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I'm sad to report the passing of an active and fairly long-time member, Dennis Bossa, known here as L.S. Dennis. He was my close friend of many years, a great husband, a car nut, a guitarist and an avid, intelligent follower of politics. But all combined, those things did not remotely compare to...

Can't recall where I heard this and it even may have been something Dr. Dave mentioned. If I understood correctly, it was about cocking the right shoulder up and back into a stable, kind of locked position. The benefit being that it easy to keep it there and keep the shoulder out of your stroke...

... the CB and OB are just off the rail, close to straight in, and you slide the OB into the pocket off the rail. I guess that qualifies as a bank shot, true? Thanks.

The WNT.TV interface is laughable. Counter-intuitive, inadequate labelling, confusing layout, pathetically reminiscent of early website designs. They should hire a company to do user testing and fix it once and for all. It's not rocket science.

Things are getting global enough that comentators might as well be saying players' names correctly. Yeah, picky, but why not? There is no such name as "uh-LOY-asus Yapp." It's al-oh-WISH-us.

This is of zero significance and even less interest, unless you're sick of hearing that Matchroom Brit refer to Fedor as though his name rhymes with borscht (the food). There is a consonant in Russian that sounds exactly like our "sh" sound, but it doesn't occur in the Russian spelling of Gorst...

Anyone recognize this logo? It's a nice enough cue, but I assume it's an inexpensive whatever as it was given to me by a pool buddy who passed away. Thanks.

A friend went to see his neurologist due to pains in his arms. After eliminating other possible causes, the doc told him it must be repetitive stress injury from playing pool--and that he needs to quit. Years and years of heavy play, I could understand, but I can't believe this as my pal is 82...

I know they want you to stay at the Rio, but can anyone tell me what admission tickets to the matches cost? Can't find it anywhere. Or is it part of the Rio package? Thanks.

Intermediate players constantly struggling to up your game, do you ever try something new, maybe you saw a YouTube video on grip. aiming, stance or whatever, or maybe something just occured to you to change with your fundamentals, etc., and you try it out it seems like the answer to your dreams...

I have an older Schmelke weighing a bit over 19 oz. that I would like to reduce by 1/2 oz to 3/4 oz. The butt is one-piece solid bocote and there is no weight bolt. I'm wondering if it's practical to drill up into the butt to reduce the weight by removing some wood. I'd do some tests on another...

Can anyone tell me what model this Meucci is and what would be a fair price to sell it for? Butt is pristine, long-ferrule shaft is chalk-stained but smooth. Thanks very much.

Not sure if this is right, but I take it to mean a cue with no points or decoration in the butt sleeve or forearm, handle can be wrapped or wrapless. Does an unadorned, one-piece butt qualify as a Merry Widow? Can anyone tell me where the term Merry Widow comes from? Thx

This YT video purports to demonstrate a shot taught to the poster by Earl Strickland. If you're like me, you know it makes no sense. What is surprising is the number of YT commenters who say it works. It appears to say that, for cut shots using english, simply aim dead center at the OB and...

HI. I'd like to find a Players like I once had, or the same with a different wood. Shiny black composite wrapless handle with zebrawood, walnut or cocobolo butt and forearm. No points or any other decoration. Thanks.

Assuming WPA rules are in play, if a player is on the 10-ball, shooting to win, and pockets the 10 in a pocket other than the one he called, does the 10 spot and the incoming player has the usual option of shooting or giving it back? My opponent did this today, and both of us having an 8-ball...

Some players got in an argument over this at my local room today. Cue ball is frozen to another ball. The shooter intends to make a legal shot by driving the cue ball to a rail. A couple of players insisted that one can simply shoot the cue ball directly away from the OB to a rail for a legal...

I've had my a 314-3 for several months and never warmed up to the Victory tip it came with. Can anyone tell me where the Victory is in terms of hardness? Trying to figure out if I'd like something softer or harder. If you have recommendations for something better for a 314 in particular, thanks...

For 5-6 years, I felt that I just wasn't seeing the balls properly when down low over a shot. That is, with head low and looking thru the upper part of my eyes towards the object ball, as I got older nothing ever looked right. A year or so ago, I finally tried pool glasses. They didn't help...

EDITED Sorry, I did not describe this situation correctly at all and missed an important point. Australian Open Filler-WissenRack 6. 1. Filler broke and failed to meet the 3-ball compliance (one pocketed, one reached the kitchen) and walked away from the table. 2. Wissen looked it over and gave...