I don’t like it

[jokrswylde]

I know of a pool room that's a throw back to the 1960 (not decorated to look old...never changed). Lots of old guys hanging around looking for a sucker to steal from. The vast majority of all the conversation is not politicaly correct. It's my absolute favorite place to spend a Saturday.

LOL. I was in one such place Saturday night. JOB's in Nashville. I am standing there, in a haze of smoke smelling of menthol cigs and cheap stogies, watching about 8 or 10 different people woofing at each other trying to match up. 30 pool tables and not a single one is open. There is an old, frail looking black man, I think they are calling him "Slick", struggling to walk around a a tight black diamond table. He can't walk great, but I have yet to see him miss a ball. When he wins he adds 5 $20 bills to a gangster roll secured with a rubber band and leans on the rail as he patiently waits for the next set to be negotiated.

My buddy is playing $400 a game 1 pocket in the "pit". The walls are adorned with original posters for the Camel Tour, signed pictures of pros from Minnesota Fats to The Miz, and Televisions so old I swear a couple still have Rabbit ears. I am almost sure the carpet, which is duct taped in various places, is original to the business as are the wooden bleachers.

Everybody that works behind the bar has a pistol on their hip, and I can't be positive, but I am pretty sure the waitress was printing with an inside- the- waistband holster. They will gladly walk ladies (and men, I guess) to their cars when they leave, as this place is not in the best part of town. For the record, if you leave, and a young thuggish looking guy asks if you "cleaned up" on the tables tonight, the answer is ALWAYS "Nope, they wiped me out!"

My crew ALWAYS complains about the smoke and bitches about how it should be illegal to allow smoking indoors. Period. When I get home, my wife will make me put the clothes I am wearing directly into the washing machine due to the smell...not only the smoke, but the deep fryer that is always running in the kitchen there. Man I love this place!

The greeter at the door always has a smile..

 

[Fatboy]

LOL. I was in one such place Saturday night. JOB's in Nashville. I am standing there, in a haze of smoke smelling of menthol cigs and cheap stogies, watching about 8 or 10 different people woofing at each other trying to match up. 30 pool tables and not a single one is open. There is an old, frail looking black man, I think they are calling him "Slick", struggling to walk around a a tight black diamond table. He can't walk great, but I have yet to see him miss a ball. When he wins he adds 5 $20 bills to a gangster roll secured with a rubber band and leans on the rail as he patiently waits for the next set to be negotiated.

My buddy is playing $400 a game 1 pocket in the "pit". The walls are adorned with original posters for the Camel Tour, signed pictures of pros from Minnesota Fats to The Miz, and Televisions so old I swear a couple still have Rabbit ears. I am almost sure the carpet, which is duct taped in various places, is original to the business as are the wooden bleachers.

Everybody that works behind the bar has a pistol on their hip, and I can't be positive, but I am pretty sure the waitress was printing with an inside- the- waistband holster. They will gladly walk ladies (and men, I guess) to their cars when they leave, as this place is not in the best part of town. For the record, if you leave, and a young thuggish looking guy asks if you "cleaned up" on the tables tonight, the answer is ALWAYS "Nope, they wiped me out!"

My crew ALWAYS complains about the smoke and bitches about how it should be illegal to allow smoking indoors. Period. When I get home, my wife will make me put the clothes I am wearing directly into the washing machine due to the smell...not only the smoke, but the deep fryer that is always running in the kitchen there. Man I love this place!

The greeter at the door always has a smile..

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JOB’s is a great room.

 

[Chip Roberson]

On Mr. Shaws accidentally brushing a ball and the woke crowd resetting the record books, wonder when Mosconi ran the 526 in exhibition, was he only playing cue ball fowls? Bet there wasn't any thought to it but just him at the table stretching out and showing what he had. This nit picking at stuff like this needs to stop. 714 is the run to beat,,nuff of my 2 cents.

 

[alstl]

I don't know Shaw but rumor has it he has changed since he acquired a wife.

