If there was some way to electrically charge the Earth, by dumping lots of identically charged particles onto the Earth or just ionizing particles already on Earth - a large amber rod might perhaps be in order - then we could use magnetic fields to drive the planet in the direction we wanted it to go. Direct matter propulsion. Same method as above, just using gigantic mass drivers/railguns to fire huge quantities of matter away from Earth, instead of a rocket exhaust. Solar sail method. I can't honestly add much to that article except to say that to move the Earth substantially, the sail used is going to have to be pretty big. Billiards method. Clonk the Earth with something big and heavy, causing it to alter course. This can be employed to move the Sun and Earth in tandem to a place where the Earth can more easily be destroyed. No more having to go outside for your bunned beef!

Most trick shots are set up outside of regular gameplay, but sometimes players will attempt trick shots during play. Players can use them for lining up a shot. Better, you could use many, many asteroids one after the other in a steady stream, and cut down the total time significantly. Cut shot. Any shot where the cue ball must hit the object ball at an angle for it to go in the direction of a pocket. Note that the Earth does not and will not behave like a solid, rigid billiard ball under such huge impacts as these. Moving the Sun is about 6 orders of magnitude more difficult than moving the Earth but the Sun is continuously emitting energy which can be productively harnessed for this purpose. You could reuse the same asteroid again and again, looping it around a few gas giants and back to gain lots more kinetic energy from those gas giants in the same way that Earth just gained velocity from the rock. It all depends how fussy you are about how the Earth looks afterwards, of course. The Earth is very big, moving very fast, and therefore very difficult to stop or even slow down.

Sure you could call the fire department, but why bother when your neighbor down the block is a fireman? He gets a little flirty with anyone who might call him out of bed, but it's all in good fun. Call shot. The player describes what will happen before making the shot. The player who breaks, can place the cue ball anywhere in the kitchen. Bank shot. Any shot which uses a cushion to sink an object ball. The opposite end of the table is often called the head rail. The Kitchen. This is the area from the head string to the head rail. The head spot lies in the middle of the head string. Short rails. The short rails are the two narrower sides of the table. The pockets in the four corners of a pool table are known as corner pockets. Carom billiards tables do not have pockets. Pockets. Pockets are the six holes pool players use to sink, or pocket, balls. As the site develops, features such as "Top 50 Players" and "MetroPool" will be reintegrated into the site. Thanks to Duddly (now defunct but offered at the sims biker I believe) for the inspiration of his wardrobe-changing doors, Aenigma's site for the un-gapped door bases, and The Tom and his thorough knowledge of sims' programming code.

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