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>>>What golf is to you is what snooker/pool is to me... a big waste of time.
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>>At least they can find their balls in billiards - and the fashions are better ;-S
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>I wasn't interested in this thread until I realized it was you that started it.

I don't know whether to take that kindly or not :-)
What's my having started it got to do with its interesting you?

>I assume you play snookers and are pretty handy at it?

No, in fact i don't even know where/if in my town there is a snooker hall. I used to play, back in the day, but I was never any better than the next Joe. I also used to play pool, but I can't abide the "winner-stays-on" mentality of most places, where the ne'er-do-well regular user gets free goes at other peop;le's expense. As I said, I like the TV world champ tournament and it just occured to me while watching that there was no US snooker connection.

In fact, the "safety shot" duels between the players often enthrall me more than their potting (wouldn't get THAT in golf! :-)