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[poohkiller]

Today I've been watching Jeremy Clarkson's Supercar Showdown DVD; in which he lists and reviews the finest supercars from the Ascari A10 to the Bugatti Veyron.

I am not only a cue enthusiast, fan or whatever, I also love cars (nothing EVER comes to these two kinds of things to me) and frankly, this video with all the amazing sound and video footage had cold running up and down on my back, it was breathtaking many times.
It is times like this when you get very-very excited about something when this happens, when you are there and nowhere else, it's a different set of your mind or how shall I put it...

Naturally, lots of emitions and other things can do this with you but this time let's just concentrate on that part which is caused by man-made items, stuff that you like and narrow it down even more, to CUES only.

Some think that I'm a weirdo because I get so excited about 'things' sometimes but I'm 99% sure I'll find others bit by this bug here...

I would like to hear some stories from you, especially like when and what was it like when you first saw in person the cue you have been craving, like first holding a Szamboti in your hands or any other cue for that matter, regardless whether you own it or not.

I have my mind set and prepared that this may remain an empty, unanswered thread which is fine, but I think, some interesting and moving stories will surface - those are the ones that I'd like to hear.

Enough of me and onto you:

 

[JB Cases]

My first Schon.

It was 1987 and I was in the Miscue lounge in South Florida and there were some players there from up North. I was 19 at the time and in action all the time. I started talking to these players and they were asking me for some spots but all I knew were the penny ante places since I wasn't good enough yet for the bigger action. I asked to try out the cue from one of them and it was a Schon. Up til then it was Meucci, McDermott and Adams that were the bet cues I had played with.

I was in love and decided I must get a Schon. I didn't even think to ask these guys where it was made.

So I put that aside for a few years till I was in the military in Germany and I was making steady money. I had been collecting catalogs and had struck up some conversation with a guy named Danny Barrouty. Danny sold me my first Schon, one similar to this one. (not this one, back then it was an R series)

I just had blown the engine on my Beetle so I had to forgo the repair to get this cue.

I was on pins and needles for many days until it arrived. The first thing I did was just hold it and feel the balance and look at every detail. By the time I was ready to go to the pool room I knew every detail on that cue.

I went to the pool room (had to take a bus with my new Schon) and everyone was in awe of this cue. No one wanted to gamble with me that's how much they were afraid of this cue. So I just played for time and won of course.

That weekend a friend from another base was visiting and he liked to play as well so we went to a larger town to a big pool room with three floors. While there he fell in love with my Schon too. I was shooting very well and feeling really good with that cue.

So this Greek guy named Dimi comes up while I am playing my friend and asks to play some. Dimi had beaten me a few times before so I wasn't eager to play him and I was with my friend. So I declined and he kept at me. So I asked him for weight, the 7 and 8 wild. I told my friend if he gives it to me then I should play and my friend agreed.

Dimi did and with that weight and my new cue he had no chance. I beat him in two sets in less than an hour and was $800 richer, just enough to pay for my engine replacement and other repairs to my car.

I loved that Schon so much and I wish I still had it.............

 

[Fatboy]

I remember the first Gus I played with it was a loaded 8pt. I was a C player at the time. Barry Benncourt loaned it to me, he said "have fun and bring it back when your done". I knew then I had alot to learn the difference between that cue and my McDermott Is still what I'm learning now 24 years later.


As far as cars go, well....EVERYTHING sucks compaired to the Bugatti. I have about 45mins behind the wheel driving one and 30 more mins riding it one-this was over 3 different drives. I was just invited to test drive the new topless version-I went there the wrong day .

 

[icon2]

As far as cars go, well....EVERYTHING sucks compaired to the Bugatti.

bug V is a posermobile, that's too ugly to even work as a babe magnet! : )~
waaaaayyyyy TOO heavy for a sports car!
tires probably last a good 2 or 3 days, under regular use! he he!

 

[The Beginner]

I got goosebumps when i first hold the Gus and Searing cue at VF for the first time

 

[Cuaba]

Bushka In Da Box

I have collected other things in the past, and I always liked original items in original boxes.

I figured the holy grail of pool cues would be an original Balabushka in the original box. It took me a few years, but I finally bought one from the original owner.

