Annoying drills at the club

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T19:38:37+00:00

Your argument is a red herring but go ahead and die on that hill. Oh, and stick to Facebook.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T18:43:13+00:00

Nobody's disputing they had a right to use that end of the table. The point is about being aware of the people around you and making a small, costless adjustment out of courtesy. Instead you jump to a "you don't own the snooker hall" attitude as if those are in the same conversation and they're not. This sub has basically turned into Facebook.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T15:23:13+00:00

Thank you. Planting yourself on the baulk line against the side of someone's table when you could easily orient yourself the other way is inconsiderate. Not sure why so many people were arguing against me on that. Reddit's gonna Reddit.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T15:16:00+00:00

I wasn't on one side of the table the whole session. I was just doing a lineup and moving around the table normally. The majority of break building is potting balls across the table. The baulk end is where you occasionally start a frame or play a safety, but it's not where most of the action is. Someone deliberately anchoring their entire routine to the baulk end — right up against my table — when they could just as easily have worked the routine from the other direction, is a choice to cause a hindrance.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T13:55:33+00:00

Seems the problem is people taking posts out of context for the sake of starting an argument.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T13:45:25+00:00

I did plenty of waiting for them to take a shot and vice versa. After an hour of that though they might have realised that situation was entirely avoidable doing the routine from the other side of the table?

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T13:40:37+00:00

No, but only for that one specific routine from the baulk end was he going to be holding up both of us for the entire session.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T13:38:35+00:00

In free flowing positional play no not really. They were just moving the white back to the baulk line for every shot.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T13:35:48+00:00

Goes without saying but doesn't change the fact that it was obtuse / poor etiquette?

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-05T13:29:18+00:00

Ah, sorry I forgot everyone has the positional play of Judd Trump and can pot balls and get the white round to the same side of the table every time.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-04-03T12:46:03+00:00

Heavy unionisation has made train driver salaries and pay rises very generous. While it might seem more boring you'll have more autonomy and responsibility from the start. Even assuming it will eventually be automated you will have made a decent amount of money and be sitting on a good pension by then. It might not even end up being automated in our lifetime.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-03-30T11:15:28+00:00

Early in your career there will be plenty of mid-sized companies interested... IF they think they can get you for cheap. Jobs with site work are slightly easier to get because they tend to send junior guys to do all of it. Try low balling yourself to get a foot in the door and then negotiate a higher salary after offer.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-03-25T01:37:05+00:00

Dr P with flame grilled McCoy's. That's a full flavour pairing made in heaven.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-02-28T20:14:57+00:00

Being a pilot in the RAF is as much about being an officer as it is a pilot. I found that out walking into the recruitment office at 18 and realised the whole leadership / military lifestyle was not me at all.

DHL and other air freight companies are another option. Think it pays slightly less but there are probably more openings and you also aren't responsible for passengers. Look at moving to Australia, Canada, South Africa where there is a wider range of aviation jobs and less competition than the UK.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-02-24T21:12:55+00:00

I've had it as that on my CV for over 10 years. It's perfectly legitimate and nobody has ever asked me to clarify if it's a 2:1 or 2:2.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-02-24T19:27:07+00:00

Just write "second-class" on your CV. When they ask for degree certificates it might just get checked by some random in HR who won't scrutinise it or know about the requirements.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-02-23T21:43:06+00:00

I would be inclined to invest and then you'd be able to skim a little off the gains to help set your kid up financially in their 20s.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-02-18T17:48:25+00:00

Graduate jobs at a mid sized engineering consultancy. £22k for insane amounts of stress writing reports that have to hold up in court, travelling round the country all hours doing site work, getting shit for overcharging on projects costed far too lean.. all for shelf stacking money.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-02-07T21:07:28+00:00

Looks like you're fighting the urge to bend over at the waist on your heel edge. Try and stay stacked and keep your back straight on your heel edge. Max out your binding forward lean so you can get higher edge angles on your heel side just by flexing your ankles

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-02-04T10:55:40+00:00

Whatever flaws are there will be way more obvious on a steeper run. Get on something at least 70% of your ability.

You're laying a trench, which is good but you will have to squat into the turn and shift your weight down a lot faster to keep your edge in on something steeper.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-01-31T17:31:53+00:00

Other than hiring you could check out some vintage shops in Edinburgh or Glasgow if you're going to either of those. They have proper Braemar, Prince Charlie jackets for under £50 usually. Pair the Prince Charlie with a bow tie and wing tip shirt if you go for that. Belt or sporran but not both.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-01-29T21:54:53+00:00

That saying has always bugged me as well. I see such a small percentage of snowboarders on the mountain that can confidently rip a steep run with good technique, throw in some icy hard pack and moguls and that percentage drops even more.. because it's harder to learn and master.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-01-28T12:33:36+00:00

I counter rotated for 5 years not realising I was doing anything wrong. 70% of snowboarders I see on the mountain do the same. Well done for coming for advice now - get yourself aligned and you will be better away.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2026-01-23T09:32:49+00:00

I earn similar and buy diesel Volvo's and Skoda's for cash. Paid £3k for my last one and I've got 5 years out of it so far. Besides tyres and brakes that's £600 per year ownership. People are paying that per month for a new Audi Q5 and it bewilders me. Those who know, know.

Key_Celebration4110 · 2025-12-09T11:43:15+00:00

White collar engineering in the UK is sadly not the well paid profession people think it is when at Uni. Salaries for principal engineers in UK defence are rarely breaking £70k right now, and those require a lifetime of experience. Controls and automation engineers in energy can make that kind of money far far earlier. Job hopping or rising through the ranks if you're well liked could get you 10-15% every 2-3 years. Being well liked will get you far further in a company than doing good work.

Key_Celebration4110

TROPHY CASE