Earl's World....Earl's World.. la,la,la,la-la
Smorgass Bored
today is 'Humidity', according to Earl. I was tired and and had typed
two loooong posts about Earl and the tournament at P-9-Ball and didn't
explain the 'humidity' remark well enough. I've received a couple of
e-mails asking me what I meant by that remark. So,here goes.....
It seems that even though Earl Strickand was the highest bid player
in the calcutta (at $400) and a favorite to win the tournament,he went
out and lost his first match to Charlie Williams 11-10. When asked about
this,he replied that the BUFFET at Planet 9-Ball had cost him the match.
I was incredulous,to say the least.... and highly amused to say the
most. It seems that it would have been alright for P-9-Ball to have
served 'cold food' ,but the 85 item ALL-U-Can Eat Buffet consisted
mostly of HOT food. You see, (according to Earl) the kitchen which
prepares the food is hot,the walkin freezer is cold,the ice in the sinks
at the serving stations at the bar are both cold AND uncovered,the pool
room is Air Conditioned and then you add the 'Hot' Buffet and as anyone
who has taken science in school can attest.........HUMIDITY...
Now, you REALLY needed to be present to see Earl's face go red and his
eyes bulge out as he worked himself up into a frenzy over this Humidity
problem. The only shots that he missed and the reason that he lost to
Charlie was because the 'humidity' changed the roll of the ball on the
cloth.
Now, I would have thought that the cracking open of the crab claws,the
slurping of the raw oysters and the fussing with the clams and all the
mmmmm,mmmmming going on would have bothered him.But,Noooooooooooo ! It
was the 'humidity' caused by the pans keeping the food warm. Planet
9-Ball is a 15,000 square foot building with about a 20' high ceiling
(or 'something' along that height...imo)
Now,before any of you yahoo's start to laugh at Earl's revelation,I'd
just like to say that at one point,I think that I detected a front of
hot air from the buffet drifting way off to west (back by the men's
room) where it was met by a blast of cold air (caused by removing
another case of snow crab legs from the walkin freezer) and creating
quite a problem.
I think that I even heard the TD issuing a 45 minute 'storm watch' AND
a small craft advisory for the game room and portions of the poolroom. I
know that I put on my yellow slicker & hat and held onto my chair with
one hand,while eating a third helping of crab legs from the buffet. As
it turned out,no one other than Earl was greatly bothered by the
'Humidity' from the hot food (meeting the A/C).
Earl was heard to mutter & exclaim repeatedly about the 'food
humidity' over the three days that he was there (until he WITHDREW from
the tournament)..... Life is tough in..........
EARL'S WORLD.....EARL'S WORLD......what's it like today in EARL'S WORLD
??????
I suggest that anyone thinking of having a tournament that Earl might
attend,serve only cold food which will not affect the humidity in the
room. Oh,and it's only right that the players show up ON TIME and
dressed PROPERLY if you want to have a successful tournament.
Doug
~>*(((>< Big fish eat Little fish ><)))*<~
ted harris
Championships in person, I never would have believed it. Talk about
overacting. Earl and Jim Carrey must be related. I do not think anyone
could have told that story better than you just laid it down. I was
rollin'...
--
Ted Harris
Ted Harris Custom Cues
website; http://www.tedharris.com
phone; (410)621-0700
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group" category. Enjoyable reading in the style of Tom Wolfe and/or Elmore
Leonard.
The next time I hear the term "relative humidity", I'll be thinking that it
is relative to Earl!
moohahaha.
MURRAY TUCKER
some of the tourney but got detained. I'm sorry I missed it.
--
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Smorgass Bored <Smorga...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> (*<~ The other day,I made a post stating that what is wrong with pool
> today is 'Humidity', according to Earl. I was tired and and had typed
> two loooong posts about Earl and the tournament at P-9-Ball and didn't
JoeyA
better stop laughing. There is substance to Earl's concern over humidity.
This goes back MANY years to when Earl was a young road agent and came to
New Orleans to play our local one pocket gambler, Earl Heisler. Heisler was
getting up in age but still gave most road hogs a run for their money.
Heisler would get a little weight from them and win. Strickland came to
town and wanted to play Heisler. They played $100.00 a game.
FTR, Louisiana is HUMID in the winter time. This was in the late spring and
New Orleans was soaking wet. The Sports Palace back then, used to boil
seafood (crabs, shrmip, etc.) When a road hog would come to town to play
Heisler, it was reported that the cook (as soon as the match was started)
would immediately fire up the burners and start boiling seafood. This place
is not very large (about 14 tables). Earl Heisler played REAL SLOW all of
the time, so the full effect of the boiled seafood (humidity and cayenne
pepper aroma) could be felt before one game was finished. The boiling water
combined with the regular high humidity and the scent of cayenne was too
much to bear. Heisler won the first game, Earl Strickland quit and never
came back, EVER.
