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Me too... very annoying. (I logged back in and checked off 'remember me' and now it seems to). Also when I do a 'New Posts' and read one, the topic doesn't show as 'read' (used to go to a light blue font) anymore...

lol... well, Rob does know my wife and they are both Portuguese... I suspect a conspiracy.

I notice there's a picture of Rob Torres (MindForPool on RSB) with one of the girls at the roll-out party. There are obviously some perks to being the owner of an upscale pool room...

Fred, yes it is... they thank the Charlotte Room in the credits. Unfortunately they didn't notify Gideon or me as to when the photo shoot would be taking place...

I used to have that problem... someone suggested that I picture my opponent in his underwear and the resulting amusement would do wonders to quell any nervousness. This worked quite well until I had to play my first good-looking female opponent - I couldn't get close enough to the table to...

Lol... so... those lessons from Ratchet beginning to kick in, eh?

Not quite the same situation but when my home table was new and I was pretty new to shooting pool, my neighbor dropped over to borrow something and I asked him if he wanted to play a few games of 8-ball pool... "Hmmn..." he said, "I've never played pool. I'll play but you'll have to show me...

I think it was my fault... I told him I thought it looked like a cross between Hugh Hefner in his bathrobe and Yul Brynner in the king of Siam...

Sorry, Fred... but your new avatar picture is creeping me out. It looks like a cross between Hugh Hefner in his bath robe and Yul Brynner as the king of Siam...

Hands down - Layani with medium Moori. I also have a Barry Cameron that hits quite nicely but my wife has adopted it. And Sheldon Lebow made me a not so sneaky pete that hit very well but the balance point was too rear-weighted for me and I sold it. Now I wish I'd simply got Sheldon to adjust...

I own four of them... I agree about the quiet hit which is what drew me to them in the first place, but also it was the first cue I hit with where I felt I was easily able to do what I wanted with the cue ball. The ball goes exactly where you hit it.

This may sound dumb or obvious but one day in my VNEA league, I was shooting a difficult long 2-rail bank (an 'impossible' shot but the only shot I could envision from a difficult position) and was pleasantly suprised to make it. Thinking about it afterwards, I realised that I didn't have to...

I know Fred quite well... but who's this Al you're talking about?

Nothing in those eastern towns as far as I know. Le Skratch has a league in Oshawa... If I go west per your thought, I hear there are some 9-ball leagues in Brampton but again it's a fair ways away from Scarborough. My league operator, when asked, said, "There isn't enough interest locally to...

I agree. Everyone I've met from these pool groups that visits us up here in the Great White North always wants to play 9-ball or some weird aberration like 1-pocket or banks (grin). In Canada we play 8-ball. I'd have to travel to Oshawa to play in the nearest 9-ball league, yet there are dozens...

In 1983, Thorburn became the first player to get a maximum 147 break at the World Championships in a match against Terry Griffiths. Not the first 147 televised though...

Lol... You're a brave man, Fred. That's one guy I wouldn't want to wrestle with under any circumstances. What if he fell on you?

You're right Fred... this is probably the most amateurish note you've ever written. Congratulations anyway!! Do we know this paragon of virtue...? You're too modest... you only (had) a few beers?

I tried quite a few cues until someone loaned me a Layani... now I have 3 soon to be 4.

Palmetto bugs - they are exactly that - flying cockroaches. I had my room changed at a Florida hotel because I shared the room with 3-4 of them. I almost managed to kill one but the suckers are blindingly fast as well as big... good luck finding a hotel in Florida without any, JAM!