[MD] Speed of Lighting, Roar of thunder...

[Krimel]

> [Krimel]
> The actual outcome of a game may be determine by things like volume of
> alcohol consumed, volume of the jukebox, the beauty of the cutie eyeing
the
> players, a sudden itch during a crucial shot. In fact the number of
factors
> that influence the outcome of any particular game are infinite. Completely
> deterministic at every level but impossible to predict.

[Dave]
Having flunk out of college the first time by not understanding that "pool"
wasn't a for credit course. I would add, attitude and psychology, have to be
factored in too.

I used to love to watch this old hustler in San Diego play sailors who
thought they we pretty good. And some of them were. Occasionally if he got a
particularly smart ass opponent (the best kind) it would go back and forth
until the sailor was slightly down. Then he would start riding the other
way. Eventually when the sailor was pretty steamed he'd pull the trap and
say, "Hell, boy,  I could beat you one handed with a broom stick!" I saw him
do it twice for over a hundred bucks each time. In the 60's when a hundred
buck was a lot of money to anybody, let alone an enlisted man.

[Krimel]
At the college I first attended if you didn't make a "C" the class just went
away. So flunking out was really hard to do. I tried, believe me. Attendance
was optional and you could smoke in most classrooms. Those were the good old
days...