by Ray | Comments Off on Why Log Cabin Chinking Material Needs to be Elastic and Durable on Why Log Cabin Chinking Material Needs to be Elastic and Durable

What is Chinking?

Chinking is the material that fills the gap between logs in a log home.

A properly built Scandinavian ‘Chinkless’ style of log home will have no chinking at all (thus the name ‘Scandinavian Chinkless’ rather than “Scandinavian Chinked”).

The Saddle Notch, Butt and Pass, and Dovetail (or Appalachian style) will all have chinking.

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by Ray | Comments Off on What Happens When the Family Breaks Up? Legal Solutions on What Happens When the Family Breaks Up? Legal Solutions

Unfortunately, divorce figures are high, and the stresses and strains of the modern lifestyle can inflict enormous pressure on a relationship, and when there are children involved, the separation becomes very complex indeed. In such a situation, when both parents are convinced that separation, and ultimately, divorce, is the best solution, they need to carefully consider every aspect of the separation, and especially so with regard to how it affects the children.

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by Ray | Comments Off on How to Shuffle Cards on How to Shuffle Cards

Card shuffling is an art form. As online casinos become more popular we see less actual shuffling and more digital shuffle of cards.

There are 7 official ways to shuffle a deck of 52 cards and these are seen as tricks that only experienced card players know and can perform. We have a handy infographic with the types of shuffle, some you may not have even heard of. (more…)