Does it stop being fun?

pwd72s

pwd72s

recreational banger
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I think, for me, pool stopped being fun last week. Playing on a 9' table meant a 90 miles round trip for me, most of it on a 2 lane jammed up freeway...just going to the hall puts me in a foul mood. Then (turned 78 today) the physical problems of old age limits me to only a couple of hours of table time before pain & tiredness stops me.
It saddens me...but yeah, I think I'm done...it's just not fun anymore.
 
I got back into pool a dozen years ago as a way to kill time when traveling for work. I was several states from home for weeks at a time and a coworker and I would play for hours and hours most nights. When we were back home we played weekly at local pool halls/bars but it was never much fun. I invested in a home table and now enjoy it much more. I control who is there, the music, the food, the drink and the equipment.

Is that an option for you?
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logical said:
I got back into pool a dozen years ago as a way to kill time when traveling for work. I was several states from home for weeks at a time and a coworker and I would play for hours and hours most nights. When we were back home we played weekly at local pool halls/bars but it was never much fun. I invested in a home table and now enjoy it much more. I control who is there, the music, the food, the drink and the equipment.

Is that an option for you?
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nice room..... (y)
can i come over to play?
 
pwd72s said:
I think, for me, pool stopped being fun last week. Playing on a 9' table meant a 90 miles round trip for me, most of it on a 2 lane jammed up freeway...just going to the hall puts me in a foul mood. Then (turned 78 today) the physical problems of old age limits me to only a couple of hours of table time before pain & tiredness stops me.
It saddens me...but yeah, I think I'm done...it's just not fun anymore.
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Happy Birthday, I hope you can find a way for pool to be fun again.
 
pwd72s said:
I think, for me, pool stopped being fun last week. Playing on a 9' table meant a 90 miles round trip for me, most of it on a 2 lane jammed up freeway...just going to the hall puts me in a foul mood. Then (turned 78 today) the physical problems of old age limits me to only a couple of hours of table time before pain & tiredness stops me.
It saddens me...but yeah, I think I'm done...it's just not fun anymore.
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The fun never ends. You're not done...who ya kiddin'. You just need a convenient place to play.
 
Nothing can substitute for a local pool room and a circle of friends who can be counted on to show up on a regular basis. These are places of refuge and serve many functions beyond a game of pool. If you know these places, you know what "pool" is, or should be, and how much is being lost. If you think a bar with valleys is pool, then you really can't understand.
 
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i made notes of what I can do and what i cant do on the table. focusing on specific pool skills has made practice more fun. im not going pro just having lots of fun getting there
 
I can walk 1.3 miles to a nice room with mix of 4.5 x 9.0 Gold Crowns,👍 Diamonds,🤮, a Brunswick 5 x 10-3C,👍Brunswick 5 x 10 Snooker,🤔, and last Diamond BarBox🤮.

Think the total is 27 or 29, problem I’d people who do not understand they are luck to have to use for low cost.🤪. People suck.😭😭😭😭😭
 
pwd72s said:
I think, for me, pool stopped being fun last week. Playing on a 9' table meant a 90 miles round trip for me, most of it on a 2 lane jammed up freeway...just going to the hall puts me in a foul mood. Then (turned 78 today) the physical problems of old age limits me to only a couple of hours of table time before pain & tiredness stops me.
It saddens me...but yeah, I think I'm done...it's just not fun anymore.
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Like Logical above I got my own gold crown for home. I didn't have the space for a table so I enclosed a deck we had.

Invited locals to come and eat hardy (since I like to cook) and play for fun only. Now several of us have tables and we take turns hosting at our houses. Good food and fun.
 
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Patrick Johnson said:
Those English lessons must've been a bargain too... :LOL:

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Well you have nothing to add but picking on English & Grammer.

When I said people suck, you can add yourself to my list that sucks.

Wonder if you trash person has great English & Spelling skills.

All I care about is trash man come, and pickup my trash.
 
logical said:
I got back into pool a dozen years ago as a way to kill time when traveling for work. I was several states from home for weeks at a time and a coworker and I would play for hours and hours most nights. When we were back home we played weekly at local pool halls/bars but it was never much fun. I invested in a home table and now enjoy it much more. I control who is there, the music, the food, the drink and the equipment.

Is that an option for you?
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What a lovely setup! Alas..house is much too small...:(
 
pwd72s said:
I think, for me, pool stopped being fun last week. Playing on a 9' table meant a 90 miles round trip for me, most of it on a 2 lane jammed up freeway...just going to the hall puts me in a foul mood. Then (turned 78 today) the physical problems of old age limits me to only a couple of hours of table time before pain & tiredness stops me.
It saddens me...but yeah, I think I'm done...it's just not fun anymore.
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Man you’re preaching to the choir, I know the feeling.
 
Instead of not calling it fun, it is a plateau, in pool interest or skill or whatever. Athletes commonly feel like they maxed out, when really their training is not helping them develop and it turns to a grind.
 
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