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We are “IU-phoric.” Not my pun. Headline of “Indianapolis Star.”

On plastic clothes. A few years ago a friend of mine died, and, in the division of his clothes among his friends, I got a bathrobe. It was from a top of the line men’s clothing chain. It was, however, quite old. It was meant to feel like silk but clearly wasn’t. I preferred my own cotton...

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All right, “Middle of nowhere!” How do you know this!? It’s wonderful to hear but….

Dear SJM, garczar, and Middle of Nowhere, Thanks for the correction on the first name. Of course I meant Carl the referee, not the Champagne Eddy. “Middleofnowhere” is nearly right. The family name was not “Zingle” but, I’m pretty sure, “Zingale.” “Garczar,”. Yes, I am older than dirt. As...

I’ll play “Back to the Future.” There’s a pool tournament going on with All Time All Stars playing, with all of them playing at their peak. On Table 1, Joe Balsis is playing Onofrio Lauri straight pool. On Table 2, Thorsten Hohman is playing Nils Feijen. I’m watching Table 1. On Table 3...

First of all: I think Fedor is terrific. Love the kid. I am not of the school of thought that thinks a player profits from playing an opponent who is WILDLY superior to him. The profit comes from playing an opponent who is better than you by a moderate degree. I have profited greatly from...

The two new pool tables are actually in the West Baden hotel, which is a long par five from the French Lick hotel. It is architecturally quite extraordinary.

You might want to reconsider playing the Pete Dye course unless you are a mountain goat. It is on the peak of a …. All right. Indiana doesn’t have any mountains. But southern Indiana has hills, and among those hills is this thing that sticks up in the air which even when you approach it from...

Cooking in a hotel room. What’s the worst thing that can happen?

The Derby is a treat! You’ll love it. Too bad about the food, however.

Sounds as if your condition is the reverse of Matthew 26.41. Your flesh is willing but your spirit is weak.

For a different approach to the problem of stalling, see the thread “DCC 1p Rule Change,” ##33-39.

Maybe Fedor is like the opposite of Samson. Fedor grew hair on his face and lost all his strength at the MC. If this is true, somebody buy him a razor!

I love Fedor! I forgot about him. But we kinda snuck him in, didn’t we. Again, I love Fedor.

“How the hell is Hatch in the mix,” asks Iusedtiberich. Atlarge produces stats that say Hatch is forty six percent in games won at the MC. Which US player from this year’s team would you like to take at six-to-five against ANY of this year’s European players? You’d go broke. You’d have to...

Garczar, Yeah, I kind of thought that too. And you can never make it simple enough that pool players can’t mess it up. I remember a year at the DCC when the rule was put into effect that your shirt had to have a collar. Way too complex. By the way, Garczar. I too I am happy that I am not...

Think NFL. Two minutes left in the game. Team A is up by 4. What becomes the strategy for Team B. Does Team A continue with its previous strategy? Does the time on the clock add a new dimension to the game? Any fan of either team turning to another channel? None of us has ever seen a pool...

In response to Lou in post #34, the match would take on an interesting aspect after two and a half hours. The player who trailed could threaten the win of the player in the lead by playing a pointless up table safety game. Think “wedge.” The player who was in the lead would of necessity have...

I have suggested this before for the problem of slow play in the DCC one pocket, and nobody has ever risen to the bait. My original suggestion was that if a match took four hours BOTH players lose. So I’ll revise it. If a match takes three hours, BOTH players lose. That takes care, to some...