Coral Tour Championship Quarter Finals !!!

TheSaviour wrote:

SnookerEd25 wrote:Bye then.

I take it that last Mark Allen-analyse was just too much to you then lol.

No, I liked it. I'm Mrs. Joyce.

Iranu wrote:

Acé wrote:Coronavirus is nothing compared to what people went through before the Internet.

If my dad catches this virus he’ll almost certainly die from it, so how about you shut the buck up you bucking idiot.

Hope your family are alright, Iranu.

My parents are both in their 70s, and you do wonder how it will affect them.

Oh, bugger. Hardly a shock though.

These are strange times. It seems a few of my friends and family members aren’t really getting the point of what’s going on and the importance of any guidance (no doubt soon to become enforceable) by our government. People don’t like change. They don’t like to be told what to do. They choose what to read, and when to listen. In fact, I’m really quite anti-establishment, non-conformist and definitely anti-authority. But there are times just like this when you arm yourself with knowledge off your own back, and recognise when it aligns pretty damn closely with what the government are saying.

There’s a spectrum of attitudes at play. All the way from the sort of thing Ace posted - conspiracy theories about it being deliberate use of a bio weapon and we’re all doomed - to the head in the sand crowd - they’ll carry on going to the pub as long as there’s one open and it’s only like ‘the flu’ so why should everyone panic.

I’m somewhere in between. Realising we’re on a graph and where that graph projects.

Anyway, I’m disappointed that the Tour Champs isn’t happening - it’s in the top 3 of tournaments for me. Stay sage, fellow islanders.

Have a daughter with asthma. I’m not exactly going to criticise the cancellation of a set of games designed to while away a few hours.

This forum is like a little family.

So I hope everything is alright, and that everybody is safe and well. All users, and their loved ones too.

Pink Ball wrote:Have a daughter with asthma. I’m not exactly going to criticise the cancellation of a set of games designed to while away a few hours.

Exactly. I think everybody has a loved one or friend that could really be hit hard if they contracted this. Definitely my dad. I had to have a rather firm conversation on the phone to my mum last night. They’re both intelligent people, but I had a feeling they weren’t really acknowledging the importance of staying away from crowds or any kind of social gathering. It was rather strange being the one putting my foot down, for years it was the other way round.

SnookerFan wrote:This forum is like a little family.

So I hope everything is alright, and that everybody is safe and well. All users, and their loved ones too.

Well said, SF. Same here.

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Acé wrote:Coronavirus is nothing compared to what people went through before the Internet.

If my dad catches this virus he’ll almost certainly die from it, so how about you shut the buck up you bucking idiot.

Hope your family are alright, Iranu.

My parents are both in their 70s, and you do wonder how it will affect them.

I hope so too, and same to yours.

People who think this is ‘nothing’ must not have anybody they care about.

Iranu wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Acé wrote:Coronavirus is nothing compared to what people went through before the Internet.

If my dad catches this virus he’ll almost certainly die from it, so how about you shut the buck up you bucking idiot.

Hope your family are alright, Iranu.

My parents are both in their 70s, and you do wonder how it will affect them.

I hope so too, and same to yours.

People who think this is ‘nothing’ must not have anybody they care about.

You know what the saddest part is? A lot of those morons do.

Prop wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:Have a daughter with asthma. I’m not exactly going to criticise the cancellation of a set of games designed to while away a few hours.

Exactly. I think everybody has a loved one or friend that could really be hit hard if they contracted this. Definitely my dad. I had to have a rather firm conversation on the phone to my mum last night. They’re both intelligent people, but I had a feeling they weren’t really acknowledging the importance of staying away from crowds or any kind of social gathering. It was rather strange being the one putting my foot down, for years it was the other way round.

My dad's got copd and it's not stopping him going to the pub . Told him off but people are stubborn.

eraserhead wrote:

Prop wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:Have a daughter with asthma. I’m not exactly going to criticise the cancellation of a set of games designed to while away a few hours.

Exactly. I think everybody has a loved one or friend that could really be hit hard if they contracted this. Definitely my dad. I had to have a rather firm conversation on the phone to my mum last night. They’re both intelligent people, but I had a feeling they weren’t really acknowledging the importance of staying away from crowds or any kind of social gathering. It was rather strange being the one putting my foot down, for years it was the other way round.

My dad's got copd and it's not stopping him going to the pub . Told him off but people are stubborn.

Ah man, I'm sorry to hear that.

We’ve closed our pubs. Imagine that. Ireland. Publand.

So, do you reckon I should go to the St. Paddy's Day celebrations in my local tonight?




Apparently it's still going ahead.

eraserhead wrote:

Prop wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:Have a daughter with asthma. I’m not exactly going to criticise the cancellation of a set of games designed to while away a few hours.

Exactly. I think everybody has a loved one or friend that could really be hit hard if they contracted this. Definitely my dad. I had to have a rather firm conversation on the phone to my mum last night. They’re both intelligent people, but I had a feeling they weren’t really acknowledging the importance of staying away from crowds or any kind of social gathering. It was rather strange being the one putting my foot down, for years it was the other way round.

My dad's got copd and it's not stopping him going to the pub . Told him off but people are stubborn.

Yep, same situation here. He had a collapsed lung a year ago and was diagnosed with emphysema around the same time. He’s 70 in September. My parents live way out on the Welsh coast, and I’m near Sheffield. So obviously it’s a concern in itself that they’re not exactly round the corner if they need my help. Health services down there are not great. The nearest hospital, in Haverfordwest, is a good 30 minute drive.

They’ve got a great little social scene down there - table tennis with a growing group of friends and then meet up at the village pub later on. They’re really happy doing all that, and it keeps them going. They’ve probably got a better social life than me. So I can understand their reluctance to suddenly take that out of their lives. I just hope what I said to them last night sinks in.

Pink Ball wrote:Have a daughter with asthma. I’m not exactly going to criticise the cancellation of a set of games designed to while away a few hours.

Hope your daughter will be fine, all the best

I am watching this https://youtu.be/K8rmubEvS-8

SnookerFan wrote:This forum is like a little family.

So I hope everything is alright, and that everybody is safe and well. All users, and their loved ones too.

+1

SnookerFan wrote:This forum is like a little family.

So I hope everything is alright, and that everybody is safe and well. All users, and their loved ones too.

Well said, SnookerFan, all the best to you and all members on this forum and their families

looks like re-runs of the saint on itv4.

We should have a Weekly Check In thread so we can let each other know we’re ok over the next few weeks/months.

Iranu wrote:We should have a Weekly Check In thread so we can let each other know we’re ok over the next few weeks/months.

Good idea

SnookerFan wrote:Here's a recent picture of Barry Hearn.

No need for a substitute

We could all watch the same match on YouTube and have a discussion thread on it

Alex0paul wrote:We could all watch the same match on YouTube and have a discussion thread on it

I'd be up for that

Alex0paul wrote:We could all watch the same match on YouTube and have a discussion thread on it

1985

Sauce321 wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:We could all watch the same match on YouTube and have a discussion thread on it

1985

Any match but that one, please.

Didn't Pink Ball make a thread with the best matches of the decade or something? We could watch all the matches in that list?

Didn't Pink Ball make a thread with the best matches of the decade or something? We could watch all the matches in that list?

Bloody double posts..

Holden Chinaski wrote:

Sauce321 wrote:

Alex0paul wrote:We could all watch the same match on YouTube and have a discussion thread on it

1985

Any match but that one, please.

Fergal v Gilbert worlds qualifier.