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  1. ShortBusRuss

    Streaming 2025 Derby City

    If I had to bet, the QR code is simply an "easier" way to buy the pass through a phone, as it likely links to your Google/Apple payment details. There is also a "register/login" button (it's the big blue one..), for those who choose to log in to the web page to view the stream.. Like I tell my...
  2. ShortBusRuss

    Well if he's a pool player, he must be drunk

    No.. It just highlights how folks on "your side" lump everyone who doesn't adhere rigidly to the full subset of your viewpoints, as all holding the same viewpoints. This is very much cult type thinking. It IS actually possible to loathe every politician under the sun, D and R. While also...
  3. ShortBusRuss

    Well if he's a pool player, he must be drunk

    I hate all politicians equally, on both sides, both Democrats and Republicans. I just happen to hate a few far right policies more than I hate any specific politician. But I still hate some specific Democrat policies as well, such as the student loan takeover orchestrated by Obama. But I hate it...
  4. ShortBusRuss

    So, are the old Gandy Big G tables really all that bad?

    It's not. With a quality smooth stroke, even a hard pocket facing will not reject the ball if you catch a little bit of rail. If you get wonky angles on slower Gold Crowns, HOWEVER, due to poor position play.... Better make damn sure you hit the center of the pocket. If anything... Diamonds...
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    Well if he's a pool player, he must be drunk

    And I am outraged that we have the first felon president, and yet here we are...
  6. ShortBusRuss

    Well if he's a pool player, he must be drunk

    Black on Black crimes - Yawn White on Black - Yawn Black on White - Literally the end of the world as the news (and far right) knows it...
  7. ShortBusRuss

    832

    Only possible due to Shaw's incredible accuracy on ball striking at all speeds. He by and large never under/overcuts a ball when the speed is important. I was in awe of his ability to set up on perfect angles to nudge the break ball an inch or two... And to set up on the key ball in such a way...
  8. ShortBusRuss

    Well if he's a pool player, he must be drunk

    Whatever, dude. The simple truth of it is, that the dude's race gets him a lot of traction in this story. Nobody is making a young black guy the centerpiece of a local news piece, in the very same exact conditions. You like to use that word "woke", when I am simply bringing your attention to the...
  9. ShortBusRuss

    So, are the old Gandy Big G tables really all that bad?

    A ball that is not scraped in off the rail with excessive speed, for the most part. For reference.. My Diamond Pro/Am has 4 1/8" pockets, and every ball that has ever hung up on me, is because I brushed the rail coming in to the pocket, such that the OB is approaching the pocket facing from a...
  10. ShortBusRuss

    Well if he's a pool player, he must be drunk

    Yes, it's a terrible tragedy that an old white guy got unfairly detained by police. If only our outrage were fairly distributed on this topic. Maybe NOW we can have that conversation about how police often overstep their bounds, and basically have little effective oversight, to the extent that...
  11. ShortBusRuss

    So, are the old Gandy Big G tables really all that bad?

    Glenn, He is talking specifically about the Red Labels, from a specific time period. And he's absolutely right. They played terribly. And players at DCC very much did complain about them banking extremely short. Remember.. My Red Label Diamond banked a full diamond short from middle pocket to...
  12. ShortBusRuss

    So, are the old Gandy Big G tables really all that bad?

    I am an American living in Germany, and because the base table is older Gold Crown 2's and such, I have some experience with tables regularly "rattling". All the club tables are tightened up using hard pocket facings, because otherwise they would be buckets. And Diamonds only "rattle" when balls...
  13. ShortBusRuss

    Slowest pro players?

    Yeah Bob... There are "some" slow players that play absolutely jam up. They are for sure some of the most unpleasant players to play against. I haven't played more than maybe about 3 such players in my life, though..
  14. ShortBusRuss

    Slowest pro players?

    Absolutely. Every time I play a slow player, the word of the day is FOCUS. Don't let ANY opportunity get away from you, and make damn sure to get out when you have the chance. And play absolutely lock up safes. Slow players only got a ton of time to get in your head if they are running balls...
  15. ShortBusRuss

    Taom chalk question.

    Correction in your post, bolded for emphasis... This is not a "worldwide" problem, FYI...
  16. ShortBusRuss

    Taom chalk question.

    Well... I find it somewhat amusing that "European safety requirement" was the very first thing that got thrown out, even though it is America that is best known for it's frivolous lawsuits.. Not... pretty much any country in Europe. I can only assume you are American, having suggested that it...
  17. ShortBusRuss

    2025 DERBY CITY ALL 3 FINALS ON LAST SUNDAY THOUGHTS....

    And this kind of sucks for seeing the gambling, as well, as the gambling matches tend to occur earlier in the week.
  18. ShortBusRuss

    2025 DERBY CITY ALL 3 FINALS ON LAST SUNDAY THOUGHTS....

    I am planning to. Thinking the side events at Internatiknal Open + Salotto matches with iusedtoberich.. Better location... Better run events. Prolly overall cheaper. And the side events report to Fargorate.
  19. ShortBusRuss

    2025 DERBY CITY ALL 3 FINALS ON LAST SUNDAY THOUGHTS....

    Anthony Meglino is the exception that proves the rule, sir....... And he's gotten deep a time or two.
  20. ShortBusRuss

    2025 DERBY CITY ALL 3 FINALS ON LAST SUNDAY THOUGHTS....

    I think it is a great idea, but due to personal reasons, I don't think I will be coming back to Derby City Classic any time soon. Bad Boys Productions still refuses to do the work to report full match scores to Fargorate, so as an American in Europe, who is interested in improving my Fargorate...
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