I have not played in years, but I used to be good at it and I'd play in bars and pool halls. The angles were very easy for me to see. I stopped playing when I stopped going to bars.
I don't get to play often but I simply adore pool.
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15 Aug 2019, 5:31 am
I liked playing it online with my 1st girlfriend & our circle of friends. I did OK with it online but I cared much more about the people I was playing with & our conversations than I did about the game. I tried pool a couple times in real-life & I don't think I have the motor-skills for that. I played pool some in GTA IV & I s#cked at it & won only when the character I was playing screwed up like knocking the 8 ball in.
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21 Aug 2019, 4:32 am
Pool tables (nine-ball ones, with the red and yellow balls) are a primary feature of many UK pubs and bars, along with other indoor games. I like playing but don't usually get around to it.
Personally I play another type of games. I play blackjack in casino online and do it not for free . Each time I play I get some cash out of it . I think it’s better to waste time earning something than wasting for nothing.
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26 Aug 2019, 9:29 am
"Ya Got Trouble" -- by Meredith Wilson
Friend, either you're closing your eyes To a situation you do not wish to acknowledge Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated By the presence of a pool table in your community Well, ya got trouble, my friend, right here I say, trouble right here in River City Why sure I'm a billiard player Certainly mighty proud I say I'm always mighty proud to say it I consider that the hours I spend With a cue in my hand are golden Help you cultivate horse sense And a cool head and a keen eye J'ever take and try to find An iron-clad leave for yourself From a three-rail billiard shot? But just as I say It takes judgment, brains, and maturity to score In a balkline game I say that any boob can take And shove a ball in a pocket And I call that sloth The first big step on the road To the depths of deg-ra-day-- I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon Then beer from a bottle! An' the next thing ya know Your son is playin' for money In a pinch-back suit And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' Not a wholesome trottin' race, no! But a race where they set down right on the horse! Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy Settin' on Dan Patch? Make your blood boil? Well, I should say Now, friends, lemme tell you what I mean Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table Pockets that mark the diff'rence Between a gentlemen and a bum With a capital "B," And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool! And all week long your River City Youth'll be fritterin' away I say your young men'll be fritterin'! Fritterin' away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too! Get the ball in the pocket Never mind gettin' dandelions pulled Or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded Never mind pumpin' any water 'Til your parents are caught with the cistern empty On a Saturday night and that's trouble Yes you got lots and lots of trouble I'm thinkin' of the kids in the knickerbockers Shirt-tail young ones, peekin' in the pool Hall window after school, ya got trouble, folks! Right here in River City Trouble with a capital "T" And that rhymes with "P" and that stands for pool! Now, I know all you folks are the right kinda parents. I'm gonna be perfectly frank. Would ya like to know what kinda conversation goes On while they're loafin' around that Hall? They're tryin' out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs, Tryin' out Tailor Mades like Cigarette Feends! And braggin' all about How they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen. One fine night, they leave the pool hall, Headin' for the dance at the Arm'ry! Libertine men and Scarlet women! And Rag-time, shameless music That'll grab your son and your daughter With the arms of a jungle animal instink! Mass-staria! Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground! Trouble, oh we got trouble, Right here in River City! With a capital "T" That rhymes with "P" And that stands for Pool, That stands for pool. We've surely got trouble! Right here in River City, Right here! Gotta figger out a way To keep the young ones moral after school! Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble... Mothers of River City! Heed the warning before it's too late! Watch for the tell-tale sign of corruption! The moment your son leaves the house, Does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee? Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger? A dime novel hidden in the corn crib? Is he starting to memorize jokes from Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang? Are certain words creeping into his conversation? Words like 'swell?" And 'so's your old man?" Well, if so my friends, Ya got trouble, Right here in River city! With a capital "T" And that rhymes with "P" And that stands for Pool. We've surely got trouble! Right here in River City! Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule! Oh, we've got trouble. We're in terrible, terrible trouble. That game with the fifteen numbered balls is a devil's tool! Oh yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble! With a "T"! Gotta rhyme it with "P"! And that stands for Pool!!
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11 Aug 2019, 6:57 pm
As I grew older I enjoyed to play just for fun.
