Jess
I am watching "The Men Who Built America" and IMO I think it ruined our society. The working conditions were absolutely terrible and workers barely got paid anything. They could barely feed their kids. You have these evil men who built these companies and they lived in a lap of luxury while their employees inhaled massive amounts of smog from steal mills. It did in fact "revolutionize" our society into the way it is today but in a bad way. All these big shots today only care about profits, consumerism, and mass production. They care less about their slaving employees. Yes we have Unions now but they aren't very relavent considering how many laws are in place now. I appreciate them for fighting for workers back then (and helped put those laws in place) but there is not much they can do now. We now live in a world where you stand in a factory for 12 hours doing back breaking labor and for what? To watch your family's structure go down the toilet? Before the Industrial revolution life was simple. Yeah you still worked long hours but it was on a farm. You were your own boss and you got to feed yourself and sell your produce to others for money. Family structure was stong because a father and son got to bond while doing their work. It was the pinnacle of masculinity. Now the fathers have to be gone all day and not able mentor their kids. That is why there is so many miguided boys today who basically get left to the media to tell them how to be a man.... which usually turns out to be either a steryle "nice" boy, or grow up to be abusive. Man we live in a messed up world now.
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I absolutely agree with you. Human beings were not meant to stand on their feet all day, doing monotonous and highly dangerous work on auto assembly lines or in other factories. People still get seriously injured and killed in those jobs but we never hear about them. And how sad is it that we even need labor unions to protect us from unscrupulous, evil, greedy, miserable, rotten, overpaid CEOs in the first place!
Office work is the same bullshit, but the stress is on your soul and your humanity. Who cares if this report isn't typed properly or you forgot to fill out this page, or you didn't make your sales quota? You're right, in the days of family farms none of that existed and we did just fine. Technology has done great things for us, including making us healthier, improved sanitation, standardized manufacturing processes so the products we buy are safe and effective. But, It also turned us into over-scheduled, over-bureaucratized, subservient little boys and girls who are afraid of being downsized or just plain fired for no good reason.
I wish we could go back to a simpler time when family was all you needed and you respected and depended upon each other. We don't need iPhones, iPads, tech support, none of that crap.
I absolutely agree with you. Human beings were not meant to stand on their feet all day, doing monotonous and highly dangerous work on auto assembly lines or in other factories. People still get seriously injured and killed in those jobs but we never hear about them. And how sad is it that we even need labor unions to protect us from unscrupulous, evil, greedy, miserable, rotten, overpaid CEOs in the first place!
Office work is the same bullshit, but the stress is on your soul and your humanity. Who cares if this report isn't typed properly or you forgot to fill out this page, or you didn't make your sales quota? You're right, in the days of family farms none of that existed and we did just fine. Technology has done great things for us, including making us healthier, improved sanitation, standardized manufacturing processes so the products we buy are safe and effective. But, It also turned us into over-scheduled, over-bureaucratized, subservient little boys and girls who are afraid of being downsized or just plain fired for no good reason.
I wish we could go back to a simpler time when family was all you needed and you respected and depended upon each other. We don't need iPhones, iPads, tech support, none of that crap.
Where should I buy a pool table?
Kurt
Let me give you a little background. I'm in a fraternity on campus at my college, and we have just acquired a fraternity house for the first time. 30 guys will be living there. The house is very clean and spacious, and we intend to keep it that way. We want to add a little comfort and luxury to the house, and would like to purchase a pool/billiards table.
I'm looking for suggestions as to where we should buy this pool table. We have a few conditions.
New/Used: Because there will be a lot of use in this table, and it will go for quite a few generations of brothers, we might prefer new, with a warranty. Unless there is really good-conditioned tables for much cheaper, then we'll do what's practical. But it would be nice to have a new one in there for the new house.
Price: As low as possible, for a nice table, but we'd be willing to spend up to about $2200.00
Shipping: Preferably free shipping but we can work out the numbers later.
Installation: All the guys living there could certainly put one together given proper directions and instruction, but I believe most companies send their people out to install and assemble the pool table. This is fine but I don't want to have to add $500 onto the cost for installation if at all avoidable.
Have you purchased a pool table? Where did you buy it? Online, or a store? If online, which website? Warranties, shipping, and assembly? Is it worth getting one new? Cues and balls included?
Thank you for any information you can give.
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Do NOT buy a pool table online.
I don't care how nice they look in pictures, you have no idea what you're getting if you're not familiar with the particular brand you want. 99% of what they sell online is complete junk anyway, so it's hardly worth even looking.
Watch the local newspaper for sale ads for local table dealers, often times you can find very good sales, especially on floor models. You may be able to find an excellent valued table in your price range if you're patient.
