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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Either that, or it's Bigfoot's daughter.
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    ........and when everything was over, the guy in the Caprice got in his car and drove home.
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    Conquer the cross pool game

    Looks kind of similar to Vic Conte's 4T5 game. https://play4t5.com When he had his place "Hippo's" in Utica, he'd have that set up on a 9 footer during the APA Tri-Cups. He also partnered with Dr. Cue and had a 7 footer set up at Turning Stone for people to try it up there. It's a fun game...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    I had a .243 for a while, it's now a 6BR with a much heavier barrel. In it's original form, as the Winchester Coyote, I used it for Silhouette competition. The .243 was not very hard kicking, that rifle had some weight to it which made holding it still a little easier, and it was wonderfully...
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    Your thoughts on League Operators, Vegas, Trophies

    So with Lagger's Choice, after the two opponents are identified from each team, they do their lag. Winner of the lag gets to either pick what game is played, or take the first break. If the match-ups for each game are all the same, you'd usually pick to take the break. With different skill...
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    Useful tip on chalk holders

    With that much work into it, you have to have commercialized it. C'mon, tell us how to get one!
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    Your thoughts on League Operators, Vegas, Trophies

    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...
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    Upstate New York pool halls?

    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...
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    Played in 1st tournament in over 10yrs

    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...
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    What weight are you using for your playing cue on 9ft tables?

    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...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

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

    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...
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    APA Double Hit Rule

    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...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    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...
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    Interesting question for carbon fiber shafts

    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...
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    Ball Compression Contact Patch Marks Showing How Much Balls Compress and Flatten During Impact

    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...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Is is A-Mish, or Ahh-Mish???
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    Valley 7footer

    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...
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    A (hopefully) more analytical approach re: Is pool a sport?

    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...
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