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tom haney

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If you get hustled on the table, who are
you mad at? the guy who hustled you
or yourself. It doesn't happen to me too
often but when it does I'm mad at myself
for being stupid. I think it tells a lot about
the crybabies who get mad at the hustler.
I love everthing about pool including
the hustlers who roll into town. These
namby pambys who want to " clean up
the game" better stay away from West
Virginia cause we will take their money,
smack their sissy asses & send them
back where they came from.
I'm sorry. I usually don't talk like this
but some of the crap I've read on this
board lately makes we want to gag.
What happened to all the men who
used to be on this board?
I'm not talking about everybody posting
here. If the shoe fits, wear it.
 
Hondo, Dude, don't sugar coat it, tell us how you really feel! Pool is just a game and certainly does not define a man, imho. Someone that puts their life on the line for what they believe, that's a man. Zim is a man. I'm a man because I proved it already countless times but not on a pool table.

I'll play anyone on this planet in a game of pool. If I lose, no big deal. Am I going to bet my mortgage? Hell no! Am I going to weep because someone beats me? Hell no!! If I get hustled, it's boo hoo on me not the hustler. Do I like hustlers? Hell no!!!

Is this a man-enough answer for you?
 
Hey Hondo, bring yo West Virginian butt here to Virginia and I will show ya how to play some one hole, nine pocket, golf, straight pool, or what ever you all play. I am also a man. I don't like to gamble either. Hate taking some poor suckers money, besides, here in Virginia, we "EARN" enough money. We don't have to find suckers. Throw some gas in that ol' 65 pick up and get your sock out from under the bed and come on down. Please don't get into ma ma's cookie jar though. That just ain't right dude.
THE MAN, Don P.
 
I feel like I play pretty decent, and I went through the phase of wanting to gamble all of the time, matching up all tha' time...but I almost lost my wife over it. I wasn't going broke or anything...I was probably staying around even (whoopty doo), but the time I was spending away from home on weeknights and weekends was ridiculous. I lived for going to the pool room. I had a beautiful young wife at home who wanted nothing more to spend time with me, and all I could think about was matching up and playing....the action can be like a drug. I didn't really care about the money, I enjoyed the rush of the action. I know a ton of people can relate to what I'm talking about. Unfortunately some get sucked into that world and it costs them more than what they might lose at the table. They lose their wives, their kids, their homes, jobs, etc, because they have this hustler lifestyle pipe dream.....and they get sucked in.

I wouldn't say that hustling pool is being a real man. Being a man is paying the bills on time. Being a man is helping your kids with their homework. Being a man is showing the kind of devotion to your wife that she deserves. Being a man is going to work everyday and bringing home that pay check which provides your family with the comfort and support that they need..and deserve.

That's just my two cents..take it for what it's worth.

I know I'm not the first to say this, but I wish pool was more like golf in the sense of the paydays that those tournaments bring, and the respect Golf gets from the community. But if you think there aren't Golf hustlers...you are dead wrong. They just never made a MOVIE about them...
 
Rick & Donald, quite frankly you weren't the guys
I was aiming my post at BUT
Rick, did I say I liked hustlers? No. but they're
a part of the game. Fifty years ago Fats &
Wimpy Lassiter came to Clarksburg dressed
as bums hustling. The old timers still get a
kick out of telling those stories. Do they think
it's deplorable that their fellow man would
stoop so low? Hell, no! Fats & Wimpy were
colorful characters.
Donald, yeah , you're right. They make 3 times
what we make in WV & it pisses me off.
Tell me what to do about it. Years ago oil
robbers & railroad barons killed farmers
that wouldn't sell their mineral rights. So
you make more money than I do doing the
same jobs. Does this make you more of a
man than me? For that matter, what does that
have to do with what I posted.
I'm a dinosaur in this era of political correctness.
Dress nice, don't curse, don't hustle, don't fart,
& if you disagree , come to Va. & I'll kick your
ass. By the , dumb poor hillbilly from West
Virginia, don't rob your mmama's cookie jar.
That's not pc ( of course stereotyping is as
long as you're the one doing it).
Sorry I upset you guys. Gosh, I just want
poolrooms to be a nicer place to be in.
Rick, is that man enough for you?
Have a nice day, guys, & don't forget to tip
the bartender.
 
Matt, I understand what you're saying &
i'm very sorry you lost your wife to pool.
Pool& drinking almost cost me my family too.
Everytime I mention hustlers people
think I' m a hustler. I'm not. I hustled
some years ago & I don't apologize for it.
Situations change. I got a degree, married,
& had a family. To me pool hustlers are
part of the game & I love to see 1 roll into
town & tackle the local housemen.
Maybe purdman is right & I'm just a dumb
old hillbilly who doesn't know any better.
I still like to gamble but I'm a bit of a nit.
We call them locks in my area.
If you don't gamble, fine. If you do, fine,
as long as you're smart.
I teach English literature and there is always
somebody trying to impose there value
system on me.
It's a free country as long as you say and think
as I do. Look at the
Dixie Chicks. They were almost taken off the airwaves
for expressing their beliefs.
Enough. I'm starting to get my blood pressue up.
The old days are over. You tell em, purdman.
 
