As you can see i play with a Lucasi that only cost me $250.00, a modest sum for a pool cue. But it is my cue and my money that bought it. If i am playing by myself it go's to the bath room with me and outside to smoke.
finally happened to me
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hdgis1
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ROFLMAO, steve we used to sit up at the tulsa billiards palace (now the table is in magoos and same situation) with quite a few of us just taking a break sitting on the rail and just wait for that! Sometimes be 5 or 10 of us just laughing our butts off, and the people would get so embarassed b/c you could hear us laughing from 20yds away, god their faces would turn beet red!
thanks for reminding me,
GreyGhost
oh wait here comes another world champ/rocket scientist har har har:grin:
c'mon Al, I'da been impressed if you'd stated that it'd been in every LADIES room....
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D a r n it, guys! A couple of you have it right. How many cheap cues are out there with great-looking plastic wrap pictures on them? And, how many custom cues have shiny, plastic-wrap-looking finishes on them?
Just 9 or 10 years ago, when I saw a fancy cue, I thought it had a plastic shrink wrap design on it. There was no appreciation for a custom. I'd been playing pool when I was young, before I had kids. There was no custom cue in my neighborhood. When the kids grew up, we figured all those pretty designs were just upgraded stuff. Pretty shrink wrap on cheap wood. We had NO CLUE how valuable some of the cues could be.
Now, I'm a cuemaker's wife and although I realize the value of a custom, I still think some of the cues LOOK like they have pretty shrink-wrap pictures on them. (Those are the ones that have the cnc corners that look printed on.)
So, even though I realize the value ranges of cues, it doesn't mean the shrink wrap is easy to determine from the customs. And, if I have to look to know the difference, I'm sure a lot of newbies and hardly-ever players won't have a clue. And, as aggravating as it might be, if you want the sport to be respected, you really DO need to treat those so-called "dummies" with the same respect you want the sport to have. Give them the benefit of the doubt, in case they really aren't thieves.
Just 9 or 10 years ago, when I saw a fancy cue, I thought it had a plastic shrink wrap design on it. There was no appreciation for a custom. I'd been playing pool when I was young, before I had kids. There was no custom cue in my neighborhood. When the kids grew up, we figured all those pretty designs were just upgraded stuff. Pretty shrink wrap on cheap wood. We had NO CLUE how valuable some of the cues could be.
Now, I'm a cuemaker's wife and although I realize the value of a custom, I still think some of the cues LOOK like they have pretty shrink-wrap pictures on them. (Those are the ones that have the cnc corners that look printed on.)
So, even though I realize the value ranges of cues, it doesn't mean the shrink wrap is easy to determine from the customs. And, if I have to look to know the difference, I'm sure a lot of newbies and hardly-ever players won't have a clue. And, as aggravating as it might be, if you want the sport to be respected, you really DO need to treat those so-called "dummies" with the same respect you want the sport to have. Give them the benefit of the doubt, in case they really aren't thieves.
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this isnt the first time this has happened at that pool hall...we were shooting and it was probably when our cue collection was at its largest and there was litteraly $1000s worth of cues sitting in the rack on the bench where i was sitting infront of the table where pocketspeed and jiml were playing while i was waiting for the winner a dude from the next table comes over and says, "excuse my are these the house cues?" I almost laughed in his face but simply told him no they are against the wall over there.
Ben
Ben
Okay, here's one for ya!
I was playing last night at Amsterdam Billiards. I left my CUE CASE on the bar table that is situated near the head tables. I walked away for a bit, came back to find two clowns racking the balls on the bar table AND SCREWING MY CUES TOGETHER! I snatched my cues, said, "WHAT THE FU*K ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU CRAZY?" They were completely clueless so I let it go but I can't tell you how much on tilt I was for the rest of the night.
I was playing last night at Amsterdam Billiards. I left my CUE CASE on the bar table that is situated near the head tables. I walked away for a bit, came back to find two clowns racking the balls on the bar table AND SCREWING MY CUES TOGETHER! I snatched my cues, said, "WHAT THE FU*K ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU CRAZY?" They were completely clueless so I let it go but I can't tell you how much on tilt I was for the rest of the night.
That's why he only gave her 25% of what he thought she needed -- she was 75% taller than him.
Now THAT is just fugged up. There's no excuse for reaching into a case.
Yeah, I apparently made a bit of a scene. The manager scolded them for it. I think it's time for a new case.
"Why? How do you know Amsterdam isn't one of those trendy pool halls that have fancy-shmancy 'containers' for their sticks, and place these 'stick packages' onto the tables conveniently for their customers? Sort of like mints on the pillow just like hotels do?"
j/k,
-Sean
Ya, I had that happen once. And, I always keep my cue in the case, assembled when I am playing. So my case, with cue inside, shaft up is leaning against the wall .... right at the end of the table we were using ...
some guy comes in, get's a tray of balls and on the way to his table, snags my cure right out of my case on the way to other table.
