When I was a girl we lived in two different houses in DL. The first house, I was shocked and very very happy when a group of guys, some big trucks, and a FULLY ASSEMBLED pool table showed up in our yard.
I had no idea my parents were getting a pool table for our basement. It was kind of scary watching they guys bring the table down stairs. Since it was fully assembled, and since the slate weighs a tonne, it was quite an experience. By the time they got it downstairs (ropes tied to a truck backing up, btw, not men trying to carry it!) One of the legs was busted off and the pool table felt had a big rip in it.
This all happened before the age of the internet, and we had to just deal with the rip in the felt. my dad used crazy glue and glued it down, but it was never as good as new felt would have been.
It's amazing how easy it is now to get new felt - just go online. Border Billiards dot com offers several different brands of felt as well as four different colors. I've always loved the red pool felt, although hubs told me that the red is for playing snooker ... I think that's what he called it.
Pool tables can be expensive, but the one my dad bought when we were little was fifty dollars. It was banged up, sure, but with the availability the internet offers, you can get replacement parts for just about any part of the table.
We have a huge room downstairs that eventually we want to fill with a pool table. Right now the kids are more into playing with toys and running around, but in a few years I can see the boys and their friends laughing as they shoot pool.
Seeing as border billiards gives free shipping on orders over $25, that's an added incentive for me to find an old beat up table so me and hubs can refinish it ourselves. And you know what? i don't care if red is for snooker! I want it!
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