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2 |
How did they do that?????
|
The quality is so good that you will think you are watching brand new prints in the best theater on Main Street in the 1940s. Actually it's probably better than that. The intro says these digital re-masters were done by a company named "US Television Office, Inc.". For goodness sake, every person or studio who has old prints TAKE THEM TO "US TELEVISION OFFICE, INC." AND GET THEM RE-MASTERED. Platinum has released 8 volumes of these Hoppy feature films and I own all 8. But for some strange reason, probably only known to some "power lunch" executive, they did not number the volumes...so you will just have to tell the difference by the numbers Amazon gives them. They are worth twice or 3 times the price. There were 66 Hopalong Cassidy films made starring William Boyd, and you can own 40 of them with these 8 volumes at a slim price. The 5 Hoppy adventures on this volume are:1. Border Patrol 19432. Doomed Caravan 19413. Fool's Gold 19474. Forty Thieves 19445. Hidden Gold 1940
| 14 |
[
"The quality is so good that you will think you are watching brand new prints in the best theater on Main Street in the 1940s.",
"Actually it's probably better than that.",
"The intro says these digital re-masters were done by a company named \"US Television Office, Inc.\".",
"For goodness sake, every person or studio who has old prints TAKE THEM TO \"US TELEVISION OFFICE, INC.\" AND GET THEM RE-MASTERED.",
"Platinum has released 8 volumes of these Hoppy feature films and I own all 8.",
"But for some strange reason, probably only known to some \"power lunch\" executive, they did not number the volumes...so you will just have to tell the difference by the numbers Amazon gives them.",
"They are worth twice or 3 times the price.",
"There were 66 Hopalong Cassidy films made starring William Boyd, and you can own 40 of them with these 8 volumes at a slim price.",
"The 5 Hoppy adventures on this volume are:1.",
"Border Patrol 19432.",
"Doomed Caravan 19413.",
"Fool's Gold 19474.",
"Forty Thieves 19445.",
"Hidden Gold 1940"
] |
1 |
I come not to praise but to bury this sucker!
|
Let's get one thng clear the plot is so thin that it only two plages long. You know who the bad guy is the second time you see him. The scene in th dojo with the BIG guy is totally not needed. The big song and dance number is totally not needed. Why didn't someone take a picture of the girl's head and give it to the cops? Think about this one.... The heros finally figure out who the bad guy is and over power him in his office. The second bad guy, the brother, calls and tells Jackie he has the girl and will trade the letter for her. Now the very next scene Jackie shows up at the killer's place with a girl, but the girl is Tucker in a wig. The big fight happens, which is copy of Rush Hour1 and Shanghi Knights. After the fight, Tucker and Jackie are confront by the head bad guy that they had over powered in the office. How did he get here? Whay wasn't he locked up? Who knows? Who cares? Even the out takes weren't funny!
| 16 |
[
"Let's get one thng clear the plot is so thin that it only two plages long.",
"You know who the bad guy is the second time you see him.",
"The scene in th dojo with the BIG guy is totally not needed.",
"The big song and dance number is totally not needed.",
"Why didn't someone take a picture of the girl's head and give it to the cops?",
"Think about this one.... The heros finally figure out who the bad guy is and over power him in his office.",
"The second bad guy, the brother, calls and tells Jackie he has the girl and will trade the letter for her.",
"Now the very next scene Jackie shows up at the killer's place with a girl, but the girl is Tucker in a wig.",
"The big fight happens, which is copy of Rush Hour1 and Shanghi Knights.",
"After the fight, Tucker and Jackie are confront by the head bad guy that they had over powered in the office.",
"How did he get here?",
"Whay wasn't he locked up?",
"Who knows?",
"Who cares?",
"Even the out takes weren't funny!"
] |
2 |
Quite good :-)
|
You have to have a weird sense of humour to enjoy this. I do, and so I did. It's a little strange and slow, but it's a black comedy and won't appeal to everyone. Everyone is deadpan and secure in their nerdiness. It's such a bizzare movie, I can totally understand why it has a cult following. His friend Pedro stole each scene. He was hillarious. He wants to become class president and runs against Halie Duff's character, Summer. Napolean saves the day when after giving your election speech, it needs to be followed by a skit of some kind, so Napolean dances to Canned Heat and is so funny. Needless to say, he wins the crowd over and Pedro is now elected.I took off a star because there are definately parts where it is slow and stretched out to much, but overall, if you like obscure comedies, then check this out. It took me a while to see this, but I'm glad now that I have.
| 11 |
[
"You have to have a weird sense of humour to enjoy this.",
"I do, and so I did.",
"It's a little strange and slow, but it's a black comedy and won't appeal to everyone.",
"Everyone is deadpan and secure in their nerdiness.",
"It's such a bizzare movie, I can totally understand why it has a cult following.",
"His friend Pedro stole each scene.",
"He was hillarious.",
"He wants to become class president and runs against Halie Duff's character, Summer.",
"Napolean saves the day when after giving your election speech, it needs to be followed by a skit of some kind, so Napolean dances to Canned Heat and is so funny.",
"Needless to say, he wins the crowd over and Pedro is now elected.I took off a star because there are definately parts where it is slow and stretched out to much, but overall, if you like obscure comedies, then check this out.",
"It took me a while to see this, but I'm glad now that I have."
] |
1 |
Crickets make better music
|
Danny Thomas, check. Marlo Thomas, check. Roddy McDowall, double check. Then why oh why is this cartoon disturbing?? OH, because real crickets make better music than the soundtrack. Usually when Im on the home computer with a tv show in the background to keep me company, it usually keeps my mind preoccupied and motivated. With this one I wanted to throw a rock at the tv, the music is horrible and even the female cat scratches a wretched note. The main tune is a long dreary song bent on pure sentiment. Awful. Give me "Holly Jolly Christmas" any day. The Cricket On The Hearth remains a story better left before bedtime from a quiet book. Parents please note.
| 12 |
[
"Danny Thomas, check.",
"Marlo Thomas, check.",
"Roddy McDowall, double check.",
"Then why oh why is this cartoon disturbing??",
"OH, because real crickets make better music than the soundtrack.",
"Usually when Im on the home computer with a tv show in the background to keep me company, it usually keeps my mind preoccupied and motivated.",
"With this one I wanted to throw a rock at the tv, the music is horrible and even the female cat scratches a wretched note.",
"The main tune is a long dreary song bent on pure sentiment.",
"Awful.",
"Give me \"Holly Jolly Christmas\" any day.",
"The Cricket On The Hearth remains a story better left before bedtime from a quiet book.",
"Parents please note."
] |
2 |
The kitchen counters are MINE again!
|
My cats absolutely loved to get on my kitchen counters and drink from any dish I had in the sink. I tried everything: Double-sided duct tape, aluminum foil, shaking cans, and water guns. Nothing worked. Then I decided to give this thing a go. Well let me tell you, this device got the job done. After just a couple of air sprays, the sound alone scared them off. Now they won't go on my counters at all if the spray can is there, even if the thing is turned completely off!Note: The sensor is quite sensitive. It's been known to pick up movement a good 10 or even 15 away. As a result, I recommend placing it on the *front* of the counter and aimed toward the back. (Don't forget to pick it up when startled kitty knocks it over. ;))
| 11 |
[
"My cats absolutely loved to get on my kitchen counters and drink from any dish I had in the sink.",
"I tried everything: Double-sided duct tape, aluminum foil, shaking cans, and water guns.",
"Nothing worked.",
"Then I decided to give this thing a go.",
"Well let me tell you, this device got the job done.",
"After just a couple of air sprays, the sound alone scared them off.",
"Now they won't go on my counters at all if the spray can is there, even if the thing is turned completely off!",
"Note: The sensor is quite sensitive.",
"It's been known to pick up movement a good 10 or even 15 away.",
"As a result, I recommend placing it on the *front* of the counter and aimed toward the back.",
"(Don't forget to pick it up when startled kitty knocks it over.",
";))"
] |
2 |
Cool Sound!
|
Ok....so I didn't order this teakettle for a long, LONG time because reviewers were saying that it didn't whistle. I thought it didn't make any noise at all. But, I loved its looks so I decided to order it anyway. The yellow color is a buttery yellow. The kettle is good and heavy and the enamel seems to be thick and evenly applied. But the sound....the sound is SO cool! It doesn't whistle like your Grandma's teakettle but it does make a sound. It starts out low and gets louder the longer it boils. It is a low and deep sound like a warning siren. You'll never have to worry about your kettle boiling dry. This kettle will alert you in plenty of time. I'm really enjoying the whole item from shape to color to sound.
| 12 |
[
"Ok....so I didn't order this teakettle for a long, LONG time because reviewers were saying that it didn't whistle.",
"I thought it didn't make any noise at all.",
"But, I loved its looks so I decided to order it anyway.",
"The yellow color is a buttery yellow.",
"The kettle is good and heavy and the enamel seems to be thick and evenly applied.",
"But the sound....the sound is SO cool!",
"It doesn't whistle like your Grandma's teakettle but it does make a sound.",
"It starts out low and gets louder the longer it boils.",
"It is a low and deep sound like a warning siren.",
"You'll never have to worry about your kettle boiling dry.",
"This kettle will alert you in plenty of time.",
"I'm really enjoying the whole item from shape to color to sound."
] |
2 |
Am i blue?
|
You're darn right i am! This is an album i passed up because of the 'professional' reviewers trashed it more often than not. I was drawn back again and again because of simple curiousity. I grabbed it, crossed my fingers, and placed it in my cd player. Unbelievable. Those critics,in my opinion, are dead wrong. Vocals, at least this time, DO add to the blue man group. These 'creations' are well crafted and colorful. So much fun to listen to. Their 're-do' of DONNA SUMMERS' "I feel love" was juiced up so strong that it actually overshadowed the original. So much power in this music. So much energy. And a nice selection of songs with incredible vocals. This is truly a great follow-up album from a group i will now stay true to with their every release. D*MN the critics.
| 15 |
[
"You're darn right i am!",
"This is an album i passed up because of the 'professional' reviewers trashed it more often than not.",
"I was drawn back again and again because of simple curiousity.",
"I grabbed it, crossed my fingers, and placed it in my cd player.",
"Unbelievable.",
"Those critics,in my opinion, are dead wrong.",
"Vocals, at least this time, DO add to the blue man group.",
"These 'creations' are well crafted and colorful.",
"So much fun to listen to.",
"Their 're-do' of DONNA SUMMERS' \"I feel love\" was juiced up so strong that it actually overshadowed the original.",
"So much power in this music.",
"So much energy.",
"And a nice selection of songs with incredible vocals.",
"This is truly a great follow-up album from a group i will now stay true to with their every release.",
"D*MN the critics."
] |
1 |
My journey is over.
|
I can make it no further. My journey is over. I loved the first and was enthralled with the second parts of my trip. I began to grow weary and slow down in the third and forth. The fifth was a crawl. The sixth, I had hoped, would revive me but alas, my pace was even slower on this even longer section and I feel I have made no progress at all. My journey to Tarmon Gai'don is over, having never reached the end. Ah, you say, it is not the end, but the journey that matters. I longer care for the journey: the scenery is poor, the way is unclear, my companions are dull, and my feet are tired. The seventh section will have to be undertaken by those stronger and more resilient than I. Good luck.
| 11 |
[
"I can make it no further.",
"My journey is over.",
"I loved the first and was enthralled with the second parts of my trip.",
"I began to grow weary and slow down in the third and forth.",
"The fifth was a crawl.",
"The sixth, I had hoped, would revive me but alas, my pace was even slower on this even longer section and I feel I have made no progress at all.",
"My journey to Tarmon Gai'don is over, having never reached the end.",
"Ah, you say, it is not the end, but the journey that matters.",
"I longer care for the journey: the scenery is poor, the way is unclear, my companions are dull, and my feet are tired.",
"The seventh section will have to be undertaken by those stronger and more resilient than I.",
"Good luck."
] |
1 |
Where do these directors come from?
|
I know we viewers are in trouble when the director indicates he doesn't like music by staging the overture. I agree with all those who find the staging perfectly ridiculous. There are many incongruous oddities such as why the servants and Margaretha have dirty faces. Surely one would want cleaner servants. Is this to convey that they are evil? (Golo is grimy at one point.) There are other absurdities too numerous to mention and the crowds move around aimlessly like zombies. One would have hoped that in the centennial of Schumann's birth someone would honor him by reviving this opera as he intended it to be seen. Musically the conductor and singers do a fine job. However one needs to cut off the picture and just listen. Directors who stage operas in this way do so because they are ignorant, untalented, and egotistical. What I can't understand is why opera companies hire them.
| 12 |
[
"I know we viewers are in trouble when the director indicates he doesn't like music by staging the overture.",
"I agree with all those who find the staging perfectly ridiculous.",
"There are many incongruous oddities such as why the servants and Margaretha have dirty faces.",
"Surely one would want cleaner servants.",
"Is this to convey that they are evil?",
"(Golo is grimy at one point.) There are other absurdities too numerous to mention and the crowds move around aimlessly like zombies.",
"One would have hoped that in the centennial of Schumann's birth someone would honor him by reviving this opera as he intended it to be seen.",
"Musically the conductor and singers do a fine job.",
"However one needs to cut off the picture and just listen.",
"Directors who stage operas in this way do so because they are ignorant, untalented, and egotistical.",
"What I can't understand is why opera companies hire them."
] |
2 |
Fun mystery!
|
As a GOG! IL, #2 book club member, I have read many books, and as a mystery book lover, I must say that I truly enjoyed this novel! The characters were vivid, real, and loveable. It's a true page turner which ended much sooner that I wanted. The story was complete . . . I just wanted more! This mystery takes you on twists and turns that are unpredictable - yet realistic. The author is a gifted writer - I could picture every place, person and situation in the story! Thank you for writing this book, I had an enjoyable time! I'm look forward to hearing from this author again . . . SOON!
| 15 |
[
"As a GOG!",
"IL, #2 book club member, I have read many books, and as a mystery book lover, I must say that I truly enjoyed this novel!",
"The characters were vivid, real, and loveable.",
"It's a true page turner which ended much sooner that I wanted.",
"The story was complete.",
".",
".",
"I just wanted more!",
"This mystery takes you on twists and turns that are unpredictable - yet realistic.",
"The author is a gifted writer - I could picture every place, person and situation in the story!",
"Thank you for writing this book, I had an enjoyable time!",
"I'm look forward to hearing from this author again.",
".",
".",
"SOON!"
] |
2 |
Exquisite
|
I purchased this fragrance nearly a year and a half ago. When it first arrived I was so excited to try it--I had read rave reviews. To my disappointment it was not what I had expected at all--and I hated it. Really. Over the last year I have taken it out of it's box to try again, but to no avail. However, I recently thought that I would give it another try. My goodness. I am so glad that I did. I do not know if my body chemistry or sense of smell has changed but I am wild about this fragrance and I have been wearing it every day. Very strange indeed. This is an exquisite, complex and richly beautiful fragrance. There really is no other perfume out there on the market like L'heure Bleue. It is honestly in a class by itself. When this bottle is gone I am so glad that I can repurchase at Amazon.
| 14 |
[
"I purchased this fragrance nearly a year and a half ago.",
"When it first arrived I was so excited to try it--I had read rave reviews.",
"To my disappointment it was not what I had expected at all--and I hated it.",
"Really.",
"Over the last year I have taken it out of it's box to try again, but to no avail.",
"However, I recently thought that I would give it another try.",
"My goodness.",
"I am so glad that I did.",
"I do not know if my body chemistry or sense of smell has changed but I am wild about this fragrance and I have been wearing it every day.",
"Very strange indeed.",
"This is an exquisite, complex and richly beautiful fragrance.",
"There really is no other perfume out there on the market like L'heure Bleue.",
"It is honestly in a class by itself.",
"When this bottle is gone I am so glad that I can repurchase at Amazon."
] |
2 |
I'm know for my rendition of the song with the chickens.
|
If you like fairy tales you'll love this. It's full of kid friendly songs and moral lessons. I'm personally well known within my family unit for my rendition of the "thumbelina" song. I've pretty much got the chicken, bull, and goat voices down pat. I was my mother's ring tone for a while. . . but anyway. . . this is a sweet movie about love conquering all, and spanish frogs. Enjoy.
| 12 |
[
"If you like fairy tales you'll love this.",
"It's full of kid friendly songs and moral lessons.",
"I'm personally well known within my family unit for my rendition of the \"thumbelina\" song.",
"I've pretty much got the chicken, bull, and goat voices down pat.",
"I was my mother's ring tone for a while.",
".",
".",
"but anyway.",
".",
".",
"this is a sweet movie about love conquering all, and spanish frogs.",
"Enjoy."
] |
2 |
WWE Raw 2
|
This game is cool. The best superstars in the game are: Jeff Hardy,Rob Van Dam,Undertaker,Goldberg and Shawn Michaels. The best matches are: Hell in the Cell and TLC. The Divas are looking fine. Create a superstar is more realistic than SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain(it sucks, trust me I played it)and any other create a superstar. The players look so realistic it's not even funny. Season mode goes on forever, they actully talk, you can become friends or enemies, you can even set traps backstage, and only in season mode you can steal stuff from other people. Here's a cheat code for the game: go up to the security wall on the left side of the arena, hold down X, than press Y+A+B+R and you can jump in the crowd and go to a place were you have never been in the game before. This is possibly the best wrestling game ever! And it's only on X-Box. Watch out for my next review tomorrow(Dec 7/03)at 11:00am for WWE Raw 2 on X-Box. From you guys friend,T.J.
| 13 |
[
"This game is cool.",
"The best superstars in the game are: Jeff Hardy,Rob Van Dam,Undertaker,Goldberg and Shawn Michaels.",
"The best matches are: Hell in the Cell and TLC.",
"The Divas are looking fine.",
"Create a superstar is more realistic than SmackDown!",
"Here Comes the Pain(it sucks, trust me I played it)and any other create a superstar.",
"The players look so realistic it's not even funny.",
"Season mode goes on forever, they actully talk, you can become friends or enemies, you can even set traps backstage, and only in season mode you can steal stuff from other people.",
"Here's a cheat code for the game: go up to the security wall on the left side of the arena, hold down X, than press Y+A+B+R and you can jump in the crowd and go to a place were you have never been in the game before.",
"This is possibly the best wrestling game ever!",
"And it's only on X-Box.",
"Watch out for my next review tomorrow(Dec 7/03)at 11:00am for WWE Raw 2 on X-Box.",
"From you guys friend,T.J."
