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A comment on What Killed Straight Pool? (2005).

Re:What Killed Straight Pool? (2005) by HockeyPlayer on Thursday January 08, 2015 @04:58PM (#8859289)
I'm 41, grew up playing with my Dad, who is now 74 and my Grandfather. He was a straight pool player from Missouri, usually called it 14-1.

My best run is 17.

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Re:What Killed Straight Pool? (2005) by nilkn on Thursday January 08, 2015 @06:06PM (#8859648)
> I'm 41, grew up playing with my Dad, who is now 74 and my Grandfather.

That sentence sure threw me for a loop at first.

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Re:What Killed Straight Pool? (2005) by nkurz on Thursday January 08, 2015 @06:11PM (#8859660)
with my Dad, who is now 74 and my Grandfather

Wow, that must have been a surprise. I wouldn't have thought that would be legal even in Missouri! But I suppose it could be worse...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlJH81dSiw

I'm My Own Grandpa - Ray Stevens (with family tree diagram)

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Re:What Killed Straight Pool? (2005) by leephillips on Thursday January 08, 2015 @06:20PM (#8859715)
Commas save lives. http://www.cafepress.com/+commas-save-lives+gifts
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Re:What Killed Straight Pool? (2005) by bogardon on Thursday January 08, 2015 @05:16PM (#8859379)
Yeah I played a lot in Taiwan during middle/high school and we called it 14-1 too.
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