When he first showed it to me I about passed out.

I ended up selling it in the 90's when I got divorced. Here is a pic of an old polaroid of that cue (sorry about the poor quality):

 

[Fatboy]

bug V is a posermobile, that's too ugly to even work as a babe magnet! : )~
waaaaayyyyy TOO heavy for a sports car!
tires probably last a good 2 or 3 days, under regular use! he he![/QUOTE


Thats what I thought too. You have no idea(unless you have seen it in real life) they dont like that car in Germany either America and the Middle Mast is where they are selling there are about 3 or 4 in Hong Kong. you need oil $$ to afford one, every 10K miles you have to change the wheels out(or the warantee is void) thats only $50,000. So thats $5/mile in wheeles/tires-stress fractures is their reason, I think its a racket. Its not worth $1,600,000-$1,800,000 period. If it was a mil it might be worth it,


I cant begin to explaine how amazing that car is. THere is a black/black onr for sale in Beverly Hills Rolls Royce right now that looks good. The 2 tone paint job on them is horrible in most cases. It made my Enzo feel like a home made kit car, I drove them back-to-back same route here in Vegas. It makes all of my Lambos feel like clunkers. Also it looks great on the road, horrible in pictures, my friend had one and we would go on runs, 3-4 Enzo's, his Buggatti and 20 more lambos/Ferraris it was good fun but I got board with that scene after a while. But it was fun for 10 years. The Buggatti was amazing, I never did drive my friends. Another fun car thats not widely known in America is the Mercedes DTM-its faster than a Enzo and looks like a 87 300E.

 

[greyghost]

bug V is a posermobile, that's too ugly to even work as a babe magnet! : )~
waaaaayyyyy TOO heavy for a sports car!
tires probably last a good 2 or 3 days, under regular use! he he![/QUOTE


Thats what I thought too. You have no idea(unless you have seen it in real life) they dont like that car in Germany either America and the Middle Mast is where they are selling there are about 3 or 4 in Hong Kong. you need oil $$ to afford one, every 10K miles you have to change the wheels out(or the warantee is void) thats only $50,000. So thats $5/mile in wheeles/tires-stress fractures is their reason, I think its a racket. Its not worth $1,600,000-$1,800,000 period. If it was a mil it might be worth it,


I cant begin to explaine how amazing that car is. THere is a black/black onr for sale in Beverly Hills Rolls Royce right now that looks good. The 2 tone paint job on them is horrible in most cases. It made my Enzo feel like a home made kit car, I drove them back-to-back same route here in Vegas. It makes all of my Lambos feel like clunkers. Also it looks great on the road, horrible in pictures, my friend had one and we would go on runs, 3-4 Enzo's, his Buggatti and 20 more lambos/Ferraris it was good fun but I got board with that scene after a while. But it was fun for 10 years. The Buggatti was amazing, I never did drive my friends. Another fun car thats not widely known in America is the Mercedes DTM-its faster than a Enzo and looks like a 87 300E.

dam brother you's a drivin fool lol, I had a sweet 64dart with a hemi and thats about as nice/fast a car as I ever had....but I've done 75mph on my Trek 2300 road bike....now you talk about FAST.....I thought I was going to die brother.


I asked if I could hold this super ornate southeast cue once, jewels all over it. He said yes, and I set down my cue. There were people all over and I asked how much, he said its only 50k, i said Dam for 50k that cue better make me champ and fix me some eggs for breakfast...here if I break it you can have mine. Everyone busted out laughing except for him, I kindly game him the cue back and went back to my match....but boy did we laugh. It was a fascinating cue tho.

My second is how I met Joel weinstock, I was hitting some balls and an old man comes into the pool hall showing off some cues. From 50ft away I could see this old 4point conversion that was curly walnut, it just looked dead nuts. I came over and everyone else kept looking at his higher end stuff, but I was fascinated by the old cue. It impressed him b/c as he said later that cue was much better than the others. I did some tile work for him and he repaired an old cue of mine which I sold and I kept the curly walnut cue....that cue made a pile of dead bodies for 3yrs while I had it. I'll always miss that old cue, as its how Joel and I first became friends.

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