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Skyy Vodka and Hennessy Cognac once matched up in my stomach on the same night. Let me tell ya, it wasn't pretty.

Invoke the dreaded "Shadow Rule"! At my house it is clearly explained to everyone who goes into my man cave that anyone that has a drink within the shadow that is thrown by the table (which is about 2-3 feet all around the table) owes the person who points out the shadow rule $5. People learn...

Scott, Please let me know if you plan on providing instruction at this location. I would love a chance to join your class in a nearby area. Thanks, Paulie

Maybe you are putting a bit of unintentional spin on the cue ball when you hit it. Putting a tiny bit of unintentional spin on the cue ball on a simple bank won't change the path enough to miss. But put that same spin and hit the rail first on a kick and it will change the path of the cue...

I'm sorry... I'm coming into this late and don't see a link to a donation option anywhere in your post. Could you post a link?

I am probably missing earlier information based on this post but is your real name Rick English or English Rick? I haven't seen your real name in this thread... but maybe it is posted elsewhere and I am just looking like a fool. :smile:

I entered one of these once... I am so competitive I finished 1st and 3rd!

I had a friend that used to drive with his driver side tire on the center line of the road all the time. It totally freaked me out. I asked him how he learned to drive and he said his father taught him to drive this way. I asked him ..."What if your father is coming the other way and both...

I don't think their approach or dominant eye changes physics.

That's how I play it as well. This way if the 9 gets lucked in when successfully shooting another ball you don't lose anything. Also, when shooting the 4, for example ... if the 4 doesn't go in, but the 9 does, you don't keep shooting. You can't use the 9 to extend your run.

Someone slap me, I must be dreaming. Did I just read a forum thread that turned from bickering to reasonable discussion? I thought that was impossible! Mods, please sticky this thread as an example for others!

Ah yes, I got caught up in the same thinking I was arguing against! Once again, these rules aren't about dictating how the object ball gets there, it is just about when the pocket should be called.

Just to reiterate... It would count under the proposed rules. Nowhere does he suggest you have to call how the ball gets to the pocket. You never have to call the 1 off the 5 as you suggest. The point is, if you could possibly go off another ball then it isn't an "obvious shot" and the...

His point is that if the 5 wasn't there you wouldn't need to call the 1. Because the 5 is there, you need to call the 1 into that pocket because it could POSSIBLY carom off the 5. You do not need to call if it will carom off the 5, you just need to call the 1 in that pocket because there is a...

Watching you play I would guess you were cross eyed! You should have your seeing eye dog shoot!

Since the picture has since been taken down .... I would play it 16 rails off the 4 ball and carom off into the 9 cross side.

The rules suggested mention in rule three that the pocketed ball doesn't contact any rails other than the 2 adjacent to the obvious pocket. Going 4 rails negates that rule.

I've come to the conclusion that if I put up a post that said "I believe I play better after eating asparagus" that Dr. Dave would immediately reply with a link to his studies and slow motion videos of the "affects of eating asparagus on pool play". This isn't a knock, you have a reply for...

I use an X-1 and still agree with a wipe down with a damp cloth. You would have to have a very wet (not damp) cloth to do any damage to the joint compounds. I swear, a wipe down with a damp cloth not only aligns the fibers but also tightens up the cloth a bit ...although this may be...

Exactly my thoughts... Now this is news!