About a week ago, I decided to go down to the pool room and hit some balls since I hadn't been able to for four days. I was coming down with a summer cold but was still restless from not playing.
I got a table and one of the youngsters who has been really working on his game, came over and asked me to play cheap $20, race to 5, sets if I give him the 8. I know the kid doesn't have much money and really just wants the pressure of playing someone better than himself.
I said OK even though I wasn't feeling well and could tell I wasn't playing well before we started.
We split the first 4 sets and he won the last set. I finally quit because every time I bent over, my head would pound and I was pi$$ed off.
What was I pi$$ed out about? The one thing that drives me absolutely bonkers is playing someone who runs into balls with the cue ball constantly and gets perfect shape. I call it "bumpshape". I was brought up that you never touched another ball unless you had to break balls out or absolutely had to use an object ball to hold shape for your next shot.
This kid was doing it through the whole session and as many as two or three times in one game. It was so bad, I just kept looking at the floor while he was shooting.
(Last night, I went into the pool room and a couple of players came up and told me this kid has been telling everyone in the room that he finally hosed me. He just forgot to tell them that I was giving him weight and just had a bad night. All I told them was that he played well and ended up one set up. I can't wait until I get him back to the table!)
Like I said, this drives me looney tunes.
So, what drives you nuts?
Stones
I got a table and one of the youngsters who has been really working on his game, came over and asked me to play cheap $20, race to 5, sets if I give him the 8. I know the kid doesn't have much money and really just wants the pressure of playing someone better than himself.
I said OK even though I wasn't feeling well and could tell I wasn't playing well before we started.
We split the first 4 sets and he won the last set. I finally quit because every time I bent over, my head would pound and I was pi$$ed off.
What was I pi$$ed out about? The one thing that drives me absolutely bonkers is playing someone who runs into balls with the cue ball constantly and gets perfect shape. I call it "bumpshape". I was brought up that you never touched another ball unless you had to break balls out or absolutely had to use an object ball to hold shape for your next shot.
This kid was doing it through the whole session and as many as two or three times in one game. It was so bad, I just kept looking at the floor while he was shooting.
(Last night, I went into the pool room and a couple of players came up and told me this kid has been telling everyone in the room that he finally hosed me. He just forgot to tell them that I was giving him weight and just had a bad night. All I told them was that he played well and ended up one set up. I can't wait until I get him back to the table!)
Like I said, this drives me looney tunes.
So, what drives you nuts?
Stones
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. One is slow players like Archer. 2 is the guy I'm playing walking around while Im shooting...sit the f*** down...when I miss it's your turn. 3 talking to me when I'm shooting. 4 cheating of any kind. 5 not giving an honest effort in a ring game
. Johnnyt
