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In the area where I live, you mostly have APA leagues, but there are some TAP and NAPA leagues as well. I've only played in a couple TAP leagues, and they feel similar to APA without the "Trip To Vegas" goal. I do kind of prefer the NAPA format. In NAPA, all scoring is done electronically...

Not sure what your path will be Bob, but I'm guessing you'll take the Thruway (route 87) north to Albany area, then switch to Route 90 west (also the Thruway) to Utica or Syracuse, then head north from there. I'm not far from that transition point from 87 to 90, so here's a couple places that I...

Good for you that you got out there and put yourself in the mix. Even better that you have good spirits about it and that you've identified a few things to correct for the next time. Keep playing! We have a local 8-ball tournament that runs like a chip tournament. Top guys get two losses, me...

Seems like watching the pros play, a great many are playing with a butt extension on their cues all the time now. Seems like 6-8" is about the common length, and with that on, the cue is longer and more rear weighted. That's just an observation, not advice. For me, I found that switching to a...

I gave mine the Budweiser Test last night. If urine production is an indicator for positive function, then all is well!

I know this might not be a direct correlation to what you mean, but for what it's worth..... My best buddy growing up, I was his best man and he was mine, he and his wife lived around the block from my first house after getting married. Our wives were pregnant at the same time, with theirs...

Had the opposing team captain ask me about this in our match earlier this week. She asked if you were "required" to elevate your cue when the cue ball was within a chalk cube's distance from an object ball. She told me our LO passed that on during the previous week's match with them. I wasn't...

You'll find your way back, fishing is like that. When my parents lived in Port St. Lucie, and I'd go down for a visit, my dad and I would go wading in the Indian River Lagoon. Mostly just Speck Sea Trout and assorted Jacks, but it was fun. You could see something big chasing the baitfish up...

Is the foam filling a piece of foam that is inserted into the hollow tube, or is it a more of a liquid introduced into the tube which them "foams" and fills that void in doing so? I would lean towards the latter if I was making a cue, but really don't know what process is used. Seems to me...

Roy G Biv

They have stickers that you put on the face of a golf club to see where on the face the ball impacts. It's a kind of a swing correction tool. Maybe put something in front of the rack, leaning against the head ball, and see if the impact patch is captured on that. I wouldn't think it would be...

Is is A-Mish, or Ahh-Mish???

APA Nationals in Vegas were always on Valley tables, but they're putting out press releases saying that this year they will all be Diamond 7 footers. I have a Great American 7 footer, and my table has corner pockets that are a little under 4½, two balls fit, but with very little wiggle room...

Good discussion, and a fun one to offer up opinions on. I'll join. I kind of agree with the sport/game discussions, but when it comes to the olympics, it is about competition. Anything entered into the olympics needs to be competitive in some way or another. We often lament that there isn't a...

Johnny Dangerously, a really fun movie and one of my faves. I thought about this exact scene when reading that other post.

I noticed a couple small changes that may have helped redirect some additional funds to the prize money. In prior years, the floor of the venue was carpeted. I remember seeing most of the top pros break down their cues after a match, and wipe off their tips on the carpet before putting them into...

I had a second job for a while in an outdoor store, they sold stuff for hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, and the like, including clothing and footwear. It was a part-time retail position that paid peanuts, which I got right about when I separated from my ex, and was intended to occupy my time...

And if your shooting over another ball, you can palm that ball and just use it as a part of your bridge. o_O

That was his 9th.

Sky made a tough shot on the 4 ball where the new spot on the table altered the roll of the cue and it left him shooting over the 9-ball. Great shot, but he did what so many of us do and missed on the next shot. After that miss it was Shaw’s game. Really fun match to watch and the most exciting...