Job making pool cues.Will relocate
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PM sent. Check it out. I might be able to help you out. RJ
And what exactly is a dream and what exactly is a joke.
That might be better than kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown.
$8 try Wisconsin
Lol, $7.35 in Wisconsin. Actually just double checked $7.25. What a joke.
Lol, $7.35 in Wisconsin. Actually just double checked $7.25. What a joke.
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Lol.. That blows my mind amongst other things!
It costs me almost 15/hr just to keep the hydro and heat on in my shop in the winter.
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How many people started working for "0". I did. Took a job and learned. Worked my way up. Never asked for a raise. It came back to me. Eventually became self employed.
And the people that applied for a job..... if their first concern was How Much Can I Make....
my reply was not much until you know what you are doing and can produce.
Get experience. Get educated. Be better than your teacher/instructor/employer. It'll carry you through a lifetime.
And the people that applied for a job..... if their first concern was How Much Can I Make....
my reply was not much until you know what you are doing and can produce.
Get experience. Get educated. Be better than your teacher/instructor/employer. It'll carry you through a lifetime.
I used to walk seven miles through the snow to get to school. I couldn't wait for the school day to end so I could walk back home. God, I loved snow.
Dad never had a nickle because Mom never had a job. When it came to money he was like a car with an automatic transmission. No clutch.
I started working at an early age. I got a job as an apprentice, baiting trot lines for a local fishing company. The boss told me it was a union job and in a couple of years I could become a master baiter.
My sister moved to Galveston and went to work polishing poles at a strip club.
My older brother got a job at a nearby hospital in the circumcision ward. He made five dollars an hour plus tips. He later got married to a Polish girl from Galveston.
My Mom ran off with a tire salesman, and to this day my Dad won't run a Goodyear. Every Christmas he drives by their house, on a new set of Uni-Royals, and shoots out their porch light.
Well, gotta go. It's my turn to drive the kid to school. It's only a block and a half away, but he raises holy hell if he has to walk. I hope it snows, today. :smile:
Dad never had a nickle because Mom never had a job. When it came to money he was like a car with an automatic transmission. No clutch.
I started working at an early age. I got a job as an apprentice, baiting trot lines for a local fishing company. The boss told me it was a union job and in a couple of years I could become a master baiter.
My sister moved to Galveston and went to work polishing poles at a strip club.
My older brother got a job at a nearby hospital in the circumcision ward. He made five dollars an hour plus tips. He later got married to a Polish girl from Galveston.
My Mom ran off with a tire salesman, and to this day my Dad won't run a Goodyear. Every Christmas he drives by their house, on a new set of Uni-Royals, and shoots out their porch light.
Well, gotta go. It's my turn to drive the kid to school. It's only a block and a half away, but he raises holy hell if he has to walk. I hope it snows, today. :smile:
Was this off a bootleg ??I used to walk seven miles through the snow to get to school. I couldn't wait for the school day to end so I could walk back home. God, I loved snow.
Dad never had a nickle because Mom never had a job. When it came to money he was like a car with an automatic transmission. No clutch.
I started working at an early age. I got a job as an apprentice, baiting trot lines for a local fishing company. The boss told me it was a union job and in a couple of years I could become a master baiter.
My sister moved to Galveston and went to work polishing poles at a strip club.
My older brother got a job at a nearby hospital in the circumcision ward. He made five dollars an hour plus tips. He later got married to a Polish girl from Galveston.
My Mom ran off with a tire salesman, and to this day my Dad won't run a Goodyear. Every Christmas he drives by their house, on a new set of Uni-Royals, and shoots out their porch light.
Well, gotta go. It's my turn to drive the kid to school. It's only a block and a half away, but he raises holy hell if he has to walk. I hope it snows, today.
Cue Crazy
Try to make a long story short:
I was 18 years old fresh out of high school not a worry in the world. My main goal was playing pool, girls, drinking with buddies, and finding a wand (the best cue in the world)!
Looking through the Billiard News one of the original paperback billiard monthlies I ran across an ad for Ray Schuler maker of the best pool cues in the world. Remember this was before the internet, I called Ray to order a cue. After taking my order Ray wanted me to send him $200 for a deposit. I was ok with that until he told me completion of the cue would be about a year! $200 was a lot of money to a kid without a job 30 years ago.
