{"id":12624,"date":"2024-03-05T14:16:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12624"},"modified":"2024-03-05T16:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T16:44:15","slug":"sport-life-lessons-snooker-trump-vs-carter-players-championship-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12624","title":{"rendered":"SPORT &amp; LiFE LESSONS: Snooker &#8211; Trump vs. Carter, Player\u2019s\u2019 Championship, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lm5Mgdb0egY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching the above match, whilst attempting to chill and relax, after a long and arduous chat &#8211; almost an hour! &#8211; with Admiral, my car insurance people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They rang me up, and informed me that they could now let me know what my claim settlement was going to be, and that, paid today, it\u2019d come through in 3-5 working days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s some time between this Friday and next Tuesday. Phew! That\u2019s a real relief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amount is a few hundred less than I\u2019d hoped for. But it\u2019s near enough. And an immense relief, given how close to the knuckle things have got of late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But back to the snooker. One of the commentators just said, in relation to a fluke that helped Ali Carter secure the previous frame: you could, in Trump\u2019s shoes, react \u2018\u2019life\u2019s not fair, the worlds against me!\u2019 That may all be true. But you can fight back\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woah! Deep. And I <em>really do<\/em> mean that. Ok, it\u2019s also trite and obvious. But it encapsulates a struggle I\u2019m having, constantly. And one in which I\u2019ve too often buckled and gone under. I need to find my inner indomitable warrior!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8355.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12623\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8355.jpg 1016w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8355-300x296.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8355-768x758.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_8355-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps Asterix and co, those indomitable Gauls, might serve as a starting point for me, inspiration wise? Mind, I don\u2019t have any magic potion\u2026 maybe I could concoct a placebo, and take it as a \u2018prayer-like\u2019 ritual?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching the above match, whilst attempting to chill and relax, after a long and arduous chat &#8211; almost an hour! &#8211; with Admiral, my car insurance people. They rang me up, and informed me that they could now let me know what my claim settlement was going to be, and that, paid today, it\u2019d come &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=12624\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SPORT &amp; LiFE LESSONS: Snooker &#8211; Trump vs. Carter, Player\u2019s\u2019 Championship, 2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-3hC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12624"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12628,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12624\/revisions\/12628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}