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| Hal Houle update [message #1003367] |
Thu, 04 May 2006 05:55 |
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For anyone who's interested, I had a call from Hal Houle last night. He sounded
fine, stronger than the last time we spoke. In addition to some discussion of
aiming methods, he mentioned that he will soon be driving cross-country with his
son, as he relocates to northeastern Pennsylvania.
We couldn't talk for that long, since I had people arriving for my weekly
hold'em game when he called, but I was also surprised to discover that Hal was a
life-long tennis player of some note, having had significant tournament success
in open doubles competition in the state of California, which is saying
something.
He'd be a great guy to sit down and talk with over a dinner or a couple of beers
-- or a pool table. It would ne nice to have that experience some day.
-- Larry
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| Re: Hal Houle update [message #1003368 ] |
Thu, 04 May 2006 06:41 |
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I very much enjoyed spending a couple of evenings with Hal here in Denver
about 3 or 4 years ago. One of them, we were joined by John Barton (fka
Collins) at Paradise Billiards, (fka Family Fun Center). I just realized,
all the names have been changed except me and Hal. Guess we aren't
innocent!
--
Bob Johnson, Denver/Thornton, Co.
bobj [at] cris.com
"pltrgyst" <pltrgyst [at] spamlessxhost.org> wrote in message
news:vaui52ddornhvp0g6hm48ir624o130urmv [at] 4ax.com...
> For anyone who's interested, I had a call from Hal Houle last night. He
> sounded
> fine, stronger than the last time we spoke. In addition to some discussion
> of
> aiming methods, he mentioned that he will soon be driving cross-country
> with his
> son, as he relocates to northeastern Pennsylvania.
>
> We couldn't talk for that long, since I had people arriving for my weekly
> hold'em game when he called, but I was also surprised to discover that Hal
> was a
> life-long tennis player of some note, having had significant tournament
> success
> in open doubles competition in the state of California, which is saying
> something.
>
> He'd be a great guy to sit down and talk with over a dinner or a couple of
> beers
> -- or a pool table. It would ne nice to have that experience some day.
>
> -- Larry
>
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| Re: Hal Houle update [message #1003375 ] |
Thu, 04 May 2006 13:59 |
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On May 4 2006 12:55 AM, pltrgyst wrote:
> For anyone who's interested, I had a call from Hal Houle last night. He
sounded
> fine, stronger than the last time we spoke. In addition to some discussion of
> aiming methods, he mentioned that he will soon be driving cross-country with
his
> son, as he relocates to northeastern Pennsylvania.
Hal is a great guy and fun to chat with, but I've lost track of how many
times he said he was coming cross-country and would see me then. Yet to
happen. :)
>
> We couldn't talk for that long, since I had people arriving for my weekly
> hold'em game when he called, but I was also surprised to discover that Hal
was a
Just as an aside, why don't you play poker instead of that imposter hold
'em? :)
> life-long tennis player of some note, having had significant tournament
success
> in open doubles competition in the state of California, which is saying
> something.
>
> He'd be a great guy to sit down and talk with over a dinner or a couple of
beers
> -- or a pool table. It would ne nice to have that experience some day.
>
> -- Larry
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| Re: Hal Houle update [message #1003385 ] |
Thu, 04 May 2006 16:48 |
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On Thu, 04 May 2006 04:59:58 -0700, "SteveE" <recgroups [at] s-c-ellis.com> wrote:
>Just as an aside, why don't you play poker instead of that imposter hold
>'em? :)
Because for a weekly hold'em game I usually have a full table and a waiting
list. When I make it a mixed game, or even just throw in some Omaha, I'm lucky
if I can get 6.
-- Larry (whose real game is 5-card stud...)
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| Re: Hal Houle update [message #1003387 ] |
Thu, 04 May 2006 17:48 |
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pltrgyst wrote:
> For anyone who's interested, I had a call from Hal Houle last night. He sounded
> fine, stronger than the last time we spoke. In addition to some discussion of
> aiming methods, he mentioned that he will soon be driving cross-country with his
> son, as he relocates to northeastern Pennsylvania.
>
> We couldn't talk for that long, since I had people arriving for my weekly
> hold'em game when he called, but I was also surprised to discover that Hal was a
> life-long tennis player of some note, having had significant tournament success
> in open doubles competition in the state of California, which is saying
> something.
>
> He'd be a great guy to sit down and talk with over a dinner or a couple of beers
> -- or a pool table. It would ne nice to have that experience some day.
>
> -- Larry
>
Thats great ! I have been wondering how he was doing !
Ratchet -
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| Re: Hal Houle update [message #1003418 ] |
Fri, 05 May 2006 02:27 |
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"pltrgyst" <pltrgyst [at] spamlessxhost.org> wrote in message
news:vaui52ddornhvp0g6hm48ir624o130urmv [at] 4ax.com...
> For anyone who's interested, I had a call from Hal Houle last night. He
> sounded
> fine, stronger than the last time we spoke. In addition to some discussion
> of
> aiming methods, he mentioned that he will soon be driving cross-country
> with his
> son, as he relocates to northeastern Pennsylvania.
>
> We couldn't talk for that long, since I had people arriving for my weekly
> hold'em game when he called, but I was also surprised to discover that Hal
> was a
> life-long tennis player of some note, having had significant tournament
> success
> in open doubles competition in the state of California, which is saying
> something.
