I was a secondary education major at MNSU and you wouldn't believe how brutal high schools are now. Kids don't really have to do any thinking. They have auto spell check, calculators that will solve all of their problems and the internet to plagerize from. They don't have to know the ins and outs of the english language. :(

When Daxs and I were kids, we didn't have all of that so we actually had to learn it. Our most advanced spell check would only check the spelling of words, not grammar. It wouldn't correct us if we used "their" when we should have used "they're" or "it's" instead of "its" or "no" instead of "know". I browse two other forums and they are far worse than this one when it comes to grammatical errors. (Notice I used than instead of then :D)

To Tim Jr:
I got a real bad reputation for being a jerk and such when I first started playing pool and I still run into people that think I am that. I may have deserved that early on but definitely not now. So I know what it's like being a kid coming up in pool. Not getting any respect from the older players. But one of the things that takes a lot of younger players, including Daxs, to learn is that respect is earned and not given. Daxs learned it and is now a respected player. He wasn't given respect, he earned it.

I also suggest you play Jr. Leagues. The people that run that league work very very hard and receive very little appreciation in return. I myself didn't play Jr leagues until I was 20. I only had the chance to play one season but it was a blast. Players such as Jay and Nate Zender, Justin and Phil Boyer, Matt Benton, Shawn Minnick and Brian Solheid were in our league. It was a blast and I still see those guys at tourneys all the time. Oh, and they all still play pretty jam up.

I like your dad. He's a hard worker and I'll have him on my crew any day, as long as it doesn't involve heights. But as far as pool goes, he doesn't get ANY respect. He plays decent enough, but (no offense) he's a side show. He's entertaining and never wanted to take his game to a higher level. But being a locksmith and a sandbagger, as he will call himself, is not a thing that I respect at all. It's one step above being a John Balsimo and walking around the pool hall hustling people that don't even know which end of the cue to use.

Tim Jr, You are a lucky "kid".

By reading he above posts, I can tell that there are a bunch of people who care for you and are trying to help you become a better person & player.

The Christmas spirit is alive and well in Minnesota!

I like John Balsimo. Martin Hook, on the other hand, is a real jerk.

Tim Jr: I don't feel like writting a lot and telling you how I feel about everything. Everyone else has already done that. Just try and remember that most of the people are giving you good advice and not trying to hurt your feeling. It will be alright. If Dax and Martin turned out ok, then there is hope for anyone, even you!

To be a locksmith. You have beat someone.Matt P.JIM P PAUL W.All beat me prety easy.

A locksmith beat people.Paul W. Matt P. Jim P. Beat me bad,and Duncan.

Martin says,
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When Daxs and I were kids, we didn't have all of that so we actually had to learn it. Our most advanced spell check would only check the spelling of words, not grammar. It wouldn't correct us if we used "their" when we should have used "they're" or "it's" instead of "its" or "no" instead of "know".
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Now this is prety damm funy, says the reely old guy...

I think I love you a little more Martin.

I am telling Alan!

Gut errate ich, dass ich Sie Burschen um Ballermänner sehen werde.
Tim Jr.

point proven

Well I guess that I will see you fellows around Ballermänner...? thats what it means right? why didnt u just say that in english?

I basically said I'll see you at shooters.