 

[wakuljr]

That looks like a beautiful place except for a couple things...people. I don't really care for people! (Please accept my apology if this is you, your son or friend. The statement isn't personal. This is just my bitter, cynical attitude.)

No problem jason, I chose that pic w/ my buddy in it for perspective. Most of my pics dont have people in them. We, 2 of us, were the only ones there all day, as is most times i go up there.

 

[white1]

I know of a pool room that's a throw back to the 1960 (not decorated to look old...never changed). Lots of old guys hanging around looking for a sucker to steal from. The vast majority of all the conversation is not politicaly correct. It's my absolute favorite place to spend a Saturday.

Where?

 

[white1]

JOB’s is a great room.

JOB‘s is definitely a fantastic old school pool room-I live about 30 miles north of it-I don’t get out much but its like a museum of old school feel.
im interested if there’s another anything like it in the entire country?

 

[KissedOut]

Ok here it goes. I can’t keep it bottled up any longer.

Where to start? Who knows so I’ll just fire out a list in no particular order:

Purple 5 ball

Shaws record-disputes

WADA

Was this a foul? Was that a foul? Let’s watch in instant replay.

Where’s Daz, where’s Gorst? Who else is missing?

Table specs & what’s a record and what isn’t.

This is reminding me of instant replay in football and is way to technical, which is why I ignore football or any other technical nonsense milk drinker sport.

I came into pool 40 years ago because it was rough around the edges, the 5 was orange and people weren’t under the microscope. If they had habits it was on them. It was every man for himself. It wasn’t perfect, it was broken then and that was ok.

People could hustle other people, obtaining money under false pretenses was celebrated not looked down on.

You wanted to learn you had to pay your dues. Now you can buy your dues(almost).

2 records in the same run? To make everyone happy. The rule nazi’s and the rest of the pool fans? How does that even make sense?

Champions who should be in tourneys are sidelined for saying “fuk” or what ever or because they are from the wrong country.

All the PC shit is worming it’s way into pool. Had I saw this coming, I’d have passed long ago. I’d have never been part of the pool world in any shape or form.

I miss guys like UJ Puckett, Grady, Keith, Cole, Bobby Pickle, etc. Broken people with personality’s and yet they made their way in life and were fun. I’m a broken person and I can’t make a ball compared to them. Not in the same league, but I’m fun and not a milk drinker. There were lots of non-pro people in pool who were personality’s. I don’t see new ones coming in and others leaving for these PC reasons.

I’m tired of the milk drinker robots, wrong color balls and constantly arguing over the pocket size just to have a record “modified” because maybe a ball was brushed ina exhibition. Shaw was cool and said what he had to about it-he’s smart, however what he thought and said I’d bet are 2 VERY different things. Think the guys listed above would have gave that answer 30 years ago? Shaw had no choice-again he’s smart.

It’s taking the seediness, smoky back room Allure that pool had for me. WADA? Gtfo of here!!!! Go to the Olympic’s not pool!!!!

If I disappear tmr from pool this is why, not many will notice. But I refuse to succumb to the current state of affairs.

Fatboy

A woman entered a convent that had a strict rule against talking. Every 5 years they were allowed 2 words. After 5 years she said, "hard bed". After her second 5 years she said "bad food". After her third 5 years she said "I quit".

Mother Superior replied, "I'm not surprised, you've done nothing but complain since you got here."

 

[GoldCrown]

What am I going to do?
What can I do?

What are you prepared to do?

 

[GoldCrown]

Live life to the fullest.

Hope it ends well

Wishing everyone the best
Fatboy

Pool is symbolic to life. It's a message. HAVE A BALL!!

 

[Fatboy]

A woman entered a convent that had a strict rule against talking. Every 5 years they were allowed 2 words. After 5 years she said, "hard bed". After her second 5 years she said "bad food". After her third 5 years she said "I quit".

Mother Superior replied, "I'm not surprised, you've done nothing but complain since you got here."

That’s a nice saying.