New vs Used: If you have a keen eye, you can get a great deal on a used table. If you don't know what you're looking at, stick with major name brands (Brunswick, Olhausen, Connelly, etc) and just look for very low prices.
The biggest drawback to buying used is that you're almost always going to pay more than you think. You'll almost certainly need to replace the cloth, and if it's more than a few years old, will probably want to replace the cushions as well (if you want it to play like it's supposed to). You will probably need to rent a U-Haul to move it unless one of your brothers drives an F350 or has a flatbed trailer. So tack on at least a few hundred dollars to list price and compare it to a new table, you might not be getting a very good deal used if you're not careful.
Putting a table together is not as easy as it seems. Man power is no replacement for know-how. It might take you a week to put it together instead of a day, and even then it might not play correctly. Now, if budget constraints demand that you put it together yourself, then that's certainly what I would do, but the money you're going to spend is well worth it IMO.
You will have to pay a decent amount of money to have it delivered and set up. $500 seems a little much, but $200-$300 should be budgeted for delivery and setup of a new table. Some places will have "free delivery and setup" sales, so watch for that if you want to save some money.
Balls and cues may or may not be included with the table. Brick and mortar stores will almost always wheel and deal and either give you these for free or have a cheap set you can buy. Obviously, these types of sets are substandard for serious players, but let the next guy who's a serious player buy himself a set of Aramith Super Pros and if anyone wants a better cue, they can buy their own. Chances are the ones hanging on the wall at your frat house will get beat to he11 regardless of their quality.
Before you do anything, go to a table store and talk to a salesperson about what to look for in a good table. If you buy new, you should lean towards name brands, but there are certainly some good quality local companies that may allow you to save a lot of money. You may be able to get a solid wood table with 1" slate for the same price as a name brand table with veneered woods and 3/4" slate. My only warning about dealing with the salesperson is to try and avoid getting talked into too many unnecessary "upgrades." Simonis cloth and Artemis cushions are nice, but pricer and probably not worth the added expense when 90% of the players are not serious and won't care that much, and given that a pool table in a frat house is going to get excessive use compared to a home table.
Do NOT buy a pool table online.
I don't care how nice they look in pictures, you have no idea what you're getting if you're not familiar with the particular brand you want. 99% of what they sell online is complete junk anyway, so it's hardly worth even looking.
Watch the local newspaper for sale ads for local table dealers, often times you can find very good sales, especially on floor models. You may be able to find an excellent valued table in your price range if you're patient.
New vs Used: If you have a keen eye, you can get a great deal on a used table. If you don't know what you're looking at, stick with major name brands (Brunswick, Olhausen, Connelly, etc) and just look for very low prices.
The biggest drawback to buying used is that you're almost always going to pay more than you think. You'll almost certainly need to replace the cloth, and if it's more than a few years old, will probably want to replace the cushions as well (if you want it to play like it's supposed to). You will probably need to rent a U-Haul to move it unless one of your brothers drives an F350 or has a flatbed trailer. So tack on at least a few hundred dollars to list price and compare it to a new table, you might not be getting a very good deal used if you're not careful.
Putting a table together is not as easy as it seems. Man power is no replacement for know-how. It might take you a week to put it together instead of a day, and even then it might not play correctly. Now, if budget constraints demand that you put it together yourself, then that's certainly what I would do, but the money you're going to spend is well worth it IMO.
You will have to pay a decent amount of money to have it delivered and set up. $500 seems a little much, but $200-$300 should be budgeted for delivery and setup of a new table. Some places will have "free delivery and setup" sales, so watch for that if you want to save some money.
Balls and cues may or may not be included with the table. Brick and mortar stores will almost always wheel and deal and either give you these for free or have a cheap set you can buy. Obviously, these types of sets are substandard for serious players, but let the next guy who's a serious player buy himself a set of Aramith Super Pros and if anyone wants a better cue, they can buy their own. Chances are the ones hanging on the wall at your frat house will get beat to he11 regardless of their quality.
Before you do anything, go to a table store and talk to a salesperson about what to look for in a good table. If you buy new, you should lean towards name brands, but there are certainly some good quality local companies that may allow you to save a lot of money. You may be able to get a solid wood table with 1" slate for the same price as a name brand table with veneered woods and 3/4" slate. My only warning about dealing with the salesperson is to try and avoid getting talked into too many unnecessary "upgrades." Simonis cloth and Artemis cushions are nice, but pricer and probably not worth the added expense when 90% of the players are not serious and won't care that much, and given that a pool table in a frat house is going to get excessive use compared to a home table.
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