] |
2 |
Great book for teens especially boys
|
Steve Harmon is a good kid growing up in a rough neighborhood. He does well at school and seems to be going in the right direction to have a successful life. A bad decision may cost him everything for which he has worked. This book describes how that choice could send Steve to prison for 25 years. The story provides a good lesson about the choices young people make. Is Steve really guilty of the crime he has been accused of? Did it happen the way his "so-called" friends that are testifying against him say it did or are they lying to cover for themselves? The story is told through Steve's eyes as a movie script, a way that is new to this reader. He tells of the days before he is incarcerated, his time spent in jail and his trial. The reader gets a very heart felt look into this young man's heart throughout the story and the ending is VERY thought provoking. This is a must read for all young people especially boys.
| 11 |
[
"Steve Harmon is a good kid growing up in a rough neighborhood.",
"He does well at school and seems to be going in the right direction to have a successful life.",
"A bad decision may cost him everything for which he has worked.",
"This book describes how that choice could send Steve to prison for 25 years.",
"The story provides a good lesson about the choices young people make.",
"Is Steve really guilty of the crime he has been accused of?",
"Did it happen the way his \"so-called\" friends that are testifying against him say it did or are they lying to cover for themselves?",
"The story is told through Steve's eyes as a movie script, a way that is new to this reader.",
"He tells of the days before he is incarcerated, his time spent in jail and his trial.",
"The reader gets a very heart felt look into this young man's heart throughout the story and the ending is VERY thought provoking.",
"This is a must read for all young people especially boys."
] |
1 |
Is it his wife?
|
I am not a sexist. Women, generaly, write every bit as well as men, and often better. But every sentence crafted under the stewardship of the Eddings couple causes my bile to rise anew. So trite, so banal, so. . .bad. I keep asking myself, is it just that I was really young when I read the Belgariad? I did read it in my early teens, but I was fairly well read then, and I don't remember it being anything like the peurile swill they've got us slogging through here. Very disappointing. Even worse than the Althalus book, and that was pretty bad too. I swear he's letting his kid write it, or something.
| 11 |
[
"I am not a sexist.",
"Women, generaly, write every bit as well as men, and often better.",
"But every sentence crafted under the stewardship of the Eddings couple causes my bile to rise anew.",
"So trite, so banal, so.",
".",
".bad.",
"I keep asking myself, is it just that I was really young when I read the Belgariad?",
"I did read it in my early teens, but I was fairly well read then, and I don't remember it being anything like the peurile swill they've got us slogging through here.",
"Very disappointing.",
"Even worse than the Althalus book, and that was pretty bad too.",
"I swear he's letting his kid write it, or something."
] |
2 |
Great bang for the buck
|
I won't waste time reiterating all the great features. Others have already pointed out the benefits of the SirF III chipset, iGO software, etc. I will say that 99% of the shortcomings on this unit are due to the TeleAtlas maps. Just because they are dated 2005 doesn't mean that they are accurate up to that time. I've found several errors/omissions in areas that have not changed in five years. Other features which changed little more than two years ago ARE correct. Go figure.It was initially rumored that the TeleAtlas updates scheduled for release in Spring 2007 would be free. It now appears that may not be true. Either way, I'll be getting the updates. The Mio C310x is a great value now. With better maps, it will be an awesome value - basically untouchable by anything else in its price range.
| 11 |
[
"I won't waste time reiterating all the great features.",
"Others have already pointed out the benefits of the SirF III chipset, iGO software, etc.",
"I will say that 99% of the shortcomings on this unit are due to the TeleAtlas maps.",
"Just because they are dated 2005 doesn't mean that they are accurate up to that time.",
"I've found several errors/omissions in areas that have not changed in five years.",
"Other features which changed little more than two years ago ARE correct.",
"Go figure.It was initially rumored that the TeleAtlas updates scheduled for release in Spring 2007 would be free.",
"It now appears that may not be true.",
"Either way, I'll be getting the updates.",
"The Mio C310x is a great value now.",
"With better maps, it will be an awesome value - basically untouchable by anything else in its price range."
] |
2 |
I will be all over this
|
I just found out about the near future release of The Thin Man DVD box set and I am THRILLED!!!! I've been waiting for this one for quite some time, and it's LONG overdue! As far as I'm concerned, William Powell & Myrna Loy are THE silver screen duo to beat. They had a chemistry no other screen couple ever had. As great as they were individually (and they were GREAT), whenever I see them separately in other films, something is missing. If I watch a Myrna Loy picture, I'm like,"Where is William Powell?" and vice versa. Now I'm not putting them down by any means. Simply put, it's just not the same seeing one without the other. That's how great they were together. Theirs was a partnership that will never be matched.So, if you want a chemistry lesson, put down your science books, pop in these wonderful movies and get ready to be educated. You'll be glad you did.
| 12 |
[
"I just found out about the near future release of The Thin Man DVD box set and I am THRILLED!!!",
"!",
"I've been waiting for this one for quite some time, and it's LONG overdue!",
"As far as I'm concerned, William Powell & Myrna Loy are THE silver screen duo to beat.",
"They had a chemistry no other screen couple ever had.",
"As great as they were individually (and they were GREAT), whenever I see them separately in other films, something is missing.",
"If I watch a Myrna Loy picture, I'm like,\"Where is William Powell?",
"\" and vice versa.",
"Now I'm not putting them down by any means.",
"Simply put, it's just not the same seeing one without the other.",
"That's how great they were together.",
"Theirs was a partnership that will never be matched.So, if you want a chemistry lesson, put down your science books, pop in these wonderful movies and get ready to be educated.",
"You'll be glad you did."
] |
2 |
Magnificent, fabulous, frabjous, breathtaking....
|
Another person who reviewed this album said to start your Joe Jackson collection with this. As your doctor, I must say "DO NOT LET THIS BE YOUR FIRST JOE JACKSON!". It will only spoil you!!! Great production, orchestration, recording, vocals, lyrics, just a superlative effort. The single, solitary thing that doesn't hold up well is when Elaine Caswell sings "..it's not so easy, it's '84 now!" Big deal! Just hearing her duet with Joe in that crisp, clean contralto of hers took my breath away just like it did 15+ years ago. Whew!! Takes me back to Joe's shows at the Greek in '89 or '90. Buy This. Play It Loud. Play It Soft. Dig It!
| 13 |
[
"Another person who reviewed this album said to start your Joe Jackson collection with this.",
"As your doctor, I must say \"DO NOT LET THIS BE YOUR FIRST JOE JACKSON!",
"\".",
"It will only spoil you!!!",
"Great production, orchestration, recording, vocals, lyrics, just a superlative effort.",
"The single, solitary thing that doesn't hold up well is when Elaine Caswell sings \"..it's not so easy, it's '84 now!",
"\" Big deal!",
"Just hearing her duet with Joe in that crisp, clean contralto of hers took my breath away just like it did 15+ years ago.",
"Whew!!",
"Takes me back to Joe's shows at the Greek in '89 or '90.",
"Buy This.",
"Play It Loud.",
"Play It Soft.",
"Dig It!"
] |
1 |
3 broken hinges, one shattered mirror, excellent customer service
|
Put four of these great looking cabinets into two bathrooms during remodel 3? years ago. One hinge broke forcing door to stay open so I pulled pieces of the plastic hinge out until the door would close. Second hinge broke on the same door. I did the same thing and now there is no spring to hold the door closed. This morning our son closed the door on the cabinet in his bathroom and the mirror shattered right at the point of the hinge like a spider web with the bottom hinge at the center point. Not a good thing to happen in a bathroom with bare feet! Thanks for everyone's input! I'll call Kohler tomorrow morning and then append my comments. . . Kohler replaced the mirror door and all of the broken and unbroken plastic hinges quickly and no cost.
| 12 |
[
"Put four of these great looking cabinets into two bathrooms during remodel 3?",
"years ago.",
"One hinge broke forcing door to stay open so I pulled pieces of the plastic hinge out until the door would close.",
"Second hinge broke on the same door.",
"I did the same thing and now there is no spring to hold the door closed.",
"This morning our son closed the door on the cabinet in his bathroom and the mirror shattered right at the point of the hinge like a spider web with the bottom hinge at the center point.",
"Not a good thing to happen in a bathroom with bare feet!",
"Thanks for everyone's input!",
"I'll call Kohler tomorrow morning and then append my comments.",
".",
".",
"Kohler replaced the mirror door and all of the broken and unbroken plastic hinges quickly and no cost."
] |
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Low energy.
|
Being a huge fan of J. Geils' "Full House," I was encouraged by some reviews here to believe that "Blow Your Face Out" was a similar live effort. But the only similarity is that they were both recorded live. "Blow Your Face Out" is funky and laid back. Not bad, if that's what you want. But anyone expecting something along the lines of Full House will be tremendously disappointed. In fact, "Lookin' For Love," which will knock your socks off on "Full House," is done as a slow, elavator Muzac tune in "Blow Your Face Out." Why did they even bother?The energy level, which is consistently frenzied on Full House, rarely gets above "low" on "Blow Your Face Out." After listening to it twice, I realized there is no song on it that I want to hear again. Not that aren't a couple good songs on it. There just are no high energy songs other than House Party. I wasted my money.
| 11 |
[
"Being a huge fan of J.",
"Geils' \"Full House,\" I was encouraged by some reviews here to believe that \"Blow Your Face Out\" was a similar live effort.",
"But the only similarity is that they were both recorded live.",
"\"Blow Your Face Out\" is funky and laid back.",
"Not bad, if that's what you want.",
"But anyone expecting something along the lines of Full House will be tremendously disappointed.",
"In fact, \"Lookin' For Love,\" which will knock your socks off on \"Full House,\" is done as a slow, elavator Muzac tune in \"Blow Your Face Out.\" Why did they even bother?",
"The energy level, which is consistently frenzied on Full House, rarely gets above \"low\" on \"Blow Your Face Out.\" After listening to it twice, I realized there is no song on it that I want to hear again.",
"Not that aren't a couple good songs on it.",
"There just are no high energy songs other than House Party.",
"I wasted my money."
] |
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A warning about filters
|
I've had this camcorder since 2008, and I'm happy with it still. I have a warning for you if you're considering buying UV and/or polarizing filters - DON'T! I ordered a set, supposedly fit this camcorder, but they do NOT fit! I e-mailed Canon, they said it does not accept filters. After looking at the threads, I noticed they are not round! The sides are rounded, but the top and bottom are almost flat. No way to attach a lense or filter. Other than that, I'm happy with this camcorder. For indoor shots, I use a couple of Sunpak video lights, nice results (too bad they only work for about 15 minutes, and take 5 hours to recharge, but they were cheap). I paid a lot more than the price Amazon is now asking, but that was 2 years ago. So, if you want a decent camcorder for your home videos, this is a good choice. I never tried the included software, can't vouch for that. I use Linux, so it's no use to me anyway. I use dvgrab to capture the video, and Kino to edit and export to MPEG.
| 14 |
[
"I've had this camcorder since 2008, and I'm happy with it still.",
"I have a warning for you if you're considering buying UV and/or polarizing filters - DON'T!",
"I ordered a set, supposedly fit this camcorder, but they do NOT fit!",
"I e-mailed Canon, they said it does not accept filters.",
"After looking at the threads, I noticed they are not round!",
"The sides are rounded, but the top and bottom are almost flat.",
"No way to attach a lense or filter.",
"Other than that, I'm happy with this camcorder.",
"For indoor shots, I use a couple of Sunpak video lights, nice results (too bad they only work for about 15 minutes, and take 5 hours to recharge, but they were cheap).",
"I paid a lot more than the price Amazon is now asking, but that was 2 years ago.",
"So, if you want a decent camcorder for your home videos, this is a good choice.",
"I never tried the included software, can't vouch for that.",
"I use Linux, so it's no use to me anyway.",
"I use dvgrab to capture the video, and Kino to edit and export to MPEG."
] |
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(v.g)
|
Bridget is quirky, neurotic and v. funny! Oh - and slightly obsessive. ChuhI love Helen Fielding's style of writing. (v. clever)Bridget seems to be a v. real girl with troubles most of us can relate to. I'm a married (however, not smug) and I can still relate to Bridget because I am also somewhat neurotic and obsessive. (Should I have admitted that?) HuhI keep a journal myself and have often gone back to see what I was up to earlier. (v. interesting and sometimes v. sad!)One of the best things about Bridget is the way she bounces back from disappointments. (I'm envious)I have yet to see the movie, but I am eager to because I can totally see Renee Zellwiger as Bridget! Looking forward!I recommend this book if you are looking for some light and interesting reading and some laughs too!
| 12 |
[
"Bridget is quirky, neurotic and v.",
"funny!",
"Oh - and slightly obsessive.",
"ChuhI love Helen Fielding's style of writing.",
"(v.",
"clever)Bridget seems to be a v.",
"real girl with troubles most of us can relate to.",
"I'm a married (however, not smug) and I can still relate to Bridget because I am also somewhat neurotic and obsessive.",
"(Should I have admitted that?",
") HuhI keep a journal myself and have often gone back to see what I was up to earlier.",
"(v.",
"interesting and sometimes v.",
"sad!",
")One of the best things about Bridget is the way she bounces back from disappointments.",
"(I'm envious)I have yet to see the movie, but I am eager to because I can totally see Renee Zellwiger as Bridget!",
"Looking forward!",
"I recommend this book if you are looking for some light and interesting reading and some laughs too!"
] |
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Here's to the Heroes by the Ten Tenors
|
When I received my DVD it would not play. My DVD player is new and I haven't any difficulties playing other DVD's. This one shows a message: "Unable to play". I sent several messages to MovieMars but they never respond. I am elderly and have SocialSecurity fixed income. This was to be my Christmas present and now the money is lost. I am just sick about this. I could have purchased a used one for around $[...], but I spent the $[...] so I would have a brand new one. This should not have any stars. Each time I email them, I wait and wait for an answer just to give them a chance but nobody helps me. Do not trust this company. I ordered this from Amazon.com
| 12 |
[
"When I received my DVD it would not play.",
"My DVD player is new and I haven't any difficulties playing other DVD's.",
"This one shows a message: \"Unable to play\".",
"I sent several messages to MovieMars but they never respond.",
"I am elderly and have SocialSecurity fixed income.",
"This was to be my Christmas present and now the money is lost.",
"I am just sick about this.",
"I could have purchased a used one for around $[...], but I spent the $[...] so I would have a brand new one.",
"This should not have any stars.",
"Each time I email them, I wait and wait for an answer just to give them a chance but nobody helps me.",
"Do not trust this company.",
"I ordered this from Amazon.com"
] |
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Terrible Seller!!
|
This was absolutely the worst online buying experience I have ever had. The seller sent the wrong size costume. When I contacted them -- they said to send it back, it would be a 2 week turn around and then they would resend the correct size. The problem was this was for HALLOWEEN and the costume would not have arrived in time. Despite the fact that THEY made the mistake -- they refused to be helpful. They take 2-3 DAYS to respond to e-mails and never once returned a phone call (I left at least 5 messages trying to get information.)I ended up returning the item and ordering it from another company. After the 2 weeks had passed -- I e-mailed them asking when the refund would be credited. They said it would be ANOTHER week to 10 days because they were "busy."Terrible, terrible customer service. I will never purchase from Toynk again.
| 11 |
[
"This was absolutely the worst online buying experience I have ever had.",
"The seller sent the wrong size costume.",
"When I contacted them -- they said to send it back, it would be a 2 week turn around and then they would resend the correct size.",
"The problem was this was for HALLOWEEN and the costume would not have arrived in time.",
"Despite the fact that THEY made the mistake -- they refused to be helpful.",
"They take 2-3 DAYS to respond to e-mails and never once returned a phone call (I left at least 5 messages trying to get information.)I ended up returning the item and ordering it from another company.",
"After the 2 weeks had passed -- I e-mailed them asking when the refund would be credited.",
"They said it would be ANOTHER week to 10 days because they were \"busy.\"Terrible, terrible customer service.",
"I will never purchase from Toynk again."
] |
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Brilliant!
|
Margaret Atwood is one of my all-time favorite authors. I probably almost finished at least 2 of her books. But this one-this one I relished. Why? Because it is unparalleled in this world. It is one of the greatest books ever written that is not in Oprah's book club. I shall now use the thesaurus. It is recherche. It is worth its weight in gold. It is a giltedged, exquisite, in seipso totus teres atque rotundus! It is a work so profound that it outshines even Atwood herself, rendering her entirely obsolete. Read this, I insist.
| 12 |
[
"Margaret Atwood is one of my all-time favorite authors.",
"I probably almost finished at least 2 of her books.",
"But this one-this one I relished.",
"Why?",
"Because it is unparalleled in this world.",
"It is one of the greatest books ever written that is not in Oprah's book club.",
"I shall now use the thesaurus.",
"It is recherche.",
"It is worth its weight in gold.",
"It is a giltedged, exquisite, in seipso totus teres atque rotundus!",
"It is a work so profound that it outshines even Atwood herself, rendering her entirely obsolete.",
"Read this, I insist."
