Category: Leisure

Hot Tub Safety Tips

If you are going to own a hot tub there are certain safety tips that should be taught to yourself or anyone who intends to use the hot tub.

The very first item, as far as safety goes, is to never let a child near the hot tub without adult supervision. It is the first point of critical knowledge tha…

Help for Arthritis Sufferers in Hot Tubs

If you’ve ever experienced the pain of arthritis or have had to watch someone you know and love suffer with it you will be pleased to know the Arthritis Foundation highly recommends the healing properties of hot tubs for its afflicted. People with arthritis have a very difficult time moving and by …

Solar Heated Hot Tubs

Some people are concerned about the strain and cost they will encounter on their electric utility if they were to purchase a hot tub. Ingenious creators, eco-friendly, friends of the planet have come up with an option that will give you all of the amenities that a hot tub will afford you and they’v…

Upgrading your Hot Tub

Most hot tubs are built to last for a long time, so why would you want to upgrade to a newer model? There are many reasons and the first is the advances that are made each year a new model comes out in regards to the ease of operating the system.

In the same manner of thinking, every year improvem…

How to Play Cards With Jokers – Card Games

Most card decks come with 52 playing cards and two jokers. Many people set the jokers aside or even throw them out as many people do not know how to use the jokers when playing cards.

Jokers can be used a lot of ways in poker, and it can be fun to keep these two cards in the deck. One way the joker…

How To Play Black Mariah – Card Games

Black Mariah is a poker card game that is normally played during “dealer’s choice.” When playing “dealer’s choice” poker, the cards continue rotating clockwise around the table and everyone gets a chance to deal and play their favorite game. There are hundreds of variations to poker card games…

How To Play Speed – Card Games

Speed is a fun card game that can be played by both adults and children with an ordinary deck of playing cards. True to its name, the game calls for quick thinking and fast movements.

The objective of the game is to go out. This can only be done by eliminating all of the cards in your hand. Each pe…

How To Play Night Baseball – Card Games

When I was growing up, my family often played cards at night and on Sunday afternoons. Like many people who grew up in the 1950s, my parents relied less on television for entertainment and more on games that could be played with family and friends.

Prior to the introduction of television into our s…

How To Play War – Card Games

War is one of the oldest and simplest card games to learn. It can be played with two people or more, but is best when played with just two or three people.

To play War, the dealer shuffles the cards and deals the entire deck out to the players. All of the cards are dealt facing down and none of the…

How To Play Gin Rummy – Card Games

Gin Rummy is an old card game that relies on getting several sets of cards in your hand and accumulating them until you can go “out,” calling “Gin” and thus winning the game. The card game of Gin Rummy can be played with or without money and is just as much fun without betting.

When playing Gi…