The Meucci

OklaPony said:
Great story, Lou. Reminded me of some of the old RSB days.

The first decent cue I ever owned was a Meucci.
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Thanks, OklaPony.

I remember mentioning the Meucci on RSB years ago during an Indian or arrow discussion :-) Thought it was time to flesh the story out.

Lou Figueroa
 
HawaiianEye said:
LMAO. Your story brings back old memories. I haven't heard "Chewy's" name in more than 20 years. The first and only time I ever ran into him was in 1988 or 1989 when I was playing in the North Dakota State 8-Ball Championship in Bismarck. Our league team had just won the Grand Forks League Champship and we were sent to play in the state tournament.

I played with our team in the team category and I also played in the single's category. Our team did fairly well, but we finished out of the money.

In the single's category, I was doing well and they kept saying the man to beat was "Chewy", who was the reigning champion and who had won it on more than one occasion. I was rated #1 in Grand Forks in the league and led in almost all the categories, such as runs from the break, shut-outs, 8's on the break, etc., and I had had more than my fair share of beers so playing him didn't phase me in the least.

I eventually matched up against "Chewy" and he came up to the table with all his usual flair, and pomp and circumtance, which reminded me of "Fats" with all the bullshit talking.

I put a "rooty tooty smackdown", like WWF, on him and he didn't win a game in the set and I sent him to the "loser's bracket. He was all kinds of pissed off and was ranting and raving like he probably was when you beat him.

I used to wear a different hat or cap when I played in the leagues just to give the other players something to laugh at and on this particular day I was wearing a cap that had "black and white" piano keys across the front. I was with joking the players and saying that I play pool better than I play the piano.

He stormed away from the table, still talking to himself or anybody he thought was listening. Later, one of my team members was in the bathroom and overheard him talking to himself saying, "I have to beat that HAT GUY, I have to beat that HAT GUY!" When they came back and told me that I had a few more beers and LMAO at the guy pissing and talking to himself. I eventually ran into him again in the final and he was still talking smack and in a frenzy. I don't remember the number of games in the set but it went the limit and we were playing the final game and I trapped him, where if he missed I had a lock on the win. He kicked at the ball for one hole and lucked it in another and then ran his final ball or two and the 8 to win. He then went into another rant of how good he was, etc., etc., etc.

That was the first and last time I ever heard of him until your post. Thanks for bringing back the memories. :) :)
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Glad you enjoyed, HE.

Oh yeah, Mike was a piece of work. He actually put on a pretty decent trick shot exhibition, spitting balls out of his mouth accurately. And then he'd take the lining out of his luggage style cue case and with a few pieces of chalk make a ramp and shoot the cue ball from one table to another to make a shot. I also remember, one year in Missoula at the same room, I was shooting an exhibition match with Frank McGowan and he started insulting a young lady from Great Falls who was in the stands spectating and I had to lay down my cue, apologize to Frank, and escort Mr. Chewakin out to the parking lot. Ah, them was the days :-)

Lou Figueroa
 
Hey Lou,

You are not only the BEST debater/arguer on this forum, you are one heckuva storyteller. You have what Ulysses Everett McGill (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) calls "the gift of gab". I thoroughly enjoyed this latest tale and hope there are many more to follow.

Maniac (still keeping your wife in my prayers)
 
Good Moochie Story.......

edd said:
Thanks for sharing, Lou. Great story and well-written. If you ever consider writing a book, please let us know.
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He'll never write a book edd. He doesn't have what it takes. Sure he can spin a nice tale every now and then but write a book. hmmmph....
 
Great story!

Great story Lou!

Wish I could say the same about my moochie, it was my first custom too after playing ten years off the wall. For six months after I bought it all my buddies would laugh their butts off when I slung it in a corner midway of a money match and snatched a cue off the wall. The people playing me learned not to laugh! I finally adapted to that noodle shaft and the Meucci played great for me but it was an uneasy relationship for a long time because it was so different from anything I had ever played with.

Hu
 
Great story as usual Lou.
I just happen to have a pound of black nylon wrap sitting around doing nothing at the moment.

Edit. Checked the label. It says to be used exclusively on Meucci cues.
 
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Every time I read one of Lou's stories, I can almost close my eyes and imagine the narrator from The Dukes of Hazzard telling the story about the Meucci and how them boys will get Boss Hogg someday with that nylon wrap.... just as Daisy Duke bends over for a shot on the adjacent table.... and Uncle Jesse jumps the General Lee over a broken bridge and throws the $25 cue into the creek while screaming, "Wooo eeee!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1trV8B_e2A&feature=related

Great story, Lou.

