what is the meaning of white ball placed outside in the top right corner of the table of pool?
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I assume you mean on the wood, balanced between the wood and rail. it could mean anything, people just like to balance the ball in that crack. it sometimes is put there after the cue ball flies off the table signifying a ball in hand scratch, when the next shooter is in the bathroom or somewhere else like still sitting down, or wandering.
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Three sizes of balls. The largest are for Billiards, played on a table with no pockets and using only three balls. This is the old "gentleman's game." Points for number of caroms and ability to tap certain balls.\n\nPocket billiards. The middle size. 8-ball, rotation, pea-pool, nine-ball, are all forms of pocket billiards. Points generally made by sinking certain balls according to the type of game played.\n\nSnooker. The smallest size. The table is larger and the pockets are smaller than on a pocket billiards table. See the rules of American or Canadian snooker for how to play.\n\nA pool hall will choose the balls that are longest lasting and makes for the best customer experience. A family place may go for a smaller ball and larger pockets, a skill centered location will follow international rules. Home players often go for economy.\n\nFun Facts about billiards: http://www.bca-pool.com/play/funfacts.shtml
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pool was my guess too
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Paul Newman executed this shot twice in the movie.  once to miss it on purpose and then he hit it again after he set the guy up.  the 8-ball is frozen to the side rail and the cue ball is frozen to the 8-ball.  you hit the cue ball with top-right english with a fairly firm stroke lifting your cue while stroking so as to avoid the double hit.  the right english transfers left on the 8-ball sending it in the direction of the corner pocket.  depending on angle, the amount of english will vary.
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It means it isn't part of the real estate it is installed on and wouldn't be included in a real estate appraisal.  They probably look at it the same as a blow up pool, or swing set because it can be moved.\n\nAn inground pool is permanent, therefore part of the real estate.
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I am assuming you mean 8 ball - no slop - no last pocket - in other words basic bar pool.  For me it is the "nip" the side of the ball when it is against a side rail to a corner pocket at least half way between the side pocket and corner one.  I tell you I can bank - double bank (side or corner) cross side or corner - up and back etc., but when the ball is against the rail (and I'm not talking straight shot down the rail) I have the hardest time hitting the ball and rail simultaneously to make the corner pocket!!!!
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The "pointed" end is the beginning of the foul lines down both sides of the field--thus, if a batted ball should bounce off the plate directly forward, it is a fair ball.  \nThe opposite end is left flat to present the largest, most visible target for the pitcher and umpire.
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For yahoo pool..\nWhen shooting the cue ball, use the left mouse button to move the cue stick \n     around the cue ball. When you have positioned the cue stick where you want,\n     click and hold the right mouse button. Pull back on the mouse until you have\n      the desired power (displayed on the right side of the table). Let go of the right \n     mouse button to take your shot. To move the cue ball when you have ball in hand,\n     simply left-click the cue ball and drag it to the desired spot and drop it. \n     For more precise aiming you may use the arrow keys to line up your shot as well.
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When shooting the cue ball, use the left mouse button to move the cue stick \n     around the cue ball. When you have positioned the cue stick where you want,\n     click and hold the right mouse button. Pull back on the mouse until you have\n      the desired power (displayed on the right side of the table). Let go of the right \n     mouse button to take your shot. To move the cue ball when you have ball in hand,\n     simply left-click the cue ball and drag it to the desired spot and drop it. \n     For more precise aiming you may use the arrow keys to line up your shot as well.
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put the ball in the hole
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I feel I need to clarify a few points.  Snooker balls are 2 1/16" and pool balls are 2 1/4".  Pub tables in the UK are different than in America.  I've heard that the cue ball is smaller than the object balls on pub tables in the UK.  This is almost never the case in America.  The cue ball and object balls on American bar tables are almost always the same size (2 1/4").  The cue ball is usually heavier or has a magnet  or iron plug inside to separate it from the object balls.  Of course, if you're playing on anything other than a coin-op table, the cue ball and object balls will be the same size and weight, whether or not the game is snooker or pool.  Whether you are playing on an American snooker table (5'X10') or a full size English snooker table (6'X12') the balls should be 2 1/16".  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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Pool if you knock in the strip or solid then thats what you are during the whole game until you are going for the 8 ball. 9 ball is just using the balls 1 through 9 and you have to knock them in order and saving the 9 ball for last. Who ever knocks in the 9 ball out of order loses.
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Although I don't know specifically, I know a bit *around* the topic.  I live in Bowling Green, which is named for having nice flat green spaces.  I also played an interesting "bowling" yard game while I was in Sweden that seemed a lot like bowling.  SO the way I imagine it is that the English had a similar yard game that was the predecessor of modern bowling.  It probably used a similar size ball as the Swedish game - a wooden (?) ball slightly larger than a softball, but definitely not as large as a modern bowling ball.  "Pins" would probably be carved of wood and would have ot be made stable enough to stand on soft turf, but tall enough to be knocked over by the ball - the Swedish game just had blocks of wood this size, but wealthy people might afford something sanded down to pegs or even already given a pin shape to make throws more difficult.  The game would be similar, but no gutters or return, of course - just the pins set up on a green (think putting green) and the players standing at a distance.  Depending on the class of the person playing, either servants or friends would help set up or remove the pins.  Of course, they probably weren't as pressed for time as we are today, so I suppose they could have just done it themselves.  Anyhow, I don't see how the scoring for... What is it called?  One round?  Anyhow, the terms "strike" and "spare" might have been invented then, but I doubt the games ran ten rounds... then again, there were 18 holes of golf, so why not?\n\nHopefully someone can confirm my suspicions!
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on a ping-pong table ;-)
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http://webmineral.com/data/Topaz.shtml\n\nthe site says its streak is white ..
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It is called the footspot.  It is the center of the footstring, the imaginary line accross the table at the second diamond from the rack end of the table.  The footspot is where the first ball in the rack is placed.\n\nJust fyi, at the other end of the table that line is called the headstring.  This is accross the breaking end of the table from second diamond.  The area inside that line is commonly called "the kitchen".
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Pool tables come in all colors but the reason why green is so popular is because green is the softest on your eyes.  If you played on a red table you could tell the difference tremendously!