We are all thinking about Jim, each day and everyday that I am asked a Cue Question
I know that Jim had Joss make some question that he had inscribed, 'Elan BB'. Also he had Schmelke make some basic solid Hardwood Merry Widow Cues that had BB on the Cues.
All the cues were Players, Many werent super fancy but put together for what they were meant to do,
'MAKE BALLS'
and 'FEEL GREAT with PHENOMENAL FEEDBACK and a HIT that provided a type of TONALITY From the CueBall Thru the Cue to your Hand and to the Floor,
HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE TO MANY OF YOU OUT THERE,??!!
Love Ya, JIM
and I miss our 30 second question that turned into 4 hour phone calls, these really did happen and more often than you could imagine. In fact, I remember some of the, $500+ Long distance Phone Bills after I had moved from Oregon to Colorado and then to Florida,
Thank GOD that I finally had long-distance phone plans with unlimited long distance, LOL.
There are still a few times that I would have a customer ask a question that I couldn't answer and I knew that Jim Oswald could and I would have gladly paid the $500 to get the knowledge that Jim had packed away in his mind.
One thing that I thank Jim for is all the knowledge that he shared to me and I now can continue his legacy of passing along knowledge, sometimes unbiased opinions but one thing that was passed down to me from Jim is that if someone takes the time to ask you a question that they dont know the answer to, TAKE THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE ACQUIRED TO MAKE THE PERSON JOURNEY ON THAT QUESTION A LITTLE EASIER
and maybe you hook another HUMAN-BEING into becoming a POOL CUE 'fanatic'.
HEY Jim, say high to Grady, Danny Medina, The Beard and Ronnie Allen and Perry Weston and all the other Pool 'SOULS' that are---
Playing
Talking
and
HUSTLING
UP IN HEAVEN, where every ball rolls straight, no sticking, clinging, skidding and every table plays like the Pockets were 3 and 7/8 but every cueball you line up to the object balls and make contact with,
FINDS ITS WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POCKET
BLESS ALL POOL AND BILLIARD---LOVERS
Mike 'acedonkeyace' Kennedy:thumbup: