Enough with you nits and nitwits

Thank you.

titanic said:
I would like to apologize to anyone who has been involved in this controversy that is not a nit or a nitwit.
I did not address my post to everyone on this forum. That would be stupid and that I'm not. You know whether or not you fit the category or not.
I'm sure most of the people on this forum are straight up people who enjoy this game as much as I did when I was younger. And to them please accept my apology.
To the nits and nitwits AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE my original post stands on it's own merit.
When two players try to match up and are jivin back and forth they are BOTH TRYING TO GET THE NUTS and who could blame them for that.

Over the years there were always people in pool rooms who had talents in other things and would challenge me. I had the same reply to all of them "THIS IS A POOL ROOM NOT A GOLF COURSE, TENNIS COURT OR BOWLING ALLEY". YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME POOL THATS WHY I CAME IN HERE.
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On behalf of myself, and my NON_NIT friends, your apology is accepted. You are right about the gambling and matching up part too. There are very few pool players who will match up with someone where it is an even, or close to even match. I was at a pool tournament back in the early 80's and a pro player who was relatively unknown, asked me for the 7. I knew who he was and told him no deal, I might take the 7. Even at that, it would have been a tough game for me to win.
It is nice that you stick up for your friends. Have a great day.
 
satman said:
On behalf of myself, and my NON_NIT friends, your apology is accepted. You are right about the gambling and matching up part too. There are very few pool players who will match up with someone where it is an even, or close to even match. I was at a pool tournament back in the early 80's and a pro player who was relatively unknown, asked me for the 7. I knew who he was and told him no deal, I might take the 7. Even at that, it would have been a tough game for me to win.
It is nice that you stick up for your friends. Have a great day.
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If a "real pro" did this then I dont think it is out of line for you to out him. Who was it?

And as far as that goes I saw Imran Majid ask Claude Merrier (Sp?) for the 7 at the 2005 or 2006 DCC.
 
1 Pocket Ghost said:
Titanic is right about there being nitwits on this site...He's got 4 green rep points ! - Only nitwits would have given him good rep !......:D :D
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Fragged said:
If a "real pro" did this then I dont think it is out of line for you to out him. Who was it?

And as far as that goes I saw Imran Majid ask Claude Merrier (Sp?) for the 7 at the 2005 or 2006 DCC.
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Trust me, at that time, this guy was playing a lot of pro events, and beating a lot of top rated players. I always read all the billiard mags I could get my hands on, and paid attention to the pictures. I won't say who this was, because the guy is back out playing tournaments again, and he's a lot different now than he was in his younger days. This happened in the mid 80's. But there are guys around still doing the same thing today
 
MAY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THINK WE HIT AN ICEBERG:eek: :eek: LAUNCH THE LIFE RAFTS!!!!!!!!!!!:cool: THE TITANIC IS SINKING GOOD BYE TO ANOTHER BUCKTOOTH POST!!!!!!!!!:D

I'M TONY SINCLAIR AND WITH ALL THIS ICE LETS TANGERAY!!!!!!!!!!!! HA!!! HA!!! HA!!!!!:D
 
titanic said:
I have been reading the posts all you nits and nitwits have been writing about the Bucktooth and Fatboy debacle.

I want to set the record straight one final time. I have been a friend of Bucktooth's for over 50 years. I have known Grady Mathews almost as long.

All you youngsters have absolutely no class whatsoever.

We could all whip Muhammad Ali today but in his prime you would have got down on your knees and begged him not to hit you.

Bucktooth and Grady and Freddy all have one thing in common. They played
in POOL HALLS . Places you people would have never had the JUEVOS to even go into. The RATHOLE in Oakland, John Singer's on 7th Street in East Oakland, Trees in the Fillmore District in San Francisco to name a few.

These old players laid the grounwork for the sport you nits and nitwits are doing your best to destroy.

In their primes you would have been the "OWLS" who sat on the sidelines and tried to make your little side bets and couldn't wait to get back to your joint to tell your stories.

Im not going to say Bucktooth invented the jump shot but he is the first guy I ever saw do it back in the 6o's.

I remember watching him and Ronnie Allen play one handed one pocket and many of the games one or the other would make a ball on the break and run out.That was in Cochrans in San Francisco.

Those pool halls of their era were not FAMILY BILLIARD CENTERS!!!!! If you got out of line you could get your ass kicked pretty fast and good. When the players played I don't care how much money you had bet on the side or if you were staking a player you made no calls and did not interfere with the game.

You talk about Bucktooth being a lock artist. Did he ever ask any of you to play? No. Why? He played big action and played the top players.

Don't blame him if he got or gets huge handicaps. He doesn't put a gun to anyones head. They didn't nor do they now have to play giving him weight.

How many of you nits and nitwits ever got in a car and took off down the highway just looking for a place to play? Playing whoever was there.

I was not at the Derby Classic but I have seen the video. Why is there no sound.....to keep you idiots entertained. When Fatboy showed that cash Im sure Tooey said " Well you finally showed up with some cash follow me to the slaughter". He beckoned him at least three times to follow him.

And how many times have any of you ever seen anyone anywhere flip a coin for thousands of dollars?

If flipping a coin was gambling it would be done in every casino in the country.

When you see guys like The Beard, Grady or the Tooth you should show some respect and thank them for their contributions to this game.

And finally some words of wisdom from the old school:

If you see two guys shaking hands in a pool hall one of them is a sucker!

Don't beleive anything you hear and only half of what you see with your own eyes in a pool room.

My only regret is all you nits and nitwits are too young and you never saw pool when it was GREAT and you never will.

OH WELL!!!!!!!!
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Fantastic post !!!


I have only been playing the game since the mid 80's and are an avid player as well as a gambler, but even from what I've experienced back then when players weren't afraid to grind all night long and into the next day... I only wished I could have been around in the 60's and 70's to witness and partake in what I hear this game should still be about !

This game's ethics have been raped and exploited to no ends and has become a shell of what the true nature of this awesome sport was intended to be...

My deepest sympathies and sincerest respect !



-Eddie Wheat
 
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you are always a generation behind

Twenty or thirty years from now folks will be calling 2008 the good ol' days. The good ol' days were only so wonderful when you look at them through the lens of time. I made a living and paid two mortgages betting on my ability to play pool back in your "good ol' days." It wasn't great, it wasn't wonderful, it wasn't even particularly fun.

Hu


WheatCues said:
Fantastic post !!!


I have only been playing the game since the mid 80's and are an avid player as well as a gambler, but even from what I've experienced back then when players weren't afraid to grind all night long and into the next day... I only wished I could have been around in the 60's and 70's to witness and partake in what I hear this game should still be about !

This game's ethics have been raped and exploited to no ends and has become a shell of what the true nature of this awesome sport was intended to be...

My deepest sympathies and sincerest respect !



-Eddie Wheat
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ShootingArts said:
Twenty or thirty years from now folks will be calling 2008 the good ol' days. The good ol' days were only so wonderful when you look at them through the lens of time. I made a living and paid two mortgages betting on my ability to play pool back in your "good ol' days." It wasn't great, it wasn't wonderful, it wasn't even particularly fun.

Hu
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Yes I see your point... however, the game will never be the way it was back then... even now the action and tournaments are pretty pathetic for the most part !

I can understand it not being fun when your lifestyle is at constant risk and you are in a do or die situation on a regular basis, but if it's any consolation I admire and respect your game because I know what kind of player that has made you and I personally wouldn't want to grind it out with you at all !

Take care, Eddie Wheat
 
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