my weekend of pool....long story

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lorider

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I am going to start this story by saying I had a bad day at work Friday. Had to turn myself into a contortionist working in tight spaces designed for kids ...or elves. to tol it off we had to work late. Wasn't a part of this 64 year old body that wasn't sore afterwards. Made the hour long drive home...showered and changed clothes and made the 45 minute drive to double jeapordy league. Played only 8 ball a d lost hill- hill to a 7. Unusually long night made worse by staying and talking with team mates about next session as Friday night was the last night of this session. Got home about 12:30 and spent a while to unwind before going to bed.

On to this weekend . Thursday night my lo text me asking if I would play in the 8 ball 3 man team tournament being held starting Saturday. Had a team that was shorthanded. My lo has done a lot of terrific things since taking over last summer sk I said I would help her out and play. Turns out I knew of the 2 players I was teamed up with but had not been around them much. This was a money tournament under apa rules with a 15 max handicap but not apa sanctioned. Our team happened to ne 3-5's and several were 7-3-5 ....6-4-5 and so on.

Starting time is 11:00 and I get there at 10:45 . This is the first tournament I ever played in that started on time. Several have started an hour or more later . Now I have always said there are different levels of players at the same handicap. These 2 guys were weaker than me...not being conceited at all. They decide ti throw the stronger of those 2 first. The other guy not playing started liking for his glasses to keep score and I offered to do it . Easy peasy since we were not keeping innings or safes which tends ti bring out the best in one of these money tournaments. He plays another 5 and loses hill- hill. The other guy throws himself second a d loses 5-1 to a 7. Game over ....i didn't play since they won 2 in a row and were were 4 points down and the most awarded in a win is 3.

Well we are sitting around forever waiting on the next round. After 3 hours I go take a 30 minute nap in the truck that seat was rough on my body. Go back inside and my 2 team mates suggest I practice a lil since there was a table open and I had not shot a ball all day. So I play them and beat them.both twice and them its time for our second round. They decide to throw me first after commenting I was shooting pretty good. I face a 5 and won 4-2. The weaker guy loses 5-1 vs a 6. The stronger guy wins 4-1 vs a 4.

Next round they throw me first again. I win 4-3 vs another 5. We keep the same line up throughout the tournament. Weaker guy loses and the stronger guy wins.

Same thing next round with same line up ...in order to try and shorten this story. We get through at 12:45 that night and have to be back at 10:00 am this morning. Same thing...me first. Now you gotta k ow me to understand how I talk crap sometimes ...but never during a match. This team had 6...4...and a 3. Well they threw their 3 on me and I said what the heck is this dumping a 3 on me I want your 6. Now mind you o aint never laid eyes on these guys before as they were from Arkansas. Their 6 said it aint happening and and we all laughed I said ok...i am.gonna make you pay. Well it turns out this is the best dang 3 I have ever seen and had to safety the crap out of him in order to win 4-0. Then they threw their 6 and the stronger 5 got up and for the first time I decided to be a part of the decision making and told him he ought to dump the weaker 5. Said ...nothing against you but I heard this 6 beat another 6 by 5-0 in 4 innings. Ain't saying you can't beat him but if you lose I aint so sure your partner can beat their 4 if he plays like their 3 did. Dump the other guy and you play the 4. So we did a d weaker guy lost and stronger guy won.

Next round. I face another 5 and win 4-0. They throw their 7 and same as before we dump weaker guy he loses 5-1. So stronger guy plays a 3.. He loses 2-1 . Unffrigin believable . So we were out in 4 th place. Later the lo says I heard you beat so and so while ago 4-0 you must have shot amazing . I said not really . I missed 2 easy 8's but was fortunate enough to get another shot at both of them although one was a tough kick. I just played smarter with a bunch of safes throwed in.

Weekend aint over yet. Still have 9 ball playoffs tonight.

Gonna feel lime crap in the morning and may lay out from work tomorrow. I have done that before after a rough weekend playing tournaments. Just too much for an old guy like me.
 
How in hell do you remember all that? I'm 64 and I wouldn't remember past getting to the tournament Friday even if I did the exact same thing 3 weeks in a row. I commend your memory!
 
Johnny Rosato said:
How in hell do you remember all that? I'm 64 and I wouldn't remember past getting to the tournament Friday even if I did the exact same thing 3 weeks in a row. I commend your memory!
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Heck, I'm 65 and I don't even remember how to get out of the Main Forum. :eek:

Maniac (and it ain't gonna get any better)
 
Good report!

Always nice to read a good report. Never played league myself so all I know is what I hear or read. A new hall opened up just thirty miles up the road and seemed to be hinting they were hunting league players but there are evenings that sixty mile round trip would get long.

Hu
 
Maniac said:
Heck, I'm 65 and I don't even remember how to get out of the Main Forum. :eek:

Maniac (and it ain't gonna get any better)
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I am 58 and afraid to log out;)....I do remember ShootingArts and it is a privilege to have him posting again!

I now know the next 20 years is going to get crazy.
 
