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If ivory was not a banned substance then African Elephants would very likely be an endangered species. The fact that they are not endangered today is because of the laws protecting them. I like dogs and I like elephants. I wouldn't eat either animal nor would I use dog teeth in a cue.

I would also love to see a "true" run out. The kind where one player never gets a single shot. Are there are any recorded examples? I've actually never seen more than 3 or so on the ESPN.

Smoking Ban I vote to ban smoking, but would be willing to accept a compromise. Split room? One day your state will ban smoking and you'll see what a blessing it is to the non-smokers.

Wow, this guy stole my post. I would love to see The Color of Money by Walter Tevis made into a movie. I sometimes wonder if a movie is crappy because the director was a schmo or if it was because some suit in Hollywood crapped all over the director's budget and then forced the Director to...

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wow As a long time retailer, I'm always surprised at the contempt that sellers hold for the buyers. It probably comes from the equally surprising lack of manners displayed by a small (but vocal) percentage of our customer bases, we begin to associate that with everyone. In any case, while it...

Luckily, when I was a 2 I was on a team with a 7 who was always willing to give advice and help my game along. I often see 2s and 3s who are left on their own to make the same mistakes over and over again. Their high level players don't seem to give a damn and pay no attention to the game. If...

New Cue I hear a lot about trying out pool cues before buying them, but in some areas there really aren't any decent billiards stores. So what do you do? Go to a pool hall and ask strangers if you can "test drive" their sticks? I'd get together with her (or without if its a surprise) and...

Beer Sell beer. Why do people insist that alcohol is evil? That region even has dry counties, madness I say. I would imagine a pool hall owner who felt that alcohol was "wrong" would have trouble building relationships with pool players--maybe that's the problem.

I do it that way for shots that are within a certain cone. I use a different pre-shot routine for cut shots. I guess I use two aiming systems. I don't think that the top pros use aiming systems per se. I think they have a pre-shot routine and once they are down they let it rip. When you...

I sell books and my industry has a recurring problem with the Nigerian scammers. They try to order large quantities of books and have them shipped overnight to Nigeria. I had a guy in another store who fell for it early on...maybe two or three years ago. After agreeing to fill the order, they...

http://www.geocities.com/dmoefunk/article_walkin.html Christopher Walken on hotdogs. They're yummy and at the Riviera they have a hot dog stand in the cheap slots area towards Circus Circus.

When I went up to a SL4, I spent a session and a half getting my as$ kicked, and I don't remember anybody complaining about my sl then. Now that I've spent a session kicking as$, I suddenly I hear a lot of grumbling. I'm sure I'll go through the same when I hit 5. Basically, people like to...

APA 9-ball. You win by scoring points--1 point per ball and 2 for the 9. A SL 8 needs 65 points to win before the SL7 gets 55. Also, we sometimes refuse to acknowledge a "better" player because they seem to desire recognition a little too much. Just a little harmless fun, but it really...

Rules Who wants to win on technicalities? It wasn't in a tournament or anything, but I gave a match to another (new) player who forgot to mark his pocket. If the guy would have made a bullshit bank or some 3 rail shot, then I would have called it, but there was only one pocket that he could...

gambling All gambling income -- legal or illegal -- is taxable. If don't declare it, you can be penalized by the IRS. So the question of course becomes do you risk an audit by the IRS or do you create evidence against yourself should you ever be arrested for gambling at pool. Though, I would...

St. Peter The side you don't like has people guzzling beer like crazy and playing for an hour or two and then opening up the table for different people to buy a bunch of beer, that's were they make money. One day you'll meet St. Peter and he'll give you directions to your pool hall.