Hello everybody,
I just want to share my thoughts with you - and post pictures of two absolutely awesome Alton caps and maybe more...
About 9 days ago I began to have one of the few very-very best times of my life... After 28 hours of travelling, transfering flights, boarding in Budapest and landing in Amsterdam, Minneapolis and then finally in LA, I got to meet in person my first AZer... I have made many friends and even more good acquintances here on this board, and naturally there are a few whom I don't like too much, but this is the very first time...
I am sure you can tell from the caps - if you have good memory - or maybe you'll find out from the post.
Although I have been thinking about how to get this post done properly for the past 40 hours, I just can't get to it... I'll just go ahead and tell you very briefly, what has happened to me:
I have met a new very-very good friend who I can rely on and who can rely on me too
I have had to realize first hand, in person how true the rule is that you really shouldn't ever judge someone merely by reading his/her posts or anything else that is distant and impersonal - because sitting 7000 miles away anyone can write whatever (s)he wants, its impersonal from this far... and neither not only by what he says but what he owns.
I have read many-many posts written in a negative way about him and I also know that the majority has not met this guy I am talking about.
Long story short after I have finally arrived to LA I therefore began a perfect holiday - because to me a perfect holiday is not what you spend in a 5-star but what you spend with a friend, in a good environment.
As things turned out - I mean after chatting, talking and telling stories for a week - I got to know a new very good friend who's right there with the greatest people that I know when it comes to inner qualities and (as said in Hungarian) the size of heart - and not the size of the pocket / bank account.
That, latter form is how many judge him on here but after the first 2 hours we spent together talking I knew there is SO MUCH MORE to him.
Later on we got to take The Cues out and just due to the negative remarks - such as showing off, etc. - the majority of this forum has NO IDEA what they are missing.
We have been talking cues a lot and playing pool a lot and it is incredible that - along with the fantastic cues - how much knowledge of him is not being posted here.
I really don't want to get too big on words and everything so I'll just sum it up real quickly and so this has been one of those very scarce '' I'll remember this for ever '' times because I have met a new and true friend, and there is no need for terms like good / very good friend - and got to see some of the very finest cues in this world while learning so much about them, it is unbelievable.
I wish I can post a pictures of the cues or at least some of them, I took ~450 photos and that should give you an idea : - )
Until then here are two shots that he said we should post - and I agreed 100% cause it's good to see them in one thread, finally...
As a closing all I have to say is that: Alton, your work is I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E.!!!
I just want to share my thoughts with you - and post pictures of two absolutely awesome Alton caps and maybe more...
About 9 days ago I began to have one of the few very-very best times of my life... After 28 hours of travelling, transfering flights, boarding in Budapest and landing in Amsterdam, Minneapolis and then finally in LA, I got to meet in person my first AZer... I have made many friends and even more good acquintances here on this board, and naturally there are a few whom I don't like too much, but this is the very first time...
I am sure you can tell from the caps - if you have good memory - or maybe you'll find out from the post.
Although I have been thinking about how to get this post done properly for the past 40 hours, I just can't get to it... I'll just go ahead and tell you very briefly, what has happened to me:
I have met a new very-very good friend who I can rely on and who can rely on me too
I have had to realize first hand, in person how true the rule is that you really shouldn't ever judge someone merely by reading his/her posts or anything else that is distant and impersonal - because sitting 7000 miles away anyone can write whatever (s)he wants, its impersonal from this far... and neither not only by what he says but what he owns.
I have read many-many posts written in a negative way about him and I also know that the majority has not met this guy I am talking about.
Long story short after I have finally arrived to LA I therefore began a perfect holiday - because to me a perfect holiday is not what you spend in a 5-star but what you spend with a friend, in a good environment.
As things turned out - I mean after chatting, talking and telling stories for a week - I got to know a new very good friend who's right there with the greatest people that I know when it comes to inner qualities and (as said in Hungarian) the size of heart - and not the size of the pocket / bank account.
That, latter form is how many judge him on here but after the first 2 hours we spent together talking I knew there is SO MUCH MORE to him.
Later on we got to take The Cues out and just due to the negative remarks - such as showing off, etc. - the majority of this forum has NO IDEA what they are missing.
We have been talking cues a lot and playing pool a lot and it is incredible that - along with the fantastic cues - how much knowledge of him is not being posted here.
I really don't want to get too big on words and everything so I'll just sum it up real quickly and so this has been one of those very scarce '' I'll remember this for ever '' times because I have met a new and true friend, and there is no need for terms like good / very good friend - and got to see some of the very finest cues in this world while learning so much about them, it is unbelievable.
I wish I can post a pictures of the cues or at least some of them, I took ~450 photos and that should give you an idea : - )
Until then here are two shots that he said we should post - and I agreed 100% cause it's good to see them in one thread, finally...
As a closing all I have to say is that: Alton, your work is I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E.!!!
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When we arrived to the TAD section he takes this cue out - and this is the perfect proof of your work - the first thing catching my eye was the cap and then I looked at the entire cue... with that cap this cue is finally: complete!
