I play an odd game of Snooker and eight ball and I'd like to have a crack at billiards if I could figure out the rules, I know what you mean about a misspent youth.
I had the opportunity a few years ago to buy an old Alcock Thonson and Taylor billiard table, if you like the geometrical aspects of the game then a 12'x6' table is the way to play with 4x the real estate of a typical pub table, accuracy is everything.
Last game I had was with
Leon and John when they were over in Tassie.