Ok, I will do my own but what about Hopkins
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JAM said:
LMAO, Americans taking the high road on food lol, now thats some seriously funny shit right their, that like super size funny!
I know u dont get out much JAM but just for you...
TOP 50 RESTUARANTS IN THE WORLD
"Of the top 50, 14 of the restaurants are in Britain. According to Restaurant Magazine, “There will be some who feel this year’s list is too London-centric, with 26 percent of the list given over to restaurants in and around the English capital.
And with the United States-based Gourmet Magazine recently declaring London “The best place to eat on the planet,” maybe its days of bangers and baked beans are over."
You got that passport yet? there's a whole world out their JAM just waiting for you to stick your toe in!
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StevenPWaldon said:
I didnt have any trouble read your post Steven because its your opinion and we all have one. We have no beef really because I'm intitled to mine as well. Here I go...
"All i'm saying here is that Grady is a tired champ" That was pretty shitty thing to say. I mean he didnt attack you did he?
"how does Grady get off being the jerk to criticize Hopkins?" anyone thats been around pool more than 5 minutes knows there has been tension between these two from WAY back. Plus I am sure Allan doesnt need anyone to defend his success.
The killer was;
"Any time you care to pony up 25K to bet on a race to 1000 in 14.1, I'm game to back any one of them who he has many a decade on. I'll have the cash in hand. Can you say the same?" You would have gotten rep points if you were offering to play Grady and not putting a young stud champ in the box. It looked like a lil kid putting his big brother on the sandlot bully, LOL
From one Steve to another, you really should apollogize for losing your cool and disrespecting Grady but that too is a choice, just my opinion.
TheOne said:LMAO, Americans taking the high road on food lol, now thats some seriously funny shit right their, that like super size funny!
I know u dont get out much JAM....
I don't want to get out much. I've had my fill of attending two, three, and four pool tournaments every single month. There ain't no place like home, being with my loved ones, to include my dog Sammy.
TheOne said:but just for you...
TOP 50 RESTUARANTS IN THE WORLD
"Of the top 50, 14 of the restaurants are in Britain. According to Restaurant Magazine, “There will be some who feel this year’s list is too London-centric, with 26 percent of the list given over to restaurants in and around the English capital.
And with the United States-based Gourmet Magazine recently declaring London “The best place to eat on the planet,” maybe its days of bangers and baked beans are over."
You got that passport yet? there's a whole world out their JAM just waiting for you to stick your toe in!
Actually, I do have a passport, and I hope to never use it, especially around Britain, considering the terrorism threat.
As far as the food goes, I remember eating some English shepherd's pie made with lamb. YUCK! Thank goodness, the Americans changed the recipe to a more delicious beef ingredient.
Picture below of an American dining at a restaurant in Britain.
JAM
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TheOne said:LMAO, Americans taking the high road on food lol, now thats some seriously funny shit right their, that like super size funny!
I know u dont get out much JAM but just for you...
TOP 50 RESTUARANTS IN THE WORLD
"Of the top 50, 14 of the restaurants are in Britain. According to Restaurant Magazine, “There will be some who feel this year’s list is too London-centric, with 26 percent of the list given over to restaurants in and around the English capital.
And with the United States-based Gourmet Magazine recently declaring London “The best place to eat on the planet,” maybe its days of bangers and baked beans are over."
You got that passport yet? there's a whole world out their JAM just waiting for you to stick your toe in!
What he fails to mention here is that out of those 14,.......... there are....uh ..hmmm...well.........not even one actual establishment that serves a English menu
JAM said:
spoken like a true traveller! But I know what u mean, I should visiy my 50th country in a couple of weeks, Im getting too old for this travelling lark. But hey I love seeing a different perspective on the world, the opinions you have about other countries are so amusing, I know they make most Americans cringe!
But hey we have people like that in the UK too, believe it or not there are people in the UK that have never seen the sea! Maybe they're just too scared off all those terrorists to leave their house LMAO
As for the food, I'll take the other (expert) American view over your's, they obviously know what they're talking about and who knows they might have even visited Britain to come up with their conclussion lol
smokeandapancak said:What he fails to mention here is that out of those 14,.......... there are....uh ..hmmm...well.........not even one actual establishment that serves a English menu
Number 1 is "The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire, Britain", would u like to bet this restuarant doesnt serve British food?
Jam,
One of my fondest tournament memories was a Grady Matthews promoted event, The 1st Annual North Carolina "Tar Heel Classic" in Madison, NC in 1984. I won against Dallas West 11 to 4, lost to Toby Sweet 11 to 7 and lost to Allen Hopkins 11 to 4.
One standout moment was when Earl came to me from behind and patted me on my back for my good play and commented,"Good Job!". That meant a lot to me!!
Grady's event was all professional, Even though I was not a pro...I was treated that way. Grady was a class A promoter.
