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BUMMMMER-I thought I was the ONLY one privvy to the peep show . Hoped she had an agenda that GEORGE wasn't aware of. Hell, I guess I was young and dumb. I did the VEIT NAM thing, got married,got a job (what a drag) and didn't play a tap until 70. Worked and got good enough to lose to some of the better players. Couple guys I played that left a lasting impression that you might know. Short ,stocky guy ---last name I think was SNYDER. Said he was from OHIO and a salesman of some kind. Another guy was slender, about5ft10in. Called himself "richie the gypsy". I left CHI quickly after playing these guys to explore some lifestyle altering opportunities and wondered,from time to time, what happened to them.freddy the beard said:
If you would have known GEORGE and his "wife" you would have realized the POOCHEY was just maximizing an oppurtunity. George had ZERO,NONE redeeming qualities. If he couldn't bet you out of the cash on the square he would do anything to get it. He was ,IMO, the most treacherous of all the treacherous characters in and around for many years.vagabond said:
Do you think GEORGE really gave a sh-t about her knowing she was sharking gamblers he probably "jared" because he couldn't get the $ any other way? The people that were close to GEORGE and lost the most were his wife(killed by his brother), his brother and maybe GEORGE. A third party can't evaluate a relashonship between two people so I don't know if George cared about her or not. Nobody knows if George cared about Poochey playing 10 toes up and 10 toes down with her if he infact did. Given a chance most men would. If he did I really don't blame Poochey---I thought it thru some time ago and concluded that women controlled about 99% of the $ in the world and at least 100% of the p-$$y. Peace from an old broke down biker to a throwback hippievagabond said:
TheConArtist said:
I have this book and gave up on it after getting about 1/4 of the way through. From what I've read so far it's core concept seems to be that you have to align you head precisely to be able to aim well. If your head is tilted your eyes may not the same distance from the objects you are looking at on the table and this will confuse your aim.
It explains this in excrutiating detail with dozens of poorly drawn diagrams attempting to show minute differences in the way you head can be aligned. This is a very hard thing to diagram especially with the limited graphical skills at the author's disposal, and so far appears to be mostly useless information in practical use. However YMMV and I haven't finished it, so maybe it gets better later on. (I heard the Butler did it ;-) )
straight pin under the cloth
A straight-pin inserted carefully, parallel to the long rail, in front of the corner pocket will create mayhem for anyone who deems to roll a ball towards the pocket. When the object ball comes in contact with the hidden pin, it will veer off and miss the pocket. The player will assume the ball rolled off. A very strong move in last pocket 8ball and onepocket. The new generation doesnt have a clue as to what it took to get the $ in my era. Kids today think all they have to do to win is shoot straight. I may eventually do a book on unethical gamesmanship. I could title it "Unethical Things You Can Do To Win And Can Probably Get Away With," or "What You Don't Know Can Get You Broke". I would really love to have a good player as a protege and train him in the black arts of pool.
Bank on!
The Beard
AuntyDan said:
A straight-pin inserted carefully, parallel to the long rail, in front of the corner pocket will create mayhem for anyone who deems to roll a ball towards the pocket. When the object ball comes in contact with the hidden pin, it will veer off and miss the pocket. The player will assume the ball rolled off. A very strong move in last pocket 8ball and onepocket. The new generation doesnt have a clue as to what it took to get the $ in my era. Kids today think all they have to do to win is shoot straight. I may eventually do a book on unethical gamesmanship. I could title it "Unethical Things You Can Do To Win And Can Probably Get Away With," or "What You Don't Know Can Get You Broke". I would really love to have a good player as a protege and train him in the black arts of pool.
Bank on!
The Beard
AuntyDan said:
Thanks for the reply, i heard there was like kid drawnings in that book.
This is how i bank a ball might look like second grade stuff but it works, i draw a line from the objectball to the rail(the white line) the from the top of the objectball i draw a line to the opposite pocket (the blue line) then the red line to the pocket where i intend to make the ball and where the red and blue line meet this is the point on the rail it has to be hit to pocket although cushion rail, speed and such have to be taken into thought.
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Beard,freddy the beard said:
Put me down for a copy if you ever produce this book.
Mike