] |
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Unrealistic View of a Sixth Grader. Judy bombed this time!!
|
I got this book because it seemed fairly intresting and looked like a good read, and I loved Blubber and It's Not the End of the World. Boy was I disappointed. This book was totally unrealistic. It was supposed to be a realistic view of a sixth grader. WRONG!!! I don't know any girl my age who would make such a big deal over getting a stupid bra. I did, however, like the parts about the boys and Margaret struggling with religion. If Judy Blume were to write a book strictly about this, I'd be first in line to buy it!!! Too bad it was ruined by everything else. Also, at my school, a period is just something you get and life moves on.Please, if you want a realistic view of a sixth grader, read something like It's Not the End of the World, or Blubber. This may or may not be in sixth grade, but they are much better. Judy Blume has bombed with Are You there God?!
| 13 |
[
"I got this book because it seemed fairly intresting and looked like a good read, and I loved Blubber and It's Not the End of the World.",
"Boy was I disappointed.",
"This book was totally unrealistic.",
"It was supposed to be a realistic view of a sixth grader.",
"WRONG!!!",
"I don't know any girl my age who would make such a big deal over getting a stupid bra.",
"I did, however, like the parts about the boys and Margaret struggling with religion.",
"If Judy Blume were to write a book strictly about this, I'd be first in line to buy it!!!",
"Too bad it was ruined by everything else.",
"Also, at my school, a period is just something you get and life moves on.Please, if you want a realistic view of a sixth grader, read something like It's Not the End of the World, or Blubber.",
"This may or may not be in sixth grade, but they are much better.",
"Judy Blume has bombed with Are You there God?!"
] |
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Falls short in every way!
|
This movie sucked! I mean C'mon! How can you make a movie like this? It had nothing to do with the comic. The make-up was terrible! The special effects were lame! I wasn't even scared! The werewolf transformations looked so fake. You could tell it was a guy in a rubber suit the whole time! If you wanna see a good movie this summer,go see Batman Begins! Just skip this crap!
| 11 |
[
"This movie sucked!",
"I mean C'mon!",
"How can you make a movie like this?",
"It had nothing to do with the comic.",
"The make-up was terrible!",
"The special effects were lame!",
"I wasn't even scared!",
"The werewolf transformations looked so fake.",
"You could tell it was a guy in a rubber suit the whole time!",
"If you wanna see a good movie this summer,go see Batman Begins!",
"Just skip this crap!"
] |
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Finally, something that really works!!
|
I have been on the Protein Power plan for two months now. I have lost a total of 25 pounds, 14% body fat, 6 inches off of my waist, etc. I can't believe how easy this diet is. I tried every diet out there, and nothing worked. A co-worker of mine started Weight Watchers the same day that I started this plan. In the same two month period, she has lost only 5 pounds!! I am trying to get her to do Protein Power, but her philosophy is to "pick a diet and stick to it". I would rather stick to something that WORKS!! and this does!! I still have another 50 pounds to go to reach my goal weight, but I have been doing this for two months, and the weight is steadily coming off. No complaints here!
| 11 |
[
"I have been on the Protein Power plan for two months now.",
"I have lost a total of 25 pounds, 14% body fat, 6 inches off of my waist, etc.",
"I can't believe how easy this diet is.",
"I tried every diet out there, and nothing worked.",
"A co-worker of mine started Weight Watchers the same day that I started this plan.",
"In the same two month period, she has lost only 5 pounds!!",
"I am trying to get her to do Protein Power, but her philosophy is to \"pick a diet and stick to it\".",
"I would rather stick to something that WORKS!!",
"and this does!!",
"I still have another 50 pounds to go to reach my goal weight, but I have been doing this for two months, and the weight is steadily coming off.",
"No complaints here!"
] |
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rubbermaid product do not disappoint me.
|
I bought this mainly for my kitchen. It's great and I like it a lot. My problem about this is the photo. See, that there is a metal ring underneath the pedal? The one I got don't have it. Still I like it. A whole lot better than my old garbage can. It is well made, heavy plastic. It is a restaurant quality type of garbage can. Loved , loved it. MADE IN THE U.S.A
| 11 |
[
"I bought this mainly for my kitchen.",
"It's great and I like it a lot.",
"My problem about this is the photo.",
"See, that there is a metal ring underneath the pedal?",
"The one I got don't have it.",
"Still I like it.",
"A whole lot better than my old garbage can.",
"It is well made, heavy plastic.",
"It is a restaurant quality type of garbage can.",
"Loved , loved it.",
"MADE IN THE U.S.A"
] |
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THE BEST
|
I can say I own just about EVERY hair removal product out, and this is my all time FAV! I find the size and shape refreshing. It fits right in the palm of your hand to be held in a cupping manner rather than a traditional razor and most other electric removers. It is quick with amazing results. Though like any tweezing method it can be a lil bothersome at first. With regular use that lessons. After only using it twice for the underarms I find it painless and literally just as fast as shaving with a razor if not faster and no messy shaving cream/gel. To top it off, the hair grew back baby-soft. Since I have dark hair after shaving with razors the hair below the skin shows through the top layers of skin making a dark appearance, whlie this item leaves my pits looking clean!!! I love that it comes with changeable heads so you can clean up any hairs that you decided were too sensitive to be removed by the foil shaver head. I recommend this product highly.
| 11 |
[
"I can say I own just about EVERY hair removal product out, and this is my all time FAV!",
"I find the size and shape refreshing.",
"It fits right in the palm of your hand to be held in a cupping manner rather than a traditional razor and most other electric removers.",
"It is quick with amazing results.",
"Though like any tweezing method it can be a lil bothersome at first.",
"With regular use that lessons.",
"After only using it twice for the underarms I find it painless and literally just as fast as shaving with a razor if not faster and no messy shaving cream/gel.",
"To top it off, the hair grew back baby-soft.",
"Since I have dark hair after shaving with razors the hair below the skin shows through the top layers of skin making a dark appearance, whlie this item leaves my pits looking clean!!!",
"I love that it comes with changeable heads so you can clean up any hairs that you decided were too sensitive to be removed by the foil shaver head.",
"I recommend this product highly."
] |
2 |
Black & Decker EC950B SPACEMAKER SLIMLINE CAN OPENER
|
After reading reviews, my husband and I purchased this BLACK under-the-cabinet can opener. Wow, we had had a difficult time in locating a BLACK one as white just would not match our cabinets and other kitchen items. The added digital clock feature has been a pleasant surprise; we are amazed at how often we glance at it! My husband used the review advice of mounting the can opener closer to the shelf edge! That was a blessing. He followed all instructions precisely but that advice of mounting closer to the edge was VALUABLE. We are very pleased with the overall appearance. Secondly, we agreed to a lengthy delivery as we had a functioning mounted can opener at the time. Lo and behold, delivery was very fast even to our mountainneous location. Price was right; free shipping. KUDOS!
| 11 |
[
"After reading reviews, my husband and I purchased this BLACK under-the-cabinet can opener.",
"Wow, we had had a difficult time in locating a BLACK one as white just would not match our cabinets and other kitchen items.",
"The added digital clock feature has been a pleasant surprise; we are amazed at how often we glance at it!",
"My husband used the review advice of mounting the can opener closer to the shelf edge!",
"That was a blessing.",
"He followed all instructions precisely but that advice of mounting closer to the edge was VALUABLE.",
"We are very pleased with the overall appearance.",
"Secondly, we agreed to a lengthy delivery as we had a functioning mounted can opener at the time.",
"Lo and behold, delivery was very fast even to our mountainneous location.",
"Price was right; free shipping.",
"KUDOS!"
] |
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Are you kidding me!
|
I'm not sure how I have managed to miss this release. This is an outstanding live record. Everyone is really letting it happen and they deliver a fine performance. If you're a Yellowjackets fan, you should already have this release, if you are new to modern jazz, this is a great place to start. These guys are at the very top of the modern jazz world and this record shows why. You get great jazz played on electric instruments with their own unique voice. This is not smooth jazz, this is real jazz and thank God for that. I know a lot of people that are hesitant to try anything modern for the fear that it's really just Kenny G. in disguise. This is not the case with the Yellowjackets. There is a ton of great modern jazz out there that is real jazz and this is a great place to start. Highly recommended.
| 11 |
[
"I'm not sure how I have managed to miss this release.",
"This is an outstanding live record.",
"Everyone is really letting it happen and they deliver a fine performance.",
"If you're a Yellowjackets fan, you should already have this release, if you are new to modern jazz, this is a great place to start.",
"These guys are at the very top of the modern jazz world and this record shows why.",
"You get great jazz played on electric instruments with their own unique voice.",
"This is not smooth jazz, this is real jazz and thank God for that.",
"I know a lot of people that are hesitant to try anything modern for the fear that it's really just Kenny G.",
"in disguise.",
"This is not the case with the Yellowjackets.",
"There is a ton of great modern jazz out there that is real jazz and this is a great place to start.",
"Highly recommended."
] |
1 |
Mediocre at best
|
PROS:1. Nice size handset is easy to hold, and eliminates backgroundnoise amplification of smaller handsets.2. Good size buttons make dialing easy.3. Easy to read display is a help.CONS:1. Panasonic is notorious for short battery charge, and this modelis no exception. Max of 36 hours in standby, and dischargesrapidly when you use it.2. Very short low battery warning. It can go from first warningbeep to dead in under a minute.3. Sound quality is only fair. Picks up lots of interference, butnot as bad as the 2.4 ghz that it replaced.4. Factory set ring which is set so low that the phone can't beheard unless you are near it.5. Durability is not good. Have had it for 10 months, and forover a month the charger has not worked right. Soon to head tothe landfill.If you don't use this phone much, this model may work. If you area heavy user, due to battery problems, it will be useless.
| 15 |
[
"PROS:1.",
"Nice size handset is easy to hold, and eliminates backgroundnoise amplification of smaller handsets.2. Good size buttons make dialing easy.3. Easy to read display is a help.CONS:1.",
"Panasonic is notorious for short battery charge, and this modelis no exception.",
"Max of 36 hours in standby, and dischargesrapidly when you use it.2. Very short low battery warning.",
"It can go from first warningbeep to dead in under a minute.3. Sound quality is only fair.",
"Picks up lots of interference, butnot as bad as the 2.4 ghz that it replaced.4. Factory set ring which is set so low that the phone can't beheard unless you are near it.5. Durability is not good.",
"Have had it for 10 months, and forover a month the charger has not worked right.",
"Soon to head tothe landfill.If you don't use this phone much, this model may work.",
"If you area heavy user, due to battery problems, it will be useless."
] |
1 |
Horribly Self-Indulgent for Author
|
I wholeheartedly agree with the negative reviews of this book. The strange and unrealistic dialogue, the whiny and tiresome temper tantrums of the main character, the completely unsympathetic nature of ALL the characters made for a very tedious read. I read up until 20 pages or so from the end and then just skimmed to finish it. I can't believe someone actually recommended this book to me as a contemporary romance! There's no romance in this book whatsoever! There's just the self-indulgent ramblings on the part of the author about philosophy, religion and literature, some weak plot, and a lot of feeling sorry for oneself. The ramblings add zero to the plot or character development. They're boring. The book was a waste of my time. I'm donating it to the library today for some other schmuck to get suckered in.I have to admit I'm an extremely picky reader. My favorite author currently is Jonathan Franzen. Now THAT author's work is pure genius!
| 12 |
[
"I wholeheartedly agree with the negative reviews of this book.",
"The strange and unrealistic dialogue, the whiny and tiresome temper tantrums of the main character, the completely unsympathetic nature of ALL the characters made for a very tedious read.",
"I read up until 20 pages or so from the end and then just skimmed to finish it.",
"I can't believe someone actually recommended this book to me as a contemporary romance!",
"There's no romance in this book whatsoever!",
"There's just the self-indulgent ramblings on the part of the author about philosophy, religion and literature, some weak plot, and a lot of feeling sorry for oneself.",
"The ramblings add zero to the plot or character development.",
"They're boring.",
"The book was a waste of my time.",
"I'm donating it to the library today for some other schmuck to get suckered in.I have to admit I'm an extremely picky reader.",
"My favorite author currently is Jonathan Franzen.",
"Now THAT author's work is pure genius!"
] |
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The worst movie I have ever seen
|
The worst movie I have ever seen. The script was incoherent. The acting was as wooden as anything from a 40's b movie. Neither the accents or the music were Polish. And the scenes were sickening. Jadzia has a job scrubbing the men's bathroom at the plant and proceeds to have sex on the floor of the bathroom. Rolling around on it with her lover right in front of the urinals. Absolutely sickening. The parents marriage is broken. The daughter is a promiscuous drop out. The babies scream while the neglectful parents ignore them.And the movie jacket said "hilariously funny". We couldn't finish it.
| 12 |
[
"The worst movie I have ever seen.",
"The script was incoherent.",
"The acting was as wooden as anything from a 40's b movie.",
"Neither the accents or the music were Polish.",
"And the scenes were sickening.",
"Jadzia has a job scrubbing the men's bathroom at the plant and proceeds to have sex on the floor of the bathroom.",
"Rolling around on it with her lover right in front of the urinals.",
"Absolutely sickening.",
"The parents marriage is broken.",
"The daughter is a promiscuous drop out.",
"The babies scream while the neglectful parents ignore them.And the movie jacket said \"hilariously funny\".",
"We couldn't finish it."
] |
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early reality vs. illusion
|
The Cosmic Puppets starts with a promising idea, that of a man returning to his town of birth to find that in this world he died in infancy. All right. The novel (if it indeed qualifies length-wise) is a mystery/thriller in the first half. The 'Wanderers' turn out to be the real people, and this is a good interpretation of the common plot device, ie. ghosts. When the protag. and his friend (I forget their names) try to turn things back to normal, Cosmic Puppets seems a little like a precursor to Ubik, what with the layers of reality visible in a physical sense. At this stage, Cosmic Puppets is quite tolerable.But then the ending! It's awful. Terrible. Enought to stop you from reading. It all falls apart. Cosmic Puppets is an early PKD novel, and it shows. But it also shows in simple form the themes that PKD would pursue later.Only a PKD fan would find anything of interest, however.
| 14 |
[
"The Cosmic Puppets starts with a promising idea, that of a man returning to his town of birth to find that in this world he died in infancy.",
"All right.",
"The novel (if it indeed qualifies length-wise) is a mystery/thriller in the first half.",
"The 'Wanderers' turn out to be the real people, and this is a good interpretation of the common plot device, ie.",
"ghosts.",
"When the protag.",
"and his friend (I forget their names) try to turn things back to normal, Cosmic Puppets seems a little like a precursor to Ubik, what with the layers of reality visible in a physical sense.",
"At this stage, Cosmic Puppets is quite tolerable.But then the ending!",
"It's awful.",
"Terrible.",
"Enought to stop you from reading.",
"It all falls apart.",
"Cosmic Puppets is an early PKD novel, and it shows.",
"But it also shows in simple form the themes that PKD would pursue later.Only a PKD fan would find anything of interest, however."
] |
1 |
Paperback Pulp
|
What a farce! The vocabulary would barely challenge a sixth grader. The plot is painfully predictable. Weary idioms are everywhere-p.145..."I'll talk to Magee again and see just what's up his sleeve". The intimate scenes are ridiculous-p.187..."His mouth was savaging hers". Savaging?! Roberts certainly doesn't lack for words. Try p.315..."A storm hovered over the village, marching down from the northeast to camp on the border as an army digs in for a siege". What?! And then there are gross lines like-p342..."the baby shot out, a slick bullet, into his hands, and already wailing". But the worst is the profanity. When is someone going to 'blow the whistle' on all the profanity? It's totally unnecessary, not politically correct and, in this case, an insult to the Irish....
| 13 |
[
"What a farce!",
"The vocabulary would barely challenge a sixth grader.",
"The plot is painfully predictable.",
"Weary idioms are everywhere-p.145...\"I'll talk to Magee again and see just what's up his sleeve\".",
"The intimate scenes are ridiculous-p.187...\"His mouth was savaging hers\".",
"Savaging?!",
"Roberts certainly doesn't lack for words.",
"Try p.315...\"A storm hovered over the village, marching down from the northeast to camp on the border as an army digs in for a siege\".",
"What?!",
"And then there are gross lines like-p342...\"the baby shot out, a slick bullet, into his hands, and already wailing\".",
"But the worst is the profanity.",
"When is someone going to 'blow the whistle' on all the profanity?",
"It's totally unnecessary, not politically correct and, in this case, an insult to the Irish...."
] |
1 |
Inane Customer Support
|
For the money there are many better printers than this one. Epsons are by far superior, but never mind quality. Let's talk about support. If you're a Mac user or ever intend to even consider it, don't bother with Lexmark. After buying a new iMac, I've been back and forth with Lexmark support in an endless exchange of my inquiries and their form letters. They would never admit that the printer wasn't going to work with my new iMac. They just sent me on fruitless quest after quest: Downloading drivers from different browsers, stopping installation mid stream, crazy stuff. All for nothing. What a bunch of fools. Never again Lexmark. Fool me twice, shame on me.
| 11 |
[
"For the money there are many better printers than this one.",
"Epsons are by far superior, but never mind quality.",
"Let's talk about support.",
"If you're a Mac user or ever intend to even consider it, don't bother with Lexmark.",
"After buying a new iMac, I've been back and forth with Lexmark support in an endless exchange of my inquiries and their form letters.",
"They would never admit that the printer wasn't going to work with my new iMac.",
"They just sent me on fruitless quest after quest: Downloading drivers from different browsers, stopping installation mid stream, crazy stuff.",
"All for nothing.",
"What a bunch of fools.",
"Never again Lexmark.",
"Fool me twice, shame on me."
