Request and tip: Chalk on the rail.

Balabushka

Balabushka

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Here's a friendly tip and request. (Especially from hall owners)

After using the chalk, and placing it back on the rail, please place the cube with the CHALK SIDE face up. Putting the chalk face down marks up the rail.

Especially dont smack the chalk down in this manner so the dust really takes it toll.
 
Balabushka said:
Here's a friendly tip and request. (Especially from hall owners)

After using the chalk, and placing it back on the rail, please place the cube with the CHALK SIDE face up. Putting the chalk face down marks up the rail.

Especially dont smack the chalk down in this manner so the dust really takes it toll.
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Here's a friendly tip: Most people here don't need to be told this.
 
"Few things are harder to put up with than a good example."
- Mark Twain

Good info is never a waste of time, and certainly never to be diminished if you are smart enough to already possess it.
 
This has been mentioned several times since you became a member. I doubt that there are many here who haven't heard this here, at least once.
 
Good Tip

Good suggestion Bushka. Keep trying. I am still surprised how many pigs slam the chalk down, face down, creating little mounds of chalk dust. I walk around and simply turn the chalk over. This ploy is totally ineffective. Step Two: They will miss a shot and ask how they could miss, I say gently, "You missied because you put your chalk upside down". This ploy sails over the head of the offending player. The last and most drastic step is to put all the chalk in your pocket. This will also fail as they will get more chalk and continue as before. One player told me he uses the chalk dust to smooth his stroke like talcum powder..I explained that chalk dust is an abrasive but this too met with deaf ears.
 
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heres a tip dont f-ing take the chalk off the table and chalk your tip while your opponent is at the table. Im so sick of seeing this happen, its just bad pool ettiquette.

Ben
 
Smetimes setting the chalk with the hole down on the rail pisse the other guy off, next thing you now he is more worried about the chalk than the game he is playing, its a good move sometimes. When I play I like 2-3 pieces sitting upright on the rail.
 
AA Meeting

I think someone needs to attend an AA meeting...Anal-retentive Anonymous
 
I recently played a straight pool match with a guy who repeatedly snapped the chalk down on the rail openside down. In a short time the rail was nearly covered with chalk. Now this is a nice guy, a good player, better than me anyway, he won the match. He certainly is not a new comer to the pool table. About halfway through the match I took a break. I took my towel to the lav, dampened half of it, came back to the table and cleaned the rail. It went right over his head. By the end of the match the rail was once again covered with chalk. Whadda ya gonna do?

Dave Nelson
 
Dave Nelson said:
I recently played a straight pool match with a guy who repeatedly snapped the chalk down on the rail openside down. In a short time the rail was nearly covered with chalk. Now this is a nice guy, a good player, better than me anyway, he won the match. He certainly is not a new comer to the pool table. About halfway through the match I took a break. I took my towel to the lav, dampened half of it, came back to the table and cleaned the rail. It went right over his head. By the end of the match the rail was once again covered with chalk. Whadda ya gonna do?

Dave Nelson
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LOL Dave. Yeah, I know I play guys who are much better and more experienced than me, and still I see them slap the chalk upside down.

Hence this thread.

I talked to a pool hall owner who said the biggest mess on his tables was the upside down chalk.

It's gonna happen, but I just thought the subject was worth something. Cheers.
 
I read somewhere once that you should leave the chalk on it's side. This is so if you lean over the rail for a shot you won't accidently get a big chalk mark on your shirt.
 
slach said:
I read somewhere once that you should leave the chalk on it's side. This is so if you lean over the rail for a shot you won't accidently get a big chalk mark on your shirt.
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Did you know that if you got chalk all over your shirt, and then spilled mustard from your hot dog on your shirt, the mustard wouldn't stain the places where the chalk was?

So I suppose there are pro's and con's to that advise also. :thud: :killingme:
 
We should just set up a fund to buy each of those upside-down chalk people one of their very own pocket-chalkers. Problem solved.

Another thing you can do is get a damp cloth like someone mentioned. But instead of waiting until there's a big mess, just wipe it down every time you start your inning. Eventually the guy will probably be annoyed at having to wait, so he'll either make more mistakes or stop being such a slob. :D
 
Balabushka said:
Here's a friendly tip and request. (Especially from hall owners)

After using the chalk, and placing it back on the rail, please place the cube with the CHALK SIDE face up. Putting the chalk face down marks up the rail.

Especially dont smack the chalk down in this manner so the dust really takes it toll.
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If the hall owner is making the request, he has the power. Just make a house rule that it's a ball-in-hand foul to put the chalk face down. :grin-devilish:
 
sorry, feeling silly this morning

Cuebacca said:
Another thing you can do is get a damp cloth like someone mentioned. But instead of waiting until there's a big mess, just wipe it down every time you start your inning. Eventually the guy will probably be annoyed at having to wait, so he'll either make more mistakes or stop being such a slob. :D
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LOL, I just thought of another one: If you really want to be obnoxious about it, ask the house man for a dust pan and brush. Then every time your inning starts, sweep the chalk dust off the rail into the dust pan, and at the end of the set hold the dust pan out to your opponent and say, "oh hey, by the way, here's your chalk back". :rotflmao:
 
In our tournaments, I routinely give our 'known' chalk and powder abusers a clean towel to clean up after their match or even during play.

I just tell them that the tables are clean and there is an expected level of chalk and power after the match or every during the match... When it gets too much were I can see it build up from across the room (extreme example) I ask them to clean up after themselves. They have all complied without a problem.

It is just good manners for most playes and total oblivian to the rest... their mother isn't there to clean up after them.
 
Balabushka said:
Here's a friendly tip and request. (Especially from hall owners)

After using the chalk, and placing it back on the rail, please place the cube with the CHALK SIDE face up. Putting the chalk face down marks up the rail.

Especially dont smack the chalk down in this manner so the dust really takes it toll.
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I could have swore that one of my classes in Catholic grade school taught you this a common etiquette......:p

I have (and I am sure all table owners feel this way) a personal problem with persons who do this. I remember the first time I had a friend over use my table. I couldn't figure out what these dark greyish pieces of debri were on my table that has Camal colored cloth. Turns out he was using a chalk he got from Marlboro cigerettes. It was already in a nice chrome cube. I rememeber this because 2 of my family members got me this same thing (knowing I am a pool player). Only issue is the chalk was crap (greyish crap) and standard chalk didn't fit in the holder. So they got thrown out!

When I told him he has to use my chalk that matches the cloth he did with no issues. But then he kept leaving it upside down....:angry:
 
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