Hello AZers ... I'm back from the ban

9BallPaul

9BallPaul

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It's been six months of non-posting on AZ -- by far my favorite forum. I got axed by Mr. Wilson for making some outrageous posts on the NPR board, and I'm not saying I didn't deserve it. Arguing politics with strangers is a fruitless pursuit and I won't be doing it anymore. Looking back, I can see that I made some foolish posts myself, in a lame attempt to be funny. So there, Mr. Wilson, I'm sorry.

And anyway, my guy won the election.

During my ban, I used my time by practicing on my new table (an 8-foot Presidential in my basement game room. I'm now officially a geezer (turned 60 in August) and mastering new physical skills at this age is a tough proposition. I'll never be the player I was in my 20s and 30s, but my game is coming back, little by little.

Any AZer who passes through Golden is welcome in my room, which features a fully stocked bar where happy hour runs 24/7 -- and during happy hour, all drinks are on the house.

It's nice to be back among the living again. Gonna make a New Years resolution to keep away from NPR and some of the trolls who hang there.
 
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Welcome back Paul. If you had a problem in the NPR, welcome to the club.
I am happy to hear you are getting back into the game. I am 59 and know how you feel. What was your speed in your younger days? What has changed that has had the most negative effect on your game?
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9BallPaul said:
It's been six months of non-posting on AZ -- by far my favorite forum. I got axed by Mr. Wilson for making some outrageous posts on the NPR board, and I'm not saying I didn't deserve it. Arguing politics with strangers is a fruitless pursuit and I won't be doing it anymore. Looking back, I can see that I made some foolish posts myself, in a lame attempt to be funny. So there, Mr. Wilson, I'm sorry.

And anyway, my guy won the election.

During my ban, I used my time by practicing on my new table (an 8-foot Presidential in my basement game room. I'm now officially a geezer (turned 60 in August) and mastering new physical skills at this age is a tough proposition. I'll never be the player I was in my 20s and 30s, but my game is coming back, little by little.

Any AZer who passes through Golden is welcome in my room, which features a fully stocked bar where happy hour runs 24/7 -- and during happy hour, all drinks are on the house.

It's nice to be back among the living again. Gonna make a New Years resolution to keep away from NPR and some of the trolls who hang there.
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Glad your back in the saddle Paul, now practice till I get to Colorado sometime in the next twenty years.--Leonard
 
Its good to see your back, you were one of the first AZers I talked to when I registered a year ago or so. I remember looking through the banned members list and seeing your name and saying what the #$%&. Anyway it sounds like you paid your dues and are glad to be back, we can't have to many Coloradoans on here:thumbup: You are not the only older guy who is resurrecting your game check out Johnny t and his posts. Its been interesting reading about his return to the game. Who knows maybe I can stop in sometime and check out the new table;)
 
Thanks for the warm response

Let me address some of your questions, then we can put this thread to bed.

Relearning the game at my age ain't easy. My speed was never enough to earn a reputation, but good enough to know how to match up, when to double the bet, and when to fold and go home. Of course I took my lumps, but as a teenager growing up across the street from a pool room owned and operated by mob guys, I learned some street sense.

Until I was 30 I was a professional skier in Winter Park and Aspen, but I played pool during the summers and made more money doing it than teaching skiing. Sadly, I got married and soon turned my attention to pursuing a real career. So I gave up pool at 30, except for playing on bar tables, where I ran hot and cold but could still run racks.

Forced into retirement a few years ago for health reasons, I bought a house big enough to accommodate a pool table and have been back at it or a year. On some nights, when the adreneline is flowing, I can string some racks in eight-ball and nine-ball.

I never matched up with top players but had the opportunity to watch many of them. I could learn as much from the rail as I could against them, so I sat and watched hour after hour -- guys like Ed Kelley, Bill Staton, the incomparable Buddy Hall and the wizard-like nine-ball specialist from
San Francisco, Paul Silva. Little known, but he weilded a huge cue and once busted me in San Fran. I'll try to post about it some day. Locally, a guy named Andy Hudson was my hero. He died last year.


Carry on, mates.
 
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