This thread is the reason why this place is great.

Well done guys...you too Furious

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I never figured IMU for a pool player, least of all one with a $1000 cue. He's like Tom Cruise with his Balabushka!

Some guys I used to hang out with at the racetrack owned a pool hall back in the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbIgMzAXaU0

The last guy interviewed is Sonny G. I still see him out at the Saddle Room in Hoffman Estates once in awhile. I think he also sings at Chambers Restaurant on Milwaukee Avenue sometimes. He does a killer version of "Girl From Ipanema". First we see Sonny sing, then we sing.

Sam Fels's dad wrote an article about the pool hall:

http://www.billiardsdigest.com/showblogentry.php?id=18

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I'm not a guy? Fuck you, pal.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

I doubt it. They closed about 3 years ago. It's a showroom for a home remodeling company now.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

Big Al Lerner ! That was a cool story. Loved the old guy just sitting at the bar, smoking and watching.

So what family was Sonny a part of?

Very sad. I drive by there all the time and I never noticed. Not really a place I frequented. My cousin who is a few years older than I am went in there with my mom. My mother was probably about 75 at the time. My cousin said, "I was the youngest person in there." Then she said, "You know who was the second youngest? Your mom."

Anyhow, if you really want to hear Sonny sing, his album is called Ballads and Bossas.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

They did a brisk funeral luncheon business, as you would imagine from the location. And the clientele.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

My aunt is married to a former detective who plays pool against other people on some type of live stream for thousands of dollars. That's insane to me.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Do you have a great big shuttlecock?

This was an awesome attempt at a humblebrag that got exactly the reaction it deserved.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Three pages and no one has suggested going tankless?

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

CFMB Pool Tournament.

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You know me like that.

Could be tremendous. It can be done.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

9-Ball?

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You know me like that.

Yes sir.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I'm not familiar with the game.

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You know me like that.

I’m willing to show you. You just need money to learn. I’m new here, do you have that?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Eight-ball.

#TeamCocaine

RIP SomeGuy

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

#TeamVapePen missed you at RTS.

Didn’t seem like an appropriate occasion for #TeamCocaine.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

We had a pool table when I was a teenager.

We did bongs and used my aunt's wheelchair for another skill element to throw in the game. We called it Ironside Pool.

I just couldn't make RTS. Look, I work in the cultural wasteland of Schaumburg. That drive is soul-crushing on a Sunday.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

In what way?

If anything, I'm poor for having a hand me down cue, no?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

More than fair.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Are there any able-bodied tax attorneys on the board who could help me find a suitable deduction for my inherited $1000 pool cue?

Kind of a stretch fellas. We will know when imu is being a braggart. Not sure a hand me down cue, a nice one, from 20 years ago qualifies.

Are we all gonna just pretend we’re all poor as fuck?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I have a hand-me-down 1978 Willie Mosconi Limited Edition red-felt pool table. Willie capitalizing on those Minnesota Fats vs. Willie Mosconi Wide World of Sports features.

And I'm rich, bitch. (I've been watching a lot of Chappelle Show lately).

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You know me like that.

Fatha!
My billiards cue has developed an abnormality that requires immediate rectfication from a qualified guild which does not exist, please create such an individual directly.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Yeah this wasn't bragging. This was a guy trying to fix something that was given to him and means a lot to him. CFMB routinely thinks the worst of MANY.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

A billiards summit will solve anything and everything.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

Ok that’s solid. But I’m a sucker for MJH humor.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul