OT: Interior Design

I prefer pool mostly because I had plenty of practice in college. The problem was that we didn't have much room, so we ended up with an 8ft long pool table. A 10ft snooker table would not have fit. The table had pockets, so pool was the game of choice as billiards requires a table with no pockets.

"What is the difference between Pool, Billiards and Snooker?"

"Piano and pool are sure signs of a wasted childhood." (Me)

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On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:43:21 -0400, krw Gave us:

No. "Carom billiards" is the name for "three cushion" and a few other non-pocket billiard games. "pool" covers the entire gamut, just as "billiards" does.

That is why they are called "billiard balls", and that refers to all of them, not just those used in carom billiards.

Nice try though, keithtard.

That's about the only argument he knows how to use properly, although it's one of the oldest logical fallacies in existence: the authority (non- )argument. If it's not a PhD, then it's stupid, no matter how wrong he is himself.

joe

AlwaysWrong continues his perfect streak.

Nope. They are also called "pool balls", "billiards balls", and "snooker balls". There is a difference.

Keep it up, AlwaysWrong. At least you're predictable. Wrong.

We used to practice playing snooker. It takes much more finesse than pool, so pool was a piece of cake, after.

Billiards tables are also heavier than pool tables.

"Oh, we've got trouble..."

On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:21:05 -0400, krw Gave us:

I used to shoot with standard 2..25 inch pocket billiard balls on a 5 x

10 foot snooker table. That will sharpen your ain, because it rejects pocket cheek glances even more so than with 2 inch snooker balls.

Even though it is largely a UK embraced game, consider that they are indeed 2 inch balls and where that standard originated. Not metric to this day.

Cops all but killed poll games in America in the mid to late fifties, claiming that the establishments fostered criminal behavior and activity.

So a place like New Jersey, for example, went from well over 500 pool halls to about 150. Look where the gangs and crime went though. Through the ceiling and it had NOTHING to do with billiard establishments.

The California coast did even more against the sport. Most coastal cities charge a $40k fee per year for a "pool hall business license" and anything with more than 3 tables gets considered to be such. Pretty goddamned lame and discriminatory as well. They want bars and drunks and those revenues instead. So I was surprised to find so few pool halls up the cali coast, until I found out why. Pretty goddamned lame state if you ask me, and many of its residents are as well. Most definitely its governing arm.

I've never even tried snooker. I couldn't figure out why they put those obstacles in the middle of the table.

Both come in various flavors. I've seen $500 tables with a plywood core, $2000 tables with a 3 piece slate core, and $4000 tables with a single piece slate core. As I vaguely recall, the one piece slate core weighed about 500 lbs and could be easily moved by a small army of college students. The plywood core weighed much less.

Yeah, I know. My problem is conspicuous and chronic mediocrity. I can do almost anything, but not very well. I could play a decent game of pool and maybe run the table occasionally, but not good enough to support my tuition and book costs. Piano is even worse. I can play by ear well enough, but can't read a note of music. My electronics is much the same. I can do almost anything required, and do it all somewhat badly. Fortunately, the modern consumer seems to prefer mediocre products, which the industry is more than happy to supply. Methinks my style of mediocre engineering might be making a comeback.

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On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:56:41 -0700, Jeff Liebermann Gave us:

That is not snooker. That is "bumper pool".

Wood table beds disqualify to toy from any claim of being a real pool table.

I have covered Brunswick tables from the 1880s and Valley coin op 3 foot by 6 foot tables from the seventies and a great deal in between.

I never covered a 5 x 10 or snooker table, but it would pose no problem. They are in fact easier as the pocket cheeks allow one to cover the rails with greater ease.

Ahhh.... that's what it is.

Jack of no trades and master of even fewer. Hmmm.

I have never gambled at pool and think that aspect of the field of modern players is part of what sullies the sport.

Ahhh.... had one of those organs in the '70s, eh?

Something you should not be admitting here. A lot of bully 'experts' in this shithole Usenet group.

Did not work too well for US car makers still playing catch up, nor for America in general.

I think it is still a great nation, despite what buffoons like Trump spout, with his 100% stolen slogan which doesn't even apply.

He says he doesn't like losers. The stupid bastard is a loser himself, and a criminal one at that. I find it amazing that he has a following and that there are those who even state that his criminality is an asset.

I observe a cure in progress to handle the mediocrity of the current gaggle of college graduates... I'm seeing more and more advertisements for _interns_... you can't perform, bye, bye, no legal hassles. ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Of course you have. You have done everything involving space, time, and the universe, according to you.

Heh!

Familiar to you because of you diminishing mentality, eh?

But, much better than you, obviously. He can show his achievements and you can't (or won't).

Of course you do. You would loose so you support your position.

What was your organ like in the '70s? Think it is functional today?

Wow! You claim this is a "shithole Usenet group" yet you are the single ingredient that makes it a "shithole Usenet group".

I would find it interesting to learn his opinion of a a mentally malformed person like you.

Yep internships are great recruiting tools. I don't think we hire newbs any other way.

What i do, is make a scale drawing (on blue grid paper) of the space, showing windows and doors (standard arcs for door swing. Then i make same-scale "paper dolls" of each piece of furniture or other moveable object that would go there. Shuffle the little pieces around all you want to a desirable layout. No floor scuffing, a LOT lighter and easier. Inexpensive as all heck. Fly-on-high ceiling view; despite the fly,no buggy software...

Damn, I thought I was the only person who did that.

Mark L. Fergerson

On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:45:42 -0700, Robert Baer Gave us:

Seimens' fully functional 2-D CAD is free.

I haven't bothered with 3D "paper dolls" - I have a good 3d imagination

- but for floor planning, I use sticky notes. Much easier to keep things where you put them that way.