I started playing around 8-9 years old with my dad. Which was around 82-83. I began playing on a daily basis around 12, and have played off and on ever since.
How long have you been playing pool/how often do you play?
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Been playing since I was 10. I am 64 now. Although I have taken time off the game for years at a time, most recently 12 years. I have only just started back playing. I could play almost from the start it was so easy for me. I dropped out of high school to play pool. To be honest, I was making far more money playing pool then my teachers were making teaching.
My guidance councilor actually encouraged me to quit and just get a GED. I would come to school and sleep in class because I had been out all night. He knew me and I was somewhat of a local minor celebrity. My time in school was over and I moved on. It turned out to be a good decision and with my fathers help I owned my first pool room when I was 24. When I was playing I played as much as 8 to 10 hours a day or more. I was in the pool and bar business till I was about 40. I got tired of it, it can be too time consuming. Got a good price and was happy to move on.
I had a billiard room in the house, (still do), so practice was no problem and hanging out in pool rooms just didn't really interest me anymore. After a while though I just never played anymore it seemed and it was like a thing of the past. I would never have imagined that would be the case pool was such a big part of my life. I am sure if it was not for this forum keeping me somewhat interested I may have never played again. Then maybe a year ago after 12 years I cleared out the billiard room that had become just a place to store furniture I am again hitting balls.
Around 3 months ago I wandered into a pool room and for some dumb reason found myself asking a guy to play some cheap 9 ball. Turns out he is like the best player in the place and he robs me. It was funny I actually just assumed I would beat the guy he was not really anything. I guess I still had my old confidence but in this case it was false. So I am hitting balls a little now and plan to go back and play this guy again. I guess I have more of an ego then I thought. Trust me, he will be in for a real surprise. It was not that I played so bad it was more like I had forgotten how to play and win. I never played safe and played stupidly, plus I did play kind of weak in general.
I can't say playing is as much fun as it used to be. I play for a while now and then go off to do something else. In the past I would rather play then eat but I can see myself playing to some degree the rest of my life. I have though about another pool room lately. I do still have some equipment in storage a bought a while back. Then I think about all the headaches and have reservations. This stage in my life now it would not even have to make much money, just provide a nice place to play create a few jobs and give me something more to do.
At my age you need to make these decisions soon because time goes by fast. I doubt I will be interested in doing it at 80 so the clock is running. I have planned on looking around at some buildings in north Florida in the Tallahasse area. I like north Florida. I think I can find a decent building pretty cheap in todays market. But who knows what tomorrow will bring.
Wow, I can't believe I wrote all this.
Glad you did!
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Started playing 9 years ago. Prior to that, I had played a little here and there, but never really learned much. I moved to Portland with a company I worked for and when I got the good news of being fired a year later, I realized that I needed to meet people outside of work. I knew I liked bowling and pool, so the first stop was at a bar a block away. I went in and started killing time and got asked to join an APA team that same day.
I probably play 5 days a week normally. Right now, I'm on a Sunday 8/9 apa team, the 8 side of a Tuesday 8/9 apa team, weakest player on a Wednesday apa master team and subbing for 4 weeks of playoffs on a Thursday bca team. Hoping to do well in the bca regional in March and make local master.
I probably play 5 days a week normally. Right now, I'm on a Sunday 8/9 apa team, the 8 side of a Tuesday 8/9 apa team, weakest player on a Wednesday apa master team and subbing for 4 weeks of playoffs on a Thursday bca team. Hoping to do well in the bca regional in March and make local master.
Watch out for them 80 year olds. They been playing 70 years
We have one 93 and another player at 96. Amazing. They use the rail as a walker, but the can make shots.
Beings that tax time is nigh, I wonder if Medicare will pay for that walker, or if it might be deductible as a health care expense?
Jeff Livingston
PS The senior center I frequent just sold their table. They said it was just collecting dust. They used to be part of a league, apparently....don't what happened.