Mark P Knowles :: Don't Panic !

I am now officially struggling to come up with the motivation for the hubpages hubchallenge. I have reached number 38 of 100 so far and am thinking perhaps I will not hit the magic 100 in the time allotted. Rather than do as some of my friends ave done and set up new accounts using articles they have paid for, I rather stupidly elected to write mine all myself. Oh well....

These are the latest:

• Having lived in the UK, the US and Europe, one thing I can say with absolute certainty is that American cars are garbage. They are fuel guzzling behemoths designed to appeal to the American “bigger is... You are the gas companys bitch
• Custom motorcycle paint France I dropped in to see one of my pals the other day – he paints yachts on the French Riviera, and discovered that he also custom paints motorcycles. Little did I know, but he had... Custom motorcycle paint in France
• I love seven card stud. It is another “cowboy” poker game, although I don’t think that poker originated in the US – there are a lot of claims that poker originated in France or Germany, but I always... Seven card stud
• “Are we there yet?” is the question on everybody’s lips. As in – are we at the bottom of the real estate downturn? If I could answer this question and be perfectly accurate, I would be a rich man.... When will the real estate market bottom out
• There are thousands of books about “how to play Poker,” and many of them are written from the perspective of the particular writer who has been successful at playing poker. There are as many different... Best Poker Books
• There are dozens of makers of poker cards, and you can of course use “normal,” cards for playing poker, but there is one set of cards that stands out head and shoulders above the rest. Kem cards. The... Best cards for playing poker
• Although it makes absolutely no difference to the way the game is played, if you have decided to run your own poker games, the minimal investment on a decent set of poker chips is absolutely worth the money.... Best Poker Chips
• I have just bought a new car. A nine-year-old Peugeot 106 Sport. Small, fuel efficient, and covered in small dents and scratches which is perfect for driving on the Cote D’Azur. Hopefully, I will get at... Buying a new car
• For work I needed a video camera, so after much consideration and advice, I opted for a Sony DCR-SR 220. Mostly on the recommendation of a professional videographer friend. I told him I wanted, light, easy to... Sony DCR-SR220 Video camera review
• Five card stud is old school poker. There are several ways to play five card stud – two cards down, three cards up; one card down, three up, one down; alternating up and down, one down four up.  Betting... Five card stud
• Omaha is similar to Texas Hold’em in that there are five shared cards dealt in the same fashion: the flop, the turn and the river. But the game diverges in a number of important ways making it a completely... Omaha
• Often described as the “Cadillac of Poker,” or the “best poker game ever,” Texas Holdem is to me the ultimate poker game. It is life in a game. Playing poker, you will meet all the people you meet in... Texas Holdem
• Every one has their own style when playing a cash game of poker. And it is important to develop your own style – if only so you can lull competitors into believing they have you pegged. My own style tends... Playing poker cash games
• Rebuy poker tournaments are different to freezeout tournaments in that guess what – you can rebuy if you lose all your chips. This makes for some “entertaining,” moves in the opening stages, and you... Playing poker rebuy tournaments