I would not mind at all having Landon spend a couple of days with Grady and Randi. Stan
One of my fondest tournament memories was a Grady Matthews promoted event, The 1st Annual North Carolina "Tar Heel Classic" in Madison, NC in 1984. I won against Dallas West 11 to 4, lost to Toby Sweet 11 to 7 and lost to Allen Hopkins 11 to 4.
One standout moment was when Earl came to me from behind and patted me on my back for my good play and commented,"Good Job!". That meant a lot to me!!
Grady's event was all professional, Even though I was not a pro...I was treated that way. Grady was a class A promoter.
I would not mind at all having Landon spend a couple of days with Grady and Randi. Stan
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TheOne said:Number 1 is "The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire, Britain", would u like to bet this restuarant doesnt serve British food?
I love to travel, and have notched a few countries in my belt... I am always open to new experiments with culture.. esp new food... but this?????? .. this sounds scary.... gimme bangers and beans any day of the week !!!!!
The winner of the coveted number one spot was The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, Britain. The pioneering restaurant is famed for introducing the world to delicacies such as snail porridge, mussels in popcorn sauce, and bacon and egg ice cream. The bizarre-sounding dishes are part of The Fat Duck’s bid to create food that is both delicious and fun. In addition to “Best Restaurant in the World,” the Fat Duck also picked up an award for the second year in a row for “Best Restaurant in Europe.”
Amen to that!
Being from south Louisiana, I love cajun cooking. Some of the crap that is passed off to the tourists as cajun cooking is hilarious. Give me an old neighborhood cafe or small restaurant with real cajun food just like grandma used to make anytime. My brother and I went into one of the upscale joints years ago. We ordered tea and begin looking at the menu and kinda looked around at what other people were eating. Whatever they were eating, it all looked a bit odd. The descriptions of the dishes on the menu all included some strange ingredients too. My brother is fairly adventuresome when it comes to food but we decided to pay for the tea and leave.
Hu
crawfish said:
Being from south Louisiana, I love cajun cooking. Some of the crap that is passed off to the tourists as cajun cooking is hilarious. Give me an old neighborhood cafe or small restaurant with real cajun food just like grandma used to make anytime. My brother and I went into one of the upscale joints years ago. We ordered tea and begin looking at the menu and kinda looked around at what other people were eating. Whatever they were eating, it all looked a bit odd. The descriptions of the dishes on the menu all included some strange ingredients too. My brother is fairly adventuresome when it comes to food but we decided to pay for the tea and leave.
Hu
One thing i can agree with is getting rid of Mitch,he seems to be very unknowledgable.As for Hopkins,I cant believe that the people who defend you are not telling you your out of line here,i mean they are quick to tell everyone they are when it comes to people being critical of you.After this i hope some people stop defending you like you have a pass because of your history with pool because people who arent star struck see that this is BS.Hopkins has done more for the sport and players then you have so instead of complaining do something,your attacks on Hopkins and Williams arent doing anything,they are both doing good for pool,which is players making some money and fans enjoying there venues.Grady said:
What's your beef with Allen?
Don't know why you have to bring this "Bull Crap" here because as far as I know, Hopkins doesn't post in this forum. You should probably also know that Hopkins doesn't need to respond to you on this subject...
Nonetheless, I have to give you the benefit of the doubt about anyone promoting nowadays a "million dollar tournament." Don't know why this is still embedded on some people's mind but this type of tournament really "doesn't fly" with many pool players of the world, sponsors, promoters, or anyone for that matter.
For a tournament with this much money, you would definitely need "huge sponsorships" or have 500 players pay an entry fee of $2,000 each. This is very unlikely unless someone believes that 2000 players would show up and pay $500 to participate.
2,000 players at one of the known National Amateur Championships is feasible, but this is so because the entry fees are somewhere in between the $50, $75 or $100 range but it "aint gonna happen" with a $500 or $2,000 entry fee. (2,000 players paying $500 or 500 players paying $2,000).
However, what the heck do we really know? Allen may have the contacts and the venue to pull this thing off. He would need at least 30 to 40 pro tables to accomodate 500 players in a week long tournament with at least 12 hours of non-stop action on the tables just for the tournament (unless Allen is thinking about race to 5 series).
The main problem here would be to get this thing started without sponsorship, plus have the players sign-up and show-up for such an event.
Therefore, and in essence, I believe the beef between Grady and Hopkings doesn't belong here; it is personal and should be between both of them. Nonetheless, I do not blame Grady for thinking that such a huge tournament is not feasible or possible; and it doesn't matter whom is behind the helm.
Grady said:
Don't know why you have to bring this "Bull Crap" here because as far as I know, Hopkins doesn't post in this forum. You should probably also know that Hopkins doesn't need to respond to you on this subject...
Nonetheless, I have to give you the benefit of the doubt about anyone promoting nowadays a "million dollar tournament." Don't know why this is still embedded on some people's mind but this type of tournament really "doesn't fly" with many pool players of the world, sponsors, promoters, or anyone for that matter.
