i'm the only degenerate in my family. nobody else has ever set foot in a pool room
Does pool run in your family??
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i'm the only degenerate in my family. nobody else has ever set foot in a pool room
Your grandfather owned boyce's!!! all the old time players out here still call it boyce's even though the name has changed several times. it's still open
I suppose you could say it does 
although we'll never know how far back, since my dad was adopted. His adopted father played quite a bit though, recreationally....
however, unlike most father-and-sons, we can't just go kick back, play, and have fun - usually just ends up with him playing and me racking
although we'll never know how far back, since my dad was adopted. His adopted father played quite a bit though, recreationally....however, unlike most father-and-sons, we can't just go kick back, play, and have fun - usually just ends up with him playing and me racking
I suppose you could say it does
however, unlike most father-and-sons, we can't just go kick back, play, and have fun - usually just ends up with him playing and me racking
I didn't know your dad was adopted. So am I. However, I have met some of birth family and am close with one blood brother, though we didn't get to know each other until we were in our thirties.
My adopted parents were 52 and 54 when I was adopted, right from the hospital. When I entered adolesence, it was during the Woodstock era. By this time, my parents were well into their sixties.
For a long time, my mom would never go out in public with me if I was wearing jeans. She thought it was disgraceful for a woman to wear pants. Actually, when I was in school, all girls had to wear dresses with hems that came to the middle of the knee.
I got bit by the pool bug and landed me a job in a local pool room as a young adult. My mom did not like this one bit, stating, "My daughter working in billiard parlor." Of course, she was born in 1902, and my dad was born in 1898. Talk about a generation gap :grin-square:
We got a cute kitten, and I named her "8-ball." My mom did not like any name associated with "billiards" and would only refer to her as "April."
Pool was in my blood for years, but I ended up having to devote my time 24/7 to my career. I left pool, but it never left my heart. Even when I was working in-house on Capitol Hill, I had a poster by my desk from the 1986 movie, "The Color of Money." Believe it or not, I had never heard of a player by the name of Keith McCready at that time. The only players I knew were locals, Geese, Cigar Tom, Tom-Tom, Strawberry, Quick Vick and Bobby Hawk, Fat Mike, Korean Lee, Drug Fair, Lawyer Robbie, Cab Driver Pete, all local action men.
Pool used to be a big part of my life, and then I let go of it, but somewhere about 10 years ago, I got bit by the love bug and was sucked back into it. Again, pool became a big part of my life for about 6 or 7 years, until I realized pool was steamrolling right over me. Pool is so different today than it was when I was in my twenties, young and dumb with no responsibilities. If anybody had ever told me I'd be back into this pool racket 10 years ago, I'd have told them they were nuts.
I totally empathize with Al Pacino's infamous quote.
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. -- Michael Corleone in The Godfather
That's my story, and I'm sticking with it! :thumbup:
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Yes sir, he opened that room in like '66 or so. Maybe when I retire from the Coast Guard I will open something up there. Stockton is hurting for things to do and nice places to go to.
My mom did not play, but was a real tom boy and scrapper, and taught me how to make sling shots and anything else to get a boy in trouble. My dad was an above average player, and taught my older brother and I how to play. We played a lot, my dad always loved the game, we played until the day he died. We had so many good times playing and walked a many a mile around pool tables back in Kentucky. Once I got pretty good, dad would say, ok let's play some but if I catch you not trying I'm going to quit and go home. And he would to. When he would beat me in a game he would say, how you like that sonny boy. I was a teenager at he time, and I would bare down and play harder, and that was just what he wanted. You know AZers we bust each others chops on this board on politics and a host of other issues, but reading all these posts, is what it is all about. Thank you all for sharing your memories with me.
I also found my way to pool thru my parents- after they both started playin pool in the late 70s my father bought a 8 feet brunswick windsor and placed in in the basement. so i started shootin balls for myself there- after about half a year the best player of their club came to me and played some 8-ball games with me. after 15 minutes or so he told my parents about that it was boring for him with me- they asked? what?why boring?
and he said: hm, how should i say- the most of the time i was putting up racks after was being defeated .......2 month later i started in leagues
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and he said: hm, how should i say- the most of the time i was putting up racks after was being defeated
.......2 month later i started in leagues lg
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wow.....heres an old thread resurrected, but i'm up and have nothing better to do then to add...lol
pool started in my family with my great grandfather. My grandpa now is the biggest player besides me and he just goes down to the "moose" once a week and plays with an old friend. My dad plays a game here and there in a bar and it always pissed me off. He's a natural shot, plays a great game, always uses a bar cue, but doesn't really care. after he plays his couple games once a month he never thinks about it again. but the guy just has natural ability...........now if only i could have gotten that gene!!!!!
pool started in my family with my great grandfather. My grandpa now is the biggest player besides me and he just goes down to the "moose" once a week and plays with an old friend. My dad plays a game here and there in a bar and it always pissed me off. He's a natural shot, plays a great game, always uses a bar cue, but doesn't really care. after he plays his couple games once a month he never thinks about it again. but the guy just has natural ability...........now if only i could have gotten that gene!!!!!