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Raphael Yeah, it's Raphael Martinez. It was taken a month or so ago during a one pocket game at Rack em Billiards in Medford, OR.

Cues That's awesome! I would love to have seen his face when you handed it back to him. I had a girl one time who asked if she could leave her nice Stout cue at the pool hall because she was going to be gone for awhile and didn't trust her family. I asked her how long she was going to be gone...

Homeless cues It does seem weird, but it happens all the time. We have many cues that are left behind, and some that are brought in for repairs and then never picked up. I also save them in a box, sometimes for years depending on the value, and eventually sell them or donate them to the Boys...

Water "Cool" thread, but no pictures. There...drink up!

Pool players Yes, we are.

Water This is a funny thread. We charge 1.50 for a bottle of water, by the way, but it's a big bottle, really cold and refreshing, and has been known to make guys play like a champion:smile: You can get a glass of tap water for .25, or if you can't or don't want to pay the quarter, it's free...

Sweet Regina Nice story, Regina. You've always been a beauty with your massive legs and 'keyhole' inlay design-one of the best. You were made to last forever, but unfortunately Gerald wasn't, so I hope that knock at your door comes soon:smile:

Replies Thanks for the replies. We'll soon have leagues on 5 nights a week, and have 3 nights now. The in-house league sounds interesting, but these are working well for now. I suppose it's like any other customer-if you treat them right they have no reason to go elsewhere. We're trying hard to...

Raphael Martinez, Efren, and others. It's true. Different tension- different cloth = different play. The nature of ALL tables in play are a little different from table to table, depending on tension, type of cloth, and a few other factors. When our good friend Raphael Martinez was in town I...

Rails Check out ridgebackrails.com They make the best replacement rails and you can talk to Kerry about customizing the pocket size. Simonis 860hr is a newer version of the 860 and would be an excellent choice.

TAP league We recently remodeled, adding beer, wine and leagues for the first time. The TAP league has been great and our local licensees, Paul and Laurie Kinney, are in the process of adding another day. Congrats on your growth and hope to see you in Vegas!

Rail counters For what it's worth, the ball counters on the early GCs go the opposite direction from the newer chinese ones. It's kind of irritating if you're used to the originals. I'm not sure about the 3s, but if you care about that you might want to check. It seems like you could powdercoat...

Diamond light 78" from the floor.

Ball returns I have a couple of 11 year old Professionals that have the same ball returns. It's not a great system and I had to shim them in spots to make them work right. I lowered the end by the ball boxes to create more fall, and shimmed other areas to make more space so the balls wouldn't...

Trouble I played a truck driver from Chicago when I was just starting out in 1pkt and after we agreed to play he started rattling off questions about rules I'd never heard of. He wanted to know if I played 'fuzzies, sleepers, edge of the ball vs base of the ball, and 3 fouls.' I said 'what's a...

Usps You can refer to the recent "how do you ship a cue" thread if you want my entire diatribe about being 'burned' by USPS, but there's a good chance that the package WAS taped properly and cut open. Look closely at your empty package, as I did mine-and you can too if you check out the pics in...

Kershenbrock Bad pics, yes, but good enough to show it's almost surely what you think it is. Don't get in a hurry, get a LOA from Laurie if you can, and take the time to get what your cue is worth, IMO:smile:

Shipping a cue I always use the PVC with caps and put that in the triangle box. It's cheap and if the truck driver runs over it, which might happen if you use USPS, it'll still be ok. If I sound bitter about the USPS, it's because I'm still smarting from an unplayed '94 Franklin South West I...

Action There's guys in our pool room that have been playing poker for a month and will pay $50 or $100 entry into a poker tournament, but won't play in a $3.00 pool tournament even after playing pool for 40 years! The guy who used to gamble in bad games just for the action now has other options.

Expensive chalk