S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\timismStart.jpg		Retiming Physic: Billiard Bob#13#10	3599
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\Collophon.jpg		Collophon: #13#10*Html verison: Timism.com\SldShows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob#13#10*Essay: None#13#10|#13#10*Also see Timism.com\Timism.biz\CopyrightsInfringement.htm. #13#10*Youtube: GlobalDying ... Twitter: Brainbees#13#10*Shaper=RSB ... Voice=RSB ... Revu=RSB ... Uploaded=110203#13#10	5000
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\NuclearBilliards.gif		In formulating spinbarism, two biographical experiences played key roles: Electronics and Billiards. 	7036
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\NavyGreatLakes.jpg		Probably the statistically luckiest thing that ever happened to this yoked egghead occured prior to selection for the US Navy electronics school in the late 1960's. Attending boot camp in a special company for other eggheads, only four out of over 100 members would be eligible for ET school. 	20848
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\ExameMultipleChoice.jpg		When confronted with the ET entrance exam, I did not understand the first four questions. So I guessed the first four answers.#13#10#13#10I finished the exam by randomly checking the last sixteen answers without reading the questions.	17598
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\EUREKA.jpg		I scored eighteen out of twenty correct!#13#10#13#10My backup plan of becoming a cook was shelved.	8411
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\APlusSuccess.bmp		Despite the fortuitous guesses, once in electronic school I did very well. On the final comprehensive exam with a 94% failure rate, I scored 84 with two others passing at 72 and 69. 	16036
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\InvisibleElectronics.jpg		Of peer importance for the conception of timism years later was how three of the instructors (about 12 total) said that they knew the Navy material and answers but that I seemed to understand what was really happening at the invisible level of electronics.	16848
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\PoolHall8Ball.jpg		Of personal importance in my curious understanding of electronics was my period of living in a poolhall during my sophomore year in high school. 	9599
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\BallSpinEnglish.jpg		Important for the future was the study of ballspin or "English," usually up/down or top/bottom with left or right for some strange, charmed results.#13#10#13#10 [On my college boards I scored 97% which would have been better if my lowest segment score, English, had measured not literacy but billiardcy.]	12911
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\PoolPlayerGood.jpg		I was a better than average shooter. Like all players, I have my cocktail party anecdotes, e.g., shooting from one table to sink balls on another table--go figure.	12411
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\WifeAndSteadyJob.jpg		Billiards was a mental vacation from work rather than a vocation. Rather than a tournament player I was an Eight-Ball beerhall shooter. Usually I could stay on a table for an evening. My record was 27 hours. [A great player, who gambles for a living, wins by playing with the mind of the other shooter to get him off his game.] 	16036
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\CueBallSpin.jpg		Understanding spin or English was crucial in being a better shooter. How one imparted spin to the cueball to affect spin on the object ball or object balls was vital in running the table. 	14286
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\BilliardMaze.jpg		Not only did one have to envision the imparted spin on the object ball but the sequence of subsequent spins on other balls, on the cushions, and, sometimes, on the rail.#13#10#13#10[Unbeknowst, a good pool player acquires and observes Fourier transforms which this writer found helpful in mastering the year-long pre-med organic chemistry in two months as part of an overload semester.]	13598
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\HarlemGlobeTrotterPool.jpg		In riding the rail, one airbornes the ball to ride the rail past an obstacle ball with enough spin to keep the ball gripping toward the table rather than the floor. Like playing two tables, trick shots are Harlem Globetrotter billiards like the above stay-on-table hop.	21160
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\PlanningAhead.jpg		Like a Casanova of felt, a good player knows his last shot before he makes his first move. English is essential in placing the cueball eight times where you get the best, easy shot. Shoot smart to avoid hard shots. No "No's" ... No "Maybe's" ... Just "Yes! Yes!"	21473
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\karatekid-mr-miyagi.jpg		In summary, my "Karate Kid" training of  up/down, left/right,  strange/charmed English, prompted questions on the nature of physics in the US Navy, in college and in life. The answers summated in the spinbaric re-timing of physics, especially the spin of quarks (up/down, top/bottom and charm/stange.) [A physicist who can't shoot pool is like a plumber who doesn't own a pipewrench.]	26910
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\BilliardOrElectronics.jpg		In envisioning how a basic particle could live a life of gymnastic shenanigans of spin, twist and turns, it all seemed natural based on the balls of billiards.	13161
S:\Sldshows\Timism\RT9-BilliardBob\BillardPosterVintage.jpg		An amusing note,#13#10I have three brothers #13#10who consistently beat me #13#1095% of the time #13#10when shooting pool. #13#10#13#10While I had to do the math, #13#10they were naturals. #13#10#13#10It was like my most #13#10moral brother,#13#10a poor pool player,#13#10he was naturally moral #13#10while I have had #13#10to question#13#10the more time creativity#13#10of my actions.#13#10#13#10#13#10Like the fields of Eton,  the math training prepared me to win battles#13#10 I did not foresee.	214287