Johnny Rosato said:
How in hell do you remember all that? I'm 64 and I wouldn't remember past getting to the tournament Friday even if I did the exact same thing 3 weeks in a row. I commend your memory!
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Lol... My ex wife said I had a memory like an elephant and had selective memory also.. I guess she was right on that I remember what I want to and forget about all the impertinent stuff which keeps my my memory from getting fuzzy.

I have a personal question if you dont mind. No problem if you dont want to answer. Do you take any type of medicine.?

I have a funny story for you regarding my memory. One night several some years ago a lady friend and I went to my favorite bar. Upon walking in a friend approached and I ask how you doing. He said not good as there was a woman there that had kept one of the pool tables ever since she walked in. I told him I was gonna take it from her. While playing her my lady friend sits down and is talking to this lady friend that is with the blonde that I am playing against. I win and the blonde says she is going to the bathroom. Well I sit down with the 2 women and my lady friend tells me they are from Arkansas. A light bulb goes off in my head and I say...i know you two ladies. She replies ...no way you know us. I say I will prove it when your friend gets back. Well the blonde comes back and sits down and her friend says that I claim I know them. She says no way. I say ok I will prove it.

I tell her what her name is which neither had said at the time...I tell her both the first and last. She asks her friend if she had told me her name and she said no. I tell her what town ...tell her she lives on 29 acres and that she had a business giving dance lessons. Also told her she had been in this same bar 2 years previous after watching a play at the Orpheum theater. All three of the women sitting there looking dumbfounded at me. The blonde said you remember all that from meeting me one time 2 years ago ? I said yea but I did not recognize you at first cause you have changed some. She asks how have i changed. I said your hair is longer and styled different .....your outfit is casual and back then you wore tight white jeans ....boots and a western style shirt.....you have a small scar on your chin and you have put on 10-12 pounds which looks great on you. She says the scare was from a calf kicking her and that she had actually gained 15.

Her friend said ...you must have a photographic memory. I said no...i only remember what I want to remember. I didn't bother telling her I couldn't remember her name lol.

I got up and shot some pool and later the two ladies said goodbye . The blonde heads toward the door....stops and turns around and tells me. I am going to lose those 15 pounds. I said please dont cause you look great.

My lady friend asked me how in the hell I could remember all that about her after only one meeting 2 years ago and that I had made quite an impression on them. I said that the blonde made quite an impression on me when I first met her and was my kinda woman. She says well it would not do me any good cause she was a lesbian. I said how do you know ? She said she was a woman and could tell those things. She then asked if I was so interested in her why didn't I try to hook up with her ? I said she lives 300 miles aww and I aint into long distance relationships ....besides you just told me she was a lez. She replied yes but she liked you. I said ...well damn .

Oh yea...the rest of my pool weekend. 9 ball playoffs and I face another 6 the last match. Due to how many points we were ahead I only had to go to 23 before he reached 46 in order for us to win.i won the lag and scratched. He runs some and I run out. To make this post short. I broke 4 times and scratched the first 3 racks. The 4 th rack I did not scratch and did not make anything. He was at 27 when I reached 23. How the hell I was only 4 points behind him when I reached my needed 23 points is beyond me after giving him bih the first 3 racks. Well I did shoot good and played some good safes when I got a chance. Almost wanted to give him the 9 every rack in order not to break lol. I tried 4 different locations and scratched 3 times. Oh yea ....broke with a team mates breaker the only time I did not scratch.
 
Hmmm

Cuebuddy said:
I am 58 and afraid to log out;)....I do remember ShootingArts and it is a privilege to have him posting again! I now know the next 20 years is going to get crazy.
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People that knew me in younger years know that age has nothing to do with my craziness!

Hu
(yeah, I took the spacing and paragraph out of your quote. Did that to a highly educated friend and he was shocked, he had never realized you can edit quotes!)
 
The most amazing thing about that story, lorider, is that you told a woman to her face that she gained 10-12 pounds and didn't get throttled.

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StraightPoolIU said:
The most amazing thing about that story, lorider, is that you told a woman to her face that she gained 10-12 pounds and didn't get throttled.

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Lol. That's what my lady friend that was with me said also after they had left. I dunno ....i guess I have always been a person that tells it like it is.

Speaking of getting throttled by a woman. Same bar different night sitting with a girl I knew from the bar and a couple if other people . Another girl comes up and we tell her to grab a chair from another table and tell her to join us. Without thinking I just grabbed the chair the girl beside me was sitting in and pulled her and the chair over closer to mw to make room for the other girl. The girl sitting looked at me smiling and said ... You know....you are the only man in the bar that could get away with that. I replied ....well I am glad you feel that way....would hate to get slapped by you. She started laughing.
 
lorider said:
Lol... My ex wife said I had a memory like an elephant and had selective memory also.. I guess she was right on that I remember what I want to and forget about all the impertinent stuff which keeps my my memory from getting fuzzy.

I have a personal question if you dont mind. No problem if you dont want to answer. Do you take any type of medicine.?

