Went and played snooker with my dad last night.(1) We haven’t been out like that in a long time. It was great to go out and hang out doing something we both enjoy. My dad (I am told) used to play lot of pool. My mom told me a story that when they were first married he used to spend so much money playing pool that she had to take his cheques to limit his habit!(2) We didn’t talk too much about that but we had a blast.
(1) – We played at Gary’s Billiards on Pembina and started back when I was 15-16 years old. This is where he taught me that “it’s not what you take, it’s what you leave” and that has stuck with me all these years. I remember hanging out at Gary’s and after pool my dad would get a handful of quarters and we would play video games in the arcade there after. Man what I would give to have a time machine.
(2) – My parents were married young and I think this was make it or break it for them. They would stay together until death did they part.