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Thai Beauties By Sanman
By all accounts Jeremy Clarkson’s top gear show is staggeringly popular. Worldwide too. I do tend to think he is not always accurate with his assessment. For 1 dear Jeremy honestly thinks that the previous generation jag could compete with a BMW M5, or that an Aston Martin is better than a Ferarri or a Lambo. I hope people get the general drift here. But any knowledgeable person would tell you that the ferarri and lamborgini and Porsche manufacturers have taken performance and fuel economy and driving dynamics to another level. What does the Aston have (maybe looks and the fact that it is some fictional British agent wheels of choice). It certainly can’t compete with them in the other departments. While the jag and Aston may be good cars they cannot compete against the other manufacturers. My personal choice is the Audi R8 or the Nissan GTR ( the latest incarnation is wicked ) or a Porsche GT3. In the order specified. Coming back to Clarkson and trying to figure out how come his show is so popular I came to the conclusion that he is very funny and he does some obscene stuff with cars so in a sense his show is an artistic version of regular cars shows. Unique and entertaining even if his point of view may not be the same as mine or necessarily right.
Now heres the thing, one morning dear Jeremy finds two cars parked outside his offices with a note on his desk instructing him to give an honest assessment on the two cars. He walks outside and notices that both cars look very similar but one is just kitted out better. Taking his notepad he begins to write down his observations. He does not notice a manufacturer name tag anywhere on the car. Therefore he does not know who built this car but since his producer wants him to review this car he decides to do just that. Firstly before getting into the car he begins to inspect the build quality of the car. Both cars look very similar with one having additional body kit that makes it look sexier. The build quality on both cars, are excellent with rivalling the best from any car manufacturer. This continues into the interior of the car. All the gizmos and gadgets are there, but not as much as you would expect in some cars but nonetheless more than most. So far he is most impressed. Turning on the car (the kitted one first, always nicer to test the exciting ones first) the old fashion way with a key and not a button the note that he hears from the car is like music to his soul. He then instructs the camera man to turn on to him where he gives his first impressions. He then puts his foot down and the seat of this car literally grabs him and his breathe is taken away as this car accelerates like a soul fleeing hell with the devils and his legions on its tail, it feels as if he has been kicked by a horse but in a much smoother, nicer way. Gear change, slicketty slick. So far all boxes have been ticked correctly. He then decides to take it on the windy bits and what it does is simply amaze him. All his years as a car talk show host simply did not prepare him for this. Bends? What bends. This is something his wife would never appreciate unless she had a dozen shots of testosterone he observes. It is now high on his shopping list for Christmas if only he could find out who the manufacturer is. His last test is in town and he then decides to test drive it is the midday traffic. He then finds out its first flaws. The car is too impatient to be of the mark, it mounds of torque and herds of horses itching to act and it takes an experienced hand to curb it but if this is what it take to be behind the wheel of such a cars then Jeremy is going to be the first to enrol in order to get that experience. The second car is not as sportily set up but nonetheless it lacks little in ability of the first car. Horses for courses he notes but given a choice of both he wants 3 he says. He then drives back to the office and on his desk are two envelopes. He then opens the first one and he looks at the note within. It contains the prices of the car and he fall back into the chair. What he has experienced would cost at least 200 000 quid from any manufacturer but here he is looking a car that delivers that kind of performance at the price of a higher specced corolla. Opening the second envelope he learns that this is the new prototype soon to be developed is a Toyota sports car which as yet does not have a name. He is left speechless and silently prays that the British and other car manufacturers have plan B.
Now heres what I did. I went to Thailand ( I was there the last two weeks and I had a smashing time). I met Unclevit and he is great guy. He introduced me to O’min and bought two cues from him. Both machine spliced and both straight as a die. The cues play excellently for the price I paid for them (60 US$ together). That was not what made that day special though. It was the delivery of Two UT (Uncle Thai) cues that I had ordered. These were not normal spec cues.
Cue specs
Cue 1.
