The quest ended today...

The Renfro · 2011-09-27T06:24:55+00:00

11 years ago when I bought my house I had an 8 foot Olhausen installed in the basement thinking it would be fine to practice and play on.... I was dead wrong for me... I grew up on 9footers and 8overs.... The 8 footer was like a bartable... Even shimmed to under 4 and 1/2 it was like shooting fish in a barrel and using it for practice seemed to hurt my precision more than helping anything else.... The Olhausen became a laundry table and up until 4 months ago when they closed the only pool room with decent equipment the simonis on it was 10 years old with likely less than 10 hours of play on it...... It has a few hundred now but it still is a toy table.... 3 years ago when the economy tanked I started looking for a good buy on a table... I have made trips to look at tables a few hours from home on several occasions and never found anything... I missed the $1000 9 ft diamond on craigslist... I missed the $105 9ft GC in SC 2 weeks ago... The anniversary I found in Chattanooga was an 8over... The GC1 I found across town was an 8over.... On and On and On... With me looking every week or 2 to see what was around... Saturday I saw a listing for an Old Brunswick on Craigslist.... 20 miles from me... Said it was an anniversary and it was priced right in my ball park...... I emailed and never heard anything.. The listing had been up for 6 days so I figured I had missed again...... Sunday afternoon I got "The" call.... The table was still for sale.... Tonight I feel like I have been beaten with a bat from head to toe... But I am smiling because in my basement disassembled.... is a 9ft Brunswick.... Here are the pictures..... I am the proud owner of a 9ft Brunswick Moderne!! It is not the Anniversary....... Will put up pics as I go thru the setup and minor work that it needs over the winter.... It's a beast and I used up a few friend favors to get it moved tonight... I may not be able to walk tomorrow.... I spent money I didn't need to.... But I just can't wipe this smile off my face......

Thread starter The Renfro
Start date Sep 26, 2011

ArizonaPete

AzB Silver Member

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Sep 28, 2011

Congratulations on acquiring a great table. I'm certain it will provide many hours of enjoyment. Please post some pictures of the table after you've finished re-furbishing it.

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