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THE game of billiards has destroyed my naturally sweet disposition. Once, when I was an underpaid reporter in Virginia City, whenever I wished to play billiards I went out to look for an easy mark. One day a stranger came to town and opened a billiard parlor. I looked him over casually. When he proposed a game, I answered, "All right."
"Just knock the balls around a little so that I can get your gait," he said; and when I had done so, he remarked: "I will be perfectly fair with you. I'll play you left-handed." I felt hurt, for he was cross-eyed, freckled, and had red hair, and I determined to teach him a lesson. He won first shot, ran out, took my half-dollar, and all I got was the opportunity to chalk my cue.
"If you can play like that with your left hand," I said, "I'd like to see you play with your right."
"I can't," he said. "I'm left-handed."
Life is like a ball
Sometimes you are on top and sometimes at the bottom
Be kind to others is one of the secrets
To be considered on top
(Picture taken while on vacation in Zambales, Philippines)
Depth of field shot taken on my S scale model railroad with the Olympus E-M1, Olympus M.75mm F1.8 lens.
This four-thirds mirrorless camera has a 2 X lens multiplier making this effectively a 150mm SLR equivalent.
paul, before or after the ten year old at the next table schooled us on some good billiards techniques. we are so not street.
Le Multicolore est un jeu de hasard, d'adresse et d'argent inventé en France au début du XXe siècle.
Histoire
C'est à la demande de Raymond Poincaré, président de la République de 1913 à 1920 que Paul Painlevé, mathématicien et homme politique, conçut le Multicolore. En effet, il fallait mettre fin aux jeux clandestins à Paris.
Si les paris étaient autorisés sur les jeux de hasard, ils étaient interdits sur les jeux d'adresse comme le billard, alors Paul Painlevé imagina un jeu qui serait un mélange de jeu de casino traditionnel comme la roulette et un billard dans la mesure où la boule est lancée à l'aide d'une queue de billard, avec obligation de réaliser une bande au fond de la piste pour valider le lancer.
Ce jeu s'adressait à l'origine aux personnes qui ne pouvaient se rendre dans les casinos, trop huppés, d'où son surnom de « casino du peuple » ou de « roulette du pauvre ».
Source Wikipédia
Multicolore is a game of chance, skill and money invented in France at the beginning of the 20th century.
History.
It was at the request of Raymond Poincaré, President of the Republic from 1913 to 1920 that Paul Painlevé, mathematician and politician, designed Multicolore. Indeed, it was necessary to put an end to clandestine games in Paris.
If betting was authorized on games of chance, it was prohibited on games of skill such as billiards, so Paul Painlevé imagined a game that would be a mixture of traditional casino games such as roulette and billiards insofar as the ball is thrown using a billiard cue, with the obligation to make a band at the bottom of the track to validate the throw.
This game was originally aimed at people who could not go to casinos, which were too posh, hence its nickname "people's casino" or "poor man's roulette".
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a classic song by Johnny Lang: youtu.be/7FHhDY2zmcg
. . . hanging out at the pool hall with number one & two sons. . .
3 years ago we were given the privilege of photographing inside the original Masonic Lodge in Bay City Michigan. I came away with a lot of fun images, even using a couple teens as models to add mystery. I'm recycling this one for everyone's enjoyment
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For many years this hotel was known as The Terminus. And its history goes right back into the second half of the 19th century when it was a principal watering hole for the nearby wharves. It also boasted the best billiards room in Launceston at the time when Walter Lindrum (1898-1960) was dominating the game.