What Should Never Be Done or Allowed at a Pool Hall

Well I'll tell ya one thing, that beats the sh#t out of the loud obnoxious ridiculous frigging noise you kids call music that they blare in most pool rooms these days.

I'll take relaxing soft speak ANY frigging time to that crap that makes me want to smash the hell out of the jukebox with a club.

It's because of that INCONSIDERATE noise that keeps me from even going out to play any more. :angry:
 
stuckart said:
Most the players up in Flagstaff are B and C players and there really isn't much for tournaments in the area. (There are 1 or 2 'A' players too)
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My friend Dave had a Pool Room in Flagstaff, AZ for several years, he like the B, C, and D Players in his room. Reason was simple, the B, C, and D Players, spent money on Cue, Cases, Food, Drinks, Beer, etc.

Then he did the Bar thing in Phoenix Metro Area. Had two Pool Table in the Bars, catered to the B, C, and D Players in his Bars. Again reason was simple, the B, C, and D Players spent money on Cue, Cases, Food, Drinks, Beer, etc.
 
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ShootingArts said:
Back in the early seventies a partner and I were in a naked dancing lady bar with a few pool tables in a side room. We were ripped to the max, a pretty common state in the early seventies. This little old gray haired lady missionary in one of the very puritan looking black dresses came through the door. The dress looked to be a few hundred years old complete with black ruffles across the front, the lady didn't look a day over 90 though.

She was carrying a tray with some kind of little lapel pins on it and giving them after collecting a two dollar donation. She went up to everyone in the place including us and then toddled on back out the door. My friend and I looked at each other, "Did that really just happen? Did you see her too?"

Hu
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LOL.

For a second I thought you were going to say that Carrie Nation came in and was going to chase you around with her hatchet. :smile:
 
ShootingArts said:
Back in the early seventies a partner and I were in a naked dancing lady bar with a few pool tables in a side room. We were ripped to the max, a pretty common state in the early seventies. This little old gray haired lady missionary in one of the very puritan looking black dresses came through the door. The dress looked to be a few hundred years old complete with black ruffles across the front, the lady didn't look a day over 90 though.

She was carrying a tray with some kind of little lapel pins on it and giving them after collecting a two dollar donation. She went up to everyone in the place including us and then toddled on back out the door. My friend and I looked at each other, "Did that really just happen? Did you see her too?"

Hu
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Not really relevant to the conversation, but I was in Texarkana years ago at the Friendly tavern watching Larry Hubbard and Bobby Madrid plat 9 ball. the place was just packed.
A guy walked up to evreyone asking donations and handing a card explaining he was Deaf and Dumb.I was side betting and was doing ok and handed him $20. his eyes lit up and he shook my hand. I felt pretty good about it.
After collecting a pretty good package in the joint he headed toward the front door and terry Bell yelled at him,"Hey Bud, your pants are unzipped"!
The deaf guy stopped dead in his tracks and reached for his zipper, zipped up, and waked out the door. The whole place cracked up!!
 
Two adults who happen to be same sex engaged in foreplay on the patio in plain sight.

Would not have bothered me except children have free access to the area.

I stopped three children from entering the patio area and told them to get their parents.

Granted children need to be supervised at all times but these two needed to get a room.
 
O.K. here goes Poolroom poetry

I am Brett
I like 50 a set

That Brett and his 50 a set
I do not like Brett and his 50 a set

Would you like the Eight and the Break?
I do not like them Brett not even for 50 a set

Would you like it on the table here or there?
I would not like it here or there I would not like it anywhere

I do not like the Eight and the Break
No Brett not for 50 a set

Would you like it on a bar box?
Would you like it near that hot fox?

I do not like it on the box or even close to that hot fox
No Brett Mr. 50 a set I do not like the Eight and the Break

O.K. I will try just one set
Hey I'm up 500 I do like the Eight and the Break

I will play you on the box
I will play you now that I have a new hot fox

I will play you here or there I will play you anywhere
I do like the Eight and the Break
I do like all the money I did take
 
3andstop said:
Well I'll tell ya one thing, that beats the sh#t out of the loud obnoxious ridiculous frigging noise you kids call music that they blare in most pool rooms these days.

I'll take relaxing soft speak ANY frigging time to that crap that makes me want to smash the hell out of the jukebox with a club.

It's because of that INCONSIDERATE noise that keeps me from even going out to play any more. :angry:
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I have to agree with 3andstop.. In most of the rooms around here the music is too loud and sounds like someone is eating a live cat.. But most of the time they will turn it down some if you ask them..
 
