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chin0

"Chino Miss-A-Lot"
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How's everyone doing? Hope all is doing well and had a great holiday season. My name is Rafael, but all of my friends call me Chino, whichever one you prefer.

I'm from Kansas City, MO. I started shooting 8-ball when I was around 10 or so, my dad use to play snooker quite a bit and taught me how to shoot. I never took it serious when I was younger. A few months back, I was in the process of finding a new hobby and I remembered my good experience with shooting pool, so I found a local pool hall and started shooting. Though I shot horribly, but I instantly fell in love with it.

I'm a beginner and certainly don't know anything. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone and learning from you all. Please don't hesitate to correct me and don't let my ignorance fly. If you remain silent and don't correct me, I will always be ignorant, and I am here to learn.

My parents purchased a cue for me for Christmas, I don't know how good of a cue it is, but I like it a lot so far, it is a GW collection cue, model GW1. Nothing very fancy, but I think it is definately good enough for a beginner like myself.

My dad owns a one-piece Joe-Davis 17.5oz cue and a 2 piece custom 59inch 17.5oz cue made by Schon. I have no idea what either one of those cues are, but he takes a lot of pride in them for some reason.

Anyhow, I've talked quit enough. As I have said I above, I look forward in getting to know everyone, and learning from you all. Thanks for having me. :)

Chino
 
Welcome aboard chin0!

Glad to hear you've decided to try your hand at this great game we all love. You couldn't have picked a better place for advice & fun! You'll learn a lot from the great crowd that forms AZB.

You'll probably learn a few things you'll later wished you hadn't as well! Lol, that's all part of the fun here.

Have fun!:grin:
 
chin0 said:
How's everyone doing? Hope all is doing well and had a great holiday season. My name is Rafael, but all of my friends call me Chino, whichever one you prefer.

I'm from Kansas City, MO. I started shooting 8-ball when I was around 10 or so, my dad use to play snooker quite a bit and taught me how to shoot. I never took it serious when I was younger. A few months back, I was in the process of finding a new hobby and I remembered my good experience with shooting pool, so I found a local pool hall and started shooting. Though I shot horribly, but I instantly fell in love with it.

I'm a beginner and certainly don't know anything. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone and learning from you all. Please don't hesitate to correct me and don't let my ignorance fly. If you remain silent and don't correct me, I will always be ignorant, and I am here to learn.

My parents purchased a cue for me for Christmas, I don't know how good of a cue it is, but I like it a lot so far, it is a GW collection cue, model GW1. Nothing very fancy, but I think it is definately good enough for a beginner like myself.

My dad owns a one-piece Joe-Davis 17.5oz cue and a 2 piece custom 59inch 17.5oz cue made by Schon. I have no idea what either one of those cues are, but he takes a lot of pride in them for some reason.

Anyhow, I've talked quit enough. As I have said I above, I look forward in getting to know everyone, and learning from you all. Thanks for having me. :)

Chino


Welcome, this is truly a great forum, never forget, that whether your a beginner or a Pro we all have something to offer from our own point of view. These varying opinions, and insights add more to any conversation than any one person ever can.

Have a great night and again welcome.
 
manwon said:
Welcome, this is truly a great forum, never forget, that whether your a beginner or a Pro we all have something to offer from our own point of view. These varying opinions, and insights add more to any conversation than any one person ever can.

Have a great night and again welcome.

That is very true. And don't be scared off by the dog pic! Manwon really is one of the good guys here. Always worth reading.
 
Welcome, chinO !!! Have fun here, there are a lot of great folks on this site. :thumbup:
 
Thanks for the welcome everryone. I'll try and read more than I open my mouth, that way I wouldn't ask a silly question.
 
Welcome amigo, great place, good people....search is your friend....stay out of the for sale section, you will go broke......
 
welcome chin0. don't worry, plenty of people run their mouths off, no worries about that. you seem quite respectable
 
Welcome Chin0! I could only repeat what all the guys mentioned above and I won't do that...

with one exception: Enjoy your time here, it is a great place to be at and you'll learn a lot!

WELCOME!
 
Wecome aboard ChinO, hope you'll gain alot of insight on the game we all love here on AZ!...have fun!:smile:


David Harcrow
 
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Welcome Chino. There is no question about pool that someone on here can't answer or tell you how to find out. Enjoy. Johnnyt
 
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