] |
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ARE YOU PEOPLE NUTS?
|
what kind of movie on the life of Christ ends with Jesus dead on the cross? where's the resurrection? isnt that the point? if Christ didnt rise from death then were all dead in our sins. are any of the people who reviewed this movie Christians? i read the 1 star reviews and no one even mentioned this! they were mostly complaining about the quality of the sound track! this movie is garbage. Mary Magdalen said it right when she sang "he's just a man, he's just a man". my Jesus is'nt just a man. he's God in the flesh. he was crucified for our sins and on the third day rose from the dead. victorious over death. without the resurrection Jesus is just a man and can't save himself let alone anyone else! how so called Christian people can so easily be fooled is mind boggling! its like the bible says "many are called, few are chosen".
| 16 |
[
"what kind of movie on the life of Christ ends with Jesus dead on the cross?",
"where's the resurrection?",
"isnt that the point?",
"if Christ didnt rise from death then were all dead in our sins.",
"are any of the people who reviewed this movie Christians?",
"i read the 1 star reviews and no one even mentioned this!",
"they were mostly complaining about the quality of the sound track!",
"this movie is garbage.",
"Mary Magdalen said it right when she sang \"he's just a man, he's just a man\".",
"my Jesus is'nt just a man.",
"he's God in the flesh.",
"he was crucified for our sins and on the third day rose from the dead.",
"victorious over death.",
"without the resurrection Jesus is just a man and can't save himself let alone anyone else!",
"how so called Christian people can so easily be fooled is mind boggling!",
"its like the bible says \"many are called, few are chosen\"."
] |
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The adventures of super diaper baby
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My 8 year old son brought this book home from school. The book was read by my wife and I and then quickly confiscated. The book is completely inappropiate for children and serves no educational purpose. The book is fraught with misspelled words and bad grammer. The bathroom humor is not acceptable for young children and would be deemed clever by only the lowest class adult mind. I am aware of the author's and some educators' claim that such books are necessary to get some children to read. What rot!!!!The worth of reading is measured not by the number of books read but the quality of the literature. This book, and I can only assume all books in this series, is nothing but garbage. To use the language of Deputy DoDo " this book is pure unadulterated .... What a shame that such [junk] can be passed off as significant. I would have given it zero stars if allowed.
| 11 |
[
"My 8 year old son brought this book home from school.",
"The book was read by my wife and I and then quickly confiscated.",
"The book is completely inappropiate for children and serves no educational purpose.",
"The book is fraught with misspelled words and bad grammer.",
"The bathroom humor is not acceptable for young children and would be deemed clever by only the lowest class adult mind.",
"I am aware of the author's and some educators' claim that such books are necessary to get some children to read.",
"What rot!!!",
"!",
"The worth of reading is measured not by the number of books read but the quality of the literature.",
"This book, and I can only assume all books in this series, is nothing but garbage.",
"To use the language of Deputy DoDo \" this book is pure unadulterated .... What a shame that such [junk] can be passed off as significant.",
"I would have given it zero stars if allowed."
] |
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Fun but dirty
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San Andreas is one of my favorite games.It's one of America's favorite games. Also it's one of America's most hated games. Though this game is very fun it's based on the worst stuff possible. hard to beleive this game was allowed to be made. I mean its based on being a gangster, blowing heads off with shotguns and robbing cars and stuff. I guess that's why it's calld GRAND THEFT AUTO.This is not a game for kids. But why listen to me? I'm 12! The only reason I have it is because my parent's screwed up. They almost took it away from me but for some reason they let me keep it. My dad wanted me to let him by two new games for me. The maine mistake they made is not looking at revews before they got it for me. check revews before you get a game like Grand Theft Auto.
| 13 |
[
"San Andreas is one of my favorite games.It's one of America's favorite games.",
"Also it's one of America's most hated games.",
"Though this game is very fun it's based on the worst stuff possible.",
"hard to beleive this game was allowed to be made.",
"I mean its based on being a gangster, blowing heads off with shotguns and robbing cars and stuff.",
"I guess that's why it's calld GRAND THEFT AUTO.This is not a game for kids.",
"But why listen to me?",
"I'm 12!",
"The only reason I have it is because my parent's screwed up.",
"They almost took it away from me but for some reason they let me keep it.",
"My dad wanted me to let him by two new games for me.",
"The maine mistake they made is not looking at revews before they got it for me.",
"check revews before you get a game like Grand Theft Auto."
] |
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WHAT?!?!?!?!
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I bought this becuase it was a xena movie but was extermely disappointed. I am thankful they kept the original cast but I seriously think the writters and amination artist were smoking something. The Story line is not that great but it could have worked if it were live action. I think it would have been cool to see the titans as we saw many other creatures on the shows. I loved both the shows and will watch them whenever I can but have not watched this again since the first time I got it. I was hoping that they would make a Xena live action movie beucase after all Herc got four live action movies. A good Xena movie will never happen becuase Xena is 'dead' and Kevin Smith sadly died. But they could always make a Xena movie to clear up somethings from the past and Gabby could alway wear a wig or it could be something from the last seasons. Sorry I strayed but there is not anything good about this movie. Even for a die hard Xena fan it is a snooze to watch. Refers to the VHS version.
| 11 |
[
"I bought this becuase it was a xena movie but was extermely disappointed.",
"I am thankful they kept the original cast but I seriously think the writters and amination artist were smoking something.",
"The Story line is not that great but it could have worked if it were live action.",
"I think it would have been cool to see the titans as we saw many other creatures on the shows.",
"I loved both the shows and will watch them whenever I can but have not watched this again since the first time I got it.",
"I was hoping that they would make a Xena live action movie beucase after all Herc got four live action movies.",
"A good Xena movie will never happen becuase Xena is 'dead' and Kevin Smith sadly died.",
"But they could always make a Xena movie to clear up somethings from the past and Gabby could alway wear a wig or it could be something from the last seasons.",
"Sorry I strayed but there is not anything good about this movie.",
"Even for a die hard Xena fan it is a snooze to watch.",
"Refers to the VHS version."
] |
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riverwoodpunk
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Im a student minister from texas. I must say that I really enjoyed this book. I think it touches on some helpful hints for gaging culture and is very challenging. I Love the challe he gives to question everything. I think this an essential Idea for Christians today. I love it that he does not offer quick fix solutions. My only concer was that it was to short. I think this read is esseintial for both believer and non-believer and I hope it will encourage people to think. I know it has me. Im trying to get my whole group of students to read it. "May we reach Higher Hieghts and swim deeper depth" I hope this is just one of Rob's Many books.
| 11 |
[
"Im a student minister from texas.",
"I must say that I really enjoyed this book.",
"I think it touches on some helpful hints for gaging culture and is very challenging.",
"I Love the challe he gives to question everything.",
"I think this an essential Idea for Christians today.",
"I love it that he does not offer quick fix solutions.",
"My only concer was that it was to short.",
"I think this read is esseintial for both believer and non-believer and I hope it will encourage people to think.",
"I know it has me.",
"Im trying to get my whole group of students to read it.",
"\"May we reach Higher Hieghts and swim deeper depth\" I hope this is just one of Rob's Many books."
] |
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CHECK OUT THE RESOURCES AND THE FACTS; PURE DECEPTON!
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All the reader has to do is check out the facts, her resources, and just look at what she says the English versions say, verses what they really say. Any reader who seriously checks her endnotes knows that Rip wrote this book from a position of non-authority, and from a position she doesn't have a clue how we got our Bible. All through out her book, the "Bible" is always spelled "bible" why? What she says is contained in the NIV,NASB, or others, isn't in there at all. Again check the facts. Are the readers of this book that stupid to take what she says at face value? I challenge you to check the facts. In fact start out with Phil 3:3 when Rip says NIV says "worship", when in fact it says "Worship in the Spirit of God". To conclude, this book is fantasy, fiction, and made up gooble-gook! Again check out the facts! Hello anybody home?
| 11 |
[
"All the reader has to do is check out the facts, her resources, and just look at what she says the English versions say, verses what they really say.",
"Any reader who seriously checks her endnotes knows that Rip wrote this book from a position of non-authority, and from a position she doesn't have a clue how we got our Bible.",
"All through out her book, the \"Bible\" is always spelled \"bible\" why?",
"What she says is contained in the NIV,NASB, or others, isn't in there at all.",
"Again check the facts.",
"Are the readers of this book that stupid to take what she says at face value?",
"I challenge you to check the facts.",
"In fact start out with Phil 3:3 when Rip says NIV says \"worship\", when in fact it says \"Worship in the Spirit of God\".",
"To conclude, this book is fantasy, fiction, and made up gooble-gook!",
"Again check out the facts!",
"Hello anybody home?"
] |
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Everyone need a Mogu!
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Mogu is truly the "heroin" of the Spandex doll community. It may ruin your life, but it feels so good that it's entirely worth it. My wife gave this to me as a gift for our 50th anniversary. First, the small man confused me (bright colors, strange texture), but when I gave him my first "squeeze," I was in love. However, two weeks later, my cat, Ronald, tore a small hole in the Mogu. Within fifteen minutes, my life was over. My house was completely covered in white bits of foam. Not just the floor--it was bonding with everything in the room. I was taking several with my medication. It was impossible to avoid. That was over 10 months ago. We moved to a smaller apartment, but found that the styrofoam followed us. There actually seems to be more now, somehow. I hope they don't follow me into my death. Still, a cuddly, loveable item. Recommended!
| 16 |
[
"Mogu is truly the \"heroin\" of the Spandex doll community.",
"It may ruin your life, but it feels so good that it's entirely worth it.",
"My wife gave this to me as a gift for our 50th anniversary.",
"First, the small man confused me (bright colors, strange texture), but when I gave him my first \"squeeze,\" I was in love.",
"However, two weeks later, my cat, Ronald, tore a small hole in the Mogu.",
"Within fifteen minutes, my life was over.",
"My house was completely covered in white bits of foam.",
"Not just the floor--it was bonding with everything in the room.",
"I was taking several with my medication.",
"It was impossible to avoid.",
"That was over 10 months ago.",
"We moved to a smaller apartment, but found that the styrofoam followed us.",
"There actually seems to be more now, somehow.",
"I hope they don't follow me into my death.",
"Still, a cuddly, loveable item.",
"Recommended!"
] |
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ONO
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After living in Hawaii for 61 years we moved to Panama last year. I have had Poki from almost every Supermarket or Fish Store on Oahu over the years and have a few favorite spots. After about 6 months here really started to miss my Hawaiian foods. Poki being my favorite. Bingo, were we are now I found a line on fresh Ahi and at only $3.50 a lb. Got 1 package of NOH Poki mix to try. WOW how good can it get. 1 lb. fresh Ahi, NOH Poki mix and a couple hours in the refrigerator. Time to test it out and sit down with a cold beer and my chop sticks. Jackpot, it only lasted 2 beers and maybe 30 min. Good thing my wife does not eat Poki. It was the best and wish I had know about it back in the Islands. All the money I could have saved making my own. Recommend this product 100%. Need to order the 12 pack right away so I can let my Panamanian friend try Hawaiian Poki. Next have to try Kim Chee mix. Aloha from Panama.
| 18 |
[
"After living in Hawaii for 61 years we moved to Panama last year.",
"I have had Poki from almost every Supermarket or Fish Store on Oahu over the years and have a few favorite spots.",
"After about 6 months here really started to miss my Hawaiian foods.",
"Poki being my favorite.",
"Bingo, were we are now I found a line on fresh Ahi and at only $3.50 a lb.",
"Got 1 package of NOH Poki mix to try.",
"WOW how good can it get.",
"1 lb.",
"fresh Ahi, NOH Poki mix and a couple hours in the refrigerator.",
"Time to test it out and sit down with a cold beer and my chop sticks.",
"Jackpot, it only lasted 2 beers and maybe 30 min.",
"Good thing my wife does not eat Poki.",
"It was the best and wish I had know about it back in the Islands.",
"All the money I could have saved making my own.",
"Recommend this product 100%.",
"Need to order the 12 pack right away so I can let my Panamanian friend try Hawaiian Poki.",
"Next have to try Kim Chee mix.",
"Aloha from Panama."
] |
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Decent product
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This is the second one of these I've owned. The first one leaked gas out of the carb, not sure what the problem was. The second one worked fine. I dislike the "spring assist" pull mechanism. It has a weird feeling to it, and eliminates the quicker "snap-pull" that helps two strokes start up when it's really cold. I don't agree with the other complaints I've read. Control placement is fine and everything is quite accessible, even with one hand. The 10-1 mulcher works decently, and I don't think I would want the bag to be too much bigger. It would be nice to have more capacity, but weight would get to be a factor. It is loud, but I wear headphones that double as earplugs, so I'm not bothered by this. My only complaint is the zipper on the bag. Gave up before the end of the first season.Even still, if it blew up today, I'd probably buy the same one tomorrow.
| 12 |
[
"This is the second one of these I've owned.",
"The first one leaked gas out of the carb, not sure what the problem was.",
"The second one worked fine.",
"I dislike the \"spring assist\" pull mechanism.",
"It has a weird feeling to it, and eliminates the quicker \"snap-pull\" that helps two strokes start up when it's really cold.",
"I don't agree with the other complaints I've read.",
"Control placement is fine and everything is quite accessible, even with one hand.",
"The 10-1 mulcher works decently, and I don't think I would want the bag to be too much bigger.",
"It would be nice to have more capacity, but weight would get to be a factor.",
"It is loud, but I wear headphones that double as earplugs, so I'm not bothered by this.",
"My only complaint is the zipper on the bag.",
"Gave up before the end of the first season.Even still, if it blew up today, I'd probably buy the same one tomorrow."
] |
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Good but Not Great
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This is a good product but not a great product. What's keeping it from greatness? The cord is too short, the carafe lid is a bit tricky to snap on and the carafe can inadvertantly be tilted when placed in the coffeemake causing overflow. What's the issue with a short cord? Well, keep in mind you have to open the lid to fill the water tank. If your outlet is below a cupboard you may have to pull the coffee maker out from under the cupboard to fill it. That's when the short cord becomes a problem. The tricky lid and easy tilt problems can be overcome by being careful but you may find that attentivness isn't easy early in the morning. If you slip up you'll have a mess to clean up. That said, it's hard to find a coffeemaker without flaws. Just read the reviews on Amazon. All facts considered this is a product worth buying provided you can live with it's flaws.
| 12 |
[
"This is a good product but not a great product.",
"What's keeping it from greatness?",
"The cord is too short, the carafe lid is a bit tricky to snap on and the carafe can inadvertantly be tilted when placed in the coffeemake causing overflow.",
"What's the issue with a short cord?",
"Well, keep in mind you have to open the lid to fill the water tank.",
"If your outlet is below a cupboard you may have to pull the coffee maker out from under the cupboard to fill it.",
"That's when the short cord becomes a problem.",
"The tricky lid and easy tilt problems can be overcome by being careful but you may find that attentivness isn't easy early in the morning.",
"If you slip up you'll have a mess to clean up.",
"That said, it's hard to find a coffeemaker without flaws.",
"Just read the reviews on Amazon.",
"All facts considered this is a product worth buying provided you can live with it's flaws."
] |
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Pathetic
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I had to update firmware on this thing every other month yet still half the time it does not want to play a regular DVD Disk. I power on my old (from 2001 or so) $60 Panasonic DVD player and it plays every DVD. This "high end device" from SONY does not.When it works I have no problems with it. Picture quality is good, so is audio.Load times are SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. Yup. That slow.Normal blue ray watching routine:1. turn player ON2. go check email, or create a salad, or whatever else that takes about 5 minutes.3. come back... player is powered ON4. load disk.... go back to step 2.Seriously easily 5 min from power ON to watch. Very upsetting if I think about it. But all this would have not brought me here to write this if the damn thing would only work and be backward compatible with regular DVDs but it is often not and that is just unacceptable.DO NOT BUY THIS!
| 11 |
[
"I had to update firmware on this thing every other month yet still half the time it does not want to play a regular DVD Disk.",
"I power on my old (from 2001 or so) $60 Panasonic DVD player and it plays every DVD.",
"This \"high end device\" from SONY does not.When it works I have no problems with it.",
"Picture quality is good, so is audio.Load times are SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.",
"Yup.",
"That slow.Normal blue ray watching routine:1.",
"turn player ON2.",
"go check email, or create a salad, or whatever else that takes about 5 minutes.3. come back... player is powered ON4.",
"load disk.... go back to step 2.Seriously easily 5 min from power ON to watch.",
"Very upsetting if I think about it.",
"But all this would have not brought me here to write this if the damn thing would only work and be backward compatible with regular DVDs but it is often not and that is just unacceptable.DO NOT BUY THIS!"
