I remember when only a 13mm tip had any value. No manly man would buy a cue less than 19.0 oz. no one needed a cue longer than 58" Chalk was chalk was chalk. Only a women would wear a glove to play pool. Did I miss any?
I remember when.
It's remembering where that's killing me.
...the best players carried Fellini cases. No need for pouches, jump cues, break cues,
break/jump cues, personal triangles, personal bridge heads, $30 chalk, gloves.
Wait, what?... I remember !
All my cues are 58", 13mm, 20.5 to 21 OZ.. there'll be no LD shafts, extensions, balance rites, or $30 chalk. OK, I carry a break cue...:grin-square:
I remember when only a 13mm tip had any value. No manly man would buy a cue less than 19.0 oz. no one needed a cue longer than 58" Chalk was chalk was chalk. Only a women would wear a glove to play pool. Did I miss any?
1” ferrules
Single-layer tips
We racked with wooden racks, and didn’t obsess on checking them.
We shot with the shaft that came with the butt.
We needed a stroke to draw the ball.
And EVERYBODY played 9 ball as 2 fouls ( pushout, rollout ) ball in hand ( and, so, shot spot shots!!! )!
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8 ball. Ball in hand behind the line. Spot shots.
All the top players wore alligator shoes, a dress shirt and fancy bell bottom pants with a matching jacket. They had style and class and were proud to be great pool players. Even the Hollywood crowd looked up to them. The best players got invited to all the snazziest private night clubs (The Factory in Hollywood) and to parties at celebrity mansions.
Jimmy Caan, Telly Savalas, Fred Astaire and Peter Falk had a lot of players (Ed Kelly, Ronnie Allen, Richie Florence, Danny Diliberto) come to their homes for private games. So did Phil Spector, who used to come to the poolroom with $25,000 gambling money in the 1960's!