Chinese speaker would have said family name first - Zhou and closest sounding English word would the like saying the name "Joe"
Meng pronounced like"mung"
Sound of her name to an English speaker would be like "Joe Mung Mung"
Of the cues I have now, my favorite is 3/8 x 11 brass pin with wood/wood joint face.
However, I have just ordered Chuck Starkey conversion with 1/2 x 8 wood pin. I am thinking that will be favorite of mine, but time will tell.
Another urban myth
There was no lead in preflag master blue. Small traces of lead were only found in the old master green chalk. I think the lead came from the lead chromate in the yellow pigment used to make the green color.
the point is that you must use your eyes and your brain to gauge a shot, not any other items like out of play balls, rulers, lasers, chalk, etc. you can use your cue, but nothing else. "judgement, not measurement"
I respect that as your opinion, but the rules say otherwise. If we were all allowed to use our opinons to interpret the rules, then everyone's rules would be different.
My opinion is that you cannot intentionally place any object or mark the table in any way to help you align the shot and I...
If you are normally replacing accidentally moved balls, then you are actually playing cue ball fouls only. In this case, since the action did not affect the outcome of the shot, there was no foul and game over with sinking of 9 ball.
If you had been playing all fouls , then this would be a...
No I don't have one and never have but I do believe that a talented player can play with about any cue and still be successful.
Earl only started badmouthing Cuetec after they cut off his sponsorship. Typical Earl.
Correct. When you call a safety you are saying " I am not calling a ball and pocket." therefore if a ball is pocketed when it has not been called, it cannot determine groups. Table is still open in this case.