*car jumps* *freeze frame*

*commercial*
 
Another great story Lou. I am amazed at how many great story tellers there are who frequent this forum.
Several of you should get together and write a book.
Not that each of you could not do it individually.
I just think the different styles would make for a better package.
 
Lou;

Gifted writer; that you are.

It was a very enjoyable read.

And contained within your story is perhaps the funniest line on AZ, EVA! :D

Thanks for sharing.

Best,
Brian kc <------whose first custom was a great playing mew-chee.
 
strmanglr scott said:
So Lou what kind of stick are you using now? And why not your muecci?

I'm new here, nice site. Usually I'm hanging out at Pool.bz. There was a question on there from someone about what kind of cue to buy and I recommended muecci. I posted this a couple years ago. A little testimony of the quality experience I've had. My thread is lacquered and is still fine. btw-it's still just as straight as the day I bought it.

"i don't have a lot of experience with different cues. but i can say i love my meucci power piston. aside from its' play, which is great, it is an incredibly durable cue. by that i mean i have kept my cue in my car for two years now ALL THE TIME. i know, i know, i can hear the gasps. yes, it is perfectly straight. my theory was this when i bought it, it has a one year warranty, i'll keep it in my car and if it warps in the first year i'll send it back and i wont do that anymore. if it makes it a year without warping more than likely it never will. wood is kiln dried of course so it wont warp, muecci uses a laminated shaft which reduces the possibility of warping even more. i've worked with wood for about 12 years in the furniture biz and i know from experience that if it can make it through a year, the cold, the damp, the heat and all over again, without problems, then chances are it will be good forever. now during summer i do put it in my trunk, because it is much hotter in the car than in my trunk. now many of you are thinking why take the chance? that's crazy. well, i work in lansing, mi. i play most of my pool in lansing. i live in dewitt, about 10 miles away. i get out of work and want to play, i don't want to drive all the way back to home, grab my stick and then go back into town and play. its a waste of time and gas. also the enemy to wood is moisture and fast temperature changes, if i go home and grab my stick from my 70 degree home and then put it in my sub-zero car and drive to the pool hall, pull it out of that cold go back into a 70 degree place, then leave and back into my sub-zero car drive home put the stick back into the warm then i am stressing that cue more than if i had just left it in my car. and when gas was at 4 dollars plus a gallon it gets expensive. i saved enough in gas money i could buy a new shaft with that money. that's my 2 cents worth."

Read more: http://pool.bz/billiard-discussions/6742-ceu-choice.html#ixzz1SmEMmxRG
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I is shooting (or more accurately trying to shoot nowadays) with a Ginacue.

Sometimes that works great for me and sometimes not so good :-)

Lou Figueroa
 
Maniac said:
Hey Lou,

You are not only the BEST debater/arguer on this forum, you are one heckuva storyteller. You have what Ulysses Everett McGill (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) calls "the gift of gab". I thoroughly enjoyed this latest tale and hope there are many more to follow.

Maniac (still keeping your wife in my prayers)
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Oh man, Maniac, don't say that -- it's like saying, "Gee, Lou -- you're the fastest gun in this here town" in a bar full of gunslingers shooting rye :-o

Glad you enjoyed the story.

Lou Figueroa
and thank you for the prayers
we still need them
 
JoeyA said:
He'll never write a book edd. He doesn't have what it takes. Sure he can spin a nice tale every now and then but write a book. hmmmph....
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lol. Gail was reading this thread, got to this post, paused, and then laughed and said, "Oh. It's Joey."

Lou Figueroa
we knows you ;-)
 
ShootingArts said:
Great story Lou!

Wish I could say the same about my moochie, it was my first custom too after playing ten years off the wall. For six months after I bought it all my buddies would laugh their butts off when I slung it in a corner midway of a money match and snatched a cue off the wall. The people playing me learned not to laugh! I finally adapted to that noodle shaft and the Meucci played great for me but it was an uneasy relationship for a long time because it was so different from anything I had ever played with.

Hu
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Thank, Hu.

The Meuccis are an acquired taste -- you really have to "fire them in" to be able to succeed. I think for some players it's match(stick) made in heaven :-)

Lou Figueroa
 
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