Table size questions

[Geosnookery]

I Live in Scotland had while most pool halls have a 7ft table quite a few pubs have a 6ft table as well. I remember some of my cousins from Canada were over and when i took them into pub to play on 6ft table they were laughing at how easy this was going to be.

They weren't laughing 30 mins later as they missed & jawed so many pots due to the tightness of the pockets, the balls may only be 2 inches but pockets are only between 3 and 3.2 inches and trying to pot balls down the cushions/rails is way harder than shooting a rail shot on even a 9ft USA pool table.

That would be me. Although I mostly play Snooker, Pool is still a challenge when we visit the UK.

I play American 8 ball with my Snooker cue but found it harder to step down to 2 inch balls. I have an 8mm tip on a shaft I can put on my Snooker cue and have a set of 2 inch balls. Now and then I play with them on my Snooker table.

I’ve got to keep an eye out for a 6 foot UK table being sold locally.

( Note: using UK instead of ‘English’ so we can be friends...my wife is from Manchester and talks and Scots and Irish as if alien beings. ) The irony is everything about my city, Calgary, is steeped in Scottish tradition.