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An absolute disappointment
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I was completely disappointed in Ms. Helm's novel, Dish it up, Baby. The fact that this book was written as a novel, and not as an autobiography, as it clearly should have been, leads me to question Ms. Helms credibility and her struggle with developing her own self. The main focus of the book revolved around Ms. Helms and her personal experiences but by disregarding the other individuals in her life and not developing any of these characters, she totally misses out on the opportunity to prove herself as a credible and respectable author. While her attention to detail and fun witty descriptions of certain events did make the book entertaining to read at times, I found myself feeling emotionally unsatisfied and unable to connect to the protagonist in any way, shape or form. Before writing another book, I truly hope that Ms. Helm will have the ability to be true to herself and develop a storyline and characters that reach out and touch her readers in an honest and true way.
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"I was completely disappointed in Ms.",
"Helm's novel, Dish it up, Baby.",
"The fact that this book was written as a novel, and not as an autobiography, as it clearly should have been, leads me to question Ms.",
"Helms credibility and her struggle with developing her own self.",
"The main focus of the book revolved around Ms.",
"Helms and her personal experiences but by disregarding the other individuals in her life and not developing any of these characters, she totally misses out on the opportunity to prove herself as a credible and respectable author.",
"While her attention to detail and fun witty descriptions of certain events did make the book entertaining to read at times, I found myself feeling emotionally unsatisfied and unable to connect to the protagonist in any way, shape or form.",
"Before writing another book, I truly hope that Ms.",
"Helm will have the ability to be true to herself and develop a storyline and characters that reach out and touch her readers in an honest and true way."
] |
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Not worth the money :(
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I purchased the Alterna Hemp Straightening Balm about two weeks ago and it arrived in a timely manner. That's about the only positive thing I can say unfortunately.I have very thick wavy hair. And using as directed this product leaves much to be desired. Did not help with straightening at all. It also did not help with the frizziness or fly-away hairs either. I used on towel dried hair and also kept reapplying as I straightened with my flat iron and comb. My hair continued to curl and was a frizzy mess afterward. I also tried using the product simply with a blow dryer and paddle brush and had the same results.Paul Mitchell's Super Skinny Serum is a much better way to go. It works great and leaves my hair shiny, tame, and STRAIGHT!!I really feel like I threw 19 dollars in the garbage!Maybe this product would work well on someone who's hair is not as thick as mine but who knows.If you have very thick hair that's curly or wavy I would definitely go with a different product!!
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"I purchased the Alterna Hemp Straightening Balm about two weeks ago and it arrived in a timely manner.",
"That's about the only positive thing I can say unfortunately.I have very thick wavy hair.",
"And using as directed this product leaves much to be desired.",
"Did not help with straightening at all.",
"It also did not help with the frizziness or fly-away hairs either.",
"I used on towel dried hair and also kept reapplying as I straightened with my flat iron and comb.",
"My hair continued to curl and was a frizzy mess afterward.",
"I also tried using the product simply with a blow dryer and paddle brush and had the same results.Paul Mitchell's Super Skinny Serum is a much better way to go.",
"It works great and leaves my hair shiny, tame, and STRAIGHT!!",
"I really feel like I threw 19 dollars in the garbage!",
"Maybe this product would work well on someone who's hair is not as thick as mine but who knows.If you have very thick hair that's curly or wavy I would definitely go with a different product!!"
