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Snooker fundamentals are the most solid for any game with pockets IMO. Except for the occasional savant our games lack of continuity are generally related to our fundamentals., Something that always puzzled me was watching the players at Hard Times play "Golf" on the 6' x 12' Big Bertha. They...

I was going to my table at Hard Times that was the next one past where Hill Billy was playing a local. I didn't know him and didn't know he was in town. As I was walking past his table he broke and I flinched and damn near dropped my rack of balls. What an explosion! I then watched him play for...

I haven't hit a ball for 9+months.. I live in a 55+ community and there is a group of us who get together daily for 2-3 hours and play partners on the Clubhouse's 2 Brunswicks. Only play the occasional weekend. Bottom line is that I only play about 12% of my available life time and yet not...

On & off Freddy "The Beard" and I used to e-mail back & forth. I was the one getting the education. We did both agree that the more systems you mastered on banking the better off you would be. There seem to be so many aiming systems that so many of you are so good at championing that it often...

I got a Rugged that I love but it has yet to see a pool room. A tad deeper ad heavier than I had expected but the best protection for my JoeyInCali's will ever need. Simple black with maroon threading with great workmanship.

What a waste of money. On top of that I was very disappointed in the quality of the 1 Hole being played. I did enjoy the commentary. I was glad to hear Sylver Ochoa as I didn't know what happened to him. Still don't but he sounded content. Just the occasional hint of wistfulness. I saw him in...

JoeyInCalif forwarded to me as he knows I am not enchanted with the new format. I really enjoyed it and as I mentioned to Joey all that was talked about were games not sets. Good stories and I thank you. Nobody will ever know for sure but I personally, having had cancer 7 times, do not think...

Hear! Hear! It is a serious sport in Europe. Organized & respected. Our national attitude towards the sport puts us at a disadvantage.

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Shooter's in Hemet is open and probably the one in Riverside as well. The room in Hemet opens at 5PM and say they are going to start opening at noon on Sundays. The only problem is that the numbers are changing on the Covid and the County may have to go up to the next level and the rooms as...

No negotiations after years of top dollar rent on time. I know oommercial owners od property in upscale beach communities who have worked with tenants during unforeseen circumstances--fires, flooding as well as earthquakes. In one instance it was an Ace Hardware into its third generation who was...

Alex's situation is sad. He ran a clean, honest operation. He is a victim of greed, which can't be legislated, and a pandemic that has screwed up many businesses and families. When this happened everything should have been put on hold and monies owed on all levels should have been placed on the...

Guy was wound up way too tight. But none of us know what , if anything, happened earlier. Guy throwing the punches, I believe, had training in the ring at some point in his life. Punches were short combos. Nothing wild about it. I couldn't believe the casualness of the guys at the bottom of the...

Meticulous in everything he does. All wood is aged naturally and will be discarded at any stage of the build if it turns. It must remain pristine. I have known him since he was apprenticing with Kerry and his knowledge is off the charts but he is open to what ever a fellow cue maker may have to...

My situation as well as my thoughts. Even when I do go back it will probably not be in the same manner depending on what I see around me. I will more than likely return during the slowest hours just to hit some balls and observe behavior. When Calif opened briefly the behavior, according to a...

If I was at an Expo or any place that sold cues I would not walk by that cue. It would instantly be going home with me. No deliberation at all. I wanted that cue immediately!!

Upon first look I would have never guessed how beautiful ugliness could become. I have hit with many of your cues but this so far is the best for me. Of course the aged Brazilian Rosewood you had helps give just such a solid feel with a load of feedback. I can now readily see why this wood is...

If it wasn't for this damn virus and not having my own table I would snap that up in a heart beat. I have two of his and I know how well they play. If for some crazy reason it doesn't move. Please PM me. Its a beauty!!

Please keep the stories coming. C.J. I saw you play in tournaments here in So. Calif in the mid 90's as well as at Hard Times in an IPT qualifier. You and Jay experienced an era of pool with a quality of players that unfortunately we may never see the likes of again.

Check Jay's post. I know that the guy who beats me is at least a C player. "Anybody want to play some cheap sets?" For Hard Time old timers. Every time I went into Hard Times I would always hear "Want to play some cheap sets?" The guy who always asked was Jerry Brunstetter. My answer was...