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Aside from regular problems with “cue maker time” the quality of production cues is very good. I admire some of the customs, but the ones I had I just didn’t love. The ones that I admire I can’t seem to get comfortable with the cost. And if I pulled the trigger on something too expensive I might...

If the trend continues it is a sign that the game is healthy. Amateur golf has no added money. No cash payouts either. I have heard of big calcuttas in golf but don’t run in those circles. I am sure some big gambling at member guest or pro member events. But I dunno. Poker is subtracted money-...

A few months ago I played in a league match on a couple Valleys that had been recovered and I am pretty sure had new Penguin rails. They used the regular slow cloth. Action off the rails was fine, I thought they played pretty well. With Simonis it would be better.

Players waxing a shaft was common. It is not the same thing as putting silicon on a cue ball. At all. I am not commenting on what may or may not have happened in the recent tournament. I am saying don’t equate buffing a shaft with doctoring a cue ball. They just aren’t the same. One guy hit...

Yeah can’t tell much from the pic. But already an improvement in how it looks compared to the Global/Brunswick IMO.

What if a player asks the ref whose turn it is? What is the rule on that? If you know it isn’t your shot how is it not unsportsmanlike conduct to stand there instead of going to the chair? I haven’t had a reason to read their rules, but yeah, if you play in them you better read their rules...

My gripe with it is that the ref was spotting the 8 ball because of the rules, then didn’t say whose shot it was. Announcers said he wasn’t allowed to interfere with the player shooting so couldn’t say it was Sky’s shot. Yeah players need to know the rules. But to me this really brings up...

Yes and no. To me the quintessential barbox is the 7’ (93”) Valley with standard slow cloth and the big cueball. That was bar pool when I started. 9’ Gold Crown at the pool hall and Valley with the big cueball at the bars. So the 7’ Diamond with Simonis and good balls is a bar table but not...

Yeah, and look at the B&R percentage after a successful break by excellent players and tell me again why 500 FargoRate players need to be playing 10 ball on 3.75” pockets on a 10’ table.😉

I never met him until this year in Las Vegas. Talked about a cue deal but nothing came of it and I bought a video. I had heard a little about him but had never met him. We didn’t discuss anything personal but he was a straightforward guy talking about deals. Like I said, I don’t know him but...

Had occasion this week to hit a few with a Schmelke that a guy picked up recently. It is old. I can’t remember which decade he said it was from. Anyway, it is an old one, ‘50’-70’s era- sorry for not remembering exactly what he told me. Had the old Schmelke joint, full splice, a little butt...

Great you did that. Small town 4th of July. Food booths run by local groups, churches etc…. Went to the ice cream booth and asked for 3 cones for us. They sold one thing. Ice cream cone for 2.75. The other worker would get which flavor. The high school age volunteer couldn’t figure out the...

I was about to comment I thought that was just I-80 in Wyoming. Jan 1 this year WYDOT website listed stretches of road as yellow. If I knew yellow meant total whiteout and hope to see an orange stick on the guardrail…. Laramie never looked so good. This summer they closed it to light trailers...

Felt is good. Basically my go to when visiting. Others I either haven’t been to or it’s been too long….

I haven’t had those mushroom either.

Not at all foolproof IME. Yes, I may well be a fool. Foolproof it is not. I had experience with that one before I tried the Longoni

I only got to use one of those recently. A guy who does tips keeps one in his bag for pool hall touch ups. I asked him to trim a tip he had put n a while ago. I have managed to screw up tips or ferrules with other tools. My efforts to replace my own tips were unsatisfactory to me etc…...

I am not judging or critiquing Dr. Dave’s teaching here (I’ve never had a lesson from him or seen him teach in person- I have read his posts and seen videos like most everyone here) or any other instructor… Here is where I think things can break down between good or great instructors and where...

I think this is a good point and can separate instructors. What can an instructor do with YOU after seeing YOU by working with YOU directly. Playing ability is not the main thing as I think we mostly agree. A non world champion may see and fix things the world champ doesn’t. Hard to know...

Gotta throw in a little plug for Tommy Armour. Had a teaching career and won majors after a decorated military stint in WWI. Won after getting mustard gassed. Wouldn’t say a guy like that had no nerve. Butch Harmon had a better teaching career than playing but he fought in combat and won on...