We really need a new thread to discuss the never ending pursuit of the perfect table. I know there was a time when we all played on less than "perfect" tables and somehow we all were perfectly happy playing on them. Actually there were more of us then too. Hmmm.
Now even if a player is happy playing on such a beast it must be because they are just an idiot that doesn't know any better. Nah -- it's not that. Some of us are just content walking along the local hiking trail. We really don't need to be constantly reminded that climbing Mt Everest is a much more worthy pursuit.
I paid 1100 dollars for an AMF Grand Prix several years ago from a room that closed A buddy and I got it into my basement and I got my hands on some 760 and set it up myself with the assistance of some things I learned on here. Now the table isn't "perfect" but I have really enjoyed it and all of my guests have been impressed with how well it plays. These are guys that play a lot of pool too.
The thing is -- pool is really a blue-collar thing, and most of us can't really justify the expense of having the perfect table. But what's worse is -- collectively when we walk into a room we expect to be greeted by a row of prestine tables with specific size pockets or the grumbling commences. This is in the midst of a declining population of interested players. It doesn't make sense.
I guess maybe I'm just a simple man but I don't get all the clamoring for the perfect table.
Now even if a player is happy playing on such a beast it must be because they are just an idiot that doesn't know any better. Nah -- it's not that. Some of us are just content walking along the local hiking trail. We really don't need to be constantly reminded that climbing Mt Everest is a much more worthy pursuit.
I paid 1100 dollars for an AMF Grand Prix several years ago from a room that closed A buddy and I got it into my basement and I got my hands on some 760 and set it up myself with the assistance of some things I learned on here. Now the table isn't "perfect" but I have really enjoyed it and all of my guests have been impressed with how well it plays. These are guys that play a lot of pool too.
The thing is -- pool is really a blue-collar thing, and most of us can't really justify the expense of having the perfect table. But what's worse is -- collectively when we walk into a room we expect to be greeted by a row of prestine tables with specific size pockets or the grumbling commences. This is in the midst of a declining population of interested players. It doesn't make sense.
I guess maybe I'm just a simple man but I don't get all the clamoring for the perfect table.
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