Good
Maybe some good will come out of it, by making your cues harder to get, therefore making each cue you make worth more, which will enable you to get back to making cues full time sooner.
Good Luck with your new job!
Year
What was that a year ago when he played Alex? Shane has been around the world getting experience since that match up. I will bet on Shane in any TAR match he plays.
Lenny needs to collect his money from whoever he bet it with. Nobody is responsible for paying someone they didn't bet with and if Scott held onto all that money he won then giving Lenny his $4000 shouldn't be a problem.
Bump
I agree there are just to many people bumping their own threads and their friends threads. I also plead guilty to doing this.
I think if we just let it known that more than one or two bumps per week are frowned upon, the problem would go away.