"Miesta messing about"

[OmaMiesta]

Since Tom (great player) called some of us out, I made a little "mess about" video as well
Managed a 139 on my first attempt, could have been a 146 but I have this stupid pole in the way lol

[cpserrao]

Nice! Loved the contortionist act on the last black

[magicman]

Are those posts permanent? Or are they going to be removed?

Personally, I'll give you the last black, 146 as far as I'm concerned!

[OmaMiesta]

Nice! Loved the contortionist act on the last black

haha cheers

[OmaMiesta]

Are those posts permanent? Or are they going to be removed?

Personally, I'll give you the last black, 146 as far as I'm concerned!

I asked a structural engineer and it would cost around 10gs to have it removed so unfortunately will have to put up with it I normally just move the cueball out of the way anyway.... but thanks for the pass on the last shot

[DeanH]

very nicely done, especially with a very tight line up of the reds; do you find that easier than a loose arrangement up to (and maybe beyond) the blue?
I did not count but I think you only had two shots on the green side of the black

[tomwalker147]

Since Tom (great player) called some of us out, I made a little "mess about" video as well
Managed a 139 on my first attempt, could have been a 146 but I have this stupid pole in the way lol

hahaha love this! Nice vid, good to see other forum members backing up their ability. I'll give you the last black also!

[OmaMiesta]

hahaha love this! Nice vid, good to see other forum members backing up their ability. I'll give you the last black also!

Cheers man, it definitely adds a little more spice to the forum. Would be nice to see more people make videos too

[narl]

Any room to shift the table so the pole isn't a factor?

[OmaMiesta]

Any room to shift the table so the pole isn't a factor?

I took every consideration and measurement possible A little over left or down and the walls in the way (still is for some cushion shots). Tbh it sucks but much rather have a table with a few hampered shots than no table at all

[Csmith]

I took every consideration and measurement possible A little over left or down and the walls in the way (still is for some cushion shots). Tbh it sucks but much rather have a table with a few hampered shots than no table at all

That's been my dilemma. We are looking for a house and at this point I'm resigned to the fact that I won't be able to have a perfect room size. So now I'm trying to determine what I can live with lol. I'm starting to think that the width of the room might be more important than length for practice purposes.

[DeanH]

"Miesta messing about"

why not find the right house but with a plot and have a potting shed

[OmaMiesta]

That's been my dilemma. We are looking for a house and at this point I'm resigned to the fact that I won't be able to have a perfect room size. So now I'm trying to determine what I can live with lol. I'm starting to think that the width of the room might be more important than length for practice purposes.

Ah I feel you man, my advice is to sacrifice a single side like I did. Its important to have the bulk colour short rail free to practice good safety as well as the black cushion short rail. As long as you have 1 long rail completely unhampered then you can practice line ups and such freely atleast from 1 side. But the idea is to isolate the problem to a single side rather than have it occurring in multiple areas which will get really annoying when trying to break build (trust me been there)

[OmaMiesta]

very nicely done, especially with a very tight line up of the reds; do you find that easier than a loose arrangement up to (and maybe beyond) the blue?
I did not count but I think you only had two shots on the green side of the black

Cheers man. Yea I actually prefer the reds closer together and under the blue because I usually only play for the blacks and pinks / practice 147s. For the other colours I normally just spread the reds around and cherry pick shots to practice. Haha yea I rarely shoot from the green side....despite the lack of practice I'm normally okay from that side anyway

[Csmith]

why not find the right house but with a plot and have a potting shed

Unfortunately most of the places in the suburbs don't have much of a backyard. So it would have to be a shed that takes up the majority of the backyard. But I have considered it for sure, I'd love to have a space to play without sacrificing an entertainment room in the basement.

Oma, that's an interesting perspective I hadn't thought about sacrificing one of the sides. My initial thought was sacrificing the black cushion a bit since any time I'm shooting straight down table with the cue ball stuck to the black cushion it's a safety. As long as I can cue comfortably to play reds into the side from below the pink I should be ok.

Or *gasp* I may have to get a pool table.