I am interested in getting a US cuemaker to make cues that would be suitable for snooker and also english 8-ball. In England cues are traditionally made to a 150 yr old pattern and haven't advanced like American cues have.
I wrote to Predator about 4 weeks ago but they never answered, which I thought was disgraceful, so I was wondering which other cuemakers would be good to approach.
On Wed, 04 May 2005 17:22:24 GMT, "Wolf Blass" <dontspamme@ntlworld.com> wrote:
I am interested in getting a US cuemaker to make cues that would be suitable>for snooker and also english 8-ball. In England cues are traditionally made>to a 150 yr old pattern and haven't advanced like American cues have.
Snooker is not big in the USA. Maybe try a Canadian cue-maker instead... they are used to making both snooker and pool cues and would be familiar with the qualities of both.
"Wolf Blass" <dontspamme@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:kx7ee.23579$vU4.9064@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...>I am interested in getting a US cuemaker to make cues that would be >suitable> for snooker and also english 8-ball. In England cues are traditionally > made> to a 150 yr old pattern and haven't advanced like American cues have.>
I wrote to Predator about 4 weeks ago but they never answered, which I> thought was disgraceful, so I was wondering which other cuemakers would be> good to approach.>
I assume you would want new technology in these cues. Below is a link which has a list of the cues with the least deflection. May want to work from the top down. Also you may be able to get a 3rd party to manufacture the butt and say order custom Predator shafts and assemble them as one unit.
Also I don't know what numbers you are talking, but quite a few cuemakers hang out at azbilliards.com in the forums "Ask the Cuemaker" area. Might want to try there.
And there is a new shaft out called the Universal Smartshaft. This uses piezoelectric technology. I can't find a web site for them, but you can try contacting:Cue & Case Sales, Inc., 190 Cumberland Park Drive, St. Augustine, FL 32095, 800-835-7665.
"Wolf Blass" wrote in message> I am interested in getting a US cuemaker to make cues that would be suitable> for snooker and also english 8-ball. In England cues are traditionally made> to a 150 yr old pattern and haven't advanced like American cues have.>
I wrote to Predator about 4 weeks ago but they never answered, which I> thought was disgraceful, so I was wondering which other cuemakers would
"pltrgyst" <pltrgyst@spamlessxhost.org> wrote in message news:1a5j71tgmkcpiqtnsijiio8ocdme1v0ja1@4ax.com...> On Wed, 04 May 2005 17:22:24 GMT, "Wolf Blass" <dontspamme@ntlworld.com> wrote:>
I wrote to Predator about 4 weeks ago but they never answered, which I> >thought was disgraceful....>
Dear Wolf,>
I wrote to you about four years ago, and you've never answered either, so
"Billy Bob" <billybobnospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3duq5iFa2c2U1@individual.net...> I assume you would want new technology in these cues. Below is a link which> has a list of the cues with the least deflection. May want to work from
top down. Also you may be able to get a 3rd party to manufacture the butt> and say order custom Predator shafts and assemble them as one unit.>
Also I don't know what numbers you are talking, but quite a few cuemakers> hang out at azbilliards.com in the forums "Ask the Cuemaker" area. Might> want to try there.>
And there is a new shaft out called the Universal Smartshaft. This uses> piezoelectric technology. I can't find a web site for them, but you can
contacting:Cue & Case Sales, Inc., 190 Cumberland Park Drive, St.> Augustine, FL 32095, 800-835-7665.>
"Wolf Blass" wrote in message> > I am interested in getting a US cuemaker to make cues that would be> suitable> > for snooker and also english 8-ball. In England cues are traditionally> made> > to a 150 yr old pattern and haven't advanced like American cues have.> >
I wrote to Predator about 4 weeks ago but they never answered, which I> > thought was disgraceful, so I was wondering which other cuemakers would> be> > good to approach.> >
No sense of humour? That was humour was it? Sorry, it must have lost something during the transatlantic journey. A bit like all your crappy sitcoms do.
