Thank you to all that sent PM’s and e-mails asking where I was. For those that don’t know, I had another stroke and a sinus vessel bleed-out. I was in two hospitals from 12/30- 1/5 (They could not stop the bleeding at the first hospital=idiots). I spent two weeks in bed when I got home. Couldn’t walk or use my right hand (it was like a claw). Plus I had a Gout flare-up on both feet the last day in the hospital that lasted a week. I’ve been rehabbing myself with a walker, dumbbells, and squeezing a rubber ball since I got home. As of today I can use my hand like normal and walk slowly for a few hundred feet at a time. I’m still weak as hell from loss of blood and in bed so long, but am feeling very lucky to be walking again.
On a pool note, I put my new extended Ridgeback Rails on today (all six pockets are 4”) and find my stroke is still fine. I even ran 5 out of the 9 racks of 9-ball with BIH w/o warming up or hitting a ball in a month. The table plays great with the extended rails. The pockets will get tougher as the rail cloth wears a bit. If I had input into re designing the Valley Table I’d go with all 6 pockets 4” and the Ridgebacks. Johnnyt