Weight: 20 ounces¾ jointed
Plain butt single splice
59 inches
10.5 mm tip
16 inch butt
Balance point of about 17 inches above butt end
Butt diameter of 29.5
Cue 2
Weight: 18 ounces
12 splice splice
59 inches
9.5 mm tip
Balance point of about 17 inches above butt end
Butt diameter of 29.5 to 30 mm
These were made to my specs and upon inspection they were exactly as I ordered. The both cues were pin straight. And the first impression of the cues were how easily they felt in my hands ( even the heavier ones) the balance point of 17 inches from the bottom of the but with 16 inch joints were exact to the millimetre. The look of the shaft oozes quality and the special ping sound that I get when I flick my finger on the shaft is music to my ear. The shaft looked at least fifty years old. The splices were all even to within 1 mm tolerance. That is acceptable by me. Entirely handmade, except for the joint fittings. The joints themselves were the airlock joints fitted to O’Mins. The quality of the woods was excellent even if they were local Thai stock with a lovely red centre splices on the 12 splice cue. It even came with a short rosewood mini butt extension for each cue. Visual appearances aside I cannot play well with the cue
????????
Ok here the thing. If you as an ordinary Joe took a formula 1 car for a drive having never driven at speed faster than 100 miles hour and here you have a car that can be driven and needs to be driven at speeds of in excess of 200 miles/hour then what are your chances of driving it to its true potential. Now you are getting the picture and that is the problem I am having. The cue does more than I am asking of it. Pull back topwhite and sides on this cue are amplified greatly. While this does not make for great pool or snooker as I am constantly out of position what I do love about this cue is the thrill when I play with it.
The Knowledge that I now have in my hands a piece of equipment that enables me to go beyond where I once could go is now driving me to master these cues. When I do I will take my game to the next level. And unlike Jeremy I am already enrolled to master my price of equipment since I already own two. And the price of this fabulous piece of equipment. Less than the price of a MW shark model or the lowest end JP cues. In fact both could be had for the price of an ordinary Parris cue.
And I will say this last word it looks better than both those cues and play as good as any cue coming out of Britain. Sorry better. I did take it to my local pool club and everyone who played with it was amazed.
I will take more photos of these cues and the O’Min’s I purchased and post them in the next few days but the 30 dollar O’Min machine spliced cue I purchased plays better than my Parris ambassador which I will be selling with immediate effect. I have received an offer of 2500 rands from a pal of mine here in South Africa so I guess that’s sorted out.
If anyone wants to deal with unclevit I have this to say
He delivered more than I expected and for than I am very thankful…………………..
By all accounts Jeremy Clarkson’s top gear show is staggeringly popular. Worldwide too. I do tend to think he is not always accurate with his assessment. For 1 dear Jeremy honestly thinks that the previous generation jag could compete with a BMW M5, or that an Aston Martin is better than a Ferarri or a Lambo. I hope people get the general drift here. But any knowledgeable person would tell you that the ferarri and lamborgini and Porsche manufacturers have taken performance and fuel economy and driving dynamics to another level. What does the Aston have (maybe looks and the fact that it is some fictional British agent wheels of choice). It certainly can’t compete with them in the other departments. While the jag and Aston may be good cars they cannot compete against the other manufacturers. My personal choice is the Audi R8 or the Nissan GTR ( the latest incarnation is wicked ) or a Porsche GT3. In the order specified. Coming back to Clarkson and trying to figure out how come his show is so popular I came to the conclusion that he is very funny and he does some obscene stuff with cars so in a sense his show is an artistic version of regular cars shows. Unique and entertaining even if his point of view may not be the same as mine or necessarily right.
