Jaden said:
OK Ok, I'm about to derail my own thread
now I'm curious. Airplane pilot?
Pool Bum stories?
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OK Ok, I'm about to derail my own thread
now I'm curious. Airplane pilot?
How about the ones who come in to the pool room, Run up a tab, Try to win the tab money gambling with the money they didn't have to begin with, Lose, Then say I'll be right back as they lay the house cue against the chair and never come back. lol.. Seen it a time or two..
I was at a tournament one time and there was a well know player there. One everyone would know here if I said his name. It was a free entry with a calcutta. The guy is wearing beach shorts, flip flops, a goofy hat, about 1000 miles from home and not a penny to his name. Enters into the free tournament, gets a small loan from about 10 people to cover half of his calcutta, gets a cue loaned to him, and snaps off the tournament. lol.
I believe his name was Bob....
Back when I was running my friends pool hall in Redlands, CA there was this guy in his sixties namedd Bob I think?. He was a top notch player but he always parked his car at this Denny's in San Bernardino and and lived in it. He would go around to the local pool halls and match up for a his living. Whenever we wanted to find him, we'd go over to his car and wake him up....
He's the guy who taught me, indirectly, how to play golf on a snooker table. we would match up playing golf and he would always have to start and finish on the six hole against the rest of us. I never did find out what happened to him after I got out of pool the first time. Hell, I've never even talked to my friend Scott Mann since then. If anyone knows Scott or his brother Mike, let me know. I'd like to find out if he still has that Rich jump cue. we had these three 1974 Rich cues eight pointers with tons of inlays and I used to spin mine around like a staff. He tried with his and ended up dropping it and splitting it right down the forearm. We ended up cutting it down into a jump cue. He offered to sell it to me for 50 and I turned him down. I should've bought it. Oh well.... Th third one was stolen and ended up in Tommy Baker's hands somehow. hmmmm????
Back when I was running my friends pool hall in Redlands, CA there was this guy in his sixties namedd Bob I think?. He was a top notch player but he always parked his car at this Denny's in San Bernardino and and lived in it. He would go around to the local pool halls and match up for a his living. Whenever we wanted to find him, we'd go over to his car and wake him up....
He's the guy who taught me, indirectly, how to play golf on a snooker table. we would match up playing golf and he would always have to start and finish on the six hole against the rest of us. I never did find out what happened to him after I got out of pool the first time. Hell, I've never even talked to my friend Scott Mann since then. If anyone knows Scott or his brother Mike, let me know. I'd like to find out if he still has that Rich jump cue. we had these three 1974 Rich cues eight pointers with tons of inlays and I used to spin mine around like a staff. He tried with his and ended up dropping it and splitting it right down the forearm. We ended up cutting it down into a jump cue. He offered to sell it to me for 50 and I turned him down. I should've bought it. Oh well.... Th third one was stolen and ended up in Tommy Baker's hands somehow. hmmmm????
whitey2 said:
I agree with you whitey2!
I know alot of so called pool room bums that will split their last can of beaniee -weenies with you if ya was hungry, hell I think i've been a bum a time or two in my life.
"Judge a man by the content of his character, not the size of his wallet!"
There are exceptions, but most of the so called pool room bums I've met are, good hearted, honest, hospitable, and very loyal!!
David Harcrow
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Which ONE have you met ? Can't wait until you meet your second onecatpool9 said:I agree with you whitey2!
I know alot of so called pool room bums that will split their last can of beaniee -weenies with you if ya was hungry, hell I think i've been a bum a time or two in my life.
"Judge a man by the content of his character, not the size of his wallet!"
There are exceptions, but most of the so called pool room bums I've met are, good hearted, honest, hospitable, and very loyal!!
David Harcrow
so you can post a disclaimer.
SJDinPHX said:
Dick
You remember Everett? How many years did he sleep under the table, clean up in the bathroom at the pool room. Saw him about 5-6 years ago, cleaned up good, he was at the Glendale Glitters thing.
