Just a quick note to all who have responded.....Thank you for your comments....I really appreciate them all. I like to write about this game, after all, I have spent the last 43 years of my life in it, with absolutely no regrets. Like I say in one of my articles...."I would rather run 100 balls....than eat." !!!!!
PS Craig's name is the same as mine. He is 32 and has been playing pool for 30 years....That is no "smoke".....There are not many around these parts....that can keep up with him.....Thanks again....as long as the comments are of a responsable nature...I will reply, with the best answer I can give you....Check out the addition to the last article, in the Controversial Corner.....Just my opinion.....

To JoeyA....I have the HIGHEST respect for your avatar. I am a D A V from the Viet Nam era....May the Good Lord keep you in the palm of HIS hand