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I never looked at as if it was a ‘chick-flic’. The relationship between Newman and Laurie was more complex than superficial. I always thought it was primarily about the thin line that separates winners and losers and the fact that it’s often blurred.

I’m waiting for his wife to say something in one his commercials for JB cases. Even if she would just turn to him and say, “Shut the f%%k up John”.

“Look, I’ve got troubles and I think maybe you’ve got troubles. Maybe it’d be better if we just leave each other alone.” Unforgettable performance. The consummate film on life itself. It just so happened it also was about pool.

I’ve watched a lot on uTube. It’s slow. I agree but so are 18 holes of televised golf and professional baseball. One pocket also requires a knowledge of banks which requires a lot of trial and error to some extent.

There’s already a more challenging test. It’s called one pocket. Unfortunately short attention spans and immediate gratification keep players racking 9 or 10 balls instead of 15.

Welcome to the world of the most dysfunctional sport on the face of the earth. It’s so far removed from any other sport in popularity which is pitiful. I expect Pickle ball to surpass it. Cornhole already has as far as TV coverage is concerned.

I use one of those long sandpaper shapers to keep the shape of the tip.

In the early 60’s we had a racker named Andy. He has a carpenters apron tied around his waste to take money and make change. He was the grandfather of one of my classmates. “Rack ‘em Andy” was the call that went out at the end of a game. One and fifteen 8 ball and rotation were popular games...

For whatever reason I see very few ball return tables in Texas Other than bar tables, but that’s a different animal. I think it’s more of a “Yankee” thing. It never crossed my mind not to retrieve balls. Never played anyone that didn’t help in retrieving.

I quit taking practice strokes when I get down behind the cue ball. I find that I hit more of a punch shot similar to Jayson Shaw and I’m just as accurate if not more so.

You mean banking and missing? No. So you’ve never tried to band a shot at “count to nine”.

I know a lot of players, particularly the younger ones, don’t play one pocket for various reason. It’s too slow, takes too long to play, you have to think, you have too many safeties, jump cues are not allowed and you need to know banking and kicking systems. what they don’t realise is that a...

An example is the McAfee Show. He’s a AssClown impersonator. ESPN has reached a new low. I thought Stephen A. Smith was as low as they could go. My bad.

I remember the first time I walked into Bananas in San Antonio. Duffy walked up to me while I was sitting on the rail and we talked about our background. Duffy brought Vivian Villarreal along when she was a youngster. One thing I will always remember is how he described degenerate road players...

There is a one pocket player who recently passed away that served time for robbery in Houston. I often saw him at Cornbreads in Houston. He was soft spoken and polite. One evening I’m watching the 6:00 news and his mug shot appears and the story of being charged for robbing women in affluent...

Who revived this thread?

How many got their name in the paper for the wrong reason?

The New Braunfels newspaper article… https://herald-zeitung.com/sports/local-billiards-players-making-a-splash-on-national-world-stage/article_5857c604-f2d4-11e9-9842-17fd3ebb9998.html

7 footers? Pool on toy tables. Hahah.

Ask your wife.