Tell me something good!

[SweetPoison]

I would beat you.

 

[Hayles66]

American pool ~ interesting. I love pool!

I met my hubby playing pool, I got quite good at it, better than snooker anyway! He loved my little Minnie mouse cut off top ( don't know why hee hee) those were the days. We were in a darts, pool, skittles team together as mates before we got together.

 

[Hayles66]

I would beat you.

Oh oh oh a challenge by Sweet P, look out Gabriel she's on the warpath. Yippee!

 

[SweetPoison]

American pool ~ interesting. I love pool!

I met my hubby playing pool, I got quite good at it, better than snooker anyway! He loved my little Minnie mouse cut off top ( don't know why hee hee) those were the days. We were in a darts, pool, skittles team together as mates before we got together.

Snooker?

 

[Hayles66]

Snooker?

Larger table same sort of balls but more difficult to lean on table when you are 5ft 2in. It's big over here at least it was in my early years.

 

[Gabriel1]

Larger table same sort of balls but more difficult to lean on table when you are 5ft 2in. It's big over here at least it was in my early years.

Especially when the table is twelve feet long and six feet wide.....world champs are on BBC2 right now!

The Archangel

 

[Gabriel1]

I would beat you.

In your dreams......you, you, you......erm, hustler!

The Archangel

 

[Hayles66]

Especially when the table is twelve feet long and six feet wide.....world champs are on BBC2 right now!

The Archangel

Sorry Gabriel1, my hubby is the fan of snooker/ darts. So I wasn't sure. Can I witness the smack down of said challenge between you and Sweet P.

 

[Seadog]

Snooker is played differently than billiards. More balls and no numbers. Balls are given points by color. Fifteen red balls are racked, while two blue balls are placed centerline between the rack and scratch line. The remainer of the balls are on or behind the scratch line.

I should also mention that snooker is another one of those British games with such complicated rules that not even the players are aware of all of them.

 

[Gabriel1]

Sorry Gabriel1, my hubby is the fan of snooker/ darts. So I wasn't sure. Can I witness the smack down of said challenge between you and Sweet P.

It won't be a pretty sight!

The Archangel

 

[Gabriel1]

Snnoker is played differently than billiards. More balls and no numbers. Balls are given points by color. Fifteen red balls are racked, while two blue balls are placed centerline between the rack and scratch line. The remainer of the balls are on or behind the scratch line.

I thought billiards was played with 3 balls only?

The Archangel

 

[Hayles66]

Snnoker is played differently than billiards. More balls and no numbers. Balls are given points by color. Fifteen red balls are racked, while two blue balls are placed centerline between the rack and scratch line. The remainer of the balls are on or behind the scratch line.

I've never played billiards, that's a really old game isn't it. Is it played professionally or just leisure.

 

[Hayles66]

I thought billiards was played with 3 balls only?

The Archangel

And yes, I thought it was 3 balls but thought I was imagining things.

 

[Seadog]

In the states, billiards is the common term for the various versions played here. Technically billiards are a generic term, but we use it for 8-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, etc. 8-ball is the most common, but players have been known to switch games during a session. What you are referring to is English billiards, which is related to carom billiards. Back a long time ago, as a teenager, I used to hustle the GIs to play. The military tables were free, but due to the limited number (one), the only way to keep playing was to win. My specialty was making a long shot where the target ball was on the end cushion and being able to tap it just so where it would follow the cushion to the corner. Unfortunately, in 33 years of marriage, I have not been able to persuade my wife to get rid of the living room funiture and install a table.

 

[Hayles66]

In the states, billiards is the common term for the various versions played here. Technically billiards are a generic term, but we use it for 8-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball, straight pool, one-pocket, etc. 8-ball is the most common, but players have been known to switch games during a session. What you are referring to is English billiards, which is related to carom billiards. Back a long time ago, as a teenager, I used to hustle the GIs to play. The military tables were free, but due to the limited number (one), the only way to keep playing was to win. My specialty was making a long shot where the target ball was on the end cushion and being able to tap it just so where it would follow the cushion to the corner. Unfortunately, in 33 years of marriage, I have not been able to persuade my wife to get rid of the living room funiture and install a table.

Bad luck! In our early years I wanted to have one but English homes, especially lower bracket ones are notoriously tiny so we never got one. I'm out of practice now I expect but still play in my hubby's skittle team occasionally. ( skittles is a pub version of ten pin but more difficult)