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    Break cue weight

    Light.....18 ounces or less Heavy...25 ounces, or more if you can get away with it What's the consensus of the peanut gallery? Any and all comments welcome.
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    Coming back off a long layoff is TOUGH

    I had a layoff from about 1970 to 1995, and I gained about 80 pounds during the same period and had to adjust my stroke around my new belly.
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    Stolen Cues

    take your cue with you to the toilet???
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    I received this link from PayPal about the IRS today.

    I worked as an independent contractor to state governments via an LLC, wrote off lots of my expenses since it was remote site work, airfare, hotels, meals, business expenses, incidentals, etc.
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    I received this link from PayPal about the IRS today.

    here's the real problem. You buy a cue, years ago, play with it, but then move on to something new/better and sell the old one via ebay. IRS wants their cut on the final selling price, with no consideration that you had to buy it in the first place. Its not ALL earnings or profit. The...
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    Acceptable Times to Take a Restroom Break During a Tournament Match

    i go to the bathroom 15 to 20 times a day, more than once an hour. yeah I know tmi.
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    Acceptable Times to Take a Restroom Break During a Tournament Match

    oh you youngsters....when you get to be my age, 76, with an enlarged prostate, there is NO timing, you just have to go RIGHT NOW. Just wait, you will have "bathroom issues" too, its just another "fun" part of growing old. When I look for a new place to shoot pool, I check out the facilities...
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    Sold Blue book of pool cues volume 1, 2, and 3. FS.

    approximately what years does each edition cover?? I am looking for info on mid 1990s Meucci cues.
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    is it dangerous to put my case inside of the checked-in luggage?

    BUY A CHEAP CUE AT YOUR DESTINATION
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    Beware of new users who have "just what you are looking for"

    happens all over with everything, pool cues, fishing gear, firearms, comics, baseball cards
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    My experience with Schmelke

    they should make T shirts......"I got your Schmelke, right here!!!"
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    My experience with Schmelke

    I got the 3/8 x 10 joint too, as I have an extra McDermott shaft laying around.
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    My experience with Schmelke

    it's my turn, my schmelke arrives tueday. wanted to see what i could get for $220, and risk damage or theft. leave my good cues at home. exactly 8 weeks via billiard warehouse,
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    Cue build

    Guido Orlandi??
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    When age bites

    I was working in Albuquerque in the mid-90s and got to see Jimmy Moore in his final years, slowed up a lot, had to hold on to the table to move to his next shot, but then, he would get down and his right arm would be like a teenager. Smooth as ball bearings in an oil bath.
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    When age bites

    I am right there with you at age 75. Was never any better than "average", now, who knows?? But awaiting a new Schmelke and bidding on a nice Schon on ebay. My sons and grandson will inherit some nice sticks.
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    First Joss cue impressions

    My mentor who played for about 70 years shot with a Joss with about an 11 mm shaft. He was a buddy of Jimmy Moore and played all the guys who came thru ALB over the years.
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    Dynasphere balls

    I like the Bronze set, bright colors and large numbers, easy on grandpa's eyes!!! My next ball set purchase..
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