All Pool Players Are Not Scum!
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matthew said:
Yeah, but they still don't know who took it. Just because the kids were the last ones at the scene doesn't mean they are the guilty party. They could have walked right by and then 5 minutes later someone with pool knowledge and sticky fingers doesn't try to knock on the door;-)
JoeyA said:
JA,
HEY!!!!! I resemble that remark.
Next time I see a cue case unatttended in the hallway near your room, I'm taking it and running like the wind.....we'll see if you can catch this old guy. I may be scum, but at least I'll have a nice case.
P.S. - Just let COLLECTIONGURU know that I did not "provide" any sustenance for his dietitian; I'm just a gofer. In fact, they made me eat "guppies" at that Korean restaurant.....damn, I'd rather eat that mulch that CG had at breakfast.
Interesting....
I just finished reading a thread about a guy being assaulted with a pool cue across his head for $4. Then I come to this one? lol.
I think the DCC is NOT the typical pool player though. They have the money to travel and have a love of the game much higher than a typical banger. They understand what it means to have a cue stolen..and also know the consequences if they get caught. DCC attendees are in the top tier of pool players.
A better test of honesty is to leave a 3x5 leather case leaning near the front door of your local pool hall OUTSIDE with no cameras and see how long it lasts. Then you are dealing with the TRUE public and their respective morals, ethics. Having a GPS tracker inside would be a good idea too.
This is the first year I have missed the DCC in 7 years....Sorry to say could not make it this year...next year for sure. I am hearing lots of stories from everyone coming back tho...nice to see kids visiting for the first time and the enjoyment they got just to go down for a couple days. I am missing it....
I just finished reading a thread about a guy being assaulted with a pool cue across his head for $4. Then I come to this one? lol.
I think the DCC is NOT the typical pool player though. They have the money to travel and have a love of the game much higher than a typical banger. They understand what it means to have a cue stolen..and also know the consequences if they get caught. DCC attendees are in the top tier of pool players.
A better test of honesty is to leave a 3x5 leather case leaning near the front door of your local pool hall OUTSIDE with no cameras and see how long it lasts. Then you are dealing with the TRUE public and their respective morals, ethics. Having a GPS tracker inside would be a good idea too.
This is the first year I have missed the DCC in 7 years....Sorry to say could not make it this year...next year for sure. I am hearing lots of stories from everyone coming back tho...nice to see kids visiting for the first time and the enjoyment they got just to go down for a couple days. I am missing it....
My personal experience has been that "most" real Pool Players look out for fellow Pool Players and tend to keep an eye on each other's "stuff" at Pool Halls and at Tournaments. As mentioned earlier, the younger "banger" crowd often times does not fit that mold ...
I grew up in a Southern Illinois farming community and sometimes (for fun) my buddies and I would tie an old purse (Mom's) to a fishing line and lay it in the road (just about dusk) while we hid in the bushes .. You should have seen the people in those cars slam on the brakes, back up slowly and reach out to pick up the purse ... About that time, we would reel in the purse and those jerks would burn rubber getting out of there ...
One time, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (dead of Winter) 1982, my business partner and I had just picked up a load of Antique Slot Machines to take back to California and re-furbish for resale ... As we approached Harvey's Casino Hotel, a Brink's Bank truck was blocking the road while the guards were loading huge bags of money ... One guard set a bag full of money on the rear bumper while he climbed in with another bag ... Well, he shut the door and off they went ... Needless to say, that bag-o-money fell right onto the road in front of us ... My partner hits the gas and parks directly over the bag while we contemplate what to do next ... I quickly told him to back up and I retrieved the bag and stashed it in our vehicle ... We caught up with the Brink's truck a few blocks ahead and I (reluctantly) told my friend to flash the headlights and get them to stop ... They did, and I grabbed the bag and walked it up to the Brink's truck, told them the story of how we acquired it ... They all jumped out of the truck and surrounded us like we were the Dillinger Gang, grabbed the bag and off they went ... Not a Thank You, F.U., no mention of a reward for our kind deed ... Zip, Zero, Nada ... We still felt we did the "right" thing and I just hope Karma came back their way and bit them in the Ass sooner or later ... I would do the same thing again because that was the way I was raised ... Too bad those values aren't being taught worldwide today ... We wouldn't have to lock our doors and could leave the keys in our cars, the way it was when I was a kid (in the Midwest, at least) ...