Exactly
The best player in my town, I would consider a pro level player in his day. He said, and I think rightly, we make choices in life.
I have chosen to get a "Real" job. I have interviewed almost all "legends" of the game of pool. Most are broke or nearly broke, but this is the life they have chosen. I can tell stories on myself and bore you to tears, but these guys have had an interesting journey.
I still think Keith McCready would make a MILLION if the story could be told on his life. Those here that dont like this thread might argue that we shouldnt tell about Keith sleeping in a dumpster in the back of "HARDTIMES". But it is exactly that, that shows the incredible lows and the incredible highs. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE KEITH McCREADY HAS HAD....But I would never trade my life for his, but I admit his has had more excitement and drama.
JMO
Ken
Scaramouche said:If they didn't go broke playing pool they would go broke paying their voluntary stupidity tax by buying lottery tickets. Everybody has the right to go to hell by routes of their own choosing.
The best player in my town, I would consider a pro level player in his day. He said, and I think rightly, we make choices in life.
I have chosen to get a "Real" job. I have interviewed almost all "legends" of the game of pool. Most are broke or nearly broke, but this is the life they have chosen. I can tell stories on myself and bore you to tears, but these guys have had an interesting journey.
I still think Keith McCready would make a MILLION if the story could be told on his life. Those here that dont like this thread might argue that we shouldnt tell about Keith sleeping in a dumpster in the back of "HARDTIMES". But it is exactly that, that shows the incredible lows and the incredible highs. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE LIFE KEITH McCREADY HAS HAD....But I would never trade my life for his, but I admit his has had more excitement and drama.
JMO
Ken
Jack, I really believe had they been looking for that stuff when EverettJack Madden said:
was a young man, would have been considered an autistic savant.
He was one of a kind wasn't he ? Do you know anyone else who
made good bucks at public events playing the TUBA ?
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catpool9 said:
SJD can speak for himself, but it is my opinion that the person you describe is not a bum. Being down on ones luck for a good person is only a temporary situation.
A bum on the other hand makes being a bum a profession. And to me there is a huge difference between the two.
Steve
You knew him
Jack,
I am sure that you know the one that I am mentioning. It is Billy Ray Suden, lived with his parents forever and now lives in car. Saw you and him play some entertaining matches in San Jose at the original California Billiards.
Jack Madden said:
Jack,
I am sure that you know the one that I am mentioning. It is Billy Ray Suden, lived with his parents forever and now lives in car. Saw you and him play some entertaining matches in San Jose at the original California Billiards.
Not at all David. I've met many lovable, down on their luck rascals overcatpool9 said:
my 60 some years of pool. I only meant to infer that " most " of what I
would call a "Pool room bum" have learned to survive in their CHOSEN
environment by operating at something less than high moral character.
It's the nature of the beast. Much different than a person who is
temporarily down on their luck!
hey, wasn't there a thread pertaining to this subject just a while back...?
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=81907
we all make choices in life; some good; some bad... the overwhelming majority of people make positive choices about living and life. even some of them get knocked to the curb and rebound. the human mind is a curious thing, it can convince us that we can do anything,,,,,,,but it can also convince that we can do nothing about our situation in life.
trying to live our life by beating someone out of their hard earned dollars by hustling them in a pool game is not a choice that 99.99% of people don't even think about trying.
there is no help for those addicted to hustling, unless they want to change. as long as there are "fish" in a pool hall, there'll be a "shark".
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=81907
we all make choices in life; some good; some bad... the overwhelming majority of people make positive choices about living and life. even some of them get knocked to the curb and rebound. the human mind is a curious thing, it can convince us that we can do anything,,,,,,,but it can also convince that we can do nothing about our situation in life.
trying to live our life by beating someone out of their hard earned dollars by hustling them in a pool game is not a choice that 99.99% of people don't even think about trying.
there is no help for those addicted to hustling, unless they want to change. as long as there are "fish" in a pool hall, there'll be a "shark".