] |
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It's a hard DVD to review
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Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira was 89 years old with a resume that would let him make any damn film he wanted. So what did he do? He went autobiographical. A fine cast of four, headlined by Marcello Mastroianni, drive from France to Portugal in search of one man's past. Introspective and subdued in both style and scenery.It can be difficult to read subtitles in a dialogue-heavy film. But once we reach Portugal, most lines are between a French speaker and a Portuguese speaker, with a translator, and the luxury (for me) of seeing the same thing in English subtitles twice. Even so, with an awareness that these films are a bit expensive in the US, I can't really recommend it.So what is it about? Beginnings and endings. What we remember, what we forget. Family relationships gone bad. Atonement. Unflinching realism. In that, it is brilliant. But hell, it might bore somebody, I don't know. So I respect it but I don't recommend it. Does that make any sense?
| 16 |
[
"Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira was 89 years old with a resume that would let him make any damn film he wanted.",
"So what did he do?",
"He went autobiographical.",
"A fine cast of four, headlined by Marcello Mastroianni, drive from France to Portugal in search of one man's past.",
"Introspective and subdued in both style and scenery.It can be difficult to read subtitles in a dialogue-heavy film.",
"But once we reach Portugal, most lines are between a French speaker and a Portuguese speaker, with a translator, and the luxury (for me) of seeing the same thing in English subtitles twice.",
"Even so, with an awareness that these films are a bit expensive in the US, I can't really recommend it.So what is it about?",
"Beginnings and endings.",
"What we remember, what we forget.",
"Family relationships gone bad.",
"Atonement.",
"Unflinching realism.",
"In that, it is brilliant.",
"But hell, it might bore somebody, I don't know.",
"So I respect it but I don't recommend it.",
"Does that make any sense?"
] |
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stinks
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"In the Zone" is probably the wqorst album of the past year. Tired techno with some hip hop thrown in the mix, and Britney's cracking voice through it all. In some songs she sounds like a computer recording because they've mixed her voice through computers so much.The worst thing is that she tries to shock us with this album. As if kissing Madonna weren't enough, now she sings about her sex drive, her shopping, bumping and grinding with boys and her "boom boom." She even sings about masturbating. It isn't shocking, because everybody else has done it first. Heard of the Divinyls? They did a better song about "touching myself."Oh, and I notice that a lot of recent positive reviews for this are by the gushing "music fan" who keeps posting anonymous reviews. Sometimes it's just one posted after the other. a lot of them were posted after la_solinas's intelligent review (she said it better than I ever could). Hmm.
| 12 |
[
"\"In the Zone\" is probably the wqorst album of the past year.",
"Tired techno with some hip hop thrown in the mix, and Britney's cracking voice through it all.",
"In some songs she sounds like a computer recording because they've mixed her voice through computers so much.The worst thing is that she tries to shock us with this album.",
"As if kissing Madonna weren't enough, now she sings about her sex drive, her shopping, bumping and grinding with boys and her \"boom boom.\" She even sings about masturbating.",
"It isn't shocking, because everybody else has done it first.",
"Heard of the Divinyls?",
"They did a better song about \"touching myself.\"Oh, and I notice that a lot of recent positive reviews for this are by the gushing \"music fan\" who keeps posting anonymous reviews.",
"Sometimes it's just one posted after the other.",
"a lot of them were posted after la_solinas's intelligent review (she said it better than I ever could).",
"Hmm."
] |
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Worst strat book I've read
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It was terrible! "pikemen kill knights good." No duh! "onagers are weak vs. knights." You can get this stuff off of almost any AOK site. COME ON! Microsoft, what were you thinking when you hired this guy to write this book. He's probably only played this game 2 hrs. IT WAS TERRIBLE! -DO-NOT-GET-THIS-BOOK-WHATEVER-YOU-DO
| 11 |
[
"It was terrible!",
"\"pikemen kill knights good.\" No duh!",
"\"onagers are weak vs.",
"knights.\" You can get this stuff off of almost any AOK site.",
"COME ON!",
"Microsoft, what were you thinking when you hired this guy to write this book.",
"He's probably only played this game 2 hrs.",
"IT WAS TERRIBLE!",
"-DO-NOT-GET-THIS-BOOK-WHATEVER-YOU-DO"
] |
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Extensive examples, tips and techniques to bring positive change in an organization
|
I recommend this book for those who are actively managing change in an organization. I did not read this book cover to cover as it is a huge book. The chapter I liked most was "Walking the Talk". The personal checklist of questions (given below) to get "centered" will be helpful to me.1. Do I have "Constancy of Purpose"2. Am I patient enough?3. Am I too patient?4. Can I muster the necessary courage?5. Can I keep an optimistic bias?6. Am I Oppurtunistic?7. Am I approaching people with compassion?8. Do I conduct my work with love?Detailed explanation for each of these questions is given on page # 211 and 212.
| 12 |
[
"I recommend this book for those who are actively managing change in an organization.",
"I did not read this book cover to cover as it is a huge book.",
"The chapter I liked most was \"Walking the Talk\".",
"The personal checklist of questions (given below) to get \"centered\" will be helpful to me.1. Do I have \"Constancy of Purpose\"2.",
"Am I patient enough?",
"3.",
"Am I too patient?",
"4.",
"Can I muster the necessary courage?",
"5.",
"Can I keep an optimistic bias?",
"6.",
"Am I Oppurtunistic?",
"7.",
"Am I approaching people with compassion?",
"8.",
"Do I conduct my work with love?",
"Detailed explanation for each of these questions is given on page # 211 and 212."
] |
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Bad news...
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1. Basic routing worked ok.2. Dial-on-demand doesn't. There is a poor workaround, but it results in lots of unwanted connect time and it's buggy. Numerous firware upgrades since product release, but the product still won't actually perform this basic function with a modem.3. To avoid unwanted connect time, the unit must be configured so that all users must have administrative access in order to manually initiate dialing. Very insecure.4. Administrative interface poorly designed and buggy.5. Print server is extremely slow. Useful only for simple text printing. Won't operate bi-directional with Win ME so you can't use the features of a "smart" or multi-function printer.6. Tech support is horrid. Non-response to some e-mails. Responses to others did not show professionalism or much technical knowledge. Seemingly no organized way to track issues on SMC's end.
| 15 |
[
"1.",
"Basic routing worked ok.2. Dial-on-demand doesn't.",
"There is a poor workaround, but it results in lots of unwanted connect time and it's buggy.",
"Numerous firware upgrades since product release, but the product still won't actually perform this basic function with a modem.3. To avoid unwanted connect time, the unit must be configured so that all users must have administrative access in order to manually initiate dialing.",
"Very insecure.4. Administrative interface poorly designed and buggy.5. Print server is extremely slow.",
"Useful only for simple text printing.",
"Won't operate bi-directional with Win ME so you can't use the features of a \"smart\" or multi-function printer.6. Tech support is horrid.",
"Non-response to some e-mails.",
"Responses to others did not show professionalism or much technical knowledge.",
"Seemingly no organized way to track issues on SMC's end."
] |
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Queen Anne chairs
|
We needed two more chairs to try and match our Queen Anne dining set we've had for many years. Not too many are made in this style any more. These chairs looked like a decent match from the photos. It was hard to tell so we took a chance. When they arrived, they just seemed cheap and were also slightly damaged in shipping. Aside from the damage, the chairs were just not comparable to the chairs in the set. Our current set is not "high end" at all, but the chairs are lesser than what we already from a quality of build. Color was more red than the picture implies That said, these chairs were incredibly inexpensive and expectations were modest. Even so, we returned the chairs due to the damage. We might have even repaired or touched up the chips had we liked the chairs, but it didn't seem worth it. If your expecattions are very modest, and just need a couple chairs, go for it. But if you're adding to a nice quality dining set, I suggest you look elsewhere
| 12 |
[
"We needed two more chairs to try and match our Queen Anne dining set we've had for many years.",
"Not too many are made in this style any more.",
"These chairs looked like a decent match from the photos.",
"It was hard to tell so we took a chance.",
"When they arrived, they just seemed cheap and were also slightly damaged in shipping.",
"Aside from the damage, the chairs were just not comparable to the chairs in the set.",
"Our current set is not \"high end\" at all, but the chairs are lesser than what we already from a quality of build.",
"Color was more red than the picture implies That said, these chairs were incredibly inexpensive and expectations were modest.",
"Even so, we returned the chairs due to the damage.",
"We might have even repaired or touched up the chips had we liked the chairs, but it didn't seem worth it.",
"If your expecattions are very modest, and just need a couple chairs, go for it.",
"But if you're adding to a nice quality dining set, I suggest you look elsewhere"
] |
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Barbara Parker abandons thrillers for romance!
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Well, folks, she had me fooled. I thought from her past books she was a serious writer of the mystery thriller genre. Boy, did I make a mistake. With this novel, she enters the romance market. Move over Catherine Coulter! You now have a competitor who would rather write about romance. John Grisham,Lawrence Block, James Lee Burke, Tom Clancy,Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Clive Cussler, Nelson Demille, Jane Evanovich,Elizabeth George,Stephen Hunter, Robert B. Parker, T, Jefferson Parker,Ridley Pearson and Mary Willis Walker have one less competitor in their genre. What a disappointment! A 4 hour waste of time reading this book. I have purchased the last book authored by Barbara Parker -- at least until she regains her senses and finds out she has lost the mystery thriller genre reader!!!
| 11 |
[
"Well, folks, she had me fooled.",
"I thought from her past books she was a serious writer of the mystery thriller genre.",
"Boy, did I make a mistake.",
"With this novel, she enters the romance market.",
"Move over Catherine Coulter!",
"You now have a competitor who would rather write about romance.",
"John Grisham,Lawrence Block, James Lee Burke, Tom Clancy,Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Clive Cussler, Nelson Demille, Jane Evanovich,Elizabeth George,Stephen Hunter, Robert B.",
"Parker, T, Jefferson Parker,Ridley Pearson and Mary Willis Walker have one less competitor in their genre.",
"What a disappointment!",
"A 4 hour waste of time reading this book.",
"I have purchased the last book authored by Barbara Parker -- at least until she regains her senses and finds out she has lost the mystery thriller genre reader!!!"
] |
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Clunky and didn't work after a few days
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I thought I would love this phone and wanted to download my nursing software on it. First the pluses. The calendar mode was fabulous. I loved the stylus and those features. The Negs...I never got around to adding any software. The screen is way to small to realistically view any webpages although it loaded pretty easily with the 3G network. I quickly found that the green phone function button would not work after the phone had been locked and then unlocked...so to get to your phone book or to be able to dial a number you had to go through the menu and a long drawn out process. The phone was short so uncomfortable to talk on and clunky. Somehow the phone also would get stuck on my call history page and wouldn't go back to the contacts. I don't know if I got a lemon, but I sent it back and just got a reg. sync...and will use my old dell pda.
| 11 |
[
"I thought I would love this phone and wanted to download my nursing software on it.",
"First the pluses.",
"The calendar mode was fabulous.",
"I loved the stylus and those features.",
"The Negs...I never got around to adding any software.",
"The screen is way to small to realistically view any webpages although it loaded pretty easily with the 3G network.",
"I quickly found that the green phone function button would not work after the phone had been locked and then unlocked...so to get to your phone book or to be able to dial a number you had to go through the menu and a long drawn out process.",
"The phone was short so uncomfortable to talk on and clunky.",
"Somehow the phone also would get stuck on my call history page and wouldn't go back to the contacts.",
"I don't know if I got a lemon, but I sent it back and just got a reg.",
"sync...and will use my old dell pda."
] |
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No work platform?
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From all the reviews I have read here this ladder looks like the one for me. One thing I have not seen in the reviews is the work platform that comes with the Werner MT17 offered from Q.V.C. for $172.68 + $23.72 S&H.; I would think a work platform would cost about $40.00 if purchased as an accessory which Amazon does not offer. And the reviews form the people purchasing this ladder from Costco did not mention anything about a work platforn included. So this ladder from Amazon is not a great buy if you have to lay out extra money for a work platform, which I need. Totals > From Q.V.C. with work platform > $172.68 + $23.72s&h; + N.Y. tax= $214.64. From Amazon > without work platform $173.35 + $25.00s&h; + $0 tax= $198.35 -$25.00 Cash back until 9/30/06 = $173.35 + $40.00 work platform =$213.35.Less than one dollar difference! I guess if my Costco has the MT17 for $100.00 that is the best way to go. Just don't know where to get the work platform accessory from?
| 11 |
[
"From all the reviews I have read here this ladder looks like the one for me.",
"One thing I have not seen in the reviews is the work platform that comes with the Werner MT17 offered from Q.V.C. for $172.68 + $23.72 S&H.; I would think a work platform would cost about $40.00 if purchased as an accessory which Amazon does not offer.",
"And the reviews form the people purchasing this ladder from Costco did not mention anything about a work platforn included.",
"So this ladder from Amazon is not a great buy if you have to lay out extra money for a work platform, which I need.",
"Totals > From Q.V.C. with work platform > $172.68 + $23.72s&h; + N.Y. tax= $214.64.",
"From Amazon > without work platform $173.35 + $25.00s&h; + $0 tax= $198.35 -$25.00 Cash back until 9/30/06 = $173.35 + $40.00 work platform =$213.35.Less than one dollar difference!",
"I guess if my Costco has the MT17 for $100.00 that is the best way to go.",
"Just don't know where to get the work platform accessory from?"
] |
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Down Right Dull
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I am a big fan of Stargate. I own the complete seasons of SG1 and Atlantis. I was very very disappointed that they canceled Atlantis for Universe but I thought I'd give it a try. Well, I've tried. It's dull. Most of the story lines just plod along. When they actually go to a planet stuff happens, but somehow, you don't really care. I don't care about any of the character except Eli. The stories don't intrest me that much. I have no desire to sit through them again. It's also not very family friendly. I certainly won't let my kids watch with me and they usually watch the others with me.
| 12 |
[
"I am a big fan of Stargate.",
"I own the complete seasons of SG1 and Atlantis.",
"I was very very disappointed that they canceled Atlantis for Universe but I thought I'd give it a try.",
"Well, I've tried.",
"It's dull.",
"Most of the story lines just plod along.",
"When they actually go to a planet stuff happens, but somehow, you don't really care.",
"I don't care about any of the character except Eli.",
"The stories don't intrest me that much.",
"I have no desire to sit through them again.",
"It's also not very family friendly.",
"I certainly won't let my kids watch with me and they usually watch the others with me."
] |
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Why is this so unappreciated?!
|
As a big fan of Talking Heads, David Byrne, and everything else I had heard related to TH, I saw a used copy of this on sale for pocket change, and thought I should definitely pick it up. On the first couple listens, I was a little unsure about it . . . Seemed sort of weirdly disco-ish in some ways. But the more I listened, the more it grew on me, and it's now definitely one of my favorite albums. "Who Wants an Ugly Girl?" has a really catchy reggae-ish beat, "Daddy Come Home" features some really cool and creative instrumentals (bagpipes, etc.), "You Sexy Thing" is a very hip cover, and every single other song on the CD is also wonderfully fun and catchy. It seems like it just doesn't get old. I also discovered this is the BEST music I've ever listened to while exercising...So upbeat and energetic.
| 11 |
[
"As a big fan of Talking Heads, David Byrne, and everything else I had heard related to TH, I saw a used copy of this on sale for pocket change, and thought I should definitely pick it up.",
"On the first couple listens, I was a little unsure about it.",
".",
".",
"Seemed sort of weirdly disco-ish in some ways.",
"But the more I listened, the more it grew on me, and it's now definitely one of my favorite albums.",
"\"Who Wants an Ugly Girl?",
"\" has a really catchy reggae-ish beat, \"Daddy Come Home\" features some really cool and creative instrumentals (bagpipes, etc.), \"You Sexy Thing\" is a very hip cover, and every single other song on the CD is also wonderfully fun and catchy.",
"It seems like it just doesn't get old.",
"I also discovered this is the BEST music I've ever listened to while exercising...So upbeat and energetic."
] |
1 |
Coulda been
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This is a very talky film, interesting in some respects, but script flawed and technically quite annoying. There are many long scenes of people just sitting/standing around and talking. Following the thread of the film was difficult.Worse was the SOUND!!! When a camera moved in close, the actors whispered, often barely moving their lips. My wife, with acutely good hearing, could hardly make out any of such speeches. In one early and very important explanatory scene, the person explaining was speaking Japanese (?) while her daughter translated, both speaking loudly at the exact same time! What could the director have been thinking??? Idiocy.This is becoming all too common in films over the past 10 years or so as actors, directors and technicians strive for "reality." What they lose, however, is communication to the audience. If you can't be heard or understood, you might just as well never have been in the film or on a stage.
| 11 |
[
"This is a very talky film, interesting in some respects, but script flawed and technically quite annoying.",
"There are many long scenes of people just sitting/standing around and talking.",
"Following the thread of the film was difficult.Worse was the SOUND!!!",
"When a camera moved in close, the actors whispered, often barely moving their lips.",
"My wife, with acutely good hearing, could hardly make out any of such speeches.",
"In one early and very important explanatory scene, the person explaining was speaking Japanese (?",
") while her daughter translated, both speaking loudly at the exact same time!",
"What could the director have been thinking???",
"Idiocy.This is becoming all too common in films over the past 10 years or so as actors, directors and technicians strive for \"reality.\" What they lose, however, is communication to the audience.",
"If you can't be heard or understood, you might just as well never have been in the film or on a stage."