My Mother always preached to me that "There are more good people than bad in the world", but I find that to be a "stretch" at times ...
I grew up in a Southern Illinois farming community and sometimes (for fun) my buddies and I would tie an old purse (Mom's) to a fishing line and lay it in the road (just about dusk) while we hid in the bushes .. You should have seen the people in those cars slam on the brakes, back up slowly and reach out to pick up the purse ... About that time, we would reel in the purse and those jerks would burn rubber getting out of there ...
One time, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (dead of Winter) 1982, my business partner and I had just picked up a load of Antique Slot Machines to take back to California and re-furbish for resale ... As we approached Harvey's Casino Hotel, a Brink's Bank truck was blocking the road while the guards were loading huge bags of money ... One guard set a bag full of money on the rear bumper while he climbed in with another bag ... Well, he shut the door and off they went ... Needless to say, that bag-o-money fell right onto the road in front of us ... My partner hits the gas and parks directly over the bag while we contemplate what to do next ... I quickly told him to back up and I retrieved the bag and stashed it in our vehicle ... We caught up with the Brink's truck a few blocks ahead and I (reluctantly) told my friend to flash the headlights and get them to stop ... They did, and I grabbed the bag and walked it up to the Brink's truck, told them the story of how we acquired it ... They all jumped out of the truck and surrounded us like we were the Dillinger Gang, grabbed the bag and off they went ... Not a Thank You, F.U., no mention of a reward for our kind deed ... Zip, Zero, Nada ... We still felt we did the "right" thing and I just hope Karma came back their way and bit them in the Ass sooner or later ... I would do the same thing again because that was the way I was raised ... Too bad those values aren't being taught worldwide today ... We wouldn't have to lock our doors and could leave the keys in our cars, the way it was when I was a kid (in the Midwest, at least) ...
My Mother always preached to me that "There are more good people than bad in the world", but I find that to be a "stretch" at times ...
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that is far more likely
Unless you lived on top of a mountain somewhere until your 38th birthday, you met many career criminals before then. By the time I was 38 I had met dozens outside the pool rooms, far more than inside in fact. Most I didn't know were career criminals when I met them of course. One was Fast Eddy, also known as EWE, a multiple time governor of my state. I met more career criminals in my first year racing circle track than I have in decades in a pool room too. The same is true of my first year in horse racing.
Hu
Fragged said:
Unless you lived on top of a mountain somewhere until your 38th birthday, you met many career criminals before then. By the time I was 38 I had met dozens outside the pool rooms, far more than inside in fact. Most I didn't know were career criminals when I met them of course. One was Fast Eddy, also known as EWE, a multiple time governor of my state. I met more career criminals in my first year racing circle track than I have in decades in a pool room too. The same is true of my first year in horse racing.
Hu
COLLECTION GURU said:
The things I have seen and heard while being in the presence of JL and Williebetmore this past week should be removed from my memory banks................................................................................ I'm sorry but it would be difficult for me to provide you with fodder for the fire.
JoeyA
Yeah, pool players get this unfair stereotype...
I remember last year, Jay Helfert came back to the AZB room, a bit distressed. He stated that he had previously picked up his case from the AZ room, went to his room, opened his case and found his cue missing.
So he was a bit rattled about it, asking if anyone had seen his cue. I suspect he thought someone had lifted the cue.
Happy ending, though. It turned out that his cue was left standing against the wall, and he had left the room for something. Time went on, and then the remaining people didn't know whose cue it was, so it was given to someone for safekeeping.
I remember last year, Jay Helfert came back to the AZB room, a bit distressed. He stated that he had previously picked up his case from the AZ room, went to his room, opened his case and found his cue missing.
So he was a bit rattled about it, asking if anyone had seen his cue. I suspect he thought someone had lifted the cue.
Happy ending, though. It turned out that his cue was left standing against the wall, and he had left the room for something. Time went on, and then the remaining people didn't know whose cue it was, so it was given to someone for safekeeping.