Hasn't Slate St. been closed a while due to covid? Hope they survive. Nice place.
Could be, I haven't been to ABQ since covid. I hope so, too.
Hasn't Slate St. been closed a while due to covid? Hope they survive. Nice place.
So I went into our only pool hall and they had gotten rid of one nine foot table and replaced it with a seven footer. I asked about this and was told they are replacing two of the nine footers with seven footers. The "new" seven footers are both rentals like the nine footers. So we are going from five nine foot tables to three nine foot tables.
Have you guys seen a decline in nine footers over the recent years? How many nine footers do you have to play on?
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So I went into our only pool hall and they had gotten rid of one nine foot table and replaced it with a seven footer. I asked about this and was told they are replacing two of the nine footers with seven footers. The "new" seven footers are both rentals like the nine footers. So we are going from five nine foot tables to three nine foot tables.
Have you guys seen a decline in nine footers over the recent years? How many nine footers do you have to play on?
Thanks
I grew up on 8 foot tables. We paid by the hour, or at the end of every game, we hollered "Rack" and the rack boy came, racked a new game and we tossed him a dime or two-bits. There were a few 10 footers around, but they were rare. Somewhere in the late '70's/early '80's, I began to see 9 foot tables. I grew up in a billiards Garden of Eden in which The Hustler had just infected the world and BAR BOXES DID NOT EXIST. When bar boxes came, they were 7 footers and had cue balls the size of a grapefruit that were filled with lead -- draw was near impossible -- I hated them, and barely tolerate them now and now only in a bar. IMHO, a bar box in a pool hall is a crime against nature.
Don't know if it's true, but I have been told that 9 foot tables were a compromise: 8 foot tables predominated in the South while 10 foot tables were the rule in the North. According to the way I heard it, Southerners complained when they went north and vice versa. So, 9 footers were introduced to bridge the gap. If true, it was a great idea. If not true, it is a good story.
As a result of shooting on 9 footers, I no longer enjoy shooting on 8 foot tables. I can also tell you this, if you have never played on a 10 footer, you have to try it. The long green is one of the most daunting experiences in pool -- ranks just below those damned tables with no pockets (lol) but that's another thread.
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Have you guys seen a decline in nine footers over the recent years? How many nine footers do you have to play on?
Thanks
I have only 1 in my basement. No reason to have more than that.