I know just about everyone here has at some time been at the point where every spare minute was spent playing pool, and we know that doesn't leave a lot of time for going out on dates.
I took the game so seriously for a period of about 3 years, that every single girl I met romantically was in some way because of pool. I get the feeling that may be the same for some other posters here, and the stories would probably be interesting. Let's hear 'em!
One time I was playing a 9 ball tourney at a Hawaiin place with 8 foot tables, fast cloth, and bucket pockets. There are some great players in the 9 ball tourney, but I still make second place for a nice amount. I hang around after the tourney to just play some friendly 8 ball. Somebody asked me to play some $5.00 8 ball on the pay table. I say sure, and procede to fall into absolute dead stroke, and start creaming the guy. I get distracted by a girl playing the video poker type machine there next to the table. She is playing "adult trivia"....
And she has the high score. ALL the high scores. And when she moves to the machine right beside that one, she has ALL the high scores on that one too. She is kinda watching my game, and sees I am shooting a good stick. We strike up a conversation. I end up beating the guy 21 games to 1, for a $100 win. Not bad for a no double-or-nothing 8 ball match.
To make a long story short, we become involved for a short time, just fun mostly. I thought it was an interesting way to meet a girl.
Heck, I met my wife by going into one of the casinos in Washington state thinking they might have a pool room, so I could find some action. No pool room, but I played blackjack a little and struck up a nice conversation with a little Belizean chickadee who not too long after became Mrs. Chewning.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Russ
I took the game so seriously for a period of about 3 years, that every single girl I met romantically was in some way because of pool. I get the feeling that may be the same for some other posters here, and the stories would probably be interesting. Let's hear 'em!
One time I was playing a 9 ball tourney at a Hawaiin place with 8 foot tables, fast cloth, and bucket pockets. There are some great players in the 9 ball tourney, but I still make second place for a nice amount. I hang around after the tourney to just play some friendly 8 ball. Somebody asked me to play some $5.00 8 ball on the pay table. I say sure, and procede to fall into absolute dead stroke, and start creaming the guy. I get distracted by a girl playing the video poker type machine there next to the table. She is playing "adult trivia"....
And she has the high score. ALL the high scores. And when she moves to the machine right beside that one, she has ALL the high scores on that one too. She is kinda watching my game, and sees I am shooting a good stick. We strike up a conversation. I end up beating the guy 21 games to 1, for a $100 win. Not bad for a no double-or-nothing 8 ball match.
To make a long story short, we become involved for a short time, just fun mostly. I thought it was an interesting way to meet a girl.
Heck, I met my wife by going into one of the casinos in Washington state thinking they might have a pool room, so I could find some action. No pool room, but I played blackjack a little and struck up a nice conversation with a little Belizean chickadee who not too long after became Mrs. Chewning.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Russ
