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pocketspeed

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ok i've read about this but this is the first time its happened to me. my friend and i were playing at pool table magic in CT tonight. we stepped out for a bit and whilst we were outside the table next to us filled up with 5 folks out for a good time. we came back in and my friend hits the mens room and i rack and sit down to wait for him. then i notice that my cueclaw is empty. four cues in it when we went out. i take a quick look around and sure enough if the folks at the next table arent enjoying our custom cues. so i say "ah excuse me but you have our cues" to which the one guy out of the five who had some semblence of skill says "oh sorry we didnt know you were coming back" so i'm like "no dude you dont understand, you have OUR cues". finally the dawn breaks. after cues are returned and apologies mumbled the guy says "so where do you get cues"... man i guess we'll have to be more careful :rolleyes:

brian
 
...At least they werent stolen. Pretty empty feeling in your stomach when you see the Q-Claw empty
 
I can't tell you how many times this has happened with my mcdermott hustler!!!
 
I can't tell you how many people I know that have had cues stolen in much the same manner. I would never leave my cue without someone watching it for me (someone I know)....not even if I was about to pee in my pants (I would take it to the urinal with me).
 
man a hustler/sneaky pete is one thing...

but i've seen people try and pick up my own and others high end cues to shoot with.

YOU GOTTA BE COMPLETELY FRIGGIN RETARTED OR A THEIF TO PICK UP A HIGH END CUE AND ACT LIKE IT WAS A WALLABUSKA!

and the reply to hey you have my cue is always...OH I DIDN"T KNOW

i didn't know your cue with ivory diamonds all over it and shiny silver and baby ass smooth shaft was not a house cue....

jesus sometimes i wish i had a bat to just crack an idoit

Darwin Awards go to them,
Grey Ghost

PS: If you want to keep your cue as is, then it belongs in your hands or in your case...but on you at all times. No going piss and leaving it behind the bar, you gotta piss then put it in the case and throw the strap on your shoulder and go piss with your cue in tote. Forget the q-claw, keep that mother in your dam hands.

Don't even leave it in the car if you stopped by a friends house for a few hours...my friend just lost a super centimental cue just a few days ago, he was inside for about 3 hrs and someone stole his $70 cheap a** cd player out the dash and took the case too. One of the cues was for a national junior champ that passed away not but a few years back...all i can say is what a shame.

Take care of your stuff guys/gals, you stick to what I said and your never going to have this happen to you. Cuz it will happen, even in your favorite most perfect and safest place...YOUR CUES WILL GET STOLEN IF YOU GIVE THEM THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE
 
I've had this happen with my break cue a number of times. I would be playing and someone walks up to my break cue (which is situated beside my jacket and drink) and tries to take it. I have to be particularily careful with my snooker cue because it's more plain than others.

I have had more problems within the last few years I think due to the amount of cuetec/fiberglass house cues in pool rooms which are designed to look like two piece cues. So if you have a plain black two piece, it can easily be mistaken.

Given the choice between a wood dufferin and fiberglass cuetec that resembles a two piece, recreational players seem to always go for the latter. Which I suppose works for me when I don't have my cue with me.
 
where TF are my cues?

One night, shooting pool, drinking beer. Went to the bar to get another pitcher and left my Two McDermotts, one in the case, one leaning against the wall next to the table. Bullcrapped a minute with the barmaid . Took my pitcher to the table. Where the f*** are my cues? Come on guys, this isn't funny. Then a sick feeling came over me. Gone in a minute. Nobody saw a
thing . This was in my home bar, where I felt safe. I guess it's like leaving
a bunch of $100 bills on a table in a bar. Just dumb.:mad::frown:
 
it has happened to me. One night I was playing and stepped out for a smoke. When I returned some bimbo, two tables way, not only had my cue, but she had it tip down, resting her elbow on the butt. While my response was not nice, it was about 25% of what it should have been.
 
pocketspeed said:
ok i've read about this but this is the first time its happened to me. my friend and i were playing at pool table magic in CT tonight. we stepped out for a bit and whilst we were outside the table next to us filled up with 5 folks out for a good time. we came back in and my friend hits the mens room and i rack and sit down to wait for him. then i notice that my cueclaw is empty. four cues in it when we went out. i take a quick look around and sure enough if the folks at the next table arent enjoying our custom cues. so i say "ah excuse me but you have our cues" to which the one guy out of the five who had some semblence of skill says "oh sorry we didnt know you were coming back" so i'm like "no dude you dont understand, you have OUR cues". finally the dawn breaks. after cues are returned and apologies mumbled the guy says "so where do you get cues"... man i guess we'll have to be more careful :rolleyes:

brian
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OK when I started out reading this thread my heart started to drop into my stomach. I mean I was for sure you were gonna say the cues were gone. Man that would have sucked , but Im glad that didnt happen to ya, but the nerve of some people to pick up others cues and start playing. I had the same thing happen a few times, just shows you you have to watch everything now a days. I remember one time a friend of mine and I were playing and we layed out break cues on another table beside the one we were playing on , cause there was no one close to us or we would move them. Well this guy came in with his kid and they were a couple tables away , and we just happened to look and the kid had my freind s cue going to play with it. And the father didn't say nothing to the boy like it was ok. Till my friend said to them hey they are private cues, then we just got a look that could kill from the teenagers old man. Then you get then dad that brings his punk kid into play pool and we watched both of them carrying on slamming the house cues into the table then throwing them into the trash cans.. yea thats teaching your kid manners and responsability. The old man was nothing but a punk that didnt have a pot to piss in himself. Then people wanna ***** about it costing so much to play pool in the halls, when they dont respect the equiptment, all of regulars are the one sthat pay in the long run ,,, sorry for my long rant !!:mad:<<ED
 