] |
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A Fast Paced and Fun look at the Music Industry
|
A & R is a blast to read. It breaks no new literary ground, but keeps you interested from beginning to end. I've long been fascinated by the entertainment industry (both in fiction and non-fiction form). I had never been much interested in the music industry, but Entertainment Weekly recommended the book and who I am to disagree? More seriously, this comic look at life in the big corporate world of music is really interesting. I'm guessing that Wild Bill is based on Clive Davis or someone like him. Jim, our hero, is a sympathic guy and we pull for him. We also pull for Wild Bill and some of the music acts. The characters are not all that well drawn, but enough so that you are interested. As many satricial novels, that is beyond the point. Flangan casts a critical eye at an ever changing industry and tells a fun story along the way. It won't win any big awards, but is a good read for those who like the entertainment industry.
| 12 |
[
"A & R is a blast to read.",
"It breaks no new literary ground, but keeps you interested from beginning to end.",
"I've long been fascinated by the entertainment industry (both in fiction and non-fiction form).",
"I had never been much interested in the music industry, but Entertainment Weekly recommended the book and who I am to disagree?",
"More seriously, this comic look at life in the big corporate world of music is really interesting.",
"I'm guessing that Wild Bill is based on Clive Davis or someone like him.",
"Jim, our hero, is a sympathic guy and we pull for him.",
"We also pull for Wild Bill and some of the music acts.",
"The characters are not all that well drawn, but enough so that you are interested.",
"As many satricial novels, that is beyond the point.",
"Flangan casts a critical eye at an ever changing industry and tells a fun story along the way.",
"It won't win any big awards, but is a good read for those who like the entertainment industry."
] |
2 |
As advertised in the Journey Back Talk Forums...
|
Here it is. The Journey Houston 1981 DVD from the MTV coverage of the Escape Tour. It is the long awaited holy grail of Journey concerts on DVD. And it has been enhanced with a new stereo mix and 5.1 channel sound by Steve Perry and Allen Sides. Not only did we receive a great new DVD from these masters but we also get a great CD for the car. It is awesome. It is the concert DVD and CD that I have been counting down the days to on the Journey Back Talk Forums [...] since the beginning of the month. It is awesome. If you are a Journey fan you will not be disappointed. If you are not a big Journey fan we might convert you with this DVD. ~ JourneyRocks/ThisMusicRocks - Ken ~
| 11 |
[
"Here it is.",
"The Journey Houston 1981 DVD from the MTV coverage of the Escape Tour.",
"It is the long awaited holy grail of Journey concerts on DVD.",
"And it has been enhanced with a new stereo mix and 5.1 channel sound by Steve Perry and Allen Sides.",
"Not only did we receive a great new DVD from these masters but we also get a great CD for the car.",
"It is awesome.",
"It is the concert DVD and CD that I have been counting down the days to on the Journey Back Talk Forums [...] since the beginning of the month.",
"It is awesome.",
"If you are a Journey fan you will not be disappointed.",
"If you are not a big Journey fan we might convert you with this DVD.",
"~ JourneyRocks/ThisMusicRocks - Ken ~"
] |
1 |
DS Stylus
|
Someone doesn't seem to know the difference between DS and DS lite. I read the review that spoke to how short and small the stylus' were. For a penny I almost bought several packs. I tend to fall asleep and simply lose the darn thing. Now I use narrow guage fishing line to tie my last TRUE DS stylus to the hinge. The package actually said it was for DS lite. But on your site it only said DS. So one of your vendors has it wrong, since one of your reviewers got the real thing that fits into the pocket. Right now I can't check my old order, and have already lost them so can't return them. I will check and let you know. Sincerely, E. Zaharopoulos.
| 11 |
[
"Someone doesn't seem to know the difference between DS and DS lite.",
"I read the review that spoke to how short and small the stylus' were.",
"For a penny I almost bought several packs.",
"I tend to fall asleep and simply lose the darn thing.",
"Now I use narrow guage fishing line to tie my last TRUE DS stylus to the hinge.",
"The package actually said it was for DS lite.",
"But on your site it only said DS.",
"So one of your vendors has it wrong, since one of your reviewers got the real thing that fits into the pocket.",
"Right now I can't check my old order, and have already lost them so can't return them.",
"I will check and let you know.",
"Sincerely, E.",
"Zaharopoulos."
] |
1 |
DeWalt DW567KK not living up to expectations
|
I purchased this tool last March using it ocassionally. On one ocassion I chipped mortar off some cinder block so I could frame a door opening. Then I used it to drill 5/16" x 2" deep holes in brick to install shutters. The other day I used it to hammer-drill 15, 1/2" holes in concrete to assist with cutting out a slot in 8" concrete to allow underground power to go up a wall to the main panel on a new house. I used it for about 45 minutes, with a few breaks for me to rest. Then I pulled out the chisel for this tool and used the hammer selection along with a sledge hammer to bust out the concrete. It did great until I started smelling something burning. The black oil started showing up in the chuck on the drill bits. Now it is off to DeWalt for repair. Should last longer than this. Dissappointing.
| 11 |
[
"I purchased this tool last March using it ocassionally.",
"On one ocassion I chipped mortar off some cinder block so I could frame a door opening.",
"Then I used it to drill 5/16\" x 2\" deep holes in brick to install shutters.",
"The other day I used it to hammer-drill 15, 1/2\" holes in concrete to assist with cutting out a slot in 8\" concrete to allow underground power to go up a wall to the main panel on a new house.",
"I used it for about 45 minutes, with a few breaks for me to rest.",
"Then I pulled out the chisel for this tool and used the hammer selection along with a sledge hammer to bust out the concrete.",
"It did great until I started smelling something burning.",
"The black oil started showing up in the chuck on the drill bits.",
"Now it is off to DeWalt for repair.",
"Should last longer than this.",
"Dissappointing."
] |
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Cracked cast iron griddle
|
I own a small cast iron skillet that I love and keep very well seasoned. I've been wanting a larger skillet to do some stovetop grilling. I purchased the single burner one because I felt the double burner one was too heavy/large for storing in my cabinets. I used it a few times and love the versitality of having a flat side and a grill side. I just pulled it out the other day to roast some chilis. I had it on my electric burner on med-high and heard a pop sound. I couldn't figure out what it was. And then I heard it again and saw that the griddle had a crack in the middle of it. I have never had any problems with high heat and cast iron before. I am very disappointed in the quality of this piece. Cast iron should be able to withstand searing hot temps.
| 11 |
[
"I own a small cast iron skillet that I love and keep very well seasoned.",
"I've been wanting a larger skillet to do some stovetop grilling.",
"I purchased the single burner one because I felt the double burner one was too heavy/large for storing in my cabinets.",
"I used it a few times and love the versitality of having a flat side and a grill side.",
"I just pulled it out the other day to roast some chilis.",
"I had it on my electric burner on med-high and heard a pop sound.",
"I couldn't figure out what it was.",
"And then I heard it again and saw that the griddle had a crack in the middle of it.",
"I have never had any problems with high heat and cast iron before.",
"I am very disappointed in the quality of this piece.",
"Cast iron should be able to withstand searing hot temps."
] |
1 |
ENOUGH!
|
How long does Shields plan on banking in on her PPD? I am so sick of hearing about it. Now a book with a different cover and title? Enough! I tired of Brooke Shields years ago when her movies kept getting worse and worse. Yes she is argueably one of the most beautiful women in the world, but she is also inargueably the worst actress ever. I'm amazed that Shields is willing to keep making more and more money from her PPD. Where's her embarrassment? I will believe that she wrote this book (and continues to promote it) simply to help other women, as soon as I hear about her donating all the money she's making to the cause. Til then I am so sick of hearing about Shields and can't wait til the media is tired of her again. Unfortunately her team of publicists will probably keep us suffering.
| 11 |
[
"How long does Shields plan on banking in on her PPD?",
"I am so sick of hearing about it.",
"Now a book with a different cover and title?",
"Enough!",
"I tired of Brooke Shields years ago when her movies kept getting worse and worse.",
"Yes she is argueably one of the most beautiful women in the world, but she is also inargueably the worst actress ever.",
"I'm amazed that Shields is willing to keep making more and more money from her PPD.",
"Where's her embarrassment?",
"I will believe that she wrote this book (and continues to promote it) simply to help other women, as soon as I hear about her donating all the money she's making to the cause.",
"Til then I am so sick of hearing about Shields and can't wait til the media is tired of her again.",
"Unfortunately her team of publicists will probably keep us suffering."
] |
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Jerzees disappointment
|
I have been buying Jerzee T shirts at retail stores for years. I have never been disappointed. They wear well and launder well. I had not been able to find long sleeve shirts in local retail stores, so I went online.The quality is just not there. There is no warmth to the shirts. The material is very thin. I put one shirt on the bathroom door while showering. When I got out of the shower, I was able to see the doorknob through the shirt. I think you call this THIN. I have also noticed that the hooded sweatshirts in retail stores share this same quality...or lack of it. Looks like I need to find a new brand of long sleeve T shirt. I think a call is in order to the company.
| 12 |
[
"I have been buying Jerzee T shirts at retail stores for years.",
"I have never been disappointed.",
"They wear well and launder well.",
"I had not been able to find long sleeve shirts in local retail stores, so I went online.The quality is just not there.",
"There is no warmth to the shirts.",
"The material is very thin.",
"I put one shirt on the bathroom door while showering.",
"When I got out of the shower, I was able to see the doorknob through the shirt.",
"I think you call this THIN.",
"I have also noticed that the hooded sweatshirts in retail stores share this same quality...or lack of it.",
"Looks like I need to find a new brand of long sleeve T shirt.",
"I think a call is in order to the company."
] |
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MOST FUN RACING GAME I'VE SEEN YET!
|
I have played a lot of racing games and none of them captivated me like this one. When I first played it it was ok until my first crash. The realism and graphics on the crashes are amazing. It shows windows cracked and glass all over the place and unbelievably real damage done to the cars. The crash or destruction mode is awesome because is sets you up in perfect places to cause some serious devestation where the goal is to cause as much damage as possible. The first one sends you down a hill into an extrememly busy intersection full of suvs, semi-trucks, small coupe cars and many more. You just plow through and fly up totaling your car and causing a 9+ car pile up with mass meyhem. This is the best racing game I have ever played! Without a doubt you should pick this game up because I know you'll be going back to the crash mode again and again. Definately 5 stars!!!
| 11 |
[
"I have played a lot of racing games and none of them captivated me like this one.",
"When I first played it it was ok until my first crash.",
"The realism and graphics on the crashes are amazing.",
"It shows windows cracked and glass all over the place and unbelievably real damage done to the cars.",
"The crash or destruction mode is awesome because is sets you up in perfect places to cause some serious devestation where the goal is to cause as much damage as possible.",
"The first one sends you down a hill into an extrememly busy intersection full of suvs, semi-trucks, small coupe cars and many more.",
"You just plow through and fly up totaling your car and causing a 9+ car pile up with mass meyhem.",
"This is the best racing game I have ever played!",
"Without a doubt you should pick this game up because I know you'll be going back to the crash mode again and again.",
"Definately 5 stars!!!"
] |
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Works for me!!!
|
While I like good video, I am not going to call myself a videophile. Heck, I bought a refurbished 32" Vizio. And while I loved having a HDTV, I was not overjoyed by the Vizio's picture. I figured, for $20, I had nothing to lose.First, using this disc only for video setup was easy. One thing I found, was my tv did not necessarily respond as the instructions stated. Also, the Vizio has several settings beyond "Custom". So after going through the video setup, I was not sure it had helped. I then tried some of the other settings after making the initial changes, such as "movie" and "game", and found one that made the adjustments look great, even at 480i. Definitely worth it if all you want to do is adjust your picture. If you are going to spend hundreds, if not thousands on a tv, for less than a couple of dvds, you can realize the potential of your purchase. Hey Vizio, spring for one of these with your tv's and I bet you'll have a lot fewer returns!!!
| 12 |
[
"While I like good video, I am not going to call myself a videophile.",
"Heck, I bought a refurbished 32\" Vizio.",
"And while I loved having a HDTV, I was not overjoyed by the Vizio's picture.",
"I figured, for $20, I had nothing to lose.First, using this disc only for video setup was easy.",
"One thing I found, was my tv did not necessarily respond as the instructions stated.",
"Also, the Vizio has several settings beyond \"Custom\".",
"So after going through the video setup, I was not sure it had helped.",
"I then tried some of the other settings after making the initial changes, such as \"movie\" and \"game\", and found one that made the adjustments look great, even at 480i.",
"Definitely worth it if all you want to do is adjust your picture.",
"If you are going to spend hundreds, if not thousands on a tv, for less than a couple of dvds, you can realize the potential of your purchase.",
"Hey Vizio, spring for one of these with your tv's and I bet you'll have a lot fewer returns!!!"
] |
2 |
Finally, the perfect pregnancy book.
|
It seems like 5 stars are not nearly enough for this! I have looked for many sources on pregnancy and this one sums it into one fun to read, informative, reasurring, and honest book. Who would have thought a book about pregnancy would be such a page-turner? The author captures your heart as well as your mind making it difficult to close the book and put it down. In fact, I'm buying it for all of my pregnant friends (and my "trying to get pregnant" friends). It is such a pleasure to read. My husband has even read a few of the chapters. The format is very convenient and the "frequently asked question" section is a great quick reference. This is the one and only book you will need. I highly recommend this book to any pregnant woman or anyone currently trying to get pregnant. A great buy.
| 11 |
[
"It seems like 5 stars are not nearly enough for this!",
"I have looked for many sources on pregnancy and this one sums it into one fun to read, informative, reasurring, and honest book.",
"Who would have thought a book about pregnancy would be such a page-turner?",
"The author captures your heart as well as your mind making it difficult to close the book and put it down.",
"In fact, I'm buying it for all of my pregnant friends (and my \"trying to get pregnant\" friends).",
"It is such a pleasure to read.",
"My husband has even read a few of the chapters.",
"The format is very convenient and the \"frequently asked question\" section is a great quick reference.",
"This is the one and only book you will need.",
"I highly recommend this book to any pregnant woman or anyone currently trying to get pregnant.",
"A great buy."
] |
2 |
I love this game! But it has flickering problems...
|
I love this game. Is is my favorite of all I've played. I got it just before Christmas and became completely addicted to it. I loved playing the quest version, but now I usually do the quick play puzzles. The puzzles are my favorite part. Even my 4 year son loves this game and can play the first few levels.Now to the bad part, every time I play this game now the screen flickers after a few minutes. At first I ignored it and played through it but the flickering because so severe that I could not focus or touch the right blocks. It made me kinda nauseous too. I thought it my be my DS itself but all other games are fine. I hope that taking some time off from the game will be all that it needs. I miss my game!
| 11 |
[
"I love this game.",
"Is is my favorite of all I've played.",
"I got it just before Christmas and became completely addicted to it.",
"I loved playing the quest version, but now I usually do the quick play puzzles.",
"The puzzles are my favorite part.",
"Even my 4 year son loves this game and can play the first few levels.Now to the bad part, every time I play this game now the screen flickers after a few minutes.",
"At first I ignored it and played through it but the flickering because so severe that I could not focus or touch the right blocks.",
"It made me kinda nauseous too.",
"I thought it my be my DS itself but all other games are fine.",
"I hope that taking some time off from the game will be all that it needs.",
"I miss my game!"
] |
2 |
BOSSK AND ZUCKUSS WERE TOGETHER THANK YOU VERY MUCH
|
As my title should have indicated to everyone, I am well aware that Bossk and Zuckuss were partners in this book. Next step, get over it.4-LOM wasn't in the book. Maybe that is why Bossk and Zuckuss were working together.Granted Dengar didn't act like the superman we thought we knew, but oh well, he is in love (regardless of what we think about this, it did happen. Like he says in Tales of the Bounty Hunters now he has something to lose.)Barve was a little over used. Maybe a lot. Okay, I'll be happy if I never hear the word again. Now I'm going to get over it.I agree that Xixor should not have appeared in this book. He is perhaps the only villian that I really hated. I was so stinking when that barve was blown to atoms at the end of Shadows of the Emprire by Steve Perry, nicknamed the b-word.(Barve)
| 11 |
[
"As my title should have indicated to everyone, I am well aware that Bossk and Zuckuss were partners in this book.",
"Next step, get over it.4-LOM wasn't in the book.",
"Maybe that is why Bossk and Zuckuss were working together.Granted Dengar didn't act like the superman we thought we knew, but oh well, he is in love (regardless of what we think about this, it did happen.",
"Like he says in Tales of the Bounty Hunters now he has something to lose.)Barve was a little over used.",
"Maybe a lot.",
"Okay, I'll be happy if I never hear the word again.",
"Now I'm going to get over it.I agree that Xixor should not have appeared in this book.",
"He is perhaps the only villian that I really hated.",
"I was so stinking when that barve was blown to atoms at the end of Shadows of the Emprire by Steve Perry, nicknamed the b-word.(Barve)"
] |
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Tennis is one cool sport
|
I have never watched a single tennis match on TV and barely know the rules, but when I picked up Virtua Tennis I became a instant fan. This game is another great sport title put out by Sega. This is meant to be a arcade game not a sim so put aside all your complaints of how you can't chose exactly what kind of hit you do, it's all fun! I haven't played such a great multi player game before. I can play this with my younger sister or even my Dad, and you can become a good tennis player quick. The multi is great but what makes this game a winner is the world tour mode in which you travel to diffr. arenas around the globe and compete for money. The money is then used to buy secret players and stages. The mini-games are a great addition too, ranging from knocking over bowling pins off a serve to lob tennis balls into buckets. This is a great game to get even if you are not a fan. It is a easy game to get right into, so you can be a pro. A definite winner. Game, Set, And Match!
| 13 |
[
"I have never watched a single tennis match on TV and barely know the rules, but when I picked up Virtua Tennis I became a instant fan.",
"This game is another great sport title put out by Sega.",
"This is meant to be a arcade game not a sim so put aside all your complaints of how you can't chose exactly what kind of hit you do, it's all fun!",
"I haven't played such a great multi player game before.",
"I can play this with my younger sister or even my Dad, and you can become a good tennis player quick.",
"The multi is great but what makes this game a winner is the world tour mode in which you travel to diffr.",
"arenas around the globe and compete for money.",
"The money is then used to buy secret players and stages.",
"The mini-games are a great addition too, ranging from knocking over bowling pins off a serve to lob tennis balls into buckets.",
"This is a great game to get even if you are not a fan.",
"It is a easy game to get right into, so you can be a pro.",
"A definite winner.",
"Game, Set, And Match!"
