Old Matches aren't fun to watch???

[Bobkitty]

The adage “It’s the archer not the arrow” is truly so appropriate to respond with.
Despite your admiratiion for Mr. Morris, I respectfully submit that he lags behind
Tim Scruggs as a cue maker & I’m blessed to own a wonderful cue made by Tim.

It is a fool’s errand to think it’s the equipment when you reach my age and anyone
in that neighborhood will tell you the very same thing. And worse, I play with pain.

Got full thickness tears in both my rotator cuffs and I’ve already had five surgeries.
Left shoulder in 2009 and right one in 2011, 2013, 2015 &. 2016 & more are needed.

A cue by your favorite cue maker or anyone else, and mine happens to be Mr. Hercek,
isn’t going to make up for getting old and two badly damaged shoulders. So as I was
attempting to explain, as one gets older, your pool game inevitably changes and what
you used to do you no longer can, at least not dependably when you need it the most.

Maybe you’re better off starting a thread about NM cues & you can enjoy a spontaneous
discussion about his cue making and your fondness for him. However, since I already
own lots of cues made by very talented cue makers, I know it’s the archer and not the arrow.

So sorry for your injuries. Hoping you'll get better.. You are correct it is the "archer not the arrow".

 

[pwd72s]

Amen on the old age health issues. I had high expectations for the cataract surgeries I underwent this summer. Well, high expectations lead to high disappointments, sometimes. Bottom line: Think I'm done playing...will probably be giving my cues and Justis case away to a nice guy at the hall I used to go to. Poor guy who through no fault of his own, never had much...but he was always friendly and helpful to me. Bava? I too have joint problems...the wear and tear (pun intended) of having made 78 trips around the sun. Guess it's just time to hope others have as much fun playing as I have...

 

[Bavafongoul]

Amen on the old age health issues. I had high expectations for the cataract surgeries I underwent this summer. Well, high expectations lead to high disappointments, sometimes. Bottom line: Think I'm done playing...will probably be giving my cues and Justis case away to a nice guy at the hall I used to go to. Poor guy who through no fault of his own, never had much...but he was always friendly and helpful to me. Bava? I too have joint problems...the wear and tear (pun intended) of having made 78 trips around the sun. Guess it's just time to hope others have as much fun playing as I have...

I was thinking of just hanging onto one cue for each of my children and grandchild
and let the others find a new home where the cues will get used. The only issue
is a month ago I only had one grandchild and just learned another one is on the way.
So with 3 daughters and 1 son, I’m starting to think there’s an outside chance I might
wind up having to add cues. The grandchild thing is out of my control unlike pool cues.