Before I did that, though, I thought that my one of my good friends' son may want all the pool shirts I had.
You know, the ones from pool rooms, or pool tournaments, or big events (like BCAPL in Vegas).
I asked her, "Do you think John would want these shirts?"
She laughed so hard I could barely understand her.
"No, Melinda, are you serious?" still laughing.
"Uh, yea, he wouldn't want them? We are the same size."
"No, Melinda. He can't walk into a pool room with a billiard shirt on if he's trying to get a pool game."
"Oh, okay," I replied, not REALLY understanding what she meant completely.
He was a hustler. He traveled all around. If we was to walk in a pool room, trying to act like he doesn't play pool but has a POOL shirt on, well, that obviously gives it away.
I didn't realize what I was truly asking til many years later, and how important it was to really seem like you aren't a pool player.
I remember once he even dyed his hair blond to seem like he was a surfer or in the sun a lot or something.... just so he wouldn't seem like a pool player.