I stop him, enlighten him .... and blah blah blah .... I didn't know ... so sorry ...
People without pool hall etiquette should stay out of pool halls !!!!
some guy comes in, get's a tray of balls and on the way to his table, snags my cure right out of my case on the way to other table.
I stop him, enlighten him .... and blah blah blah .... I didn't know ... so sorry ...
People without pool hall etiquette should stay out of pool halls !!!!
I have seen a couple of kids at one of the local poolrooms leave their cellphones and wallets/pocketbooks out and go outside for a smoke or whatever. Talk about stupid!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
brian
Lesson Learned: Being a regular does not make the place your own.
Have you noticed in the preceding posts how many people “went outside for a smoke?” Seems we have a new problem here with the no smoking laws. I can understand people in the hall who have no idea about cue sticks and the problems will continue. Seems the stick not only goes to the John with you it now needs to go out for a smoke too.
With all the horror stories it seems there is a need for some sort of cue / case lock with a sign that that says private cue / don’t touch or something. I could just see some idiot trying to jerk it out of the case lock and busting everything showing his girl how macho he is. There is an opportunity here for some one who wants to make a buck. The problem is not going away any time soon as long as there is a need to have the hall as a place for date night and such.
A few weeks ago I was in a local hall playing alone and a foursome (dates) decided they needed to play next to me though there were 10 open tables – go figure. Anyway I immediately placed my case and break stick on the floor under the table -- seemed the only reasonable thing to do. Mr. Macho showed his date how to chalk the cue by placing the chalk on the floor and twisting the tip by rotating the inverted cue – among other things. After about 15 minutes, when they were busy doing whatever these kinds of people do, I moved to a table far away but kept my stuff on the floor. They probably thought I was a great player with a Wal-Mart cue and I wasn’t saying anything different, Paul Mottey wasn’t around so he wouldn’t care anyway.
With all the horror stories it seems there is a need for some sort of cue / case lock with a sign that that says private cue / don’t touch or something. I could just see some idiot trying to jerk it out of the case lock and busting everything showing his girl how macho he is. There is an opportunity here for some one who wants to make a buck. The problem is not going away any time soon as long as there is a need to have the hall as a place for date night and such.
A few weeks ago I was in a local hall playing alone and a foursome (dates) decided they needed to play next to me though there were 10 open tables – go figure. Anyway I immediately placed my case and break stick on the floor under the table -- seemed the only reasonable thing to do. Mr. Macho showed his date how to chalk the cue by placing the chalk on the floor and twisting the tip by rotating the inverted cue – among other things. After about 15 minutes, when they were busy doing whatever these kinds of people do, I moved to a table far away but kept my stuff on the floor. They probably thought I was a great player with a Wal-Mart cue and I wasn’t saying anything different, Paul Mottey wasn’t around so he wouldn’t care anyway.
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Yep, had it happen to me as well. "Blonde" gal grabs my Diveney and starts to go towards a table and I tap her on the shoulder and ask her if I can have my cue back and she gets this pissy look on her face and says "You weren't playing with it." So I proceed to show her the butterlfys and the inlays and tell her it's a $700 custom cue and it's MINE, not a bar cue.
She can't believe that I paid that much for a cue and my buddy who was there with me says yes, he paid that much for it, and then he shows her his Scruggs and tells her what he paid for it and she is speechless. Her and another gal were playing with a couple of guys (dates I guess) and I hear her telling one of the dudes about how much our cues cost and I see him look over at us and say something about how we must think we're good or something and sure enough those guys make it to our table eventually and want to play us and after demolishing them a few games in a row they put away the house cues and sulked up to the bar with their dates. :smile:
She can't believe that I paid that much for a cue and my buddy who was there with me says yes, he paid that much for it, and then he shows her his Scruggs and tells her what he paid for it and she is speechless. Her and another gal were playing with a couple of guys (dates I guess) and I hear her telling one of the dudes about how much our cues cost and I see him look over at us and say something about how we must think we're good or something and sure enough those guys make it to our table eventually and want to play us and after demolishing them a few games in a row they put away the house cues and sulked up to the bar with their dates. :smile:
I don't know what's more amazing...that people are that stupid or that they actually manage to get laid!
Birds of a feather, I guess...
"Lonely table" syndrome. Whenever that happens (someone takes the table beside despite every other table being available) I'm reminded of their stupidity every time we have to take turns waiting for each other to shoot at same ends of the table.
As for what happened to Jude, no wonder you were on tilt. I can't even imagine anyone being that stupid.
RD3P
Banned
i think sometimes they are just trying to steal cues....if nobody comes up to them within 5-10 minutes they will walk out the door with your stuff. especially if they take your cue and go to a table thats pretty far from where they grabbed your stick at....if they dont see anyone looking around or disstressed they will walk out with your cue.
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