Cultured Views

And now for a different kind of ’sport’…

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I’ll bet you would never have thought of poker as an actual sport. Well most people wouldn’t would they? in it’s popular form it is merely a game of luck and chance played for money which places it in the category of gambling.

I thought I’d write this up briefly as in the USA the game has been adapted to conform to different standards and, under the name of duplicate poker, it is now being recognised as a sport. The rules that differ are that players play against each other in a Poker Room (naturally) but they sit at seperate tables holding the same cards as each other.

Apparently this takes the luck/chance aspect out of things and makes it all the more legal.  What will they think of next!

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A great way to get wet in the garden

Okay so the weather has not been the best in recent times for the UK but we are all assured that warmer times are just around the corner. If you can believe such things. Homes in the UK do not commonly have swimming pools as a feature, like we do back in Australia, but if you want to take a dip al fresco then I have a great suggestion for you.

This would actually make a fantastic gift; it’s called a lay z spa and as you can see they don’t take up a huge amount of space. The water is warmed to a comfortable temperature which makes it ideal for the British climate and it also comes with a lid to keep debris out and the temperature stable.

Imagine those romantic evenings you could both have under the stars once the kiddies have gone to bed…oh that’s one thing to keep in mind - watch the wee one’s around it of course so that they don’t climb in unsupervised. I think they look like a lot of fun!

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Would you like a baby?

Isn’t that wee babe just so cute? he belongs to my sister, she lives in Australia and she sent me this photo of him sleeping so sweetly. Believe it or not but she has had nineteen so far. Nineteen! I don’t know how on earth she does it, they take up so much of her time but she says she finds it all so worthwhile and fulfilling. I admire her so much for what she does.

Well, what she does is this; when she is finished with one baby she just sells it…there is a huge market for this kind of thing and she gets enquiries from all over the world!

Okay, before you write me damning emails I might just add that the sweet cherub pictured above is actually a doll. But dosen’t he look sooo real? my sister makes them from scratch and sells them online, most often through Ebay. She keeps the one’s she loves the most and takes orders for the rest…that’s why she has nineteen of them sleeping in wee cots and cradles around her home. It looks like a doll shop!

She puts a lot of time and talented effort into each baby so that he/she looks absolutely like a real infant, as you can see from the photo. She says that sometimes she puts so much love and effort into some of them that she gets attached to them and hates having to send them off to new homes.

Anyway, if you would love a baby like the one above; one that does not scream, cry, poo or sick-up then drop me a line and I’ll put you in contact with my sister. But she only sells them to loving homes…bear that in mind!

This one looks like my eldest son as a wee babe!

These are her ‘triplets’.

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