>
> He'd be a great guy to sit down and talk with over a dinner or a couple of
> beers
> -- or a pool table. It would ne nice to have that experience some day.
>
> -- Larry
Thanks Ghost.
Hal is a good guy. He's contacted me several times over the years via
email. I've never had the opportunity to talk to him on the phone...I wish
I had. I'm not an *aiming method guy*, but I would love to hear some of his
memories and experiences of years past.
SS <---SHOUTING OFF, if you get it. ( I know *you* do.)
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| Re: Hal Houle update [message #1006680 ] |
Mon, 08 May 2006 18:05 |
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Hal was kind enough to telephone me this past weekend to talk for a while.
While we were talking he asked me how I was at making caroms and I remarked,
"not all that good". He asked if I would like to learn a system for making
caroms and I said sure. After a few tries, I was able to apply his aiming
system with mixed results, most of them positive. Later on that night I was
playing a nine ball match with one of my local competitors and I was
shooting on the 4 ball and did not have much of a safety available and could
not pocket the object ball. Remembering my lesson with Hal, I decided to
give it a shot. The shot was something like this START(
%AB8\1%BC1B7%CB7[6%Db9T2%E\7Z9%Fh4H3%GN1Y4%H\2H9%IO4S2%JB5[9
%KB9[5%LB4[9%MC3[8%NB7[9%OC4C1%Pp1L4%WC6[8%XN5T0%YQ2R9%Zb5S1
%[c8S2%\o6L8%_b3Z3%`b9V2%ac2U0
)END
The five ball was difficult to make unless you had cue ball in hand, moved
it or if you played perfect shape you might have a chance. Anyway after
applying his system the cue ball caromed into the nine ball and the nine
ball slid into the corner pocket. I had some pretty good luck but with the
system fresh in my mind, the carom shot won the game and deflated my
opponent's confidence.
I like to hear Hal talk about Ralph Greenleaf. GREAT stories. Ralph was as
much a character as is Hal. I just wish he could type fast but at 82 you
don't do much of anything fast, I suppose.
JoeyA
I spoke to Hal this past weekend
"pltrgyst" <pltrgyst [at] spamlessxhost.org> wrote in message
news:vaui52ddornhvp0g6hm48ir624o130urmv [at] 4ax.com...
> For anyone who's interested, I had a call from Hal Houle last night. He
> sounded
> fine, stronger than the last time we spoke. In addition to some discussion
> of
> aiming methods, he mentioned that he will soon be driving cross-country
> with his
> son, as he relocates to northeastern Pennsylvania.
>
> We couldn't talk for that long, since I had people arriving for my weekly
> hold'em game when he called, but I was also surprised to discover that Hal
> was a
> life-long tennis player of some note, having had significant tournament
> success
> in open doubles competition in the state of California, which is saying
> something.
>
> He'd be a great guy to sit down and talk with over a dinner or a couple of
> beers
> -- or a pool table. It would ne nice to have that experience some day.
>
> -- Larry
>
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| Re: Hal Houle update [message #1006686 ] |
Mon, 08 May 2006 19:17 |
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JoeyA wrote:
> Hal was kind enough to telephone me this past weekend to talk for a while.
> While we were talking he asked me how I was at making caroms and I remarked,
> "not all that good". He asked if I would like to learn a system for making
> caroms and I said sure. After a few tries, I was able to apply his aiming
> system with mixed results, most of them positive. Later on that night I was
> playing a nine ball match with one of my local competitors and I was
> shooting on the 4 ball and did not have much of a safety available and could
> not pocket the object ball. Remembering my lesson with Hal, I decided to
> give it a shot. The shot was something like this START(
> %AB8\1%BC1B7%CB7[6%Db9T2%E\7Z9%Fh4H3%GN1Y4%H\2H9%IO4S2%JB5[9
> %KB9[5%LB4[9%MC3[8%NB7[9%OC4C1%Pp1L4%WC6[8%XN5T0%YQ2R9%Zb5S1
> %[c8S2%\o6L8%_b3Z3%`b9V2%ac2U0
> )END
>
> The five ball was difficult to make unless you had cue ball in hand, moved
> it or if you played perfect shape you might have a chance. Anyway after
> applying his system the cue ball caromed into the nine ball and the nine
> ball slid into the corner pocket. I had some pretty good luck but with the
> system fresh in my mind, the carom shot won the game and deflated my
> opponent's confidence.
>
> I like to hear Hal talk about Ralph Greenleaf. GREAT stories. Ralph was as
> much a character as is Hal. I just wish he could type fast but at 82 you
> don't do much of anything fast, I suppose.
>
> JoeyA
>
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I need to call Hal now that I have a pool table handy , we have talked
for hours and hours before but I always had the "No" table handy to
apply his teachings problem , Now that I have one it would be great to
see what I could learn from him ....
Tom S.
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| Re: Hal Houle update [message #1006730 ] |
Tue, 09 May 2006 17:49 |
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Give Hal a call and let us know your progress if any, Tom.
JoeyA
"Tom Seifert aka Ratchet" <ratchet1957 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eI-dnduhq8en4MLZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d [at] greenapple.com...
> I need to call Hal now that I have a pool table handy , we have talked for
> hours and hours before but I always had the "No" table handy to apply his
> teachings problem , Now that I have one it would be great to see what I
> could learn from him ....
>
> Tom S.
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