I have a funny story for you regarding my memory. One night several some years ago a lady friend and I went to my favorite bar. Upon walking in a friend approached and I ask how you doing. He said not good as there was a woman there that had kept one of the pool tables ever since she walked in. I told him I was gonna take it from her. While playing her my lady friend sits down and is talking to this lady friend that is with the blonde that I am playing against. I win and the blonde says she is going to the bathroom. Well I sit down with the 2 women and my lady friend tells me they are from Arkansas. A light bulb goes off in my head and I say...i know you two ladies. She replies ...no way you know us. I say I will prove it when your friend gets back. Well the blonde comes back and sits down and her friend says that I claim I know them. She says no way. I say ok I will prove it.

I tell her what her name is which neither had said at the time...I tell her both the first and last. She asks her friend if she had told me her name and she said no. I tell her what town ...tell her she lives on 29 acres and that she had a business giving dance lessons. Also told her she had been in this same bar 2 years previous after watching a play at the Orpheum theater. All three of the women sitting there looking dumbfounded at me. The blonde said you remember all that from meeting me one time 2 years ago ? I said yea but I did not recognize you at first cause you have changed some. She asks how have i changed. I said your hair is longer and styled different .....your outfit is casual and back then you wore tight white jeans ....boots and a western style shirt.....you have a small scar on your chin and you have put on 10-12 pounds which looks great on you. She says the scare was from a calf kicking her and that she had actually gained 15.

Her friend said ...you must have a photographic memory. I said no...i only remember what I want to remember. I didn't bother telling her I couldn't remember her name lol.

I got up and shot some pool and later the two ladies said goodbye . The blonde heads toward the door....stops and turns around and tells me. I am going to lose those 15 pounds. I said please dont cause you look great.

My lady friend asked me how in the hell I could remember all that about her after only one meeting 2 years ago and that I had made quite an impression on them. I said that the blonde made quite an impression on me when I first met her and was my kinda woman. She says well it would not do me any good cause she was a lesbian. I said how do you know ? She said she was a woman and could tell those things. She then asked if I was so interested in her why didn't I try to hook up with her ? I said she lives 300 miles aww and I aint into long distance relationships ....besides you just told me she was a lez. She replied yes but she liked you. I said ...well damn .

Oh yea...the rest of my pool weekend. 9 ball playoffs and I face another 6 the last match. Due to how many points we were ahead I only had to go to 23 before he reached 46 in order for us to win.i won the lag and scratched. He runs some and I run out. To make this post short. I broke 4 times and scratched the first 3 racks. The 4 th rack I did not scratch and did not make anything. He was at 27 when I reached 23. How the hell I was only 4 points behind him when I reached my needed 23 points is beyond me after giving him bih the first 3 racks. Well I did shoot good and played some good safes when I got a chance. Almost wanted to give him the 9 every rack in order not to break lol. I tried 4 different locations and scratched 3 times. Oh yea ....broke with a team mates breaker the only time I did not scratch.
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I self-medicated throughout the '70's, mostly Sopor's, Ludes, and weed, with the emphasis on Sopor's. Those were the days,,,,, I think! lol
 
Johnny Rosato said:
I self-medicated throughout the '70's, mostly Sopor's, Ludes, and weed, with the emphasis on Sopor's. Those were the days,,,,, I think! lol
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Thanks for replying. Not that I am a doctor or an expert in any field but just my opinion that most medicines have any number of side effects which may or may not affect memory.

I am not a health freak by any stretch of the imagination but I dont take any type of medicine for anything unless I absolutely have to. I dont take pain pills for headaches or body aches or tooth aches. Too many medicines advertised have a disclaimer that there may be side affects . Why take a medicine for high blood pressure such as I have and it damages another part of your body. ?

I used to drink alcohol and it affected my blood pressure so I quit drinking. My daughter in law told me several years ago that I showed signs of diabetes...i watch what I eat.

I am 64 years old and weigh the same as i did in my 20's . My job now entails physical labor . One day I may be running a jackhammer. The next digging with a shovel. The next hanging 10 foot sections of gas pipe that weigh as much as 80 pounds.

Never took drugs and my only vice is smoking. When I feel.it affecting me I cut back. Just cant seem to quit entirely lol..

My ex wife has epilepsy. Back in the 80's she had a seizure and was in a coma for 8 days. She went to all kinds of doctors and was prescribed all kinds of medicine. Some made her hyper and it seemed to me brought on more seizures and other medicines made her like a zombie. She was having as many as 3-4 seizures a day for a couple of years. I noticed ever time she got excited or upset she would have one. I finally talked her to quit taking anything and tried like hell to keep her calm and that she was just a test rat for their medicine because nothing was working . she went to having maybe one or two seizures a year.

Oh yea.....i had a gall bladder operation several years ago and did not take a y medication at all except to take my blood pressure down . They would not operate until it came down. No pain medication at all.

A few years later i had an accident which left me 30 percent disabled in my right hand and arm. Sometimes it aches like a bad toothache but i do not take anything. After the operation they gave me a 30 day supply of pain pills. I only took a few when the pain was real bad like when i bumped my arm on something . I never used all of them i was out of work for a year rehabing the use of my hand and arm. Still cannot use all of my fingers .

That's just my opinion about medicine.
 
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