OK, this may be one of the lamer ideas, but how about a pool table with no felt? There'd just be slate and you could write on it. And with a pool table costing muchos pesos, the $.05 you save on felt would really help out, making them much more affordable for the rest of us. I think this one's a winner, fer sher.-- mexchiwa, Apr 01 2004 bowling-- eyeguy, Apr 06 2004 I like this. You could chalk out your intended shot and see how it differs from the reality.-- stupop, Apr 06 2004 //the $.05 you save on felt would really help out// It costs around $350.00 US to get decent felt installed on a table. Without it, you essentially have a dinner table with rails and holes. //You could chalk out your intended shot// players and instructors do that already, directly on the felt, using the blue 'tip-chalk' to gently draw a thick line. [-] but this does give me an idea . . .-- contracts, Nov 11 2004 //you essentially have a dinner table with rails and holes.//A slate-topped dinner table, but still a dinner table.-- angel, Nov 11 2004 random, halfbakery