Re: Base of Ball or Edge of Ball??

"Ron Shepard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  "Nixon, D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > We have our venue and we have
> > our written house rules.
>
> Yes, but you asked about the BCA rule, which is different from yours
> in a minor, but important, detail.  For example, you could not play
> 14.1 with your headstring rule without changing significantly the
> possible shots in some common situations.  In other games, such as
> 9-ball, it makes almost no difference at all.
>
> Why not just use the standard rule?
>
> $.02 -Ron Shepard
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Ron;

I agree with you......

But, the one thing that remains confusing, and which was
the cause of much our consternation and acrimony was,
and is, the fact that some of the written/official rules
state "behind" and "ahead" of the head string in different and
opposite ways.  We have become accustomed to thinking of
"behind the head string" as meaning "In the Kitchen".
That, apparently, is not the case with most (but not all) of the written
rules.....     Also, "below" and "above" the head string is
confused and  interchanged in some written rules....

What we are going to do is the following------------

"Below", "behind",  and "out of the kitchen" will be synonymous
terms.    We think that is in keeping with the idea that
the head of the table is the area where the break is made and
the foot of the table is where the balls are racked.   Does that
make sense to you???

Thanks...

McDave    in McMaryland
--
/s/ David E. Nixon  in Maryland "A Faire Lande of Pleasant Living"
        http://www.carryingcapacity.org

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