Their values, not there values. Good grief,
an illiterate English teacher! No wonder
Virginia is so far ahead of us, Purdman.
 
Hondo,

I'm satisfied with your answer. I just got my dander up a little when you put "man enough" along with the ability to play pool. I've seen some real jerks that could shoot some great pool.

Btw, Matt didn't lose his wife. He said he almost lost her. And, I can definitely relate to what he said about how intoxicating it is to be around action. I'm not a gambler but I love to watch others do it. I guess I'm a born "sweater".

As for W Virginia, move. That sounds depressing! Get Bill Clinton to come over and change it like he did Arkansas. A friend of mine told me Arkansas used to be very poor. Clinton, according to my friend, brought it out of the "tobacco road" condition and into the mainstream.
 
Speaking of Bill, I kind of admire a man that can get a little trim while he's running the most powerful country in the world, LMAO!!!
 
Thanks, Rick. As for moving, I'm 55. House is
paid off. Kids are in a fairly safe environment.
It's tough to make a move at my age.
Besides, it really is beautiful here. Come see
it sometime.
 
I'm 53 so we're not far apart in age. If I ever do head that way, I'll let you know. You like one hole or 9 ball? I think I like one hole just a little better. Take care and shoot em straight.
 
Whoa Hondo, I am the worlds worst nine ball player and nobody is gonna take that away from me. You just steped over the line buddy. Trying to take the only Crown away from a guy.
I use to live in a school bus down behind Harpers Ferry on the Potomac river. It don't get no prettier than that. That was back in the middle 70's. Kicked the rear door open and cast right from the ol' bed. Catfish breakfast and cold beer. Man those were the days.
Just kidding about the sock and the cookie jar. Sorry about that, I have heard a lot worse W. VA. jokes. However, they can apply to almost anywhere in the states.
Best of Luck and God bless, Don P.
 
Yeah, well we don't even know who you really are. You talk a good story but who the Hell are you? I'm not making myself out to be the big Kahuna, you are. You said you used to beat Keith, well play him again then. Maybe we can all bring some cash and do some sidebetting. You're the bigtime player here on this board, you should have no problem taking the cash!
 
The man couldn't beat the "Earthquake's" meat, much less at pool. Hey Danny boy, when did you take third in the US Open? You haven't even shown up pal. You talk a lot of talk. My mother told me "words are cheep" and you are a true testament to that.
When did you last beat "Bustamonte"? Never pal. All mouth and no show, that be you Danny boy. I hope you grow up one day, and if anyone on this board has diarrhea of the mouth, it's you boy. Ask anybody here. Your a loser pal and you know it, and I know it. For that matter, everybody on the board knows it. I will back Keith against you any day of the week. You just agree and I will line up Keith. As a matter of fact Danny boy, I will be in Vegas in April. If you make it worth our while, I can guarantee Keith will be with me, and we will shut you up for good, send you back to the homeless shelter where you use to live. March 31st. thru April 4th.. I will be at the Hall of Fame Banquet. The only differance is, my real name will be on the tag. I don't hide behing any phoney names. You got more name than you have pimples on your ass, and that is saying a lot.
See ya later Danny boy. One day, you will be a man, I hope!
God Bless, Don P.
 
Hey,

I just posted this in the sinister plot thread, but as I worked my way down the list I realized it belonged here. I'm really nervous that I might actually appear to agree with the likes of Danny D!

Call me crazy, but I think that while some hustler's are slime, being a hustler doesn't make you slime. The best hustles always use the greed of the mark. Doesn't the mark think he's the one pulling a fast one, taking easy money from this guy shooting straight up in the air? If somebody goes out of his way trying to find Bucktooth because of those hilarious threads a while back, gives him too much weight and gets his ass handed to him, who is the slime? If you rack loose, cheat, or glue someone's stick together, you're a slime. If you turn the tables on on somebody because the game you were hiding is better than the game he was hiding, how can you feel sorry for the loser?
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If he said he beat Keith when he was drunk, the man is a lier. I don't know if you know Keith, but the man plays better the more suds he has in him. He beat Bustamonte at seven thirty in the evening. Had a bud in his hand all day long. I don't understand or condone it, but it is so.
Don P.
 
I say that you are not a pool player if you have not been hustled or have hustled at least once in your pool life. Part of the game, and part of pool life.

Some take it with vengeance, and some take it like they were abused children (justifying their perversion on the table). But many just take it and take it and take it until it affects their lives.

I know posting these things on hustling may deprive some people of the wonderful experience of feeling so stupid, but I am sure that somehow, this puts perspective in a budding pool player. Their choice.... they can cry about it, learn from it, and even want to be it. As for many of us - been there and done that. And we have the chance to live pool life gracefully through this forum! lol
 
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