] |
1 |
Works ok, reeks of plasticy-toxic odor
|
I tried this only at my laptop USB port at work and not the car cigarette lighter. It won't heat up your drink but it can keep it warm. I left it about 1/3 of the way filled and went to lunch. When I returned, my drink was reasonably hot. Well, very warm. In this aspect, I am satisfied with the perfomance.I have two complaints.The first is minor; the rim is very thick a akward to drink from.Because of the second, I no longer use it. The cup reeks of a foul, toxic-smelling odor that I just can't get past. It is one of odors where your brain says this is really bad stuff, consume it and die. I hand-washed it several times and left in the sun for a couple of days (as per a friends suggestion). This reduced the smell considerably, but not enough for me. It is now poisoning a land-fill somewhere.
| 11 |
[
"I tried this only at my laptop USB port at work and not the car cigarette lighter.",
"It won't heat up your drink but it can keep it warm.",
"I left it about 1/3 of the way filled and went to lunch.",
"When I returned, my drink was reasonably hot.",
"Well, very warm.",
"In this aspect, I am satisfied with the perfomance.I have two complaints.The first is minor; the rim is very thick a akward to drink from.Because of the second, I no longer use it.",
"The cup reeks of a foul, toxic-smelling odor that I just can't get past.",
"It is one of odors where your brain says this is really bad stuff, consume it and die.",
"I hand-washed it several times and left in the sun for a couple of days (as per a friends suggestion).",
"This reduced the smell considerably, but not enough for me.",
"It is now poisoning a land-fill somewhere."
] |
1 |
Dissappointed
|
I bouget this two days ago after returning a bissel I bought off QVC. The bissel leaked the whole water tank on the carpet everytime. Had that one for two weeks. I went to Home Depot and bought this one and when I got it home I was missing the hand held scrubber . I trouped on with the machine(without the hand scrubber) anyway. I used it for almost one tank then all the sudden it sounded differant. I emptied the tank to find a metal peice sitting on the bottom. Never had a chance to try the power surge button. I thought it was going to be great. It has very good suction though but I already have a vaccuum. I'm going to try to bump it up with a Platnum Hover costing twice as much. Mqaybe that'l work.
| 12 |
[
"I bouget this two days ago after returning a bissel I bought off QVC.",
"The bissel leaked the whole water tank on the carpet everytime.",
"Had that one for two weeks.",
"I went to Home Depot and bought this one and when I got it home I was missing the hand held scrubber.",
"I trouped on with the machine(without the hand scrubber) anyway.",
"I used it for almost one tank then all the sudden it sounded differant.",
"I emptied the tank to find a metal peice sitting on the bottom.",
"Never had a chance to try the power surge button.",
"I thought it was going to be great.",
"It has very good suction though but I already have a vaccuum.",
"I'm going to try to bump it up with a Platnum Hover costing twice as much.",
"Mqaybe that'l work."
] |
2 |
Graffiti Bridge
|
I haven't gotten the tape, but I have the CD (Don't ask why I need the cassette, It's a long story.) I love this album. I would say that it is more quantity and slightly less quality than Purple Rain, but it is a good album nevertheless. I also own the movie. I highly recommend that too. It's really corny, but it has a good storyline. I don't understand why it's not a classic or something yet. It's sort of like a dirty Mary Poppins, but that's a rough telling of it. Watch it. Like it. Thank me. Buy the CD. Like that too. Thank me.
| 14 |
[
"I haven't gotten the tape, but I have the CD (Don't ask why I need the cassette, It's a long story.) I love this album.",
"I would say that it is more quantity and slightly less quality than Purple Rain, but it is a good album nevertheless.",
"I also own the movie.",
"I highly recommend that too.",
"It's really corny, but it has a good storyline.",
"I don't understand why it's not a classic or something yet.",
"It's sort of like a dirty Mary Poppins, but that's a rough telling of it.",
"Watch it.",
"Like it.",
"Thank me.",
"Buy the CD.",
"Like that too.",
"Thank me."
] |
1 |
Cute bag, poor quality and inefficient design
|
I agree with everyone else who gave this 1 star. My son is almost 6 months old and I have rarely used this bag, yet, the bag is totally torn at the zipper of the main compartment. The smaller pockets don't really hold anything so that is a complete waste. I can barely fit a receiving blanket, a change of clothes, diapers, travel wipes, a bottle and a nursing cover at the same time. If I do the bag is stretched to the limit. Which, is probably why the bag tore in the first place. I still have to bring a purse with me because there is just no way I could squeeze my wallet and necessary purse items into the bag along with the baby stuff. The changing pad is great, but you can buy those anywhere. I have emailed JJ Cole about the rip so we'll see what they do (if anything) for me. But I'm buying a new bag. Don't waste your money.
| 11 |
[
"I agree with everyone else who gave this 1 star.",
"My son is almost 6 months old and I have rarely used this bag, yet, the bag is totally torn at the zipper of the main compartment.",
"The smaller pockets don't really hold anything so that is a complete waste.",
"I can barely fit a receiving blanket, a change of clothes, diapers, travel wipes, a bottle and a nursing cover at the same time.",
"If I do the bag is stretched to the limit.",
"Which, is probably why the bag tore in the first place.",
"I still have to bring a purse with me because there is just no way I could squeeze my wallet and necessary purse items into the bag along with the baby stuff.",
"The changing pad is great, but you can buy those anywhere.",
"I have emailed JJ Cole about the rip so we'll see what they do (if anything) for me.",
"But I'm buying a new bag.",
"Don't waste your money."
] |
1 |
I'd rather watch paint dry than read this book again.
|
Had it not been for the name I never would've touched this book. Colored sugar waters sounds tasty, but this book left a bitterness in my brain.First off let me say I couldn't bring myself to finishing this novel. I think I got half way through, wanted to poke my eyes out. Talk about BORING. This is really ridiculous. There is absolutely nothing interesting in this book. I was almost afraid to turn the page for fear that I'd stumble upon something even more boring and slip into a state of unconciousness. No description, no character developement, no good. It's written like a third grader wrote it and the Voodoo concept is not creative, different, or sexy, it's simply weird. Then it had the nerve to be placed in my home town. OH,NO.Venise outta be ashamed for this one yall. I have nothing more to say.
| 12 |
[
"Had it not been for the name I never would've touched this book.",
"Colored sugar waters sounds tasty, but this book left a bitterness in my brain.First off let me say I couldn't bring myself to finishing this novel.",
"I think I got half way through, wanted to poke my eyes out.",
"Talk about BORING.",
"This is really ridiculous.",
"There is absolutely nothing interesting in this book.",
"I was almost afraid to turn the page for fear that I'd stumble upon something even more boring and slip into a state of unconciousness.",
"No description, no character developement, no good.",
"It's written like a third grader wrote it and the Voodoo concept is not creative, different, or sexy, it's simply weird.",
"Then it had the nerve to be placed in my home town.",
"OH,NO.Venise outta be ashamed for this one yall.",
"I have nothing more to say."
] |
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The child the father of the man.
|
A book that plunges you into a world horrific to the core. But echos of truth permeate the bloody landscape. There are images that stay with you forever - the killing of the puppies, the Judge bathing in the town bath, (of course) the Comanche attack, the removal of the arrow. Many more. A pessimistic view of human nature, or the "human condition", but not necessarily an inaccurate one. Who knows what dwells in the soul of man? The first sentence, "See the child." should rank with the first in Moby Dick as one of the best remembered in literature. Is what we see in the child in the pages that follow a valid reflection of human nature? Could a band of such revolting criminals have ever roamed the face of the earth? Is violence/evil within us, part of our nature? McCarthy studies the young boy and says of him - "All history present in that visage, the child the father of the man."
| 12 |
[
"A book that plunges you into a world horrific to the core.",
"But echos of truth permeate the bloody landscape.",
"There are images that stay with you forever - the killing of the puppies, the Judge bathing in the town bath, (of course) the Comanche attack, the removal of the arrow.",
"Many more.",
"A pessimistic view of human nature, or the \"human condition\", but not necessarily an inaccurate one.",
"Who knows what dwells in the soul of man?",
"The first sentence, \"See the child.\" should rank with the first in Moby Dick as one of the best remembered in literature.",
"Is what we see in the child in the pages that follow a valid reflection of human nature?",
"Could a band of such revolting criminals have ever roamed the face of the earth?",
"Is violence/evil within us, part of our nature?",
"McCarthy studies the young boy and says of him - \"All history present in that visage, the child the father of the man.\""
] |
1 |
Ho hum
|
Not a bad book. Not a good book. A wasted opportunity So much more could have been done with this. Insight into Dalek culture. Insight into the mind of arch traitor Mavic Chen. Insight into the races of the outer galaxies. Even some knowledge of earth history of that period. Katarina, the first of the Doctor's companions to ever perish, does so and, in a particulary nasty way, and, except for Steven, no one really cares. Not even the author. By the story's end, the reader barely even remembers that she existed. Still. At least, the Doctor Who fan has the full story. Continued in The Mutation of Time.
| 13 |
[
"Not a bad book.",
"Not a good book.",
"A wasted opportunity So much more could have been done with this.",
"Insight into Dalek culture.",
"Insight into the mind of arch traitor Mavic Chen.",
"Insight into the races of the outer galaxies.",
"Even some knowledge of earth history of that period.",
"Katarina, the first of the Doctor's companions to ever perish, does so and, in a particulary nasty way, and, except for Steven, no one really cares.",
"Not even the author.",
"By the story's end, the reader barely even remembers that she existed.",
"Still.",
"At least, the Doctor Who fan has the full story.",
"Continued in The Mutation of Time."
] |
2 |
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT........
|
You don't have to be a Broadway fan to thoroughly enjoy RENT. It speaks to everyone, no matter your age, race, sex, religion...it doesn't matter. Every single person is capable of learning something important from this musical: life is short, so make the most of it. The voices and lyrics combined capture the poignant urgency of its message. It's such a shame Jonathan Larson never got the chance to witness how his music changed the world. It's imperative that you purchase this double cd set. I listen to it everyday, 24/7, and I NEVER tire of it. NEVER. The eclectic songs will satisfy anyone's taste in music. If you're in New York, make it a point to see RENT. If not, get thee to NYC, or at the very least, catch it on tour. You're sure to regret it if you don't see it. After all, there's no day but today.
| 13 |
[
"You don't have to be a Broadway fan to thoroughly enjoy RENT.",
"It speaks to everyone, no matter your age, race, sex, religion...it doesn't matter.",
"Every single person is capable of learning something important from this musical: life is short, so make the most of it.",
"The voices and lyrics combined capture the poignant urgency of its message.",
"It's such a shame Jonathan Larson never got the chance to witness how his music changed the world.",
"It's imperative that you purchase this double cd set.",
"I listen to it everyday, 24/7, and I NEVER tire of it.",
"NEVER.",
"The eclectic songs will satisfy anyone's taste in music.",
"If you're in New York, make it a point to see RENT.",
"If not, get thee to NYC, or at the very least, catch it on tour.",
"You're sure to regret it if you don't see it.",
"After all, there's no day but today."
] |
1 |
Will be forgotten
|
FW will soon be forgotten because soon (a century?) no one will be able to understand it. As it is, only a few thousand people in the entire world bother with it now because it is too difficult and arduous to read. Reading FW is more like a language project than a pleasant reading experience. Some people like to work out mathematical theorems. Some may like working out FW. I do not. With each year, because of the way language changes, FW will become more and more incomprehensible so that there will eventually be more people around who read and understand Old Norse than this novel. Joyce, who loved languages, should have known that. As it is, he wrote a novel with its own built in destruction. He consigned it to what is a certain and inevitably obscure death.
| 11 |
[
"FW will soon be forgotten because soon (a century?",
") no one will be able to understand it.",
"As it is, only a few thousand people in the entire world bother with it now because it is too difficult and arduous to read.",
"Reading FW is more like a language project than a pleasant reading experience.",
"Some people like to work out mathematical theorems.",
"Some may like working out FW.",
"I do not.",
"With each year, because of the way language changes, FW will become more and more incomprehensible so that there will eventually be more people around who read and understand Old Norse than this novel.",
"Joyce, who loved languages, should have known that.",
"As it is, he wrote a novel with its own built in destruction.",
"He consigned it to what is a certain and inevitably obscure death."
] |
2 |
ipod schmipod
|
OK so the obvious comparison here is with the ipod. Let's get the negative out of the way first. It's not white, and the back isn't chrome, and when you mention what you just bought many people might not recognise the name.OK, now the good stuff. It's cheaper. It plays more formats - Vorbis & FLAC are both insanely great. The battery life is considerably better. It has ethernet on the dock, so it works with linux, mac, windows, whatever. The sound quality is better (to my ears). The support from the developers is amazing - lots of cool features being added all the time. This is the ONLY portable player to support gapless playback - this is a MUST for any dance music fans - how annoying is it when your ipod puts 1 second breaks between the tracks in your mix cds? There's more - much more - but don't take my word for it :)Best portable audio device on the market - period.
| 11 |
[
"OK so the obvious comparison here is with the ipod.",
"Let's get the negative out of the way first.",
"It's not white, and the back isn't chrome, and when you mention what you just bought many people might not recognise the name.OK, now the good stuff.",
"It's cheaper.",
"It plays more formats - Vorbis & FLAC are both insanely great.",
"The battery life is considerably better.",
"It has ethernet on the dock, so it works with linux, mac, windows, whatever.",
"The sound quality is better (to my ears).",
"The support from the developers is amazing - lots of cool features being added all the time.",
"This is the ONLY portable player to support gapless playback - this is a MUST for any dance music fans - how annoying is it when your ipod puts 1 second breaks between the tracks in your mix cds?",
"There's more - much more - but don't take my word for it :)Best portable audio device on the market - period."
] |
2 |
Solid product
|
It shipped quickly even though we used super saver shipping. The box was very open and I was concerned that parts my have been lost. First thing we did was go through the parts list to make sure. Thankfully they were all there. Then we found that the backboard brackets from our portable unit were not compatible with the new adjustable system. So I contacted spalding and they were the best. They responded quickly and just had a few questions about what backboard I had so they could get the right brackets for us. I was expecting to at least pay shipping, but they sent them to us at no charge. My 9 year old son put the entire adjustment system together himself. My wife and I helped him hang it on the garage. It's easy to adjust and is very solid. I would recommend this product for anyone wanting an adjustable hoop on a solid surface. Fun for all five of us.
| 13 |
[
"It shipped quickly even though we used super saver shipping.",
"The box was very open and I was concerned that parts my have been lost.",
"First thing we did was go through the parts list to make sure.",
"Thankfully they were all there.",
"Then we found that the backboard brackets from our portable unit were not compatible with the new adjustable system.",
"So I contacted spalding and they were the best.",
"They responded quickly and just had a few questions about what backboard I had so they could get the right brackets for us.",
"I was expecting to at least pay shipping, but they sent them to us at no charge.",
"My 9 year old son put the entire adjustment system together himself.",
"My wife and I helped him hang it on the garage.",
"It's easy to adjust and is very solid.",
"I would recommend this product for anyone wanting an adjustable hoop on a solid surface.",
"Fun for all five of us."
] |
1 |
TERRIBLE!!!!!
|
IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A REAL ROCK FAN, OR IF YOU LIKE REAL MUSIC, STAY AWAY OF THIS GARBAGE!!!! JESUS, IT'S SO BAD, MY EARS ARE BLEEDING!! THIS GIVES A NEW MEANING FOR THE EXPRESSION "THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD"!!! A DISGRACE, FROM THE BEGINNING 'TILL THE END!!! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS TRASH!!! INSTEAD, GET A REAL ROCK BAND ALBUM. AND DON'T LISTEN THE REVIEWERS THAT SAYS THIS IS INNOVATIVE OR GOOD. THEY ARE FREAKING DISTURBED TEENS WITH MENTAL PROBLEMS, OR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE REAL MUSIC!! THE SYSTEM HAVE TO LET ME GIVE A LOWER NOTE, BECAUSE THIS DESERVES INFINITE NEGATIVE STARS!!!AND DON'T TELL ME I HAVEN'T WARN YOU!!!
| 11 |
[
"IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A REAL ROCK FAN, OR IF YOU LIKE REAL MUSIC, STAY AWAY OF THIS GARBAGE!!!",
"!",
"JESUS, IT'S SO BAD, MY EARS ARE BLEEDING!!",
"THIS GIVES A NEW MEANING FOR THE EXPRESSION \"THE WORST BAND IN THE WORLD\"!!!",
"A DISGRACE, FROM THE BEGINNING 'TILL THE END!!!",
"DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS TRASH!!!",
"INSTEAD, GET A REAL ROCK BAND ALBUM.",
"AND DON'T LISTEN THE REVIEWERS THAT SAYS THIS IS INNOVATIVE OR GOOD.",
"THEY ARE FREAKING DISTURBED TEENS WITH MENTAL PROBLEMS, OR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE REAL MUSIC!!",
"THE SYSTEM HAVE TO LET ME GIVE A LOWER NOTE, BECAUSE THIS DESERVES INFINITE NEGATIVE STARS!!!",
"AND DON'T TELL ME I HAVEN'T WARN YOU!!!"
