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There is at some justice in the world. Trudeau will be in a Federal prison for 10 years.

I hate shaft cleaners. If the shaft gets slightly sticky I might wipe it down with a damp cotton cloth. Most good players that I know agree that the cue feels better after a shiny glaze of talc and oil has built up. I once loaned someone a cue and it came back clean. I never made that mistake...

I never get into fights but there was a young punk why keyed my car because I always beat him in pool. To get even with the clown I began twirling a wooden rack towards my chest after racking. When the punk racked a game he tried to copy my twirl and slapped himself in the face with the heavy...

Man, either you are a glutton for punishment or you enjoy watching Tom Cruise prance around a table while twirling a cue like a majorette. What a stinker of a movie.

I've seen a couple of fights in pool halls. When the fur starts flying I split. I have a rule never to gamble to gamble in bars but 8 ball bar tournaments are fun and they're easy pickins'. Oddly enough, the biggest pool room troublemaker I ever knew was a 74 year old woman who was constantly...

Pay two bucks for a Whiffle ball bat and cut off the end and part of the handle.

When Johnny Archer would come through Albany, GA as a young teenager he used to spot a pool ball on the 5 spot of a snooker table and bet that he could make the corner to corner sink and scratch. I think he gave himself several tries. I never saw Archer when he came to Albany but many people...

Seeing a great pool hall go downhill is really sad. I won't name the hall, but my favorite place to play a few years back went down the toilet. In the beginning there was a great lunch crowd of businessmen who liked to eat, have a beer or two and play a few games. Then the room owner hired a...

Lie to her and say you're going to a whorehouse.

Termite problem, perhaps? Seriously, what kind of cue do you own. It might be a loose weight bolt.

The professionals know how to maintain and harden a tip in such a way that spin and control are greatly enhanced. When the tip and stroke are perfect, only slight deviations from center ball produce great spin. The great players that I've watched always seem to strike the cue ball close to...

I once watched a five teenagers play a ring game of one dollar 9 ball. After the game ended one of the players told me that he and three of the other players were conspiring against the fifth player and each was pocketing $0.25 per game. The poor victim lost $22 and was busted. Another insane...

I've played with many different cues but there are four cues that I've never parted with. One day I decided to measure each cue to find the length from butt to balance point in all four cues the distance was 18 inches.

If a short break upsets your concentration give up pool for good.

Thank you. You've got my vote for best post ever.

I vote for Larry, Curley and Moe.

I've had so many shitty tips installed at local pool halls by people who could care less about quality. The main problem is the use of defective tips. I've never seen a pool hall employee install a tip and then redo the process because of a defect. With good layered tips there is less of a...

Blue Hog Rider, I assure you that only defective tips will spread when the overhang is trimmed the way I do it. Careful overhang slicing with a fresh blade and close observation while doing so tells much about the tip's quality including structural integrity and quality of the tanning process...

I've heard that Earl Strickland said he looks at the CB last. I saw Allison Fischer advise looking at the CB last when shooting off the rail or over an obstructing ball which works best for me. Very weak players focus almost entirely on the OB and take it for granted that they know the CB's...

You are right that I'm asking the tip to accordian when I trim the way I do just like you are asking the tip to accordian when you are pressing the side. If the tip is prone to spreading, both you and I want to know that so that we can replace it. I stand by my statement that the overhang should...