Sweet Surprise

I love when I visit places and get to see an unexpected surprise. Like the other day when I went to a neighbors house for a meeting with the Home Owners Association committee that I am on.

I walk in and see this!

Pretty cool, huh?!  I love home pool rooms!

The few pool tables I had throughout my life, I never had a separate dedicated room - we just put the pool table in the largest room (usually the living room).  So, to see this was a treat!

Neighborhood Pool Lovers

I was walking my ferocious rescue pit-bull, Lily, Monday around the neighborhood because of the awesome weather (high near 90) and I noticed a garage door open at one of the houses.

Lily

I heard a familiar sound as I walked closer towards the house, which was on the other side of the street.

As I got closer, yep, it was a pool table!  I was hearing the beautiful sound the balls make as they drop into the pockets.

I think it was a WalMart brand.  And that's okay!  The three guys in the garage were obviously new to pool (didn't hold their cues level at all) and in their early 20s.  They didn't care what table it was, they were happy to just play pool and have a table to play on.

I just sneaked a peek as I passed by and kept walking.

*Maybe* if I was an extrovert I would have yelled and waved my arms, "Hey, I play pool!"  lol.  But I'm not really one to talk about myself.  Heck, when people try to make small talk and say, "how about that weather?"  I just reply normally, and don't even open the door to let them know I'm a meteorologist.  lol

I just don't talk about myself to strangers whether an introvert or not hahaha.

I did walk by proudly, though, knowing they were playing pool.  Aww, the love of the game right in my neighborhood!

Pool and Co Workers

A coworker of mine texted me the other day and said he got a table for his house and wanted to know what type of cues he should buy.

Some good ones, but at a decent price.

First, why am I just now hearing about this?? lol.

He said he was searching on Amazon and wanted some advice. 

Wait, Amazon?

So I recommend McDermott and Lucasi, and then suggested a billiards retailer website instead.

He replies with, "I'm looking at this brand, comes with 4 cues, called Valley House.  Are they good?  I don't want professional but a step up from Walmart."

I admit, I was confused and then a tad disappointed.

I looked them up real quick on Amazon - 4 cues for $83.  Not bad for recreational home use.

I told him, "I never heard of them, but just looked them up and they seemed fine to me." 

smh