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androd

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New Puppy in the Mkbtank household. Meet Ozzy. He’s a Coton De Tulear. The model holding him is my wife Regina, who is occasionally mistaken for my daughter lol. We met shooting pool 20 years ago. Best thing pool ever gave me. Heh. And yes Ozzy has only the very best taste in football teams.
2 fine looking family members. Try to at least be the boss of the dog.
 

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N.Y.C. - 1950'S --- View attachment 444169"This is Ames mister"
Great photo, Ghostie!! I think Ames was just a few doors west of 7th Ave. on 44th St. Judging by the cars, the picture may have been taken around 1960. Doc went up there in the summer of '62-- up those long stairs to enter into what I thought was a tabernacle of pool. I'd seen The Hustler, and assumed Ames was the center of the pool world.

I heard later --maybe from Freddie-- that there rarely was much action in the room. Still the cook almost busted me playing rotation for $1 a game! Or maybe it was 8-ball... I kept enough for bus fare up state! It amazes me that I thought I could beat anyone in those halcyon days...:cautious:
 
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Great to bring this classic thread up again. For anybody who hasn't looked, check out the first page. Post #1 from the Ghost is another great vintage pic (notice the pool hall on the left), and after that are some old school pool stories from Artie (overlook his horrendous spelling, lol).
 

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Hearst Castle game room. Once upon a time, a long long time ago. By the way, on our tour there, I noticed that the cues were Titllist Cocobolo one piecers'.
That's a staggering, sprawling castle/estate isn't it? When I visited years ago, I believe they had 3 separate tours you could take. Don't know if it's the same now. I LOVED the billiard room of course. But I also could get a mental picture of Johnny Weissmuller working out in the massive indoor pool, and Charlie Chaplin horsing around near the imposing front door.

What an era! I used to study old Hollywood while I lived there. And a celebrity knew they were important if they received an invitation to San Simeon! That was a long arduous drive up Rte. 1 in those days, so I'm sure most were flown in to Hearst's private air strip.
 
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