Personally, this seems a bit petty. The only way I'd complain about anything like that would be if it was physically interfering with the tables.
MULLY
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
My friend Dave had a Pool Room in Flagstaff, AZ for several years, he like the B, C, and D Players in his room. Reason was simple, the B, C, and D Players, spent money on Cue, Cases, Food, Drinks, Beer, etc.

Then he did the Bar thing in Phoenix Metro Area. Had two Pool Table in the Bars, catered to the B, C, and D Players in his Bars. Again reason was simple, the B, C, and D Players spent money on Cue, Cases, Food, Drinks, Beer, etc.
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Where do the A players get their cases, cues, food, drinks, beer etc?
 
I really hate it when a poolroom puts a group of 6 or more players on one table. There should be a 4 person max per table. Afterall, there is no game that 6 or more can play besides snooker or maybe a ring game. Not to mention, the room makes more money by renting out more tables. Sorry, just a pet-peeve.
 
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Fenwick said:
Two adults who happen to be same sex engaged in foreplay on the patio in plain sight.

Would not have bothered me except children have free access to the area.

I stopped three children from entering the patio area and told them to get their parents.

Granted children need to be supervised at all times but these two needed to get a room.
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Now dont get me wrong PDA and well "foreplay in public" between any couple is innapropriate for mature adults in my opinion. Poetry in a pool hall.... hmmm interesting..... {RANT} and working back to this quote I pulled, Children should not be allowed in poolhalls. It's a POOLHALL not a daycare or a playground, this being said it would be good for some adults out there to remember this. {/RANT}
 
I wonder if the writer of this article has ever owned or run a pool room. Or any business for that matter. Business owners eat or starve based on thier business decisions. If this particular owner thinks this is the best way to survive this horrible economy. Then let him. F*ck that writer. If a pool room has to put a merry go round and a swimming pool in their room to make a profit, then you should support them. The sport has enough negative input from outsiders and insiders alike. Its really not helping. I wonder how much this particular writer actually supports his local pool room. Not much, I assume.
 
cueandcushion said:
F*ck that writer. If a pool room has to put a merry go round and a swimming pool in their room to make a profit, then you should support them. The sport has enough negative input from outsiders and insiders alike. Its really not helping. I wonder how much this particular writer actually supports his local pool room. Not much, I assume.
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Thank you for referring to me with such colorful metaphors. F*ck the writer... how original.

1. Have I ownerd a pool hall?

No, but I have been involved with owners who have since 1989, and I have seen what happens to a few of them when they PROSTITUTED themselves by adding non-sport and non-billiards genre gimmicks.

2. 'If a room has to put a merry go round and a swimming pool...'

If an owner has to do this in a billiard hall, then either his buisness model is bad, or there just isn't a market for players there. If he needs to diversify his business model to stay profitable, then open another business and put in a merry-go-round.

Gimmicks to mask REAL issues? That represents good business decisions?

3. 'The sport has enough negative input...'

And this is my fault... how? It had its bad apples long before I was born, and will long after Im dead. Perhaps if you have read most of my articles versus making judgment on just one or two, you would see that my POSITIVE to NEGATIVE news ratio is about 95% on the promotion of what is good in billiards and with players.

4. 'I wonder how much this writer supports his local pool room... not much I assume."

Alas, you tell me to F off, and then make vast assumptions on how little you think you know.

a. I built a website for FREE, out of my own pocket to give players information on tournaments throughout the city of Phoenix. http://www.phoenixpooltournaments.com

b. I run and promote two weekly tournaments at two bars in the West Valley of Phoenix on Thursday and Fridays nights.

c. I write and promote news, results, reviews, promotions, etc... for 7 local associations, every bar/tavern/billiard hall that I come across, and have written VERY positive articles to promote businesses for the Phoenix area.

In the end, I dont mind fair criticism of what I write. It spawns open discussion, helps me to be a better writer, and helps to point to things poeople want to read about.

But personal attacks... and assumptions made because you dont like the perspective of whats written? Thats just not kosher.

Argonath
 
argonath said:
If an owner has to do this in a billiard hall, then either his buisness model is bad, or there just isn't a market for players there. If he needs to diversify his business model to stay profitable, then open another business and put in a merry-go-round.

Gimmicks to mask REAL issues? That represents good business decisions?

Argonath
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This is very true. And, if you've been in enough pool halls, like I have, all across the country, you get to see the ones that are run properly, stay healthy and are profitable. Of course, you also get to see the ones that are run poorly, with owners always in distress and perpetually on the verge of bankruptcy. They stick out pretty clearly and are usually the ones with the merry-go-rounds :-)

Lou Figueroa
 
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