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Like Grey said there is some friggin idiots out there and a lot of them wonders into a pool hall.
I was practicing once and got a phone call so i just laid my cue on the table and answered the call after about couple minutes i looked and seen my cue wasnt on the table and i look back at table in back and two pillbillys are passing it around taking turns shooting with it. I get off the phone walk back there and say it shoots good for a 700 dollar custom doesnt it. ill take 500 for it if you want it. Then the guy says oh sorry man i just thought it was a house cue.:speechless:
 
I find it amazing that people don't appreciate how many people who play pool in a pool hall have no clue about the difference between a house cue and a high end custom. To own a high end custom (or any more expensive cue) and EXPECT others to understand what it is seems very naive to me.

When we leave for a bit we typically ask the next table or the bar staff to watch our stuff, or we take it up and leave it behind the bar. These are pool halls folks, expecting un-attended stuff to be safe in a pool hall is also naive imo.

I'm glad that the stories in this thread ended well, I'm sure others have not.

Dave
 
Fleece3 said:
it has happened to me. One night I was playing and stepped out for a smoke. When I returned some bimbo, two tables way, not only had my cue, but she had it tip down, resting her elbow on the butt. While my response was not nice, it was about 25% of what it should have been.
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She must have been about 8 1/2 feet tall.
 
I have to admit, it happened to me once too. Home bar, only two tables. My friend racks the balls, and I leave my cue on the table while we step outside for a smoke. I can see the table and cue from the window outside.

I turn my back for a second, and suddenly I hear the crack of a rack breaking! I go inside, to not only find our table now occupied by two guys we have never seen before, but one of them has my cue in his hand!!

At that point, I go over and grab for my cue, and the guy doesn't want to turn loose of it. A short tug-of-war ensues, and then I begin to go 'off'...rather loudly. In short order, the locals begin surrounding the scene, and the other guy tells his buddy to turn loose of the cue, and then tells me to calm down. My friend tells both of them that actually, I am being calm...otherwise his buddy would have been wearing a house stick across his head!!! LoL!! They both left the bar rather quickly, and have never been seen there again.

Now I leave my cues behind the bar if I need to go outside for a smoke or to the bathroom.

Lisa
 
I saw this happen to a guys' Balabushka once. After he took it back he said the thing that really pissed him off was that they rolled it to see if it was straight.
 
Sure, this has happened to me lots of times too. Just bear in mind, these are the same patrons that will take a rack of pool balls and looking for an open table, will plop them out on a 5x10 billiard table. It gets even funnier when they rack the balls and break them and then start to wonder "Where are the pockets?" They're over here, guys, on these pool tables :grin::grin:
 
My cue got stolen once, but I got lucky. Three weeks later the guy was playing at a table next to me, with my cue.

Yeah, I got it back
 
"It finally happened to me"
Bummer, i thought you were gonna tell us that you lost your virginity when i first clicked on this thread.
oh well , youll get her next time pocketspeed
 
RD3P said:
"It finally happened to me"
Bummer, i thought you were gonna tell us that you lost your virginity when i first clicked on this thread.
oh well , youll get her next time pocketspeed
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sorry to disappoint you rd3p. i'm saving myself for that special girl. whats your excuse? :wink:

brian
 
DaveK said:
I find it amazing that people don't appreciate how many people who play pool in a pool hall have no clue about the difference between a house cue and a high end custom. To own a high end custom (or any more expensive cue) and EXPECT others to understand what it is seems very naive to me.

When we leave for a bit we typically ask the next table or the bar staff to watch our stuff, or we take it up and leave it behind the bar. These are pool halls folks, expecting un-attended stuff to be safe in a pool hall is also naive imo.

I'm glad that the stories in this thread ended well, I'm sure others have not.

Dave
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Finally...a logical response. Pool halls are frequented by non-players too. They don't know the difference between a house cue and a personal cue. Do you think they'll actually notice ivory inlays and veneers? Of course they won't. When I go bowling, I grab the first ball I see and start bowling. When these guys go to play pool, they're just gonna grab the first stick they see. Don't be a dick when they happen to grab yours; maybe you should have been keeping an eye on it.

You guys all want the sport to grow but you're assholes to people who don't play...something doesn't click with that.
 
had similar experience where i worked. left my phillipi on the front diamond where i was practicing. went back to clear a table where people had left. meantime some came in and the assistant checked them in. few minutes later i returned to my practice table. my cue was gone. thought the ones that checked out took it with them. instead the ones checked in picked it up and took it to the back room to play with it. when confronted that it was my personal cue, they said, oh i thought it was a house cue. yeah right $1500 house cues just waiting to be used. i learned my lesson, luckily i didnt lose the whole thing.
 
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