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This is the ONE possible investment you might make. I thought of it right away but decided against suggesting it, not knowing how old you are. For me, that means I would be about my early 80s, so not for me.

Sadly the time to buy cues for investment has, it seems, passed. If you could get a very, very good deal on a high end collectible cue CHEAP, you might be able to flip it and make a profit. Other than that, forget it!

LOL! I've done all of these but what I've used most is cut up paperback book covers from trade paperbacks from the book bindery I worked in for 27 years. Been gone twenty years now but I still have a small stack of these and they work well using either the white paper side or the laminated...

Heard the name almost from the time I started playing seriously (early '70s) but never saw him.

This^! I played in two leagues, one of which I started and ran with people I worked with who liked pool. I had to give myself a LARGE handicap and did NOT win it. The other was larger and more organized. Both were in house only. The larger one had a good variety of players from A+ or AA to...

Not that it had anything to do with the way Pete played but I believe he was, at one time, Steve Mizerak's brother in law.;)

THAT'S why it looked familiar! I remember seeing the ebony one now, never saw the one posted here.

I burnish my Triangles whenever I think it's time but usually go for a couple of months at least, before I do it. I've done this for years with everything except layered tips.

DEFINITELY not the shot for me!

Not sure just what "power break" is but I know that if I try to hit break shots hard I'm much more liable to miss the shot and/or lose the cue ball. I've found that striking the cue ball more softly than I did back in my early days of playing and trying for a more precise hit on the rack works...

I think anyone who has seriously put in the time and effort to learn Straight Pool has experienced this in some form or other. But, I think in my case, it stems from lack of a plan like Lou said. On the other hand, "The best laid plans.........":rolleyes:

Agree with the above! That said, I've personally yet to hit a Szamboti that I liked. I've hit one Balabushka for about two hours and thought it was great. Individual preference. Edit: To be honest, neither one hit any better than the steel jointed Joss cue that I had, made by Dan Janes.

I think it's annoying and disrespectful. If someone is wearing buds or phones and doesn't hear me tell them that they are on two fouls, too bad on them. If they at least try to pay attention, I'll try a bit louder to inform them of a problem.

You might want to take a look at Phil Capelle's "Break Shot Patterns" book/DVD combination. Each page of the book has a corresponding video showing how an individual Pro player played each sequence. I highly recommend this!

That's what I've been doing since the site came back up. Edit: I'm using Chrome, for whatever that's worth.

I texted him to the number I have at the request of another member but never heard from him. The number may not be good anymore.

Newer model due to the cursive M, meaning not the original.

I use Triangles and seldom have this problem. I play a bit every day and may rough the tip once a month or so.

I'm using Chrome and have no problem but the initial login.

I try to log in like normal but I go to another screen with another log in beneath the original one and I have to do it again to actually log in. Not sure what this is about.