{"id":2902,"date":"2026-01-31T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:14:59","slug":"testing-the-new-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/?p=2902","title":{"rendered":"Testing the new tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, I made a second attempt at changing cue tips.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we went out unexpectedly to give them a try.  It seems that I was successful.  But, I would like to try other tips and shapes on my next pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/the-karachi-killer.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2901\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Karachi Killer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think that his play improved with the new addition.   But the process didn\u2019t work out well for me.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was great to catch up and drink 3 milk teas during the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Couldn\u2019t sleep well thought \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fzfantomben.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2900\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Got the chance to play Ben again.  He shot pretty well.  Much better than I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt rusty.  And the new tip isn\u2019t having the reaction I had hoped for.  But  after some time, it may work out to my benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least having new tips on the cues is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we can continue\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time\u2026..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I made a second attempt at changing cue tips. Today we went out unexpectedly to give them a try. It seems that I was successful. But, I would like<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/?p=2902\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Testing the new tips<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-checking-in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2903,"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions\/2903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carbonlife.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}