Practice what I Preach

Monday funday 10.28.24:
Gotta love the moisture falling from the ski.
Puzzle time.
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the cue lays over the launch pad and on the first leg of 2 to the red stripe. The white adjacent got a kiss. So 5 points to close the station. Now 3 or more to the king purple stripe. 🤔
 
Challenge 0 the day.
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End side end side right next to the pocket.
Maybe?
Oh yeah the equipment is phenolic tiped break/jump. Slight modification at the tip to make it 13mm or less. The chalk is for color only and any globs or ridges are No no s.
 
Whew, that's enough reps for Gramps. 4 rails to get a 6 is pick up sticks. Gotta see what the rain has brought me. 🤷‍♂️ 😉
 
10.30.24
The morning after...leagues. I get 6 games, 2 with each opponent. Starting with a loss is not ideal. 5 out of 6 is however a good feel. Ing!
Once more into battle tonight means keeping my mind right. Right? 😉
20241030_083317.jpgMultiplicity is a favorite movie. Multiplicity
20241030_083351.jpg Evolution is what I call my Fitness stretch routine. 🤷‍♂️
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"Come wipe me I'm done!" Is a favorite flash back. 🤷‍♂️
 
10.31.24 Oh what fun. Lefty loves the Goofy jokes. Well the Goof Ball Award definitely goes to Lefty this morning.
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Feeling good and strong We set station 1 shot at, "long and hard". Shooting 1 handed one rail to the teal stripe. Lefty missed center by just enough to put left on whitey which brought it back to the launch pad to settle in its hole of origin. It did remove the other white from the pad so, uh Right says "sew what? It's not the Ultimate Screw Up" 😉 🤷‍♂️
 
It's therapy so the execution of the reps is the physical. Finding it beneficial is rewarding. The near misses are entertaining.
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Scratching head, Lefty said, "scratch it all you want. It ain't dead. Frozen that is just a hairs breadth from a perfect goof ball. Shrug.
Right leads 7-1. Oh what fun. Kinda like the world series. 🤷‍♂️
 
Well that's a workout. Right's production of 1s and 2s got him to 19 before Lefty finally found a 4 to close the target. The 2 to the brown strip and 3 to the king 15 proved to be simple enough to finish the contest just under the time limits.
Edit: Oops almost forgot the long and hard joke from Playboys Grannie regular. Grampa says, "It's long and hard? Lordy gal you've got ahold of my Winchester. " Ta Dump.....
 
Sunday funday 3.11.24
Doing the slide..from the pick-a-path thread.
Not Rambling, definitely know where I wanna go. 😉 Oh wow look at that over there.wink
So anyway the video is on upload and well guess I can hit some ball z.
 
Good morning 11.4.24 one day more till the toilet gets flushed. Whew that should be a relief.
Anyway here's my required tool set for my morning fitness.
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The black fob is experimental like the yf12a. The Alien pads are dropped from center light. Sound effects help as they flutter down.
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The morning deal. Leaves me selecting a don't try this option That becomes, "hold my beer and watch this". Off the point of the side. Okay a secret.
When I was standing at the head of table waiting for them to rack. I would bounce whitey off the side pocket point and back to my hand. Just getting a measurement. 🤷‍♂️ The joke about the monkey and cueball comes to mind. 😉
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Done deal.
 
Oh boy, this cold morning start brings memories. The wet saw in Spokane in January. A balmy 28 degrees. This 56 oh well. Should have whine alerted sorry.
Getting the reps is the point after 4 attempts each and still no score. So now it's not attempts that I count, minutes perhaps. The near missed shots provides entertainment and uh motivation.
The pictured near miss....I swear the 3 ball wiggle....uh well maybe doesn't score.
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Lefty reproduce the pictured miss by Right. Right returned with a Trophy shot.
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Just barely out of the hole and a hair apart. 6 points will be the morning race. Lefty gets to open with 2 rails to the next target. A bridge is constructed for the second target. Hmmmmmm
 
Wow gotta wonder if I broke it. The computer Gawd is messing with me. I tried to copy and paste the message. Uh oh I got the whole page. My incompetence had me standing in front of the heater but freezing my finger holding down the back button to erase a lot of stuff. Flashing back to the wet saw in Spokane. 🤷‍♂️
Ramblin is a skill 😉
Problem solving is a favorite pass time. My morning fitness program includes problem solving. Only after the basic stretch and flex. Then the form work kicking one then 2 rails. I set the points system and requirements to a 1 hour program. Ooops starting to Preach ish. 🙏
Anyway here's the morning 3 rail challenge. Goofy Lefty thinks I er uh We can.
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Go adjacent the line of the cue uh end side end and back to the13 nearest the head rail. I got through the other 2 pretty quickly. This aught to take a while. 🤷‍♂️ 😉
 

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Oh some funny stuff. Lefty called the 4th rail and did it to end up So Close but no hit. Twice like it could go nowhere else. The Right hand however looks like the practice range scene from Tin Cup.
oh well what fun.
 
Cold fingers brings me back to the phone over the heater. Right prefers the 3 rails and scores first. Go figure?
 
Wed.nov.8.2024
The morning after competition report:
I lost the first of 6 and got the rest. In the course of the play....possibly my first 8 ball....I had a funny angle on my set ball and had to hit a "big boy" shot. With draw to the side rail and back for the 8 near the spot. Going across the line of aim...is something I avoid. But as Quigley said, "I didn't say I couldn't ". Ball in hand shape was application of "the fear factor " . 🤷‍♂️ The equipment and cloth fell into My wheel house. Steven's cloth I think is what it's called. What the tables at the Seed 2 in Bellevue wa. Were. My wheelhouse definitely my wheelhouse I mumble and shuffle.
 
The morning after. Full of gratitude love and resolve.
League night and the high beams.
"On the fields of friendly strife. " is a favorite quote. Are sewn the seeds. Last night I had to trim the weeds. The youngster who So grievesly disrespected the Grandmaster......his own team mate. Then he proceeded to disrespect Our game of 8 ball.
Snooze alert grampa stiry......ah but it's a fresh one. 😉
My history with the youngster included a discussion regarding his absolute shark move. It was a little more than warm discussion. If my memory serves my elevated adrenaline helped me produce the run out. So he wanted to go back for that lesson again. 🤷‍♂️
We put on a show. Not sure of the majority view but got genuine handshake from the rest of the first place team. Diapers boy picked up the 8 ball and dropped it in the side. Gave me...uh well the choke out is a favorite jui Jitsu move.(My first choice always in physicalcontrol). Ele vated adrenaline doesn't have to be violent. Precision Precision Precision practice pays. Elevated whore moans bring my best game. With a personal 2-2 split the competition was fun. The confrontation was not fun but Required (by My religion) 😉 🤷‍♂️
I blame the cold for the story. My excuse standing in my warming station 45 ain't That cold....well until ya get old. 😉 🤷‍♂️
 
Well it's still cold so
Chapter 2
The lesson was one I saw taught so well while standing in line at the defac in Iraq. No Really there was a special ops team in line in front of me as we proceeded in through security to eat. The crew of 5 or 6 all appeared to be familiar with steroids. The youngster was escalating a beef with the Old Guy. The Old Guy phrased it something like this.
Old Guy said:
Son, you can't win. If I kick your ass (motion to the crew) they will never let you live it down. If you kick my ass, they will rib you for beating up an old man.....You can't win.
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Pretty sure he got the smile and handshake. 🤷‍♂️ pretty sure. 😉
 
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