] |
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Poison pen
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A lethal combination of bad screenwriting and hack direction. The nuances introduced in Potter movies 3 and 4 by Cuaron and Newell are jettisoned. Cuaron's sly take on book 3, his ability to suggest the pending sexual awakening of the three main characters, and the sexual ambivalence in some of the other characters, all wrapped in sinuous action, rescued the movies from the clueless Chris Columbus. Newell built on this, and brought the young actors to carefully shaded and detailed performances, performances that linger in the mind well after the FX have faded. Phoenix removes virtually every trace of character development, every trace of humor, and the spirit of fun that bubbled in the first four films is crushed in a wall of stony compositions and unfeeling visual effects. Emotionally cold and depressing, and even more depressing to find out that Yates is being brought back for the sixth film. Heaven forbid they give him the final two films. Bring back Cuaron and Newell!
| 986 |
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"A lethal combination of bad screenwriting and hack direction.",
"The nuances introduced in Potter movies 3 and 4 by Cuaron and Newell are jettisoned.",
"Cuaron's sly take on book 3, his ability to suggest the pending sexual awakening of the three main characters, and the sexual ambivalence in some of the other characters, all wrapped in sinuous action, rescued the movies from the clueless Chris Columbus.",
"Newell built on this, and brought the young actors to carefully shaded and detailed performances, performances that linger in the mind well after the FX have faded.",
"Phoenix removes virtually every trace of character development, every trace of humor, and the spirit of fun that bubbled in the first four films is crushed in a wall of stony compositions and unfeeling visual effects.",
"Emotionally cold and depressing, and even more depressing to find out that Yates is being brought back for the sixth film.",
"Heaven forbid they give him the final two films.",
"Bring back Cuaron and Newell!"
] |
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Do Not Buy This Product
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I brought this product in good faith only to find it does not work at all. I tried the skins on 3 different CD players (1 Blue Ray, 2 Regular dvd) using 3 different movie DVDs. The skins failed 100% of the time, all of them giving a "No Disk Error" on all 3 players and cds.The concept for this product is really good but the product sent to me just does not work at all. I have advised the Depot Factory of this problem and hope they can provide a useable product in the future.To add insult to injury, they tell me I cant return the product for a refund, since it is a "media item". In addition even though I purchased a 50 Pack item they shipped me 10-5 pack cases. I only opened the 1st case and never even opened the other 9 cases. So anyone with any brain at all tell me how are the other 45 disks compromised in any way? This is just a total rip off.I contacted my credit card company to stop payment on this fradulent product. I would never buy anything from this company again.
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"I brought this product in good faith only to find it does not work at all.",
"I tried the skins on 3 different CD players (1 Blue Ray, 2 Regular dvd) using 3 different movie DVDs.",
"The skins failed 100% of the time, all of them giving a \"No Disk Error\" on all 3 players and cds.The concept for this product is really good but the product sent to me just does not work at all.",
"I have advised the Depot Factory of this problem and hope they can provide a useable product in the future.To add insult to injury, they tell me I cant return the product for a refund, since it is a \"media item\".",
"In addition even though I purchased a 50 Pack item they shipped me 10-5 pack cases.",
"I only opened the 1st case and never even opened the other 9 cases.",
"So anyone with any brain at all tell me how are the other 45 disks compromised in any way?",
"This is just a total rip off.I contacted my credit card company to stop payment on this fradulent product.",
"I would never buy anything from this company again."
] |
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Disappointed
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The Pilgrim's Progress is one of my favorite books. I was excited to see an animated version, and hopeful to share it with the youth group that I lead at church. I decided to preview the movie at home before showing it to a group of pre-teens. Yes, the message is excellent. However, the voice-over acting is boring and bland, using the same actor for many characters. The computer animation looks much like a video game from the late 90's. When Christian is met by Apollyon, the animation reminded me of meeting a "boss" while playing Zelda. I was also disappointed that there wasn't any closed-captioning or subtitle option in the DVD menu. The idea to produce an animated version of this was good. I regret that it didn't come close to standards that would highlight Bunyan's writing. There must be plenty of Christian actors, directors, and artists in this world who would surely like to put our pilgrim, Christian, on the adventure map with Frodo Baggins, or our friends in Narnia!
