetied or otherwise out-played. For about a week after I first tried the monovision...
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    Removing Shaft Brand Names

    I like my McDermott G-Core shafts but don't like the G-Core logo printed on them. Is there a way to remove the logo without sanding it off and refinishing the shaft, like Goo Gone or something else? Thanks much.
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    Olhausen Fixes?

    I am a happy owner of an Olhausen Innsbruck table that I have had for 25 years. Out of curiousity I stopped in at the local Olhausen dealer to look at the current tables. It looked to me like the pocket facing angles on all the new tables had been made more parallel (not sure that is the right...
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    Olhausen Side Pocket Fix?

    Olhausen manufacturing changes? i am the very happy owner of a 25 year old Olhausen. I think it plays great. I stopped in to an Atlanta Olhausen dealers and looked at the tables. It appears to me that all the tables had "more parallel" pocket facings (not sure I'm using the correct...
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    New cue purchase - it’s down to Schon, Joss, or Pechauer

    I've had 30+ production cues over the years and I have come to like Pechauers the best. A Pechauer is my current playing cue and after about 50 years of buying cues, I've stopped looking for any more. I think the hit on Schons is "too stiff." But cue selection is very subjective. I think...
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    help in identifying this Brunswick table

    Somehow this St. Louis email is in a chain about identifying a table but I don't know how to move it and my reply. Grand Olive was definitely know as Arata's for many years. You can google it. I played at Grand Olive during my high school years, also at Tropicana Lanes in Clayton, Esquire...
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    whats in your case??

    Here is my Gear Keeping it simple. Pechauer Pro cue.
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    Contact lens - playing with near and far lens?

    Two Different Contacts I use 2.75 on left eye and 1.25 on right eye and they seem to work fine even on 9 foot tables. My main problems with contacts is that by 9 or 10 pm they sometimes start to lose their shape or get fuzzy so I try to change into new ones before a night match or playing...
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    Mark Wilson, Randy G, Scott Lee, Jerry Briesath & Joe Tucker

    I have taken lessons from Jerry and my pool game has improved dramatically. He is a fantastic teacher and a wonderful person. Listen to Jeanette Lee's Hall of Fame acceptance speech at about 28 minutes to hear her praise Jerry. You can look at his three disc lesson set to get some idea of...
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    Dimensions of Gold Crown Oversize 8

    Thanks very much!
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    Dimensions of Gold Crown Oversize 8

    Can anyone please tell me the width (measured from the very outside edge of the table to the very outside edge of the table) of a Gold Crown oversize 8? I have a basement room that is just wide enough to fit my Olhausen standard 8 foot table (which is 54" inches wide from outside edge to...
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    Do you watch your league team members play?

    I am 65 years old and get to each APA match at least one half hour before the start. Usually the captain and maybe one other player is there for the first hour, which often limits our posting flexibility. I also score first if i'm not playing first. And after I play I'll usually have a...
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    The encyclopedis of pool hustlers......a review

    Best Pool Book Ever! I think Freddy's new book is the best book about pool ever written. (And I think I have read all of them.) It is so good because Freddy actually played with a lot of these guys and played with other guys who knew them. You need to buy it and treasure it.
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    Arata's "Grand Olive" Billiards ... St. Louis, MO

    The place below Grand - Olive Billiards was called Garavelli's. The Garavelli family was a well-known St. Louis restaurant family and even today there is a Garavelli's restaurant in St. Louis. I played at Grand-Olive a bunch in the 60s and Grand-Olive had what I would call an errand boy named...
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