19 Jan 2017, 2:50 am
19 Jan 2017, 3:45 am
liveandrew wrote:
underwater wrote:
TheRedPedant93 wrote:
Never have and never will, but it can be auditorily soothing to watch snooker, as well as the inaudible atmosphere surrounding the game.
Wow! You too? For a while I had an obsession with snooker, very soothing as you say.
I understand that. Occasionally, I used to go and watch local cricket matches just because of the muted sounds. Very soothing. I had and still have absolutely no idea what as going on and didn;t really care but it was very calming when reading. Snooker has the same sort of quiet, polite atmosphere. even the balls make the similar gentle noise as cricket.
Please everyone, do not try and explain the rules to cricket to me. My father used to try and 1) I still don't understand 2) I do not want to understand
This is why I love WP. Those moments when you talk to someone who just understands.....I mean, how many people do I know who were into snooker as teenagers? Seriously, if I even mentioned it to anyone, people would be like "snoo what?", and if I explained, they'd look at me like I had two heads and then quickly change the subject.
Yes, it's really the atmosphere that's so lovely about snooker. It's an extremely rule-based environment. I feel somewhat the same about martial arts - the traditional Asian ones have some of the same formal atmosphere.
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19 Jan 2017, 3:45 am
rowan_nichol wrote:
In the majority here.
However, for most of my life I have been a VERY keen cyclist, traveling over most of the UK on two wheels and maintaining a very high level of fitness.
However, for most of my life I have been a VERY keen cyclist, traveling over most of the UK on two wheels and maintaining a very high level of fitness.
LEJOG is a real ambition of mine, even though I don't do any cycling right now!
Used to cycle with a army mate of mine but he got injured and can't do much exercise now. Don't fancy cycling on my own much either.
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19 Jan 2017, 3:47 am
underwater wrote:
liveandrew wrote:
underwater wrote:
TheRedPedant93 wrote:
Never have and never will, but it can be auditorily soothing to watch snooker, as well as the inaudible atmosphere surrounding the game.
Wow! You too? For a while I had an obsession with snooker, very soothing as you say.
I understand that. Occasionally, I used to go and watch local cricket matches just because of the muted sounds. Very soothing. I had and still have absolutely no idea what as going on and didn;t really care but it was very calming when reading. Snooker has the same sort of quiet, polite atmosphere. even the balls make the similar gentle noise as cricket.
Please everyone, do not try and explain the rules to cricket to me. My father used to try and 1) I still don't understand 2) I do not want to understand
This is why I love WP. Those moments when you talk to someone who just understands.....I mean, how many people do I know who were into snooker as teenagers? Seriously, if I even mentioned it to anyone, people would be like "snoo what?", and if I explained, they'd look at me like I had two heads and then quickly change the subject.
Yes, it's really the atmosphere that's so lovely about snooker. It's an extremely rule-based environment. I feel somewhat the same about martial arts - the traditional Asian ones have some of the same formal atmosphere.
also a big snooker lover here. The silence of the snooker hall along with the noise of the balls being hit is amazing. Always had an ambition to go to the Crucible but not done it yet.
Used to play pool a lot and snooker on occasions. The feel of getting the angles right is amazing.
19 Jan 2017, 4:57 am
I used to play volleyball a little when I was a kid, but then other kids started growing quickly and I stayed short and could even jump to block the ball over the net 
so I stopped.
I played football for fun with other kids, usually in defence. Usually wearing totally wrong type of footwear
Now I only go ice-skating occasionally and that's basically just going round and round in circles, I can't do any tricks whatsoever 
I'm not interested in watching any sports on TV or going to sports events.
19 Jan 2017, 5:28 am
