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		<title>Cue Protection Matters: Another Example.</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2012/04/26/cue-protection-matters-another-example/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2012/04/26/cue-protection-matters-another-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some guy posted on the azb pool forum about a case that had been through a fire. &#160;This is another example of why cue protection matters. &#160;The guy is obivously taking a cheap shot at me but hey I will take all the examples of why protection matters that I can get. &#160;&#160;http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=272864 &#160; Liar, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE REMATCH &#8211; The Lion vs. The South Dakota Kid!</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/08/23/the-rematch-the-lion-vs-the-south-dakota-kid/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/08/23/the-rematch-the-lion-vs-the-south-dakota-kid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pool in General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first battle was epic. &#160;For 2 Days Shane pounded on Alex and by the third day with just 30 games to go Shane was ahead by 15 games. &#160; Shane needed to win 30 games and Alex need an incredible 45 games. &#160;Alex clawed back and by the time Shane had won 22 games [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reap What You Sow</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/08/18/reap-what-you-sow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am a dick. &#160;I screw people&#39;s hopes and dreams. &#160;Often someone will come to me with a vision for a case and I enthusastically walk with them and talk about their vision. &#160;I get caught up in thinking about how their case would look and promise to make it. &#160; The problem is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unique, One-of-a-Kind, Exclusive, what do these things mean to you?</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/07/19/unique-one-of-a-kind-exclusive-what-do-these-things-mean-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/07/19/unique-one-of-a-kind-exclusive-what-do-these-things-mean-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And what are they worth to you? If you asked a craftsman or an artist to make you an absolutely unique piece for you that they would never reproduce at all in anything even close what would that be worth to you? &#160;To have the only one of it&#39;s kind made by that person or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trolls and Internet Forums</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/07/15/514/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/07/15/514/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jbcases.com/caseblog/?p=514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been posting on billiards forums for 15 years. &#160;I can still remember how excited I was back in 1996 to find Rec.Sport.Billiards on the internet. &#160;Wow, really cool, a place where people from all over the world can hang out and talk pool. &#160;I jumped right in with helpful advice and reporting about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Old Time Family Business &#8211; Prather&#8217;s Cue Parts</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/29/an-old-time-family-business-prathers-cue-parts/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/29/an-old-time-family-business-prathers-cue-parts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have known Jeff and Dan Sr. and Jennifer for more than 15 years. &#160;They are unheralded pioneers in the cue making business. &#160;On top of being excellent cue makers they are also a foremost supplier of top quality cue parts. &#160;They don&#39;t toot their own horn like some of us do (cough cough). &#160;But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing Murnak &#8211; Ginky&#8217;s Shark Case</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/26/missing-murnak-ginkys-shark-case/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/26/missing-murnak-ginkys-shark-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ginky&#39;s Shark Case is missing. This is a unique case that Jim Murnak made for the recently departed George &#34;Ginky&#34; San Souci. &#160;It is missing and the family would like to recover it if possible. If you have any information please contact Jim Murnak through his website at www.jimmurnakcases.com]]></description>
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		<title>The 2&#215;3 Padded Interior</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/18/the-2x3-padded-interior/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/18/the-2x3-padded-interior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These are examples of 2&#215;3 cases we have made which are in service and holding high end cues: Doc&#39;s Case &#8211; 3 years old now: &#160; Art&#39;s Case &#8211; 2010 Classic&#160; Melissa Olsen &#8211; 5-2008 &#160;http://www.jbcases.com/melissa.html The Ranchero &#160;http://www.jbcases.com/ranchero.html Tillman&#39;s Patience -&#160;http://www.jbcases.com/tillman.html The Tropics&#160;http://www.jbcases.com/tropics.html &#160; Now folks, these are the interiors I developed for my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some case questions.</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/16/some-case-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/16/some-case-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some questions from the AZ BIlliards Forum &#8211; My answers in orange. &#160; Felinni, Ron Thomas, Engles, et al questions -&#160;Today, 01:14 PM &#160; &#160; &#160; I currently have a 3&#215;7 Instroke leather case and I&#39;m contemplating buying a Fellini / Ron Thomas / Engles case made of Elephant (incl Trunk), Ostrich, Alligator, Shark, Lizard, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovations</title>
		<link>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/16/innovations/</link>
		<comments>http://jbcases.com/caseblog/2011/06/16/innovations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Barton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jbcases.com/caseblog/?p=413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know, sometimes you get so busy you don&#39;t take stock of what you have done. &#160;Along the way I have spoken about the things we do here and there but each feature kind of gets lost in the grand shuffle. &#160;Then someone copies our innovation and everyone praises them. &#160;That&#39;s kind of a downer [...]]]></description>
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