Ranger: “Cause they don't make a .46.”
Now I’ll spare you my NYC-centric view on guns. I won’t change anyone’s mind. And youse guys won’t change mine!
The tie-in to pool?
Obviously … equipment.
The player has decision-making rights over certain items.
His cue, of course. Different shafts, tips, those things between those two. The rest of the cue … that your back hand holds … the base? And weights in the cue?
Chalk, if you’re allowed to use your own.
Powder.
A glove, weights. Eyeglasses, contacts, I guess.
What else?
I guess the cloth that wipes your cue?
Maybe the bridge? I’ve seen personal versions such as a snooker bridge?
A jump cue, if that’s allowed.
An iPod for music?
Clothing? I guess that could make some difference in a long match. There’s the comfort factor, especially with shoes. And the embarrassment component if, say, you showed up wearing the exact same outfit as your opponent. Perspiration stains. A bad hair day -- or worse, a bad haircut -- could have psychological consequences on your game.
Now I’m thinking about only personal items, under the supervision of the shooter -- not intangibles such as gaff-racking, aiming systems, etc. And not the cue case, important as that may be, because it doesn’t, so far as I can tell, affect the roll of the balls.
(I have heard of slipping in a personal cue ball during some matches, but that’s not really kosher, right?)
What am I missing?
Tangibility is my life,
Sunny
Now I’ll spare you my NYC-centric view on guns. I won’t change anyone’s mind. And youse guys won’t change mine!
The tie-in to pool?
Obviously … equipment.
The player has decision-making rights over certain items.
His cue, of course. Different shafts, tips, those things between those two. The rest of the cue … that your back hand holds … the base? And weights in the cue?
Chalk, if you’re allowed to use your own.
Powder.
A glove, weights. Eyeglasses, contacts, I guess.
What else?
I guess the cloth that wipes your cue?
Maybe the bridge? I’ve seen personal versions such as a snooker bridge?
A jump cue, if that’s allowed.
An iPod for music?
Clothing? I guess that could make some difference in a long match. There’s the comfort factor, especially with shoes. And the embarrassment component if, say, you showed up wearing the exact same outfit as your opponent. Perspiration stains. A bad hair day -- or worse, a bad haircut -- could have psychological consequences on your game.
Now I’m thinking about only personal items, under the supervision of the shooter -- not intangibles such as gaff-racking, aiming systems, etc. And not the cue case, important as that may be, because it doesn’t, so far as I can tell, affect the roll of the balls.
(I have heard of slipping in a personal cue ball during some matches, but that’s not really kosher, right?)
What am I missing?
Tangibility is my life,
Sunny
) but people bring their own cue balls to the room ALL the time where I play. Usually the red dot (measle) ball. It's pretty obvious to most that it's not a 'house' ball. 
Very few people seem to have a problem with that.