The boiled crab ruse is an old one which Earl never forgot.
JoeyA
Smorgass Bored <Smorga...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> (*<~ The other day,I made a post stating that what is wrong with pool
> today is 'Humidity', according to Earl. I was tired and and had typed
> two loooong posts about Earl and the tournament at P-9-Ball and didn't
lfigueroa
Grady's one pocket event a year or two ago between Buddy Hall and Marco
Marquez. I think they're down in Baton Rouge, it's raining cats and dogs
(or whatever it rains down there, crawfish and alligators?) they're playing
on a pro cut Diamond and it looks like neither one of them has ever picked
up a cue before. The Accu-Stats version is three tapes long, and even
though I made it through all of the $100K Effren/Squirrel match, the
Buddy/Marco match was so painful to watch I bailed out after the second tape
and never watched the last one. It was the humidity.
Lou Figueroa
JoeyA <agu...@cmq.com> wrote in message
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Patrick Johnson
> The humidity thing can be valid.
Oh, yeah. And when combined with salt air, it's a beach. I had a
little place with a bar table in Belize for awhile. It was on the
water (at the end of a pier), and though I vacuumed the table every
day it felt like playing UNDERwater. The balls would roll like they
were on flypaper. When I returned to the States and got to play on
Simonis in a dry atmosphere again, it was like playing on an ice rink.
I've heard it's very difficult for road and tournament players from
elsewhere to compete in the Gulf states because all the players who
live there are used to the slow, wet cloth and that's a big homecourt
advantage. Do these southern players have trouble adjusting to dry,
fast conditions?
Pat Johnson
Chicago
Derek Ray
<REMO...@21stCentury.net> wrote:
>I've heard it's very difficult for road and tournament players from
>elsewhere to compete in the Gulf states because all the players who
>live there are used to the slow, wet cloth and that's a big homecourt
>advantage. Do these southern players have trouble adjusting to dry,
>fast conditions?
Yeah. When I went to Vegas last year, the tables were, of course,
covered with decent cloth and EXTREMELY dry. Aside from investing
half my stake in Chapstick while I was there (after the second day my
lips fell off), I felt like I was playing on glass. It took me a few
days to really get used to it and be able to control the cue ball with
any sort of finesse again...
And i'm just in Georgia. God forbid I should be somewhere on the
Panhandle or Gulf Coast. =)
-- Derek
Deafness never kept composers from hearing the music.
It only stopped them hearing the distractions.
LePheaux
lfigueroa wrote in message ...
LePheaux
Patrick Johnson wrote in message <38C5142F...@21stCentury.net>...
>lfigueroa wrote:
>
>> The humidity thing can be valid.
>
>elsewhere to compete in the Gulf states because all the players who
>live there are used to the slow, wet cloth and that's a big homecourt
>advantage. Do these southern players have trouble adjusting to dry,
>fast conditions?
>
<<<>>>>
there aren't any adjustments needed, early morning after turning the AC up
the cloth is usually wet and loose ,
directly there after it's tighter then CPA's ass 0
lfigueroa
Lou Figueroa
LePheaux <LeP...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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tom simpson
<lfig...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
::The humidity thing can be valid.
We had some disagreement about this here a few years ago.
Some maintained (OK, it was me) that really high humidity
reduced throw -- and not only reduced it, but made it so
difficult to make balls and get clusters to scatter that it
wasn't even worth playing.
Others maintained that higher humidity increased the
friction between the balls. My experience was that the balls
just slipped off of each other.
So, deep Southerners, what really happens?
tom simpson
Bvinco
I've played in bars here in Florida with no air conditioning and my shaft
actually dripped water onto the table, but the pool rooms have great air
conditioners and the humidity doesn't seem to be a factor (okay, so the ONE
time one of the air conditioners in Racks was broken, it was a LITTLE warm and
humid in there during the RSB tournament). I'm so used to having to adjust to
table/cloth speed (because of having to play in different conditions) that I'm
not sure it would make a difference where I was playing (Gulf coast or the
dessert).
To finally get around to answering your question, IMO, a slower playing table
(and a higher humidity level) does make it more difficult to make balls and get
clusters to scatter.
Becky
Tom Simpson wrote <snipped>
>So, deep Southerners, what really happens?
>that really high humidity
LePheaux
Bvinco wrote in message <20000308003506...@ng-cs1.aol.com>...
>
>I've played in bars here in Florida with no air conditioning and my shaft
>actually dripped water onto the table,
<<<>>>
<<>>
the moisture will soak into the wrap though.
even Irish linens. usually happens early morning,
make sure your case is double sealed.
