Loved to play so much...wanted to do it for a living!
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stick8 said:PLAY FOR LIVING!!! WHEN I WAS BORN 1938, one of 5 it was work for food and save can , sugar gas, for the war front!! no such thing as wanting to play pool for living it was scrap for food!!!!
I can remember my Mom having to have Gov. tokens to get certain things, and my Dad always looking around to fill his trucks up with gas. And the black-outs. Johnnyt
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that is what i am speaking about, in our days we didnt have the opporunity kid have today, dvd, t.v,instructors,ect, ect.i love to play but with only $00.50 in your pocket you had to play smart!!it was taboo in my familey to play cards,pool or gamble of any way!!!Johnnyt said:
I had an R-rated video of Keith playing Gary Nolan one time.
It's R-rated due to the language of the commentators who were told the video was never going to be released.
Nolan lost on a 9-ball scratch.
It's R-rated due to the language of the commentators who were told the video was never going to be released.
Nolan lost on a 9-ball scratch.
o.k.
then you must have had a easery time of growing up than i did. if you can remember those days and say you had it easy!!i am just trying to answer the post, yes i would like to play pool for a living,BUT had no backing for the $$$$$, learned pool the hard way, $1 -$2 game to learn from guys. but finley got good enough to hold my on with some, but never had $$$ to invest, had to work at a young age to help the familey, and they came first!!!androd said:
i never said we had it easy but , i didn't start playing pool until i was 14 and got a driver's license (late 1951) 1 & 2 dollar pool was high action, we mostly played quarter a game. everyone had come home from the war, a lot of the wives had started working and most everyone had some money.stick8 said:
He's got the look
Was he a hustler?
I must admit, that some guys just look so unassuming they just look like there is no way that they could beat anyone. Perfect look for a hustler.
I think that some of the best hustlers had this unassuming look. Harold Worst or maybe Don Willis come to mind. Am I on to something here?
Was he a hustler?
I must admit, that some guys just look so unassuming they just look like there is no way that they could beat anyone. Perfect look for a hustler.
I think that some of the best hustlers had this unassuming look. Harold Worst or maybe Don Willis come to mind. Am I on to something here?
Mr. Bushwacker
I've know Gary for a while now through AZ.
I can truly say he is a Gentleman.
I knew that he was quite a player from what I've heard, now that I've read this thread I'm even more impressed.
He does sell cues in the Cue's for Sale Section quite often and always for great prices.
So I guess when Gary says this or that cue plays great, I'll sit up and take notice and take his word for it.
He's a man that should now.
I think Gary is probably blushing a little with the attention that this thread has given him, but hey buddy.....Congratulations you deserve it !!!!!
Tommyd1-Proud to be his friend from Michigan.
I've know Gary for a while now through AZ.
I can truly say he is a Gentleman.
I knew that he was quite a player from what I've heard, now that I've read this thread I'm even more impressed.
He does sell cues in the Cue's for Sale Section quite often and always for great prices.
So I guess when Gary says this or that cue plays great, I'll sit up and take notice and take his word for it.
He's a man that should now.
I think Gary is probably blushing a little with the attention that this thread has given him, but hey buddy.....Congratulations you deserve it !!!!!
Tommyd1-Proud to be his friend from Michigan.
I now know how he got his nickname!!!!
........High school girls!!!!!!!!
In all seriousness...
Gary Nolan started "coming up" in pool in the 60's and was very much a product of his generation. His hair was out of control as a kid. And from what I was told.... out-of-control wasn't even the word for it. His hair was long, wire-thick, unmanageable and downright unruly .
To an onlooker, he might be thought of as a hippy.
When he would play, he would actually use bobby pins to hold his hair out of the way. So, in the pool halls of New York City, they would call him... The Bush. When Gary's game started to click....and then go beyond clicking into the realm of trouncing other players, his nickname went from The Bush to The Bushwhacker.
He's was generally regarded as a player who knew how to get the cash. He was never too shy to match up with top competition, yet not too proud to wait for a player to get out of line, accept a spot, and heist the moolah.
From what I was told, it was sometimes said that New Yorkers did not have a lot of gamble; however, The Bushwhacker was quite the opposite. Running around with guys D'Onofrio Lauri and Johnny Ervolino, you're figuring to be a good player at some point.
The Bushwhacker has been in big action with the who's who of "players."
The Bushwhacker is a pool player's "pool player."
He has a legacy in that he has mentored several top players, namely a certain U.S. Open 1P Champion.
NOTE: I just received this information from a scuffler in Baltimore who was privileged to know and learn from the Whacker.
........High school girls!!!!!!!!
In all seriousness...
Gary Nolan started "coming up" in pool in the 60's and was very much a product of his generation. His hair was out of control as a kid. And from what I was told.... out-of-control wasn't even the word for it. His hair was long, wire-thick, unmanageable and downright unruly .
To an onlooker, he might be thought of as a hippy.
When he would play, he would actually use bobby pins to hold his hair out of the way. So, in the pool halls of New York City, they would call him... The Bush. When Gary's game started to click....and then go beyond clicking into the realm of trouncing other players, his nickname went from The Bush to The Bushwhacker.
He's was generally regarded as a player who knew how to get the cash. He was never too shy to match up with top competition, yet not too proud to wait for a player to get out of line, accept a spot, and heist the moolah.
From what I was told, it was sometimes said that New Yorkers did not have a lot of gamble; however, The Bushwhacker was quite the opposite. Running around with guys D'Onofrio Lauri and Johnny Ervolino, you're figuring to be a good player at some point.
The Bushwhacker has been in big action with the who's who of "players."
The Bushwhacker is a pool player's "pool player."
He has a legacy in that he has mentored several top players, namely a certain U.S. Open 1P Champion.
NOTE: I just received this information from a scuffler in Baltimore who was privileged to know and learn from the Whacker.
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You are so righ!
When I first met Gary his hair was crazy and I LOVED it, I called him Bush at first and his good friend Jayme said, "I bet he would prefer that you call him Gary" and he has been Gary or honey to me since that day, the best man on the face of the planet and I am proud to say he is the owner of my heart and my sweet husband.
SpiderWebComm said:
When I first met Gary his hair was crazy and I LOVED it, I called him Bush at first and his good friend Jayme said, "I bet he would prefer that you call him Gary" and he has been Gary or honey to me since that day, the best man on the face of the planet and I am proud to say he is the owner of my heart and my sweet husband.
