Old guys at the poolroom
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I have always said exaggeration has improved my game more than anything else. :smile:
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Joe..along these lines-a recent comment in a thread about Efren playing rotation against the ghost--paraphrasing...'when Efren is on the table-he is young'.
...sure is for an almost 'old guy'.
As a legit old guy...I can't help but notice.
ps: Joe-woul Jack be the one that had impeccable timing .....'wellllll', or 'Oh, stop that' to Rochester?
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I fell in love with pool while playing with "the old guys" at the local American Legion. I was 10 years old and these guys were all retirees.
To this day I enjoy playing the most when I play with the old guys in the partners nine ball ring game. I am an "A" player and most of the time I play it is with concentrated effort and with very few words spoken. So, I really enjoy it when I can let my guard down and just enjoy hanging out and not worry about the outcome of the game. Some are young at heart...maybe I am old at heart.
To this day I enjoy playing the most when I play with the old guys in the partners nine ball ring game. I am an "A" player and most of the time I play it is with concentrated effort and with very few words spoken. So, I really enjoy it when I can let my guard down and just enjoy hanging out and not worry about the outcome of the game. Some are young at heart...maybe I am old at heart.
The ones wearing an apron and suspenders are terrors, avoid at all costs.
J
You know Howie in Peabody???
Yeah that's the guy, played a mean violin too ! Most agreed that he had impeccable timing.
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beautiful tale...thanks for sharing.
I know Howie out of Peabody. The only player I know who wears the apron. He is a great player but I wouldn't consider him old.
Hitch fell off a little bit in his last few years but still could have taken on just about anybody shooting below pro caliber.
He had a shark move where if he was losing a set...he would go put his glasses on. The thing was...his glasses didn't have any lenses.
And sure enough he would catch another gear. LoL
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He had a shark move where if he was losing a set...he would go put his glasses on. The thing was...his glasses didn't have any lenses.
And sure enough he would catch another gear. LoL
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Sheldon's Cigar Store
I snuck into Sheldon's Cigar Store (La Crosse, WI), with a fake I.D. in the 1950s.
There were always (though especially in cold weather), a half dozen "old" guys in there watching. Most of them never played. One was a Russian immigrant who spoke not a word of English, but you knew he had been a player by the way he expressed joy at seeing great shots.
The old fella I remember best went by the name of "Lefty". I saw him shoot one shot that he was famous for. He could pocket a "spot shot" from the kitchen and keep the cue ball from touching a rail! Lots of players tried it, but "Lefty" was the only one who had the amazing finesse stroke to pull it off!
I snuck into Sheldon's Cigar Store (La Crosse, WI), with a fake I.D. in the 1950s.
There were always (though especially in cold weather), a half dozen "old" guys in there watching. Most of them never played. One was a Russian immigrant who spoke not a word of English, but you knew he had been a player by the way he expressed joy at seeing great shots.
The old fella I remember best went by the name of "Lefty". I saw him shoot one shot that he was famous for. He could pocket a "spot shot" from the kitchen and keep the cue ball from touching a rail! Lots of players tried it, but "Lefty" was the only one who had the amazing finesse stroke to pull it off!
Old guys? Old guys?
I'm an "Old Guys"! 2 balls better? What the heck is that. Us old guys figure in racks. You know like in the real game of pool, Straight pool. Not some carnival game like nine ball.
Us old guys don't associate pool with nine ball. That's for you "New Guys".
Two balls .... geez .. the set of balls comes with 15 object balls. Try using em all, ya damned whipper snapper! :nanner:
And another thing. You may be too old to cut the mustard, but you can still lick the lid (a reference to wisdom and experience and not what was going through your mind). 
I meant it like 10 to 8 in 1 hole.