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I agree, this is total BS on this forum, and this thread is a classic case of where it went to when it turned into a lesson advertising forum.. Not in the "Instructor Bible" Lol Exactly.:cool: Funny, because I'm going through a "new cue phenomenon" right now. It started a couple days ago when...

I'd be much more impressed with hand-inlaid points that were a bit uneven than with machine-inlaid points that are dead perfect. To me it's more the design and the solid integrity of the workmanship that matters. Way back in the 18th century, Stradivarius hand-crafted violins that are...

You're gonna have a real tough time finding a translator who can speak both languages. I have an Australian Shepherd who might be able to help you. So far, all he understands in American is "wanna eat?" and "wanna go out?", but we're working hard on "sit", "come", "lie down", and "leave me...

My wife is an administrator at a "special needs" high school (read "juvenile delinquent/gang banger school"). When I told her I might be able to get a couple tables donated to the school she looked at me aghast. She said that would never fly with the higher-ups because of the association pool...

And here I was gonna start a thread in the main forum about satellite-guided cue ball positioning. Oh well, I guess that belongs in the aiming forum. :rolleyes:

Well, I'm not really too good at either at this point, but I never had much of a CB at any point. Still, there are times when I feel young again and it seems like I can make anything, but there are never any times where I feel I can consistently put the CB just where I want to, so I'd have to...

Maybe not, but I'm also curious about why he would say that.

Yes, that's what I was saying earlier in this thread. Winner racks, 3 tries max. Quickly toss the balls in the triangle and spin it around a few times to eliminate pattern racking. One ball replaces the ball in the front, then the nine replaces the middle ball. Slide the one to the spot, firm...

Sadly, loser racks will never work any more because of the lack of integrity of today's players. In the match I posted earlier of Strickland vs. McCready, Keith spends all of like 4 seconds from the time the balls are inside the rack to the time he lifts the rack. Earl only gives a brief look...

Just so you don't think I'm the scurrilous one, I found the reference you asked for, and it was who I thought it was. Consider the source, but I didn't make it up (although I posted it here with my tongue placed firmly in my cheek)...

Fast Larry said so. It's gotta be true. ;)

Sounds like a straight pool version of the movie "Chinatown". "I missed (smack)... I quit (smack)... I missed (smack)... I quit (smack)..." "Tell me the truth!" "I missed AND I quit." Lol I heard versions where once or twice a well-pocketed ball came back out of the pocket due to bad pocket...

So could many great straight pool players. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zNaPXkRGN8

Even in the days of 5 second 9-ball racks, a man had a right to at least look at the rack before he broke them to see how he should hit them. I see no reason to take that right away. ;) The way I see it, if the rolls (both good and bad) are somewhat random, the break should be somewhat random...

And yet others have broken it, and by a huge margin. It just wasn't done at a public exhibition complete with signed affidavits. :cool: Transport Shane Van Boening back 80 years to when 14.1 was the championship game, let him learn the proper way to play the game from the past masters, with...

I'm not trying to take anything away from Mosconi's record, I'm just responding as to why it hasn't been broken. The real reason why is that the best pros today don't spend a lot of time trying to break it, or even playing the game. And they haven't for a long time now. There's been plenty of...

Yes, that is the real reason. There are many players today that shoot straighter and have a better CB than Mosconi had, but they don't play the game every day for hours on easy equipment. I'm sure Willie had greater straight pool knowledge than most of today's players, so his patterns and...

I looked away for a minute and thought Shaw broke them that way. That would have been the ultimate slug rack. ;) Seriously, that should have been a foul. Should have been a foul when he took an hour to rack them for Mike as well. I told my wife I hope Mike just walks past the rack when he's...

Absolutely, but today everybody wants a dead-tight rack so they can soft break and make the wing ball every time. Ain't hardly pool anymore, more like a breaking contest.

I totally agree. Poor Joe Tucker wrote book to educate players on how to read a rack and inadvertently ruined 9-ball in the process. Then he had to invent a whole new game where the break wasn't important. ;) I love that old match by the way. Two stallions in their prime, just going head to...