I'm a phenomenal pool player and I'm seeking a job making pool cues/tables. I started shooting pool when I was 10 years old. I would be grateful to have a job in the billiards industry. I'm a very honest, intelligent hard worker. I put in 110% in the work that I do. I live near Chicago IL. My email is pinkfloyd8155@gmail.com. Thank You.
Scotty
Meucci is hiring. $8.00 an hour. It is a ESL shop. Good luck.
Meucci is hiring. $8.00 an hour. It is a ESL shop. Good luck.
$8.00 an hour is legal?
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Lol, $7.35 in Wisconsin.
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.![]()
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
I love this story.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