Gene Kearns wrote:

Just a cue isn't good enough... now we gotta talk highly modified
sissy cues that look good above the mantel, but no real pool player
would be caught dead with..... but that is the difference between form
and substance.

Any *player* worth his salt carries a good cue. Even shortstops and
railbirds carry good cues today. I have many good cues, Palmer, Black,
Peterson & Martin. Here's one you can verify, Richard Black Buska dated
April 15, 2005. He keeps records of all his cues.

In short.... reality vs. dream sequence.

In fact, I taught my 21 year old son to play 9-ball.... I'll put him
up against YOU any day..... Skipper... if you don't mind being
belittled by a kid that understands substance over form....

I don't mind. I've lost games to Mosconi, Caras, Peterson, Ronnie Allen,
Richie Florence, and a whole host of others. But your son should know
I've played the best at national tournaments and won a couple state
tournaments. Perhaps your son would like a one pocket lesson also.

.... then, if that isn't enough, I'll kick your 9-ball butt....

Have at it. Gabe Owen's dad has a room in Wichita called Tight Pockets.
We can play there with plenty of witnesses when I return from cruising.

only caveat is that you'll have to come clean about your boat and your
boating experiences..... again, form will be chosen over substance
because you don't have anything to offer, right?

What kind of stakes do you have in mind for our little game? Something
of substance I would assume.

--
Skipper