{"id":3248,"date":"2011-01-03T18:51:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T00:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2011-01-03T18:51:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T00:51:59","slug":"thirty-one-tips-3-stay-awake-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/2011\/01\/03\/thirty-one-tips-3-stay-awake-while-driving","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-One Tips: 3. Stay Awake While Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3251\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3251\" title=\"Be Careful Out There!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Be Careful Out There!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Pool Players frequently have to burn the midnight oil driving home from match-ups or tournaments.\u00c2\u00a0 Please do so safely.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sleepy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3249\" title=\"Don't drive sleepy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sleepy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Traveling Tip:\u00c2\u00a0 Stay awake when driving after a late night of pool.<\/span><\/strong> An old farmer just told me that he had a surefire way to stay awake for an all night drive.\u00c2\u00a0 Eat popcorn one kernel at a time.\u00c2\u00a0 He keeps a large bag in his car and swears that the activity of munching one piece of that fluffy treat at a time gives him something to do for hours.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve known pool players who eat sunflower seeds, corn nuts and wasabi peas.\u00c2\u00a0 These could be too filling, too much work, or I could get sick of them. I enjoy all of these snacks, but believe I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll give popcorn a try on my next long haul.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Popcorn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3250\" title=\"Popcorn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Popcorn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>This is a more appetizing option than what my dad suggested.\u00c2\u00a0 He knew a guy who held a big crescent wrench across the steering wheel while he drove.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If it drops, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll wake up when it hits your knees.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 There are other methods like having the windows down, cranking the tunes, or phoning a friend to stay alert. These could work when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re driving alone, but when my co-pilot is snoozing, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll try chewing some popcorn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pool Players frequently have to burn the midnight oil driving home from match-ups or tournaments.\u00c2\u00a0 Please do so safely. Traveling Tip:\u00c2\u00a0 Stay awake when driving after a late night of pool. An old farmer just told me that he had a surefire way to stay awake for an all night drive.\u00c2\u00a0 Eat popcorn one kernel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-3248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-theory","tag-31-tips-in-31-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3248"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3253,"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3248\/revisions\/3253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}