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First time I played for serious was maybe 10, then didn't touch a cue for over a decade.
At around 17. I remember my dad played a fair bit when I was younger... I wish he got me into it earlier. We did not have a table at home though.
I can't remember, but was shocked one day when we went out of town to a relatives place for Christmas day. They had a pool table. My Dad knew his way around a table.
Apparently, as the story went, my Father and his Brother used to get 25 cents each for cutting a cord of wood. They would take their earnings into town and play Snooker, as most did in the Old Days.
Yeah, I know. Too Soon Oldt, Too Late Schmardt, as the Germans used to say.
Apparently, as the story went, my Father and his Brother used to get 25 cents each for cutting a cord of wood. They would take their earnings into town and play Snooker, as most did in the Old Days.
Yeah, I know. Too Soon Oldt, Too Late Schmardt, as the Germans used to say.
Started quite young, my uncle had a table in his basement, first started hitting balls as soon as I could see over the table, about 8 or so. (I was always short....still am)
Started to play serious from when I was in the 9th grade. I was playing cheap straight pool against older men while in high school. I was on the schools bowling team and there were 4 great GCI's with the ashtray corners. So I was there every night until my parents picked me up.
To this day I remember Carl, who would play when he was flush with money from social security. He had that Joe Balsis bridge with the index finger curled over the cue and hanging in mid air and a cig hanging out of his mouth. What a character.
Stopped playing from 21-30 because besides a full time teaching job, I was a competitive powerlifter, wrestling,football coach, and strength coach. That took up all of my spare time. Busted up my shoulder working out for a wrestling tourney for "old guys" then decided to play pool again, mostly because the golf balls are too small, and was a night owl by nature who loved smokey pool rooms, action and competition.
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Started to play serious from when I was in the 9th grade. I was playing cheap straight pool against older men while in high school. I was on the schools bowling team and there were 4 great GCI's with the ashtray corners. So I was there every night until my parents picked me up.
To this day I remember Carl, who would play when he was flush with money from social security. He had that Joe Balsis bridge with the index finger curled over the cue and hanging in mid air and a cig hanging out of his mouth. What a character.
Stopped playing from 21-30 because besides a full time teaching job, I was a competitive powerlifter, wrestling,football coach, and strength coach. That took up all of my spare time. Busted up my shoulder working out for a wrestling tourney for "old guys" then decided to play pool again, mostly because the golf balls are too small, and was a night owl by nature who loved smokey pool rooms, action and competition.
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I was fortunate enough to have a GC1 in our finished basement growing up. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of me and my dad playing partners against my grandfather and uncle.
What fun & laughs. Pool is just the greatest game ever invented!
What fun & laughs. Pool is just the greatest game ever invented!
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After my Dad introduced me to the game, we bought a Brunswick Sport King for the garage.
My Dad was good & solid & taught me the fundamentals but he did not use much english & played very basic.
The old retired gentleman next door was from whom I would 'steal' my game. He knew it all, but would not teach me, a 13 yr. old, anything but the rules of the games that he wanted to play.
My Dad & I would very often play teams with a friend of mine the Old Neighbors partner.
It certainly is a Great Game & way better than any electronic ones of today.
Best 2 Ya.
After my Dad introduced me to the game, we bought a Brunswick Sport King for the garage.
My Dad was good & solid & taught me the fundamentals but he did not use much english & played very basic.
The old retired gentleman next door was from whom I would 'steal' my game. He knew it all, but would not teach me, a 13 yr. old, anything but the rules of the games that he wanted to play.
My Dad & I would very often play teams with a friend of mine the Old Neighbors partner.
It certainly is a Great Game & way better than any electronic ones of today.
Best 2 Ya.
Bumber pool LOL
Grand father bought me a table when I was 5 or 6 , and play bumper pool for the first time in Hong Kong ( 1975 )
Grand father bought me a table when I was 5 or 6 , and play bumper pool for the first time in Hong Kong ( 1975 )
I guess about 14 or 15. Us kids used to hang out at the local burger joint where they had a bar box. It was a coin-op that cost a quarter. Of course half the time none of us had any money so we would wait until after some other people played and hoped they left a few balls out on the table. Then we would play with those and try to catch them so they wouldn't go down.
Good times.:smile:
Good times.:smile:
Growing up the neighbors had a 9ft gold crown and I learned to bang balls about 8 or 9, started playing leagues and gambling around 14. By 21 I finally bought some books and began to study the game( thank god for the authors and the internet(Dr. Dave especially).Those old timers never gave up much. In their defense there isn't much to teach, either put in the time and learn or be left by the wayside.
I stared late at 13 yrs. old... but... it was my Dad that introduced me to the game & I will always remember those times with Him.
How about you guys?
I think people sometimes fool themselves as to when they started. Yea, they may have played when they were quite young but didn't really play. I first played when I was maybe 8 because there was a table around but I could not play at all and didn't really care. I got interested when I was like 12 or 13. Then it happened fast and in no time I was playing pretty good. It became all I wanted to do. I ultimately quit school to play pool I was so hooked.
first played around age 13 at a friend's house who had a table,
but didn't play seriously until I got a home table, around age 50
my dad was a fantastic player, probably an A-player, who used to hustle to make ends meet in the 60's.......but since my parents divorced early, didn't get much playing time in with my dad..........
according to mom, she divorced dad cause he never had a steady job......
but didn't play seriously until I got a home table, around age 50
my dad was a fantastic player, probably an A-player, who used to hustle to make ends meet in the 60's.......but since my parents divorced early, didn't get much playing time in with my dad..........
according to mom, she divorced dad cause he never had a steady job......