Happy Birthday George! You've given us hours upon hours of great reading from your articles over the years. A very sincere "Thank you!" for sharing your talent for writing and your love of pool with us! All the very best is wished for you!
Happy birthday, George Fels!
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BD and GF,
The only magazine I ever picked up and read the last page first. Been an avid reader since the 80s.
Happy Birthday Mr. Fels
The only magazine I ever picked up and read the last page first. Been an avid reader since the 80s.
Happy Birthday Mr. Fels
Happy birthday, George!!
(Now that I think of it, long time no see - still owing you special thanks…)
Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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„J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti
(Now that I think of it, long time no see - still owing you special thanks…)
Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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„J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti
Happy Birthday George! You're one day older than me :thumbup:. I no longer celebrate birthdays though. I am eternally 39! :smile:
Definitely one of my first and favorite parts of reading BD as well! Happy Birthday George...hope it's a good one! :thumbup:
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
To the greatest....
....pool sports writer of all time. The man who started the trend of everyone immediately going to the back page of every Billiard Digest, rather than starting on page one.
Your old pal,
Freddy B
He is an oldie but a goodie.
....pool sports writer of all time. The man who started the trend of everyone immediately going to the back page of every Billiard Digest, rather than starting on page one.
Your old pal,
Freddy B
He is an oldie but a goodie.
Mastering pool
Happy birthday George!
Thank you for the great contributions. I started playing 20 years ago and straight pool was the game my father taught me. He wasn't a great player, but he loved the purity of the game (shoot, he made me and my sister play all ball fouls when we were 13).
When I picked up mastering pool I immediately picked up a better understanding of the game. I went from running one rack at a time with the occasional 4-5 points in to the next dead end rack, to putting a lot of solid runs together. Your list of WPs changed my pool game forever, and the A-B-C-D pattern play was priceless as well. Finally, actually walking through several racks was key and raised my standards on how simple the game could be considerably.
I could go on, but I'll just say thank you one more time. I live in MN and make it down to Chicago once in a while. Please let me know if you still play, I would love to share the table with you sometime. Maybe another straight pool tournament in the future.
Have a great day!
Tin Man (Demetrius Jelatis)
Happy birthday George!
Thank you for the great contributions. I started playing 20 years ago and straight pool was the game my father taught me. He wasn't a great player, but he loved the purity of the game (shoot, he made me and my sister play all ball fouls when we were 13).
When I picked up mastering pool I immediately picked up a better understanding of the game. I went from running one rack at a time with the occasional 4-5 points in to the next dead end rack, to putting a lot of solid runs together. Your list of WPs changed my pool game forever, and the A-B-C-D pattern play was priceless as well. Finally, actually walking through several racks was key and raised my standards on how simple the game could be considerably.
I could go on, but I'll just say thank you one more time. I live in MN and make it down to Chicago once in a while. Please let me know if you still play, I would love to share the table with you sometime. Maybe another straight pool tournament in the future.
Have a great day!
Tin Man (Demetrius Jelatis)
Yours is the first article I read when BD shows up in my mailbox.
Many more...
Jeff Livingston
Whoa!!! What da.....
Neil, I didn't see your birthdate listed where the BDs are on the bottom of the forum page, unless I missed seeing it!
Belated but sincerest best wishes that you had a fantastic birthday! Hope it was a happy one for you!
Demetrius: You could come down to Red Shoes this Saturday and play in the Straight Pool Qualifier. I know you know the place. You have played many of the people who are in it when you came down a few years back. George will be doing commentary to our live feed. http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=236962
George: Sorry about the semi-hijack.
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George
I was a day too early wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook and now I am late wishing you one here on AZ. I'll get it right next year for sure!:smile::smile:
I was a day too early wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook and now I am late wishing you one here on AZ. I'll get it right next year for sure!:smile::smile:
Belated birthday wishes, George. Been a fan since the early 80's. I always appreciated how you wove humor and insight through your pieces. I particularly loved the stories of Bensinger's pool room and the characters who frequented it. Reminded me a lot of Julians in NYC.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate you on a feat you've sought for some time. That of being a 100 ball runner in straight pool. We're about the same age, and I believe you did it for the first time several years ago, so you were pushing 60 at the time. Great job, man! Have you done it again?
I also wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate you on a feat you've sought for some time. That of being a 100 ball runner in straight pool. We're about the same age, and I believe you did it for the first time several years ago, so you were pushing 60 at the time. Great job, man! Have you done it again?
100-ball runs
Age 60 wasn't the first time, Ted, and I THINK I'm up to 12 times now, the last just a few weeks ago. Thanks very much for writing. Best regards, GF
Age 60 wasn't the first time, Ted, and I THINK I'm up to 12 times now, the last just a few weeks ago. Thanks very much for writing. Best regards, GF
George, I think you have potential. Stick with it! :thumbup: