NO..................... but.......................... 
Fatboy, I appreciate your offer to pay for the trip. Your offer included paying for the plane fare which is very generous and I appreciate that.
I don't want to sound like I am trying to "feather my nest" but there are many other costs involved in making a trip like this and I don't want to seem like I am trying to milk you for more money. Your plane fare offer was very generous and it is appreciated. I just can't justify spending the extra monies. Pool playing is a hobby of mine and I spend limited amounts of money on it. It is fun and I will continue to spend limited amounts of money on it.
I know you aren't taking sides. There aren't any sides to take. TAR is a good group of guys and I like the idea that you are trying to support them.
I will do my best to support them to. I tried to help at DCC by setting up the matche between the Gingerbread Man and myself to no avail.
I'll give you my short answer, NO, not at this time, but thanks anyway! If you care to read further I will explain why.
When I saw that it was a trip to South Dakota and NO POOL TOURNAMENT, it kind of turned me off. I get some free passes to play in a couple of pool tournaments a year and I have been pushing my luck with my angel of a wife.
Playing the Gingerbread Man again is something I want to do and will do, God willing. It will probably have to be at a pool tournament though as I can combine two things I enjoy doing - playing in pool tournaments and whipping up on Gingerbread Man.
I make my little annual trek to DCC but I understand that Jay will not be able to play a match with me next year either. So I guess it will have to be at another pool tournament where TAR will be set up. I would like to help them as an undercard and will do my best to keep the fires burning until Jay cries UNCLE.
Contrary to what Jay said about me being a millionaire, I am not but am quite willing to play him and beat him again.
It willprobably have to be at a tournament where I have allocated the funds to play as I play in only a few tournaments a year but most of them are local/regional.
The nut for a trip to most national tournaments where I have to fly to, averages around $1,000 including plane fare.
Playing in the national pool tournaments is not a money making deal for a person at my skill level but it is still fun and I enjoy supporting the tournaments whenever I can justify it. GINGERBREAD MAN matches are simply the icing on the cake.
Hope to meet you at one of the tournaments in the future.
I am open to other ideas and will keep listening. I would love to hear from TAR about their scheduling. Keep me posted if you have any other ideas.
Best to you and THANKS,
JoeyA
Fatboy said:
Fatboy, I appreciate your offer to pay for the trip. Your offer included paying for the plane fare which is very generous and I appreciate that.
I don't want to sound like I am trying to "feather my nest" but there are many other costs involved in making a trip like this and I don't want to seem like I am trying to milk you for more money. Your plane fare offer was very generous and it is appreciated. I just can't justify spending the extra monies. Pool playing is a hobby of mine and I spend limited amounts of money on it. It is fun and I will continue to spend limited amounts of money on it.
I know you aren't taking sides. There aren't any sides to take. TAR is a good group of guys and I like the idea that you are trying to support them.
I will do my best to support them to. I tried to help at DCC by setting up the matche between the Gingerbread Man and myself to no avail.
I'll give you my short answer, NO, not at this time, but thanks anyway! If you care to read further I will explain why.
When I saw that it was a trip to South Dakota and NO POOL TOURNAMENT, it kind of turned me off. I get some free passes to play in a couple of pool tournaments a year and I have been pushing my luck with my angel of a wife.
Playing the Gingerbread Man again is something I want to do and will do, God willing. It will probably have to be at a pool tournament though as I can combine two things I enjoy doing - playing in pool tournaments and whipping up on Gingerbread Man.
I make my little annual trek to DCC but I understand that Jay will not be able to play a match with me next year either. So I guess it will have to be at another pool tournament where TAR will be set up. I would like to help them as an undercard and will do my best to keep the fires burning until Jay cries UNCLE.
Contrary to what Jay said about me being a millionaire, I am not but am quite willing to play him and beat him again.
It willprobably have to be at a tournament where I have allocated the funds to play as I play in only a few tournaments a year but most of them are local/regional. The nut for a trip to most national tournaments where I have to fly to, averages around $1,000 including plane fare.
Playing in the national pool tournaments is not a money making deal for a person at my skill level but it is still fun and I enjoy supporting the tournaments whenever I can justify it. GINGERBREAD MAN matches are simply the icing on the cake.
Hope to meet you at one of the tournaments in the future.
I am open to other ideas and will keep listening. I would love to hear from TAR about their scheduling. Keep me posted if you have any other ideas.
Best to you and THANKS,
JoeyA
