When a cube of chalk cost more than your 1st cue. $25 Adam in 1975 . I bought my 1st custom cue from R Black,a merry widow for $250 in 83,won't hardly get a magical ld shaft today. I had all my cues out one day and realised I had 25 grand in cues and was living in a 40 g house,this was in the early nineties.I was single so evidently my priorities were not the same as they are now. I changed my lifestyle,live in a $250000 house with a wonderful woman and play with a Mottey I bought in 2002.The one thing that has stayed constant......I still can't make a ball!
You know you have been playing awhile
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True. That was THE game of choice.
Game of choice. 1Ball in the corner was it. (Phila). $1.00/$2.00 a game
You know you have been playing too long when your wife calls...you tell her you are almost done playing or you are on your way home and she says you are full of shiiit. :thumbup:
When 9-ball rules have changed 3 times...
You must be older then me. We played 9 ball for .35 a game. That was my lunch money when I was 14, 1964. I'd rather look like a pimp then eat. Yea we played 1 ball spot, spot.
That's how I won enough to buy shoes and clothes that my parents couldn't afford. A buck a game. That was big money back in my day.
Yeah, pre-Texas Express... can you say 'spot shots'?
Watching Efren from when he first hit the States to now.
Watching Earl in his prime, break and run out.
Meeting Willie Mosconi, Ronnie Allen, Steve Mizerak, and Fats...
Before smart phone distraction, before the Internet, social media, Youtube,
eBay, 'reality' TV...
Yup, been playing awhile... and I ain't done.
You know you have been playing too long when you hear the phone ring and you instinctively say...I'M NOT HERE!. I miss the old days when nobody had a phone and wife/girlfriends/others would call the hall looking for someone and you would hear 20 guys yell. I'm not here. You never saw me. I just left. I haven't seen him in days.
My first cue was a complete POS I spent I think 5.00 on in 67. I used it maybe twice then stashed it in the garage and never touched it again, playing with house cues instead. The next one was @ 2 years later, a pretty nice Viking I paid 20.00 for. The ferrule was cracked and it had no tip. The room owner got it fixed for me. I Iiked that cue a lot. Kept it for @ 3 years or so until I went into the army when I sold it just before leaving.
When Meucci cues were the most desirable and popular cue on the market, even among pro players.
When, over the phone, you could place your custom order for a Gus Szamboti cue starting at $200.
When Johnston City, IL was the mecca of the pool world for 2 weeks every year.
When "The Miz" was "The Man" as the reigning 14.1 World Champion, although he was still a school teacher, and you could get him to drive to your home to give you a 3-4 hour lesson for less than $100 (negotiable) if you were lucky enough to live in NJ.
When, over the phone, you could place your custom order for a Gus Szamboti cue starting at $200.
When Johnston City, IL was the mecca of the pool world for 2 weeks every year.
When "The Miz" was "The Man" as the reigning 14.1 World Champion, although he was still a school teacher, and you could get him to drive to your home to give you a 3-4 hour lesson for less than $100 (negotiable) if you were lucky enough to live in NJ.
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When in a pool room and someone would yell out "time on table 7" for the counter man to clock him out before he had even started putting the balls in the tray to save a couple of cents.
when a carbon fiber shaft cost as much as your first Gold Crown table.