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Unfortunately water-based 'protectants' aren't recommended for butts. It's probably oil-based which will require some sort of solvent. Unfortunately impurities can become dissolved in the oil-based products leading to unpleasant odors. You might try putting the butt on a diet high in fiber...

There's very strong scientific evidence that men and women have significantly different visual processing abilities. Gestational testosterone seems to change which parts of the vision- processing brain develop more. Women render colors more accurately and men render moving objects and object...

The chat is a necessary evil on YouTube. The algorithm massively rewards engagement vs passive viewing. Anecdotally this event is great for creating pool fans. Some folks who play in my local room were in town for the USAPL ten ball team event at the Rio. They spent some time at Griff's...

You might call Center Pocket in Bowie. They apparently don't publish their league/tournament schedule anymore, but it is a nice room. https://www.centerpocketlc.com/ The Bank Shot is another room that hosts events. They also are not very good at updating Facebook or their website. Might be...

Watching now. It is great. One of pool's greatest assets is the permeability of the barrier between local shortstop and world-class pro. Show up, pay your money, anyone could win. It is extremely compelling, especially for a sport that will never appeal to non-players.

I do a version of the "zone" idea. In my PSR I first pick a side of the shooting line I want to end up on the next ball and then pick the ideal spot. I remind myself by thinking "side and spot." Generally it is better to miss the spot but be in the correct side rather than closer to the spot...

I mentioned this in the other thread. There are significant differences between the eyesight of men and women. Women render colors more vibrantly and men see detail and motion better. It is why dudes call everything from Cabernet to the stop sign "red" and women have thirty different colors...

This is exactly why there should be a standard, or one standard for amateur play and one professional play. Trying to buy a home table knowing competition equipment could be plus or minus 20 percent is ridiculous for a game played on a piece of manufactured furniture. It isn't like we live in...

In DC as I imagine other cities, the pre pandemic real estate costs drove our rooms out of business. When every square foot has to make real money to pay for rent, any pool table is a luxury and 9 footers doubly so. A nine foot table is about fifty percent more square footage than a seven...

The obvious endpoint of this evolution is Russian Pyramid. It is a crutch for the weak to believe a ball should be make-able in a given pocket from any angle on the table. We'll be able to use Stone Henge to time our league matches.

It's 5. You can check it out. https://diamondpooltables.com/Diamond-Paragon-Pool-Table.html

The best time to standardize tables was yesterday. The next best time is today.

Let's go clay table tennis!

Someone else mentioned the club and pro standards in snooker, which would be great. If league tables were all 4.75 and pro tables 4.25, or 4 or whatever they decide, that'd be awesome. If someone wanted a table to practice for amateur leagues they could buy a league table, same for pros. Now...

That is a welcome form of "standardization" that would be great for pool. As it is, a travel APA team could play on anything from 4.25 to 5 plus in a single season. A pro standard and a rec standard would be great. Showing up to a tournament and not knowing what the equipment will be like is...

Pool is a game against an opponent, like table tennis or chess. Why we don't have a standard board or field or whatever you want to call it makes no sense. It makes practicing a nightmare. Can you imagine a world class table tennis player getting to the Olympics to find out they've decided...

The logic that the better a player is the tighter the equipment is terrible for spectating. Can you imagine if the NBA played on 12 ft rims because, "too many players can dunk now." Or the NFL raising the crossbar because the kickers are too good? Or EPL shrinking the goals because too many...

I think the idea that a ball anywhere on the table should be pot-able is weakening American pool players. Until we start juniors on Russian Pyramid tables we are always going to be playing catch-up. ,

You are misunderstanding me. I'm not saying that Joe Hacker plays on a course anything like the pros. I'm saying when golf tried to get Joe Hacker to accept 'objective' differences between the pros and amateurs, the amateurs revolted. There was a whole program to get amateurs to play with...

Having planned some large conventions and conferences, the usual way is to put out an RFP to venues that could accommodate your event, receive back written proposals and then do site visits where the hotels try to bribe you to pick them with excellent hotel rooms for organizers, food samples...