JoeyM
Verified Member
I have a little time and thought i'd start a journal. I'll update it as time permits. I've been meaning to do this for awhile but just haven't gotten around to it. I don't have the pedigree in pool that everyone else here has or the awesome stories and this will probably bore everyone to death, but what the heck.
I want to use this to kinda track my progress.
I'll start with a little background info. I used to play a lot. Early 90's in Bossier City, LA at the Barksdale AFB rec center. Some really good players used to be there. Also played at Pockets downtown Shreveport, which was the old Guys and Dolls of Buddy Hall\St. Louie Louie fame.
I worked for about a year at It's George making cases. Bill Shick shared the space for his cue making. I got to meet Eddie Taylor there a few times.
Anyways, I was a nine ball player. Nothing great but could run 3-4 racks on occasion if I was playing well and the tables were laying right. Played a little one pocket but wasn't serious about the game.
Moved down to MS Gulfcoast a few years later and hung out at a place in Ocean Springs on Hwy 90 and the "Plywood Palace" in Gulfport...Jim Bob's I think it was.
Few years later moved to Slidell and used to hang at Frankie's(owner of Lacy's) Two Sisters billiards. I had gotten married and would just stop by to say "Hi" every now and then.
I quit playing pool for 16 years. 1 hurricane, 1 divorce, 1 life restarted later, after getting my career going, spending too much money on autox, trackdays, and hillclimbs I needed a new hobby. Race cars are too expensive. I took up tennis at 36 years old for exercise. For those that play USTA, I quickly advanced to high 4.0-low 4.5 after a few years of lessons and playing 7 days a week. In ALTA for those familiar, I won 3 city championships on my men's team and 1 runner up in mixed doubles. At 41 with 5 years of playing nonstop the injuries piled up and became too much.
Again, I needed a new hobby. I rediscovered pool last year....to be continued
JoeyM
I want to use this to kinda track my progress.
I'll start with a little background info. I used to play a lot. Early 90's in Bossier City, LA at the Barksdale AFB rec center. Some really good players used to be there. Also played at Pockets downtown Shreveport, which was the old Guys and Dolls of Buddy Hall\St. Louie Louie fame.
I worked for about a year at It's George making cases. Bill Shick shared the space for his cue making. I got to meet Eddie Taylor there a few times.
Anyways, I was a nine ball player. Nothing great but could run 3-4 racks on occasion if I was playing well and the tables were laying right. Played a little one pocket but wasn't serious about the game.
Moved down to MS Gulfcoast a few years later and hung out at a place in Ocean Springs on Hwy 90 and the "Plywood Palace" in Gulfport...Jim Bob's I think it was.
Few years later moved to Slidell and used to hang at Frankie's(owner of Lacy's) Two Sisters billiards. I had gotten married and would just stop by to say "Hi" every now and then.
I quit playing pool for 16 years. 1 hurricane, 1 divorce, 1 life restarted later, after getting my career going, spending too much money on autox, trackdays, and hillclimbs I needed a new hobby. Race cars are too expensive. I took up tennis at 36 years old for exercise. For those that play USTA, I quickly advanced to high 4.0-low 4.5 after a few years of lessons and playing 7 days a week. In ALTA for those familiar, I won 3 city championships on my men's team and 1 runner up in mixed doubles. At 41 with 5 years of playing nonstop the injuries piled up and became too much.
Again, I needed a new hobby. I rediscovered pool last year....to be continued
JoeyM