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I’ll contact Diamond soon and see what they have to say.

Likely a month or two after the order was placed. Unless Diamond was willing to send a mechanic by gratis to repair, don’t otherwise see the point in elaborating, though in that case the estimate # should suffice. Was just looking for any easy/simple fix before contacting them. BTW: Just...

Don’t recall name, but ‘REP’ initials were: ‘AB’ (on the Diamond invoice: Est.# 20-125, date:1/14/20).

Wouldn’t know how to post one. Facing is solidly glued, aligned with the cushion, but protrudes 1/16-1/8”. Possibly the glue had not completely set yet when the rail was bolted tight against the pocket, and the facing gradually creeped out after the crew had gone (?).

All I know, is that I ordered the work from the factory cust. rep., and he sent the crew (that was traveling to/from other Indiana jobs).

Didn’t notice it until long after the Diamond factory-pro mechanic had left, and didn’t think it serious enough then to warrant his returning to pull the rail. But, after a couple years of not being able to get a ball that is frozen to the rail to pass the pocket, I’m wondering if there is maybe...

Interesting conundrum. Heat does increase post-traumatic inflammation/pain, but it also speeds healing. Icing an injury reduces pain at the expense of recovery time, though with tendons, it may not matter. I believe severed tendons don’t actually heal, it’s just that the surrounding tissues may...

It’s good to be reminded of frequently overlooked options. Especially when successfully getting safe seems a very low percentage.

At about the same age as you, I was hitting 500 balls a day and came down with severe tennis elbow (Dallas West was having the same problem then). I video-taped myself playing but couldn’t detect any flaws in my form. I quit breaking 9 ball, but it didn’t help. Dallas took a lot of ibuprofen...

Haven’t been to an airport since 25 yrs. ago, when I left my car parked in front of the main entrance at O’Hare (E-lights flashing) for one minute while helping a friend I was dropping off carry their luggage through the doors. When I turned around it was already towed.

Sometimes I’m nostalgic for simpler days, when we were kids just learning and didn’t yet know the rules. The only foul back then was the ‘scratch’, and the only ‘penalty’ was loss of turn. No referee required either to notice the CB was no longer in play.

If you were locked up behind a large/jumbled pack, and all kick paths were blocked, how else could you be certain of contacting your target other than jumping? A ‘legal’ jumpshot would require an elevated cue angle, something quite easy to recognize. Whatever. It just seems to me that any...

‘Malicious intent’ doesn’t have to be rational. Offhand, the only situation that comes to mind would be a compelling need to move an opponents ball when no other route seems possible. The scene that keeps playing in my mind, is the one from the ‘Shot In The Dark’ movie, where Peter Sellers...

I agree that a situation where an intentional miscue might still benefit the shooter after the consequences of accepting a foul penalty would likely be rare, but unlike other types of intentional fouls, still inexcusable (IMHO).

P.S. ‘Player intent’ should always be a consideration, as any intentional miscue that benefits the shooter would constitute ‘unsportsmanlike conduct’ and possibly result in loss of game.

I’m all for it. Though it will (like many other ‘pro’ rules) likely be ignored by the barroom bangers, it will incite better play in the end. I have recently noticed that miscues can usually be avoided while still accomplishing your goal, if you try hard enough. In ‘all fouls’ pro games, the...

Accomplished players, in one-on-one/heads-up 9-ball, seldom ride-the-nine, as a simple runout is likely more certain. In multiple-handed 5&9 ring games though, where very large exponential scores are possible by re-spotting money balls made out-of-rotation, the single-#/roulette psychology often...

The same optimistic psychology that encourages roulette players to bet on single numbers, likely inspires bangers to ‘ride the nine’ at every opportunity. Is there any other pro game where slop counts after the break?

As a rule, midgets don’t play basketball, and there are no obese jockeys. Some ‘hundred ball runners’ are restricted to their wheelchairs though. Changing the traditional regulations to suit the handicapped is (IMHO) insulting to those who have overcome the challenge.

The 24 hr. poolroom: My idea of heaven.