However it isn’t applicable to me. I’m not a habitual complainer. If you read the majority of my posts it’s me trying to provide quality content for Mike & AZB, I’ve done rather well here over the years and if the 20,000 posts thr bast majority are positive. The purple 5 ball being the exception.

Best
Fatboy

 

[fjk]

Where?

Ha, you're the second person to ask. I hate to name the room because I know a few AZ members that are regulars there. I thought they might be offended by my description of them (not everyone appreciates the old-school pool hall the way we do).

 

[Fatboy]

JOB‘s is definitely a fantastic old school pool room-I live about 30 miles north of it-I don’t get out much but its like a museum of old school feel.
im interested if there’s another anything like it in the entire country?

Jointed Cue in Sacramento was like it for years. They closed and reopened I heard, I haven’t been back since.

Most of the “real” pool rooms were gone by 95, there’s a few stragglers I’m sure.

Best
Fatboy

 

[GoldCrown]

That’s a nice saying.

However it isn’t applicable to me. I’m not a habitual complainer. If you read the majority of my posts it’s me trying to provide quality content for Mike & AZB, I’ve done rather well here over the years and if the 20,000 posts thr bast majority are positive. The purple 5 ball being the exception.

Best
Fatboy

Disregard that post. Nice saying but wrong party. I personally appreciate your posts. Constructive & interesting. Take Five and carry on.

 

[Fatboy]

Disregard that post. Nice saying but wrong party. I personally appreciate your posts. Constructive & interesting. Take Five and carry on.

Thx I do my best. Once in a while like anyone I get pissed off.

I’m good now, just frustrated sometimes.

Thx again

Take care
Fatboy️️

 

[Tennesseejoe]

LOL. I was in one such place Saturday night. JOB's in Nashville. I am standing there, in a haze of smoke smelling of menthol cigs and cheap stogies, watching about 8 or 10 different people woofing at each other trying to match up. 30 pool tables and not a single one is open. There is an old, frail looking black man, I think they are calling him "Slick", struggling to walk around a a tight black diamond table. He can't walk great, but I have yet to see him miss a ball. When he wins he adds 5 $20 bills to a gangster roll secured with a rubber band and leans on the rail as he patiently waits for the next set to be negotiated.

My buddy is playing $400 a game 1 pocket in the "pit". The walls are adorned with original posters for the Camel Tour, signed pictures of pros from Minnesota Fats to The Miz, and Televisions so old I swear a couple still have Rabbit ears. I am almost sure the carpet, which is duct taped in various places, is original to the business as are the wooden bleachers.

Everybody that works behind the bar has a pistol on their hip, and I can't be positive, but I am pretty sure the waitress was printing with an inside- the- waistband holster. They will gladly walk ladies (and men, I guess) to their cars when they leave, as this place is not in the best part of town. For the record, if you leave, and a young thuggish looking guy asks if you "cleaned up" on the tables tonight, the answer is ALWAYS "Nope, they wiped me out!"

My crew ALWAYS complains about the smoke and bitches about how it should be illegal to allow smoking indoors. Period. When I get home, my wife will make me put the clothes I am wearing directly into the washing machine due to the smell...not only the smoke, but the deep fryer that is always running in the kitchen there. Man I love this place!

The greeter at the door always has a smile..

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His name is Smokie....

 

[dquarasr]

That looks like a beautiful place except for a couple things...people. I don't really care for people! (Please accept my apology if this is you, your son or friend. The statement isn't personal. This is just my bitter, cynical attitude.)

 

[Mich]

Technically Gen X lol

But if Boomer Sooner, then that's OK

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Well today the tape measure came out, found why I HATE DIAMOND TABLES, our Gold Crowns have larger pocket by 3/4-7/8” then the our Diamonds.

Plus the rails are totally different amount if recall.

Sure some people will cry foul, I say Diamond’s still suck, total waist of money.

Stupit expenditure.

 

[book collector]

If it wasn't for wondering what those kookoo Kardashians will do next, I would probably have taken the 4:15 to Wormsville years ago.