Why do you play this game?

I came across a caroom table, I think that what there called. Had a checker board on one side. I wore that thing out in my driveway as a kid in Cali, a local park had tournaments, but I think I just watched, don’t recall playing competitively as a 7-8 year old. Was given a Viking butt when I was about 15, went to the Viking shop and asked for a 10mm shaft, they refused to warranty any under 11mm. Lost that cue around 20, found the exact cue in my early 30’s, the vaunted Super Joint, Still have it but the guy who had it last took off the wrap and personally refinished it. He did a good job for an amateur.
 
My dad and I would watch any televised pool , I remember seeing Willie doing some trick shots like six balls one shot and five rail bank and was amazed what could be done with the cue ball . Not long after seeing that on T.V. my dad bought a 5'X10' pool table . I set up those shots and played for hours , and the pink aluminum cue dad had we thought was the bomb :ROFLMAO:
 
For me a pool table and the pool balls on or in it were a babysitter of sorts for me as my folks enjoyed adult beverages in the bar , then I discovered a pool table in the back room at a cafe it was the challenge that got my attention and fed my competitive spirit .

Then a pool league was my next experience with the game and I owned a Olympia beer pool cue and thought I had the world by the tail little did I know but I was starting to learn fast even with a slip on tip because I crushed and cracked the original ferrule which lasted through a brief stay in college .

My next cue was a Adams Jim Rempe cue and it survived longer than the Oly pool cue or tomato stake ha ha , then I met Frank McGowan who befriended me and we'd talk hunting , fishing and yes even pool and he helped me with my game when I needed it the most after surgery that fused my neck and made it difficult at best to get down on a shot .

With Frank's help we developed a European / American stance as he called it which I still use today .

For a short while I taught kids or tried to teach kids at both the boys and girls club then years later at a Corner Pocket Billards hall in the town I lived in .
At times I still will help people who are serious about wanting to improve their game if I and my grandkids lived closer to one another I'd do what I could to get them more involved in the game if it's their idea and not me trying to push them into it .

This is just some of the highlights there's many pool league games and many 8 & 9 ball tournaments that I didn't mention .
A divorce then kids placed with me and my walking away from the game because my kids needed a dad .
 
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