Now heres the thing, one morning dear Jeremy finds two cars parked outside his offices with a note on his desk instructing him to give an honest assessment on the two cars. He walks outside and notices that both cars look very similar but one is just kitted out better. Taking his notepad he begins to write down his observations. He does not notice a manufacturer name tag anywhere on the car. Therefore he does not know who built this car but since his producer wants him to review this car he decides to do just that. Firstly before getting into the car he begins to inspect the build quality of the car. Both cars look very similar with one having additional body kit that makes it look sexier. The build quality on both cars, are excellent with rivalling the best from any car manufacturer. This continues into the interior of the car. All the gizmos and gadgets are there, but not as much as you would expect in some cars but nonetheless more than most. So far he is most impressed. Turning on the car (the kitted one first, always nicer to test the exciting ones first) the old fashion way with a key and not a button the note that he hears from the car is like music to his soul. He then instructs the camera man to turn on to him where he gives his first impressions. He then puts his foot down and the seat of this car literally grabs him and his breathe is taken away as this car accelerates like a soul fleeing hell with the devils and his legions on its tail, it feels as if he has been kicked by a horse but in a much smoother, nicer way. Gear change, slicketty slick. So far all boxes have been ticked correctly. He then decides to take it on the windy bits and what it does is simply amaze him. All his years as a car talk show host simply did not prepare him for this. Bends? What bends. This is something his wife would never appreciate unless she had a dozen shots of testosterone he observes. It is now high on his shopping list for Christmas if only he could find out who the manufacturer is. His last test is in town and he then decides to test drive it is the midday traffic. He then finds out its first flaws. The car is too impatient to be of the mark, it mounds of torque and herds of horses itching to act and it takes an experienced hand to curb it but if this is what it take to be behind the wheel of such a cars then Jeremy is going to be the first to enrol in order to get that experience. The second car is not as sportily set up but nonetheless it lacks little in ability of the first car. Horses for courses he notes but given a choice of both he wants 3 he says. He then drives back to the office and on his desk are two envelopes. He then opens the first one and he looks at the note within. It contains the prices of the car and he fall back into the chair. What he has experienced would cost at least 200 000 quid from any manufacturer but here he is looking a car that delivers that kind of performance at the price of a higher specced corolla. Opening the second envelope he learns that this is the new prototype soon to be developed is a Toyota sports car which as yet does not have a name. He is left speechless and silently prays that the British and other car manufacturers have plan B.
Now heres what I did. I went to Thailand ( I was there the last two weeks and I had a smashing time). I met Unclevit and he is great guy. He introduced me to O’min and bought two cues from him. Both machine spliced and both straight as a die. The cues play excellently for the price I paid for them (60 US$ together). That was not what made that day special though. It was the delivery of Two UT (Uncle Thai) cues that I had ordered. These were not normal spec cues.
Cue specs
Cue 1.
Weight: 20 ounces¾ jointed
Plain butt single splice
59 inches
10.5 mm tip
16 inch butt
Balance point of about 17 inches above butt end
Butt diameter of 29.5
Cue 2
Weight: 18 ounces
12 splice splice
59 inches
9.5 mm tip
Balance point of about 17 inches above butt end
Butt diameter of 29.5 to 30 mm
These were made to my specs and upon inspection they were exactly as I ordered. The both cues were pin straight. And the first impression of the cues were how easily they felt in my hands ( even the heavier ones) the balance point of 17 inches from the bottom of the but with 16 inch joints were exact to the millimetre. The look of the shaft oozes quality and the special ping sound that I get when I flick my finger on the shaft is music to my ear. The shaft looked at least fifty years old. The splices were all even to within 1 mm tolerance. That is acceptable by me. Entirely handmade, except for the joint fittings. The joints themselves were the airlock joints fitted to O’Mins. The quality of the woods was excellent even if they were local Thai stock with a lovely red centre splices on the 12 splice cue. It even came with a short rosewood mini butt extension for each cue. Visual appearances aside I cannot play well with the cue
????????
Ok here the thing. If you as an ordinary Joe took a formula 1 car for a drive having never driven at speed faster than 100 miles hour and here you have a car that can be driven and needs to be driven at speeds of in excess of 200 miles/hour then what are your chances of driving it to its true potential. Now you are getting the picture and that is the problem I am having. The cue does more than I am asking of it. Pull back topwhite and sides on this cue are amplified greatly. While this does not make for great pool or snooker as I am constantly out of position what I do love about this cue is the thrill when I play with it.
The Knowledge that I now have in my hands a piece of equipment that enables me to go beyond where I once could go is now driving me to master these cues. When I do I will take my game to the next level. And unlike Jeremy I am already enrolled to master my price of equipment since I already own two. And the price of this fabulous piece of equipment. Less than the price of a MW shark model or the lowest end JP cues. In fact both could be had for the price of an ordinary Parris cue.
And I will say this last word it looks better than both those cues and play as good as any cue coming out of Britain. Sorry better. I did take it to my local pool club and everyone who played with it was amazed.
I will take more photos of these cues and the O’Min’s I purchased and post them in the next few days but the 30 dollar O’Min machine spliced cue I purchased plays better than my Parris ambassador which I will be selling with immediate effect. I have received an offer of 2500 rands from a pal of mine here in South Africa so I guess that’s sorted out.
If anyone wants to deal with unclevit I have this to say
He delivered more than I expected and for than I am very thankful…………………..
:snooker:
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