For a tournament with this much money, you would definitely need "huge sponsorships" or have 500 players pay an entry fee of $2,000 each. This is very unlikely unless someone believes that 2000 players would show up and pay $500 to participate.
2,000 players at one of the known National Amateur Championships is feasible, but this is so because the entry fees are somewhere in between the $50, $75 or $100 range but it "aint gonna happen" with a $500 or $2,000 entry fee. (2,000 players paying $500 or 500 players paying $2,000).
However, what the heck do we really know? Allen may have the contacts and the venue to pull this thing off. He would need at least 30 to 40 pro tables to accomodate 500 players in a week long tournament with at least 12 hours of non-stop action on the tables just for the tournament (unless Allen is thinking about race to 5 series).
The main problem here would be to get this thing started without sponsorship, plus have the players sign-up and show-up for such an event.
Therefore, and in essence, I believe the beef between Grady and Hopkings doesn't belong here; it is personal and should be between both of them. Nonetheless, I do not blame Grady for thinking that such a huge tournament is not feasible or possible; and it doesn't matter whom is behind the helm.
TheOne said:spoken like a true traveller! But I know what u mean, I should visiy my 50th country in a couple of weeks, Im getting too old for this travelling lark. But hey I love seeing a different perspective on the world, the opinions you have about other countries are so amusing, I know they make most Americans cringe!
I don't think you truly know my opinions about other countries. I have, however, expressed my opinion about pool culture in other countries as well as how I view the American pool tournament trail when there are players from other countries competing in United States events.
To elaborate a bit, you state that my opinions about other countries are amusing and make most Americans cringe. Do you have a reference or a source that I can read, please?
TheOne said:But hey we have people like that in the UK too, believe it or not there are people in the UK that have never seen the sea! Maybe they're just too scared off all those terrorists to leave their house LMAO
As for the food, I'll take the other (expert) American view over your's [sic], they obviously know what they're talking about and who knows they might have even visited Britain to come up with their conclussion [sic] lol
I personally do not like to fly in airplanes; thus, I most likely will never go to Britain and sample authentic British cuisine. However, I don't believe Britain is known for their fine cuisine.
JAM
juegabillar said:
I agree that getting 500 players to pay an entry fee of $2,000 each is a huge undertaking.
FWIW, though, at every single Skins Billiards Tournament, which is a $5,000 entry fee, there is a waiting list of hopeful players.
$2,000 is a lot of cabbage, however, and if the player roster can be filled up to 500 players, each paying $2,000, then it would be a good thing.
A million-dollar tournament came up a while back, and nobody wanted to post up the entry fee, which I think was $10,000, if memory serves me right. The main problem with that event, which never got off the ground, was that nobody knew who the promoter was, as well as it was not advertised ahead of time very well. To post up $10,000 ahead of time to an unknown entity was not attractive to prospective competitors.
Hopkins does have credibility as far as paying off at his events. So, in that respect, he is very capable of pulling this million-dollar tournament off, IMHO, and wild horses won't prevent some, if not most, serious-minded professional pool players away from this, if it happens. I'm sure I'll be checking it out. I hope Hopkins makes it happen on the East Coast.
JAM
I would love if it was on the east coast also,i would also love to see he Keith in it getting a big slice of the cheese.JAM said:Hopkins does have credibility as far as paying off at his events. So, in that respect, he is very capable of pulling this million-dollar tournament off, IMHO, and wild horses won't prevent some, if not most, serious-minded professional pool players away from this, if it happens. I'm sure I'll be checking it out. I hope Hopkins makes it happen on the East Coast.
JAM
Fast Lenny said:I would love if it was on the east coast also,i would also love to see he Keith in it getting a big slice of the cheese.
For you and me, this would be logistically SWEET! Man, I went to Vegas last year, and it was hot, hot, hot. I mean, it was so hot that they had fans blowing water sprays on the sidewalks for the pedestrians.
I walked from the Venetian to another casino, about 4 city blocks, and not only was it hot, hot, hot, but everybody was packed like sardines.
East Coast would be the nuts!
JAM
ShootingArts said:
What you say is so true. I lived in Baton Rouge for five years back in the 70's and whenever we went out to eat it was always in a small Mom and Pop type Cafe. I miss a lot about the south but nothing so much as the food.
Lunchmoney
lunchmoney said:
And another thing about eating down South, if you order a soda or iced tea, the wait staff keep coming around refilling your glass. Up North, it has been my experience that you will be charged for every single refill. It's just a whole different atmosphere in Beautiful Dixie than in Yankee Country, IMHO.
When traveling on Interstate 95 going south, as soon as you pass Virginia, there are no more toll roads. Go north to New York City from D.C., and it will cost about 15-plus bucks in tolls, no matter how you get there.
JAM