The bowling alley bar had a bumper pool table! HOURS on that thing when I was 6, 7, 8, etc... drinking Shirley Temples and eating packet after packet of sugar.
Pool when we were kids
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The bowling alley bar had a bumper pool table! HOURS on that thing when I was 6, 7, 8, etc... drinking Shirley Temples and eating packet after packet of sugar.
When I was 8 years old, my neighbors has a bar box in their garage. We'd take turns just making balls until someone missed. Then we'd re rack and play again. No real rules, just taking turns playing. No chalk anywhere to be found. Some of the cues didn't have tips. Just kids having fun with what you have available.
Playing on that GC in 1st grade, we were not cognizant the rack had 15 balls. We would just shoot til they were all gone, and each time we made one we'd put it on "our" side of the sofa. Once all were gone we'd count the balls and whoever had the most won! :lol:
Not to mention Boston Shorty.
Too funny!
How about Filipino “pool”?
This where many good players come from in the Philipines.
https://www.poolmania.es/en/blog/post/this-is-how-people-plays-billiard-in-the-world/292
This where many good players come from in the Philipines.
https://www.poolmania.es/en/blog/post/this-is-how-people-plays-billiard-in-the-world/292
And it's still being done at Buffalo's Billiards in Jefferson, LA, even during pro tournaments.
We had a rule, even in the grown up part, if the ball didn’t go six inches...you could take the shot over...
....and you made sure it didn’t go six inches.
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If it didnt go further than a dollar bill you got to re-shoot. Sometimes move it back or just hurry up and shoot where it lays. HAHAHAHA
When I grew up, scratch on the 8 was loss of game. Make the 8 in on the break was a win unless you also scratched, then it was a loss. When you broke in 8-ball, if you made something that was your group unless you made an even number of each, then you could choose.
Ahh, the Louisiana Crawl.
There's a picture of JoeyA doing that somewhere on this forum.
This is basically the APA rule except for the last bit. In the APA you can't choose directly, but it's open until you legally make a ball.