I went to play some pool last night with a friend of mine. The pockets were about the width of 1.6 balls. The balls went in when it was striked right even with power long rail shots. I remember playing on some pockets with reduced pocket size before and it was almost impossible to make a power shot down the cushion. I do not really know why but the small pockets here play much easier for some reason. The cloth was blue but it played well. I am not sure what it was but I think it is probabaly 860.
I like the electronic score borad system they have here. There is a board on each table and everytime someone wins a game, he/she can press a button and the score will change accordingly. When the game is over, there is a reset button that one can press--it is kind of neat as I do not have to worry about scratching my shaft moving the little beans on the wire. Besides, it is easier for the spectators to know the score as the score board is quite big and easy to read with bright red lights.
I have been to three pool halls only so far, and they all use the really nice aramith or centennial balls. One of the poolhalls even allow its customers to choose between the red circle cue ball or the one with a lot of red dots. There is a guy who cleans the ball all the time. I saw a ball cleaner in one of the pool halls, and they also have digital scales and digital calipers and things like that for its customers to check their cues.
One thing I notice is the air conditioning and its effects on cues. The air conditioning that they use everwhere makes the air drier and cooler indoor, once the cue is taken outside of the poolhall, the temperature immediately rises drastically along with humidity. For cues made in a very dry envirnoment such as Neveda, this can post a big problem. Since most poolhalls open 24 hours and the AC is always on, I would just rent a locker and store my cues in a poolhall if I were living in Taiwan. At least that way my cues is always under the same humidity and temperature.
I think even with Nelsonite, the temperature variation will warp the shaft but I have not done any test so I am not sure.
Regards,
Richard
I like the electronic score borad system they have here. There is a board on each table and everytime someone wins a game, he/she can press a button and the score will change accordingly. When the game is over, there is a reset button that one can press--it is kind of neat as I do not have to worry about scratching my shaft moving the little beans on the wire. Besides, it is easier for the spectators to know the score as the score board is quite big and easy to read with bright red lights.
I have been to three pool halls only so far, and they all use the really nice aramith or centennial balls. One of the poolhalls even allow its customers to choose between the red circle cue ball or the one with a lot of red dots. There is a guy who cleans the ball all the time. I saw a ball cleaner in one of the pool halls, and they also have digital scales and digital calipers and things like that for its customers to check their cues.
One thing I notice is the air conditioning and its effects on cues. The air conditioning that they use everwhere makes the air drier and cooler indoor, once the cue is taken outside of the poolhall, the temperature immediately rises drastically along with humidity. For cues made in a very dry envirnoment such as Neveda, this can post a big problem. Since most poolhalls open 24 hours and the AC is always on, I would just rent a locker and store my cues in a poolhall if I were living in Taiwan. At least that way my cues is always under the same humidity and temperature.
I think even with Nelsonite, the temperature variation will warp the shaft but I have not done any test so I am not sure.
Regards,
Richard
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I won so she quit on me and insisted playing connect 4, kicked her ass at that so she gets the jahanga (whatever its called) building blocks out. Somehow in my drunking stouper I managed to keep a steady hand despite some serious sharking tactics and she knocked them all over. She got the shits then so we headed back to the others where my mate Chenman had forgotten my advice and was buying rounds for the whole bar of ladies lol! He bought one girl 11 drinks in about 45 mins and she was absoloutly wasted. She had a short skirt and her legs where everywhere lol!