I told Ray he needed some Midwest labor to build cues, his response was" kid anytime you need a job show up at my door". After slumming for a few months off to Chicago I went, without even calling Ray I made the 10 hour trip showing up in Wheeling, IL on a Sunday afternoon. The door was locked to the shop so I banged on the door as the door flew open a big man with a cigar in his mouth said "what do you want kid"! I said " I'm the kid from MN looking to help you make pool cues". Rays response "are you kidding me"!
As I walked through the shop to the front the Sunday afternoon game of 3 cushion was in play. Adrian Vigara one of Rays understudies and another top player were playing. After the game Ray said "I cant pay you much but you can stay in the shop'. So I lived pool for the next year working six days a week from 8am to 6 pm for $1000 A MONTH CASH. Every night Adrian and I were off to a local Chicago tournament. Chicago Billiard Café, Chris's, Chicago Bowl to name a few. Playing local legends Incardona, Joey Gold, Rocketman, Wade Crane,Bandy and Abuzzo.
One of the highlights was watching a New Years shop challenge match between Adrian Vigara and Sang Lee. The billiard match was to 100 final score was Lee 100 and Vigara 86. Effortless billiards fun to watch with trick shots after!
I spent a year in Chicago, actually staying in Ray's home after his wife found out I was sleeping in the shop, Thanks again Kathy Schuler for all the home cooked meals and a nice shower instead of going to the local gym every couple of days. Since my Chicago experience I went on to college and opened a few pool rooms and continued building and repairing cues. All I can say is you only live once follow your dreams!
I SHOULD HAVE PAID RAY SCHULER A $1000 A MONTH FOR THIS EXPERIENCE!
(Still have my original wand built with a little help from Ray and Adrian)
Marc Oelslager
Moorhead Billiards
Try to make a long story short:
I was 18 years old fresh out of high school not a worry in the world. My main goal was playing pool, girls, drinking with buddies, and finding a wand (the best cue in the world)!
Looking through the Billiard News one of the original paperback billiard monthlies I ran across an ad for Ray Schuler maker of the best pool cues in the world. Remember this was before the internet, I called Ray to order a cue. After taking my order Ray wanted me to send him $200 for a deposit. I was ok with that until he told me completion of the cue would be about a year! $200 was a lot of money to a kid without a job 30 years ago.
I told Ray he needed some Midwest labor to build cues, his response was" kid anytime you need a job show up at my door". After slumming for a few months off to Chicago I went, without even calling Ray I made the 10 hour trip showing up in Wheeling, IL on a Sunday afternoon. The door was locked to the shop so I banged on the door as the door flew open a big man with a cigar in his mouth said "what do you want kid"! I said " I'm the kid from MN looking to help you make pool cues". Rays response "are you kidding me"!
As I walked through the shop to the front the Sunday afternoon game of 3 cushion was in play. Adrian Vigara one of Rays understudies and another top player were playing. After the game Ray said "I cant pay you much but you can stay in the shop'. So I lived pool for the next year working six days a week from 8am to 6 pm for $1000 A MONTH CASH. Every night Adrian and I were off to a local Chicago tournament. Chicago Billiard Café, Chris's, Chicago Bowl to name a few. Playing local legends Incardona, Joey Gold, Rocketman, Wade Crane,Bandy and Abuzzo.
One of the highlights was watching a New Years shop challenge match between Adrian Vigara and Sang Lee. The billiard match was to 100 final score was Lee 100 and Vigara 86. Effortless billiards fun to watch with trick shots after!
I spent a year in Chicago, actually staying in Ray's home after his wife found out I was sleeping in the shop, Thanks again Kathy Schuler for all the home cooked meals and a nice shower instead of going to the local gym every couple of days. Since my Chicago experience I went on to college and opened a few pool rooms and continued building and repairing cues. All I can say is you only live once follow your dreams!
I SHOULD HAVE PAID RAY SCHULER A $1000 A MONTH FOR THIS EXPERIENCE!
(Still have my original wand built with a little help from Ray and Adrian)
Marc Oelslager
Moorhead Billiards
Thanks for posting.
I remember playing you at the Mankato ACUI Regional tournament. I still remember the way you would nod a couple of times after looking over an open table. I may have won 2 or 3 games if I didn't let you shoot. Congratulations for winning the National tournament that year.
I love this story.