] |
1 |
Breaks, Difficult to Fix, Weak Company Support
|
This stand broke after a year. I used it for 40-50 gigs with smaller amps (18 w Fenders and a Victoria Regal II). But then it stopped working -- the back leg would no longer lock, so the stand couldn't support an amp. I emailed the company for help and someone called. She sounded familiar with the problem, and said that they could mail me the needed part, if I could drill-out a rivet, replace the part, and then use a rivet gun to put it together again. I don't have a rivet gun. The only alternative was to return the stand to the company on my dime -- about $13 -- so they could decide whether it was a "manufacturing error" such that it was "within warranty." Even if it was, she said, they would not reimburse me the $13 shipping. The uncertainty, delay and cost is too much. I'm throwing the stand away and buying one from another company. This is not the "ultimate" amp stand. It's not even a good one.
| 12 |
[
"This stand broke after a year.",
"I used it for 40-50 gigs with smaller amps (18 w Fenders and a Victoria Regal II).",
"But then it stopped working -- the back leg would no longer lock, so the stand couldn't support an amp.",
"I emailed the company for help and someone called.",
"She sounded familiar with the problem, and said that they could mail me the needed part, if I could drill-out a rivet, replace the part, and then use a rivet gun to put it together again.",
"I don't have a rivet gun.",
"The only alternative was to return the stand to the company on my dime -- about $13 -- so they could decide whether it was a \"manufacturing error\" such that it was \"within warranty.\" Even if it was, she said, they would not reimburse me the $13 shipping.",
"The uncertainty, delay and cost is too much.",
"I'm throwing the stand away and buying one from another company.",
"This is not the \"ultimate\" amp stand.",
"It's not even a good one."
] |
2 |
Very Interesting
|
Very interesting. One couldn't but think (as one familiar with American and European history) as how similiar the Boer War and The War of Northern Aggression (a.k.a.: Civil War, War Between The States, etc.) were - both in terms of cause, tactics, response(s), and politics. As to the movie itself. Its been said that the 'facts of the matter' have been somewhat overlooked by the director/writer. Well, poetic license I suppose. Still the message and the underlying truth are worth telling, regardless over the alledged crimes. Great movie. Great Message no matter what 'side' you are on. In war rules changed. In war men change. War brings out the best and worst in men.
| 13 |
[
"Very interesting.",
"One couldn't but think (as one familiar with American and European history) as how similiar the Boer War and The War of Northern Aggression (a.k.a.: Civil War, War Between The States, etc.) were - both in terms of cause, tactics, response(s), and politics.",
"As to the movie itself.",
"Its been said that the 'facts of the matter' have been somewhat overlooked by the director/writer.",
"Well, poetic license I suppose.",
"Still the message and the underlying truth are worth telling, regardless over the alledged crimes.",
"Great movie.",
"Great Message no matter what 'side' you are on.",
"In war rules changed.",
"In war men change.",
"War brings out the best and worst in men."
] |
1 |
what a silly and ridiculous premise
|
I am so sorry I spent money on this book. What a dopey premise - that one can compare and contrast these women. There is almost nothing at all known about Margaret Taylor, Jane Pierce, Abigail Fillmore, Eliza Johnson, Eliza Monroe. The papers of women like Ida McKinley and Bess Truman have been destroyed by their families. There are no biographies at all of most of the First Ladies. So how in the world can these women be fairly judged when contrasted with modern activist women like Lady Bird, Hillary and Betty Ford? I saw none of this addressed in the text at all. This is ahistorical and does much damage. Also, the role of women is different. And there are no specific duties of a First Lady like there are for a President - so they are all different. You cannot compare First Ladies. This book should not have been written. Just a bunch of candy.
| 13 |
[
"I am so sorry I spent money on this book.",
"What a dopey premise - that one can compare and contrast these women.",
"There is almost nothing at all known about Margaret Taylor, Jane Pierce, Abigail Fillmore, Eliza Johnson, Eliza Monroe.",
"The papers of women like Ida McKinley and Bess Truman have been destroyed by their families.",
"There are no biographies at all of most of the First Ladies.",
"So how in the world can these women be fairly judged when contrasted with modern activist women like Lady Bird, Hillary and Betty Ford?",
"I saw none of this addressed in the text at all.",
"This is ahistorical and does much damage.",
"Also, the role of women is different.",
"And there are no specific duties of a First Lady like there are for a President - so they are all different.",
"You cannot compare First Ladies.",
"This book should not have been written.",
"Just a bunch of candy."
] |
1 |
Track good, Tidmouth sheds are CRAP
|
This set is truly not up to Thomas standards. The brown track is much sturdier and better made than the blue, but it took my handy dad and my super handy husband (who can fix ANYTHING) an hour to assemble them and as soon as my son barely touched the sheds, they collapsed. We hid them and I recently pulled them out to try again. As soon as I tried to put a 3rd piece on, the 1st 2 fell apart. It is impossible to put together. We don't have the room to store such a large, fully-assembled toy - assuming we could assemble it, without welding equipment! (yes I know it's plastic - it's THAT frustrating. The bridge is fun, but the blue sides pop out if you barely nudge the track. Also, the supports are not tall enough to run another loop of track under it. That is, until my handy hubby took a razor blade and made them stackable. HIT truly needs to redesign the sheds and send a free replacement to everyone who has bought this piece of junk. Don't waste your money!
| 12 |
[
"This set is truly not up to Thomas standards.",
"The brown track is much sturdier and better made than the blue, but it took my handy dad and my super handy husband (who can fix ANYTHING) an hour to assemble them and as soon as my son barely touched the sheds, they collapsed.",
"We hid them and I recently pulled them out to try again.",
"As soon as I tried to put a 3rd piece on, the 1st 2 fell apart.",
"It is impossible to put together.",
"We don't have the room to store such a large, fully-assembled toy - assuming we could assemble it, without welding equipment!",
"(yes I know it's plastic - it's THAT frustrating.",
"The bridge is fun, but the blue sides pop out if you barely nudge the track.",
"Also, the supports are not tall enough to run another loop of track under it.",
"That is, until my handy hubby took a razor blade and made them stackable.",
"HIT truly needs to redesign the sheds and send a free replacement to everyone who has bought this piece of junk.",
"Don't waste your money!"
] |
2 |
A decent pair of earrings...
|
I actually bought these earrings for myself. I noticed a number of women complaining about the "oddly shaped" post that goes through the ear causing them discomfort. I didn't have any problems, however, I've had large gage earrings in my ears before. For a guy, they are slightly bigger than I would normally like. But, fortunately, because of my style and look, I'm able to wear them well. I've bought other gold earrings for this same price that weigh "half" the grams these do, so I'm not sure why people are saying they expected them to be heavier and less expensive. The size of these earrings are exactly that of the size of a nickel. So if your a guy and your not sure, put a nickel up to your ear to get an idea of how big it is. Well worth the price. I paid a good price for a good quality earring and gram weight. You won't be dissapointed!
| 11 |
[
"I actually bought these earrings for myself.",
"I noticed a number of women complaining about the \"oddly shaped\" post that goes through the ear causing them discomfort.",
"I didn't have any problems, however, I've had large gage earrings in my ears before.",
"For a guy, they are slightly bigger than I would normally like.",
"But, fortunately, because of my style and look, I'm able to wear them well.",
"I've bought other gold earrings for this same price that weigh \"half\" the grams these do, so I'm not sure why people are saying they expected them to be heavier and less expensive.",
"The size of these earrings are exactly that of the size of a nickel.",
"So if your a guy and your not sure, put a nickel up to your ear to get an idea of how big it is.",
"Well worth the price.",
"I paid a good price for a good quality earring and gram weight.",
"You won't be dissapointed!"
] |
1 |
not very funny
|
I am a fan of movies that are "stupid/funny" and even some that are just stupid. This one is neither. At least stupid has some sort of substance. Not this. It's like a black hole that sucks time out of our already presciously short lives. I also give extra points to low budget flicks because they have more to prove. Not this. It's still hopeless. To try and describe the plot would be impossible for reasons that will become evident if you watch it. bad. really bad.
| 11 |
[
"I am a fan of movies that are \"stupid/funny\" and even some that are just stupid.",
"This one is neither.",
"At least stupid has some sort of substance.",
"Not this.",
"It's like a black hole that sucks time out of our already presciously short lives.",
"I also give extra points to low budget flicks because they have more to prove.",
"Not this.",
"It's still hopeless.",
"To try and describe the plot would be impossible for reasons that will become evident if you watch it.",
"bad.",
"really bad."
] |
2 |
Michael Chapman vanishes w/o a clue, leaves a grievin family
|
I was a bit disapionted when I read this book! I expected from the comments of the sales paragraphs that they found out what happened to Michael! Please get back to me if you have written to the author and found out what became of Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! !! !! !! !!!!!!And the Chapman Family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| 17 |
[
"I was a bit disapionted when I read this book!",
"I expected from the comments of the sales paragraphs that they found out what happened to Michael!",
"Please get back to me if you have written to the author and found out what became of Michael!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!",
"!",
"!",
"!",
"!",
"!!",
"!!",
"!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"And the Chapman Family!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!"
] |
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thanks for the input, guys!
|
I have not bought the book yet. Thanks to you guys, I probably saved over $15 not buying the hardcover. I was thinking, since Mr. Jordan is not trying to finish this story, maybe we should. Here are some thoughts I have so far... 1. The guy that calls himself Taim right now, is most likely Demandred in disguse. Remember Bashere did not recognize him when he first present himeself to Rand? The real Dragon inside Rand's head screams murder everytime Taim is near. 2. As with male and female halves of the Source, I think evil is also divided in the similar fashion. The evil in Shadar Logoth is probably the female half. 3. I think the real importance of the character Min is that she will be the one who puzzles out the key to the final victory. She has the note from Herid Fel.Let me know what you guys think!
| 13 |
[
"I have not bought the book yet.",
"Thanks to you guys, I probably saved over $15 not buying the hardcover.",
"I was thinking, since Mr.",
"Jordan is not trying to finish this story, maybe we should.",
"Here are some thoughts I have so far... 1.",
"The guy that calls himself Taim right now, is most likely Demandred in disguse.",
"Remember Bashere did not recognize him when he first present himeself to Rand?",
"The real Dragon inside Rand's head screams murder everytime Taim is near.",
"2.",
"As with male and female halves of the Source, I think evil is also divided in the similar fashion.",
"The evil in Shadar Logoth is probably the female half.",
"3.",
"I think the real importance of the character Min is that she will be the one who puzzles out the key to the final victory.",
"She has the note from Herid Fel.Let me know what you guys think!"
] |
1 |
Blah
|
It has been a long time since I had such a difficult time forcing myself to finish a novel. There was nothing to enjoy. I could not figure out what it was supposed to be. Was it supposed to be funny? It wasn't. Was it supposed to be a serious legal thriller? It wasn't. Was this what people call "chick-lit?" Then I hope this is the last time I accidentally pick up a book from that genre. It wasn't terrible, just a big boring nothing. It was like ordering spaghetti and having the waiter deliver a plate of naked boiled noodles without sauce or meatballs--unsalted.
| 11 |
[
"It has been a long time since I had such a difficult time forcing myself to finish a novel.",
"There was nothing to enjoy.",
"I could not figure out what it was supposed to be.",
"Was it supposed to be funny?",
"It wasn't.",
"Was it supposed to be a serious legal thriller?",
"It wasn't.",
"Was this what people call \"chick-lit?",
"\" Then I hope this is the last time I accidentally pick up a book from that genre.",
"It wasn't terrible, just a big boring nothing.",
"It was like ordering spaghetti and having the waiter deliver a plate of naked boiled noodles without sauce or meatballs--unsalted."
] |
2 |
A Bailar Country Rock
|
Me gusta mucho la musica de "Los Felinos" Su musica es muy EXELENTE y muy llena de energia.!! Estas son las Rolas de este Alb?m:1. Ya no (Too much)2. Guadalupe y Mar?a (Plain thing)3. Vaquero de ciudad (Turn me round)4. Pero me ama (She lays it all on the lane)5. Oh darling (Oh darling)6. No rompas mi coraz?n (Achy breaking heart)7. El rodeo del amor (Frankfurt Special)8. Jambalaya (On the bayou)9. Un poco es mejor que nada (Little bit is better than nothing)10. Y yo que puedo hacer (I can't help myself)11. Hey cantinero (Little Betty)12. Cuando yo era un jovencito (Cotton fields)
| 14 |
[
"Me gusta mucho la musica de \"Los Felinos\" Su musica es muy EXELENTE y muy llena de energia.!!",
"Estas son las Rolas de este Alb?",
"m:1.",
"Ya no (Too much)2.",
"Guadalupe y Mar?",
"a (Plain thing)3.",
"Vaquero de ciudad (Turn me round)4.",
"Pero me ama (She lays it all on the lane)5.",
"Oh darling (Oh darling)6.",
"No rompas mi coraz?",
"n (Achy breaking heart)7.",
"El rodeo del amor (Frankfurt Special)8.",
"Jambalaya (On the bayou)9.",
"Un poco es mejor que nada (Little bit is better than nothing)10.",
"Y yo que puedo hacer (I can't help myself)11.",
"Hey cantinero (Little Betty)12.",
"Cuando yo era un jovencito (Cotton fields)"
] |
1 |
want thrash? listen to slayer
|
these people try to be good but they arent... at all. they have no musical skill and there songs arent all that good. they too have become sell outs. they will be on trl. trl=sellout. they are reeeeeeally bad. Want good thrash? listen to slayer. exodus. mercyful fate. megadeth. i could go on. and to those of you who think that thrash bands have no skill, that is because you listen to slipknot.
| 13 |
[
"these people try to be good but they arent... at all.",
"they have no musical skill and there songs arent all that good.",
"they too have become sell outs.",
"they will be on trl.",
"trl=sellout.",
"they are reeeeeeally bad.",
"Want good thrash?",
"listen to slayer.",
"exodus.",
"mercyful fate.",
"megadeth.",
"i could go on.",
"and to those of you who think that thrash bands have no skill, that is because you listen to slipknot."
] |
2 |
good product for the price
|
Pros:1. Easy to install.2. Looks good.3. Highly configurable.4. Good quality for the price...not as good quality as the ELF from The Container Store, but good enough and much cheaper.5. Can find additional shelves and accessories at local home improvement stores.Cons:1. Shelves are thin, so don't store anything heavy. They are adequate for clothes.2. Brackets for the hanging rods are plastic. I used 4 brackets for a 4ft span for my coat closet. I didn't want to take any chances on them breaking.Overall, I am satisfied with the product. They aren't as high quality as the ELF (I don't have the Rubbermaid Configurations so I can't compare), but they are only half the price.
| 12 |
[
"Pros:1.",
"Easy to install.2. Looks good.3. Highly configurable.4. Good quality for the price...not as good quality as the ELF from The Container Store, but good enough and much cheaper.5. Can find additional shelves and accessories at local home improvement stores.Cons:1.",
"Shelves are thin, so don't store anything heavy.",
"They are adequate for clothes.2. Brackets for the hanging rods are plastic.",
"I used 4 brackets for a 4ft span for my coat closet.",
"I didn't want to take any chances on them breaking.Overall, I am satisfied with the product.",
"They aren't as high quality as the ELF (I don't have the Rubbermaid Configurations so I can't compare), but they are only half the price."
] |
1 |
Digital Concepts/Sakar Canon NB2L replacement battery
|
This is the worst battery I have ever purchased. After fully charging this battery the Powershot S50 shows that I need to recharge battery. I had to contact Sakar (distributor) numerous times via e-mail and phone. Finally a rep was reached and advised I must pay $5.00 for handling and shipping. I received a new battery. Same thing. It could not hold a charge. The first battery from Sakar cannot even power up the camera. I can take four shots with the second battery. I have tried charging with my original Canon charger. Still no good.The Digital Concepts charger is crap. The DC charger does not even fit into the car lighter. I always thought Sakar products were cheap and inferior. They are not even that. They are just crap. Never, ever purchase their products. Buy the original equipment batteries or separate adjunct batteries.
| 17 |
[
"This is the worst battery I have ever purchased.",
"After fully charging this battery the Powershot S50 shows that I need to recharge battery.",
"I had to contact Sakar (distributor) numerous times via e-mail and phone.",
"Finally a rep was reached and advised I must pay $5.00 for handling and shipping.",
"I received a new battery.",
"Same thing.",
"It could not hold a charge.",
"The first battery from Sakar cannot even power up the camera.",
"I can take four shots with the second battery.",
"I have tried charging with my original Canon charger.",
"Still no good.The Digital Concepts charger is crap.",
"The DC charger does not even fit into the car lighter.",
"I always thought Sakar products were cheap and inferior.",
"They are not even that.",
"They are just crap.",
"Never, ever purchase their products.",
"Buy the original equipment batteries or separate adjunct batteries."
] |
2 |
Fun late 80's Speed/Thrash metal album. totally rare!
|
Why can't albums like this get re-released? I'm sick of seeing this CD being sold for $100 each. That's right...mr.amazon z-shop seller...can you sell this for less just for once? Anyway...get this if you can. It's really hard to find. It's NOT worth $100 though..no way. Maybe worth at least 10-12 bucks each. Fun thrash metal that sounds very outdated. I have the vinyl version of this. Hilarious artwork also. Someone re-release this, please!!!!!!!!!!!
| 12 |
[
"Why can't albums like this get re-released?",
"I'm sick of seeing this CD being sold for $100 each.",
"That's right...mr.amazon z-shop seller...can you sell this for less just for once?",
"Anyway...get this if you can.",
"It's really hard to find.",
"It's NOT worth $100 though..no way.",
"Maybe worth at least 10-12 bucks each.",
"Fun thrash metal that sounds very outdated.",
"I have the vinyl version of this.",
"Hilarious artwork also.",
"Someone re-release this, please!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!"
] |
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