Best pool purchase - non cue
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A 3 inch by 3 inch piece of table felt.
It works for so many things.
It works for so many things.
Since no-one else has mentioned it the best bang for the buck I've ever spent on a Pool accessory is $5 for a "moose-antler: or "batman" bridge head.
Followed closely by about $8 for a nice leather pocket chalker (I love those damn things) and $24 for a gross box of Masters Blue.
Followed closely by about $8 for a nice leather pocket chalker (I love those damn things) and $24 for a gross box of Masters Blue.
About $1000 of time on an ultra-high-speed video system as part of the Jacksonville Project. It cleared up a lot of poorly understood phenomena for me.Cornerman said:
(I'd mention my double-inlaid Balabushka with two shafts that I got new for $175, but we're not supposed to talk about cues.)
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When I bought my poolroom, the seller hadn't included a Tornado Foosball table that was on the premises in the package. He asked if I wanted it for an extra $250. I took it. When we opened it up it had $125 in it. I have averaged $25 a week out of the table. This was June, 1993. Do the math.
i nailed my fellini case tooled "1982" and "from mike sigel" on e-bay in 1999 with the obscenely low minimum bid. no one placed a bid except me. the owner told me later that she was offered much more locally. she said she felt obligated to sell it at the e-bay bid of $200.
in 1996,i started buying annual wpba player posters, autographed by as many players who happened to come into the wpba office. most are 20+ player autographs. i ordered in 1996,7,8,and 9. they were $15-20 each, so i always got 2, 3 or 4 of each. i just saw dick abbott's website and he's asking for $800. for the 96's and doesn't have any of the later ones.that made me smile.
i also ripped a tournament program red's 1st annual 9-ball tournament - 1983 - where efren reyes made his first u.s. appearance as "ceasar morales". after heated bidding on e-bay, i got it for $34. and change. it's lost in my house right now. i put it somewhere safe when we were having the rooms painted, and i forgot where i put it. i told my kids to look out for it if i kick off suddenly before i find it. when i do find it, i need to get efren to sign it using both names.
in 1996,i started buying annual wpba player posters, autographed by as many players who happened to come into the wpba office. most are 20+ player autographs. i ordered in 1996,7,8,and 9. they were $15-20 each, so i always got 2, 3 or 4 of each. i just saw dick abbott's website and he's asking for $800. for the 96's and doesn't have any of the later ones.that made me smile.
i also ripped a tournament program red's 1st annual 9-ball tournament - 1983 - where efren reyes made his first u.s. appearance as "ceasar morales". after heated bidding on e-bay, i got it for $34. and change. it's lost in my house right now. i put it somewhere safe when we were having the rooms painted, and i forgot where i put it. i told my kids to look out for it if i kick off suddenly before i find it. when i do find it, i need to get efren to sign it using both names.
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Lessons from Randy G.
I just bought 2 home-made gizmos from a guy in Canada. He manufactures them himself.
The first one is a cue holder. I bought the small one. They fold up to fit in your long pocket in your cue case. It holds 4 cues and 2 jump cues (upside down). It fits on about any size of table, even round tables, and has a mechanism that releases fast and snugs up quickly too. It was engraved with my name and has a little 8/9 ball sticker on it.
The other thing I like that he makes is a pocket chalker. Now Jessi, the originator of the pocket chalker, is my buddy. In fact she was on my BCA team last year. But the problem I had was that I didn't always have a pocket to stick the chalker in.
This one clips to your pocket or waistband or pant leg and clicks into place, unlike the magnetic ones, so that it is locked and can't come off.
And of course, my Stretch bridge by Mike Danner is like my right hand....indipensable!
The first one is a cue holder. I bought the small one. They fold up to fit in your long pocket in your cue case. It holds 4 cues and 2 jump cues (upside down). It fits on about any size of table, even round tables, and has a mechanism that releases fast and snugs up quickly too. It was engraved with my name and has a little 8/9 ball sticker on it.
The other thing I like that he makes is a pocket chalker. Now Jessi, the originator of the pocket chalker, is my buddy. In fact she was on my BCA team last year. But the problem I had was that I didn't always have a pocket to stick the chalker in.
This one clips to your pocket or waistband or pant leg and clicks into place, unlike the magnetic ones, so that it is locked and can't come off.
And of course, my Stretch bridge by Mike Danner is like my right hand....indipensable!
i have an old Hustler movie poster, not sure if it's a reprint or not, but my uncle was working in Arkansas in the 80's building bridges and he along with some other fellow employees were out after work having a few and was approached by someone asking them if they were interested in being extras in a movie the next day which was Sat. so since they were off they agreed. it turned out to be Smokey and the Bandit 3, and my uncle being a pool nut waited for his chance and approached Jackie Gleason and asked for his autograph but didn't have anything for him to sign, he told him to come back when he had something and laughed and smacked him on the back. that afternoon he went into the local pool hall and swindled the owner out of the movie poster. He waited 3 days before he got his chance but mr gleason was all to happy to sign it. it was givin to me on my 18th birthday. the second poster i got from my parents video store and it's a Color of Money movie poster, i'm an avid race fan too, so i took it along with me to a race Paul Newman was signing autographs at and was told he was only signing the prints you had to buy, when i got to the table i told him i was gonna have him sign the movie poster and they wouldn't let me bring it into the line, he motioned one of the guys behind him over, he bent down and Paul whispered something to him, i had my picture i had to purchase signed and walked away from the table. before leaving the area the guy came up and said to give him the poster and come back at 6:30, Paul was done signing at 6:00, when i got there the guy walked up and handed it to me in the tube i carried it in and said Paul said that it was a priviledge signing it and he didn't mean for anyone to offend me before but people asking him to sign odds and ends kinda gets out of hand. now all i gotta do is find Tom Cruise and get his signature on it but i'm told that getting him to sign something is like trying to get the Pope to smoke a joint. long story to tell about 2 movie posters but they are hanging in my gameroom under glass and i'll never part with them, probably not worth much but growing up watching those movies is what got me interested in pool mostly, so they will stay with me until my son gets old enough to have them.