Leeland

Hello Mate, not on here often as you know but as you are one of the good guys on here will share a little ... Snooker, well fell in love with it when I was about 15, brushed and ironed tables at my local snooker club for free table time and played way too many hours, truancy from school saw me reach a good standard, first player to make a century in the Phoenix Club League (Wokingham Berks). As for the original question, it doesn't matter, with regards to what make or how much you spend on a cue, just play with one, get a feel for it and look after it. Typicaly it will be 57" long, weight and type of wood is here or there, maple, ash, whatever, just find one that feels right and go with it. Get a good case and look after it, you've a choice of tip sizes, around 10mm is good, when re-tipping, buy bigger and reshape to suite. You can go smaller for tip size (ferrule diameter) John Spencer played with a 7.5mm tip, great for crazy screw shots but anything less than great cueing will mean no control. Weight? between 16 and 18 oz, it wont matter, find one you like, again stick with it, what you dont know you won't miss. Practice, practice and practice!! Sadly my love of the game left me about a year ago, not played since, is a great game though. Never made a 147 but made a 128 a long time ago, if you can practice against better players, do so, it's at times demoralising but it makes you make the best of oppurtunities, playing worse players to flatter yourself makes you a worse player. Watch players that inspire you, for me it was Jimmy White, more recently Ronnie, and now that passes on to Judd Trump. Hope That Helps

Ha ha, I remember you Rob yes, the old smoothie from the welcome section....

Thanks Len, a belated Happy New Year to you

The thanks buttons gone..... But thanks

Thanks mate, have a good one up there!! Merry Christmas sneaky!!

Ha, thanks for the replies, I knew brymar would still be here, and Hello Fatty500 the Welsh bloke

So I see some of the same old faces on here, Brimma etc, what have I missed?? Is Babs back?? Sorry to see the sad passing of another member R.I.P. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas if I'm not back on in due courseî— Ps... The link to the ip board app does not work for me, any tips?

Have you been with the employer for long? They should have at least given a written statement within two months of you starting work. This statement should contain certain terms and conditions of employment. If they're like our firm they never did this, or a proper written contract for ages, when they finally did we had it for about a week to digest, to pressure you with timescales if you've been working for ages without one would be harsh. Are they changing the terms of your employment? You can object to 'proposed changes to the terms of employment' if you feel aggrieved by any changes, I've been down that road before and Citizens Advice were really helpful. Good luck with it

Down loaded a couple of music videos from i-tunes but can't get them on to my i-pod nano, synchronises but no videos go onto it, there is an option in the nano menu for music videos, so I assume it's possible?? (they are there ok on my i-tunes file on the computer) Help?? :S

Absolutely p**sed myself when I first saw this, Francois' comment is the icing on the cake. My link

Professor Stephen Hawking, a man of incredible knowledge and intelligence, He could enlighten me as to the wonders of the universe and its endless possibilities and complexities, if it all got a bit heavy there's always entertainment value in watching him get food all down himself