"pltrgyst" <pltrgyst@hotpop.com> wrote in message news:q40l7113m6g04ju26647vv4dkkcgtqqf8f@4ax.com...> On Thu, 05 May 2005 18:06:12 GMT, "Wolf Blass"> <dontspamme@ntlworld.com> wrote:>
What are you talking about idiot?>
That should be "What are you talking about, idiot?" Please note the> comma.>
Another anonymous arrival, but this one masquerading as a vintner --> with no sense of humor. Sigh.>
-- Larry (the slow one, but not nearly as slow as old Wolfie.)>
In article <PZwee.15106$YF5.2018@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>, "Wolf Blass" <dontspamme@ntlworld.com> wrote:
No sense of humour? That was humour was it? Sorry, it must have lost> something during the transatlantic journey. A bit like all your crappy> sitcoms do.> [...]
Our sitcoms have "humor," while you expect "humour".
On Thu, 05 May 2005 22:19:27 GMT, "Wolf Blass" <dontspamme@ntlworld.com> wrote:
No sense of humour? That was humour was it?
You missed an essential comma again, right after "humour". (There -- I put the period outside the quote so you'd feel extra-comfy.) There must not have been any A-levels for old Wolfie in English.
Sorry, it must have lost something during the transatlantic journey. >A bit like all your crappy sitcoms do.
I'll agree with you on the American sit-coms, which is why I haven't seen one in at least 20 years. But then most of the Brit series have also sucked major wind since Monty Python disbanded, haven't they? BTW, aren't you the folks who thought Benny Hill provided uproariously funny intellectual entertainment?
-- Larry (the Welsh one, so you _really_ missed the mark ...)
"Wolf Blass" <dontspamme@ntlworld.com> wrote in message newsZwee.15106$YF5.2018@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...> No sense of humour? That was humour was it? Sorry, it must have lost> something during the transatlantic journey. A bit like all your crappy> sitcoms do.>
"pltrgyst" <pltrgyst@hotpop.com> wrote in message> news:q40l7113m6g04ju26647vv4dkkcgtqqf8f@4ax.com...>> On Thu, 05 May 2005 18:06:12 GMT, "Wolf Blass">> <dontspamme@ntlworld.com> wrote:>>
What are you talking about idiot?>>
That should be "What are you talking about, idiot?" Please note the>> comma.>>
Another anonymous arrival, but this one masquerading as a vintner -->> with no sense of humor. Sigh.>>
-- Larry (the slow one, but not nearly as slow as old Wolfie.)>>
Mike Page:> Our sitcoms have "humor," while you expect "humour".>
It's u that's lost.
I am slower than Larry today, I don't get this one.... Unless of course you mean the spelling differences... which, both are correct depending on which country you are from.
Our sitcoms have "humor," while you expect "humour".>>
It's u that's lost.>
I am slower than Larry today, I don't get this one.... Unless of course you> mean the spelling differences... which, both are correct depending on which> country you are from.>
In article <45Oee.18828$If1.5122911@read2.cgocable.net>, "HopsNBarley" <HopsNBarley@ccogeco.ca> wrote:
Mike Page:> > Our sitcoms have "humor," while you expect "humour".> >
It's u that's lost.>
I am slower than Larry today, I don't get this one.... Unless of course you> mean the spelling differences... which, both are correct depending on which> country you are from.
as are the punctuations of the quotes.
Glenn<----I missed something here.....
just a bad joke about the spelling difference and his comment that something mustbe lost in the transatlantic journey.
On Mon, 09 May 2005 14:48:43 GMT, malone@ca.ibm.com (David Malone) wrote:
Mary had a little lamb>His coat was black as soot>And everywhere>That he did go>His sooty foot he put...>
Say the last line fast. Now that's poetry...
Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was white as snow And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day And a big black dog f****d it.
Now that's _pottery_.
Many, many years ago, fractured fairy tale poems (hence the above name) like these were about as good as it got. Especially "Old Mother Hubbard," in case there are any other former youthful degenerates out there whose memory needed tickling.
I can remember a bunch of us sitting around a lunch table at a restaurant on scenic Rt. 22 in Watchng, MJ, re-telling these, and literally laughing 'til we cried. The staff didn't hear what we were saying, but they were afraid to throw us out anyway.
Then we discovered the sestina and the villanelle, and it all went downhill from there ... now all that's left is haicue. Full circle. Sigh.
