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I am not a proficient Facebook navigator, but I think that your profile is set to either "private" or "friends only." What this means is that not everybody can see the pictures if they go to the "Wall." Again, maybe I am wrong, but I tried to see the pictures and was unable to. :(
 
JAM said:
I am not a proficient Facebook navigator, but I think that your profile is set to either "private" or "friends only." What this means is that not everybody can see the pictures if they go to the "Wall." Again, maybe I am wrong, but I tried to see the pictures and was unable to. :(
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You need to log in first. Then open the link and click on "View photos of Grady" which is right under his avatar. Then click on the "History of Pool".
 
Sorry

I'm new to facebook myself and not very good with technical things. If you go to facebook and request to be my friend I approve everyone. Then I think you can get everything of mine.
 
JAM said:
I am not a proficient Facebook navigator, but I think that your profile is set to either "private" or "friends only." What this means is that not everybody can see the pictures if they go to the "Wall." Again, maybe I am wrong, but I tried to see the pictures and was unable to. :(
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JAM,
I will say that however good the pictures may be, they PALE in comparison to hearing Grady's presentation during the famous "slideshow." He has an incredible anecdote (or 2 or 3) for EVERY photo in the slideshow.

A couple of years ago, I was fortunate enough to have Grady give his "slideshow" on the big plasma tv in Betmore's Basement. Several AZB'ers and several local pro's were in the audience. It was one of the most memorable hours of my life - a tremendous pool experience - not a dry eye in the house by the end of it as Grady discussed some of the great players who have passed away.

Somebody should tape/record/DVD that presentation - I'll buy the first one.
 
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Grady, I noticed that you are a Facebook friend of Bill Burton. I spent some time with him a couple of weeks back and he brought TONS of pics with him. You might want to check with him about pics you might use for your "History of Pool" photos.
 
Damn....you just knocked all those players action!!!!!:wink:

Great pics...thanks for sharing some pool history...:)
 
Grady said:
I have some very good pictures at facebook. Enter Grady Mathews, go to my wall, then photos and click on "History Of Pool". A lot of memories and history in those photos. Enjoy.
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Those pictures are priceless. Thanks for sharing!

Dave
 
Thanks for sharing your pictures Grady. If i knew everybody does that make me a member of the old guy club? l.o.l.
"country" Bob
 
Great pictures Grady. First one had me in awww as I seen Bill Amedeo. I met him in Florida at Bakers Billiards back in the 80's. Steve Cook played there all the time also. They were both very nice people to meet.

You should post a thread just like this in the history of pool forum here !
 
oldzilla said:
Great pictures Grady. First one had me in awww as I seen Bill Amedeo. I met him in Florida at Bakers Billiards back in the 80's. Steve Cook played there all the time also. They were both very nice people to meet.

You should post a thread just like this in the history of pool forum here !
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The first time I ever met Grady Mathews was at Bakers in Tampa. It was in the late '70s or early '80s. I can't remember. I was with a road player named Geese who had just gone busted inside. He got invovled in a ring game of 9-ball on a snooker table, I think it was, and hardly ever got to shoot. He just kept paying out after each win without getting a chance to hit a ball. Each time it was his turn to shoot, he didn't have a clear shot. It was brutal. :o

Geese stormed out of the pool room with his cue in hand, angry as a hornet. I grabbed his case and ran after him. When we got outside by the front door, he took his cuestick and threw it on the ground with all his might. The veins of his neck popped out, just like a pterodactyl, and his eyes were on fire. :angry:

I immediately began to have visions of a Greyhound bus station, wondering, first, how I would get there; second, where was the nearest Western Union; and third, how long it would take me to get back home on a bus. :frown:

Suddenly, from around the corner came this tall gentleman who happened to know my friend. He bent down, picked up the cuestick, dusted it off, and handed it to Geese, stating, "You shouldn't do that to your stick. What's the matter, friend?" Well, he had a soothing effect on Geese, lucky for me. :canoodle:

All of us later went out to dinner later that evening. Grady was driving one of those Cadillacs with pointed tail lights. I remember he had a baby pitbull in the car with him. :grin-square:

Ah, the good ol' days! Anybody who's ever been gambling with Geese realizes that he was a superstitious gambler. When he won, he was the most generous person in the world, giving everybody who was with him a jelly roll just for being there, but when he lost, well, let's just say it wasn't a comfortable environment to be in. :eek::o:(:wink::smile:
 

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Grady:
I've only gotten a third of the way through the photos and had to stop, stop to say thank you. This is a marvelous collection. Thanks for sharing.
Roger
 
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