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Undoubtedly the most famous pool player to ever pick up a cue.
A great money player, Rudolph Wanderone was never given the credit he deserved by his peers. [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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And the man who played him on film, Jackie Gleason. Another very fine player.
Walter Tevis, the author of The Hustler, always denied his character of Minnesota Fats was based on Wanderone. Personally, I find this very doubtful. [ This image is no longer available. ] |
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Picture preview of Pokermonsters next thread,
"Why it is impossible to impart backspin on a cueball".  |
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Good one Liam.
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The necessary sighting technique for all topspin shots.
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Coupled with the correct cue action.
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Any pics of George Michael playing pool whilst at her Majestys pleasure?
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No, but here's another famous singer who is no stranger to penal establishments.
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Ah.....A boy named cue.
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"It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to." WC FIELDS.
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GREAT picture of you on the baize Pokermonster
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the green baize
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I did actually meet one of the legends featured in those photographs. I wonder if you can guess which?
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Peter Sellers?
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Bert Kwouk on a mountain
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Surely not Fields, in a W.C.?
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It was the late, great Telly. Sadly, I didn't get to play pool with him.
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Pm, when you did the picture quiz, how do you keep the photos from prying eyes in your gallery?
Is it just the matter of setting it to private, or what? Cheers |
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Yes Liam.
First, create a gallery and name it LIAMCOL. Upload your photographs. Before they are approved, highlight each one (individually, not as a group) hit the EDIT icon and change its destination from the default PUBLIC GALLERY setting to LIAMCOL'S GALLERY. Then amend the privacy setting from PUBLIC to PRIVATE. |
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Thanks PM, i will have a go at that later.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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he could screw into the centre pocket
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Do you know this man? He was an enthusiastic billiards player.
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It is Mark Twain.
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Vincent Price as Dr Anton Phibes and Valli Kemp as Vulnavia.
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A scene from one of my favourite movies, Baltimore Bullet, starring James Coburn as Nick Casey and Omar Sharif as The Deacon.
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Video clips of Five Pin Billiards.
A very popular sport in Italy and Latin America. Tournaments carry some impressive prize money. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3NO4f8Y7sc |
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Rare footage of legendary pool player, Rudolph Wanderone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkaTTWK322c |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex_BuaxZ3v0 |
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I thought I'd share this humorous tale about John Pulman, the eight times world snooker champion. Apologies for the language.
After a particularly eventful competition in the late seventies, the players were summoned to a conference to discuss certain comments that had upset the tournament director. "Who called the organiser a cúnt?" the director angrily demanded. "Who called the cúnt an organiser?" John replied. |
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Here's a little optical illusion for your consideration. Square R and square A are exactly the same colour.
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A scene from the original Twilight Zone episodes: The award-winning 'A Game Of Pool' starring Jack Klugman as Jessie Cardiff and Jonathon Winters as Fats. |
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Jonathan Winters was a very fine comedian. I always think of him as the truck driver in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Paul Newman in his oscar-winning role of Eddie Felson in The Color of Money. Alongside another great actor, John Turturro.
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Another clip from the 1930 Laurel and Hardy classic, Brats.
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An 18k cueball, weighing in at 1.6kg and worth approximately £42,000.
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James Coburn as Nick Casey in The Baltimore Bullet.
"Pardon me, Nick, are those your car keys, or are you just glad to see me?" "I'm just glad to see you, darlin'. It's been a long time." "It's been a long time for me too. Say, what's that hard thing between my breasts?" "That's my Balabushka." "Oh. They don't call them Johnsons anymore?"  |
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"You wouldn't tell Fred Astaire how to dance, so don't tell Nick Casey about tits."
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Here's a promotional video for Tricues:
http://www.worldsnookerinfo.net/tricues-triangular-snooker-pool-cues/ It rather lets itself down, I feel, in that the gentleman using this revolutionary device appears to be an extremely weak player. If this is a marked improvement on his standard game, the poor fellow couldn't pot a cactus. |