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I grew up in SETX, but left for Nevada in the 1970's. So I won't be able to add stories from the 80's and 90's, but I hope you get good responses. I may recognize some names. I remember being introduced to true 'pool hall' life in the Keyhole Club in Port Arthur back in the mid 1960's to the...

Very true, but I much prefer to use my primary cue no matter where I play. I feel at a disadvantage when forced to use a secondary cue. Psychological, of course, but real to me nonetheless.

I designed my room so that I could shoot on my 8 foot table with a 'full size' 58 inch cue from any position on the table or in the room without impediment. I can do so, but just barely from one of the corners. I could not use a 60 inch cue from those few positions, so me, a 60 inch cue would be...

I've enjoyed your reporting; thanks for this thread. As for the illness, I, too have been ill with Covid symptoms several times now over the past 2 years. Twice I tested positive. Other times I had similar symptoms and did not bother getting tested. The 'treatment' and outcome is the same...

11.75 (I voted 11.8) I don't remember why I got my first shaft at 11.75 with pro taper, but loved it immediately. I have a variety of 11.75 shafts now, including a kielwood and a CF, and like all of them. When I pick up an old 12.5 or 13mm, I can still shoot with it, but it seems like a war...

I think I'll buy two new sets of Centennials just to make sure I can always have traditional colors on my table.

No screen doors or faded mirrors?

Can't discriminate!

I'm not so sure the situation described by Fatboy qualifies as 'pimping oneself'. Sounds like he was approached initially.

I did not ask about a CF extension, and I honestly don't know how John would respond to such a request. I suspect he'd be reluctant, since he is so passionate about the exotic woods. But if you can find an 'on-the-market' extension which employs the same threads, it should work on one of John's...

https://rumble.com/v1l4hhh-birds-eye-bocote-and-pheasantwood.html Cue was just shipped, so I don't have it yet. But John was kind enough to put a video together for me before he packaged it for shipment. Birdseye Bocote forearm and butt with Pheasant wood handle. Full core of Purple heart, so...

You have a plan. You enjoy having those cues (and the firearms you kept). Your plan is to enjoy life. Those cues and firearms are part of that enjoyment. When that no longer is true, you'll sell them.

As a Winchester and Colt collector, I could substitute 'Winchester Rifle' or 'Colt pistol' in your reply and be spot on. I've no interest in selling guns or cues, but will someday need to think about what to leave behind. Relics or cash?

Very nice. I agree.

John has developed an elaborate spreadsheet whereby he establishes the density of each wood type and then can estimate very closely what the final cue weight will be with different woods for forearm, butt and core. As you point out, the walnut has a relatively low density. In this case, that was...

Wait until you see the Bocote in the next one.

It is much nicer than the photos. It plays very well, which is not a surprise. Check John's site out, and his pricing. I don't think many can touch his quality and price point, maybe none.

The first of two cues John is building for me finally arrived. This one has a burled walnut handle with forearm and butt of Cocobolo. The core is a Lignum Vitae, so it is about 20 ounces. I asked John to make matching joint protectors for both shafts and the butt. These photos do not do...

I had a neighbor years ago confront me about my liberal use of weed killers in my lawn. I told them that as far as I could learn, the only potential harm was that if his wife was pregnant and somehow exposed to my lawn chemicals, their child could be born naked. He never spoke to me again.

Exactly what I would say. Room space is the one commodity which you can't add later.