Richard Kapela
adjust to. All the players from Atlanta commented on how fast the tables
were. I guess it depends on what the player is used to. There are rooms in
Atlanta that are drier, or at least more consistent, than others (like
everywhere else, I guess).
Incidentally, the winner of the singles tournament, Clint McCullough, is
from the Atlanta area.
Rick
(Atlanta)
Derek Ray wrote in message ...
>On Tue, 07 Mar 2000 08:37:35 -0600, Patrick Johnson
><REMO...@21stCentury.net> wrote:
>
>>I've heard it's very difficult for road and tournament players from
>>elsewhere to compete in the Gulf states because all the players who
>>live there are used to the slow, wet cloth and that's a big homecourt
>>advantage. Do these southern players have trouble adjusting to dry,
>>fast conditions?
>
Bvinco
LeP, it was a JOKE..... one of those itsy exagerations that help to make a
point. The humidity in the bar, while I was playing, was extreme, and the
shaft (there isn't any wrap on that), as well as my hands, were WET, and that
isn't an exageration.
Becky
>Bvinco wrote in message
Greg Miller
tom simpson wrote
> Some maintained (OK, it was me) that really high humidity
> reduced throw -- and not only reduced it, but made it so
> difficult to make balls
Please explain.
> and get clusters to scatter
Please explain.
> that it wasn't even worth playing.
>
> Others maintained that higher humidity increased the
> friction between the balls. My experience was that the balls
> just slipped off of each other.
>
> So, deep Southerners, what really happens?
I've always made the dirty equipment connection with increased throw but
have never paid attention to humidity except in combination with dirty
equipment, i.e., dirt plus humidity equals more throw. IMO, the balls and
dirt adhere to each other in the damp. I've never noticed an appreciable
difference between clean-and-dry and clean-and-humid. Not to say it's not
there, I just haven't noticed it.
BTW, doesn't everyone living around large bodies of water like oceans,
gulfs, and great lakes experience high humidity? I think we in the south
just have it more often because of the longer and hotter summer. Besides, we
po' folks wit no AC or we can't pay the electric to run it.
LePheaux
>LeP, it was a JOKE..... one of those itsy exagerations that help to make a
>point. The humidity in the bar, while I was playing, was extreme, and the
>shaft (there isn't any wrap on that), as well as my hands, were WET, and
that
>isn't an exageration.
>
<<<>>>
And it does get pretty bad, worse in the Panhandle.
or anywhere on the Gulfside for that matter.
ifin you see a window or door open at the bar/poolhall.
don't stop go to the next place.
tom simpson
<gre...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
::
::tom simpson wrote
::> Some maintained (OK, it was me) that really high humidity
::> reduced throw -- and not only reduced it, but made it so
::> difficult to make balls
::
::Please explain.
::
::> and get clusters to scatter
::
::Please explain.
::
::> that it wasn't even worth playing.
::>
::> Others maintained that higher humidity increased the
::> friction between the balls. My experience was that the balls
::> just slipped off of each other.
Again, it was like the balls just slid off of each other
without much friction. No crisp clicking of balls (maybe the
deader sound is a clue). Smack into a cluster and barely
anything happened. It was right after a thunderstorm, and
after a half hour, we gave up. It wasn't fun. My friend
bought a dehumidifier the next day, so we never had the
problem again.
tom simpson
David Bradley
I had a small shock this past January when I revisited an open
air bar on Koh Samui in the gulf of Thailand during the monsoon
season. I'd played some 8 ball there a few months earlier during
the dry season on the same table, nothing remarkable to report.
However this past Januarys trip I played that table and it was
pitiful, either the felt was swollen with moisture or the slate
had swollen!? Anyway, the cueball would bounce and weave down the
table, especially noticable when the balls slowed, they might
take a left, right or roll back on themselves. Any attempt at a
slow shot was hopeless, I gave up after two or three games, no
fun. I'll visit again soon, I expect it'll have dried out & play
ok.
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>
>I had a small shock this past January when I revisited an open
>air bar on Koh Samui in the gulf of Thailand during the monsoon
>season.
>table, especially noticable when the balls slowed, they might
>take a left, right or roll back on themselves. Any attempt at a
>slow shot was hopeless, I gave up after two or three games, no
>fun. I'll visit again soon, I expect it'll have dried out & play
>ok.
It might have been the table which made those balls swerve, or, it might have
been the Singha beers and Mekong whiskey you had imbibed that made them appear
to sway.... Seachaidoiki, khob.
LeonW
David Bradley
leo...@aol.com (LEON3MN) wrote:
>It might have been the table which made those balls swerve, or,
it might have
>been the Singha beers and Mekong whiskey you had imbibed that
made them appear
>to sway.... Seachaidoiki, khob.
>
>LeonW
>
Hmm, come to think of it, I had been drinking, but certainly not
Mekong which I alway thought was just mislabled paint stripper.