Comments on: Billiards with a Caucasian http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219 A British expat on Sakhalin Island Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Billiards » Blog Archives » Billiards gets its comeuppance http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-68038 Billiards » Blog Archives » Billiards gets its comeuppance Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:39:55 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-68038 [...] The first thing I realised is that I had never played billiards before. I ve played a lot of pool, some snooker, and I vaguely remember playing some weird game in a country pub which involved a table with holes in the middle with little … – More – [...] [...] The first thing I realised is that I had never played billiards before. I ve played a lot of pool, some snooker, and I vaguely remember playing some weird game in a country pub which involved a table with holes in the middle with little … – More – [...]

]]> By: Billiards » Blog Archives » Lubillano is billiards champ, Suarez splashes (Mindanao Times) http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-67738 Billiards » Blog Archives » Lubillano is billiards champ, Suarez splashes (Mindanao Times) Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:28:51 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-67738 [...] The first thing I realised is that I had never played billiards before. I ve played a lot of pool, some snooker, and I vaguely remember playing some weird game in a country pub which involved a table with holes in the middle with little … – More – [...] [...] The first thing I realised is that I had never played billiards before. I ve played a lot of pool, some snooker, and I vaguely remember playing some weird game in a country pub which involved a table with holes in the middle with little … – More – [...]

]]> By: Billiards » Blog Archives » Famous Billiards Fans http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-67502 Billiards » Blog Archives » Famous Billiards Fans Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:46:14 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-67502 [...] Billiards with a CaucasianThe first thing I realised is that I had never played billiards before. I ve played a lot of pool, some snooker, and I vaguely remember playing some weird game in a country pub which involved a table with holes in the middle with little … [...] [...] Billiards with a CaucasianThe first thing I realised is that I had never played billiards before. I ve played a lot of pool, some snooker, and I vaguely remember playing some weird game in a country pub which involved a table with holes in the middle with little … [...]

]]> By: Tatyana http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-53611 Tatyana Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:26:59 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-53611 Careful, Tim: that's how people are getting on a drinking binges: to avoid the hangover by being constantly high...You're becoming a real Russian! Careful, Tim: that’s how people are getting on a drinking binges: to avoid the hangover by being constantly high…You’re becoming a real Russian!

]]> By: W. Shedd http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-53610 W. Shedd Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:05:17 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-53610 I would think that snooker would well prepare you for billiards in Russia. I haven't played in a while, but I seem to recall it had somewhat narrower throats approaching each pocket. You only see it at English-style pubs here in the US and even then not too often. Billiards here refers to any number of "cue and ball" table games, but I knew instantly what sort of billiards you were talking about, as Katja took lessons while in Rostov Veliky. I would think that snooker would well prepare you for billiards in Russia. I haven’t played in a while, but I seem to recall it had somewhat narrower throats approaching each pocket. You only see it at English-style pubs here in the US and even then not too often. Billiards here refers to any number of “cue and ball” table games, but I knew instantly what sort of billiards you were talking about, as Katja took lessons while in Rostov Veliky.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Russia: Billiards in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-53602 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Russia: Billiards in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:25:41 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-53602 [...] White Sun of the Desert writes about a night of billiards at a Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk bar. [...] [...] White Sun of the Desert writes about a night of billiards at a Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk bar. [...]

]]> By: Tim Newman http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-53599 Tim Newman Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:00:36 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-53599 Tatyana, My head was fine. I didn't have a hangover in the morning due to my still being very drunk. Tatyana,

My head was fine. I didn’t have a hangover in the morning due to my still being very drunk.

]]> By: dearieme http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-53549 dearieme Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-53549 Dozen balls? That's not billiards: billiards is played with just three balls, surely? Or did I misspend my misspending of my youth? Dozen balls? That’s not billiards: billiards is played with just three balls, surely? Or did I misspend my misspending of my youth?

]]> By: Tatyana http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-53537 Tatyana Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:45:40 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-53537 How's your head this morning? How’s your head this morning?

]]> By: Keefieboy http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219&cpage=1#comment-53523 Keefieboy Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:08:24 +0000 http://www.desertsun.co.uk/blog/?p=219#comment-53523 Sounds very exotic Tim! Sounds very exotic Tim!

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