| 986 |
[
"The Pilgrim's Progress is one of my favorite books.",
"I was excited to see an animated version, and hopeful to share it with the youth group that I lead at church.",
"I decided to preview the movie at home before showing it to a group of pre-teens.",
"Yes, the message is excellent.",
"However, the voice-over acting is boring and bland, using the same actor for many characters.",
"The computer animation looks much like a video game from the late 90's.",
"When Christian is met by Apollyon, the animation reminded me of meeting a \"boss\" while playing Zelda.",
"I was also disappointed that there wasn't any closed-captioning or subtitle option in the DVD menu.",
"The idea to produce an animated version of this was good.",
"I regret that it didn't come close to standards that would highlight Bunyan's writing.",
"There must be plenty of Christian actors, directors, and artists in this world who would surely like to put our pilgrim, Christian, on the adventure map with Frodo Baggins, or our friends in Narnia!"
] |
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DO NOT BUY
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I recently purchased this product. I bought it because it seemed to be eco-friendly, healthy for my cat, and claimed to be clumping litter and odor-free. It is ANYTHING but. I have experimented with many types of litter. Being in graduate school and broke, I tend to buy clay-based litter because it's cheaper. The grocery store in my neighborhood had this product on sale, so I figured I'd give it a whirl. NEVER AGAIN. The litter does not clump as well as other litters, if at all. It clumps into tiny balls making it almost impossible to remove from the clean litter. Also, the STENCH coming from the litter box is repulsive. I have to hold my breath when I clean it. Granted, litter boxes typically aren't something I want to sit next to, but the entire first floor of my house smells disgusting thanks to this litter. I have never had such a problem with litter before. I will never EVER purchase this product again. I'm in the process of requesting a refund from the manufacturer.
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"I recently purchased this product.",
"I bought it because it seemed to be eco-friendly, healthy for my cat, and claimed to be clumping litter and odor-free.",
"It is ANYTHING but.",
"I have experimented with many types of litter.",
"Being in graduate school and broke, I tend to buy clay-based litter because it's cheaper.",
"The grocery store in my neighborhood had this product on sale, so I figured I'd give it a whirl.",
"NEVER AGAIN.",
"The litter does not clump as well as other litters, if at all.",
"It clumps into tiny balls making it almost impossible to remove from the clean litter.",
"Also, the STENCH coming from the litter box is repulsive.",
"I have to hold my breath when I clean it.",
"Granted, litter boxes typically aren't something I want to sit next to, but the entire first floor of my house smells disgusting thanks to this litter.",
"I have never had such a problem with litter before.",
"I will never EVER purchase this product again.",
"I'm in the process of requesting a refund from the manufacturer."
] |
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DRM, no thanks!
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This game was supposed to be _the_ sim game...probably of the decade, evolving from a single microbe to interplanetary space travel.I wanted this game because it was supposed to be something more than your average sim. Instead it's a bunch of average sims slapped together, dumbed down, and graphically enhanced. It would be nice if creature designs mattered more outside of cosmetic appeal as well.1 just for the drm, I can't count how many times I've uninstalled/installed some of my favorite games.Want to play diablo2? load it up and go? Sick of it after a few months? Save the hard drive space. Reformat? There goes an install! New computer? there goes an install! 3 installs is laughable at best. The hassle to get new activation keys in not worth the hassle.I _like_ that I can still fire up my old games now. If I look back at Spore 5 years from now and feel like loading it up, chances are I'm screwed, don't waste your money on this long-term rental as someone else called it.
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"This game was supposed to be _the_ sim game...probably of the decade, evolving from a single microbe to interplanetary space travel.I wanted this game because it was supposed to be something more than your average sim.",
"Instead it's a bunch of average sims slapped together, dumbed down, and graphically enhanced.",
"It would be nice if creature designs mattered more outside of cosmetic appeal as well.1 just for the drm, I can't count how many times I've uninstalled/installed some of my favorite games.Want to play diablo2?",
"load it up and go?",
"Sick of it after a few months?",
"Save the hard drive space.",
"Reformat?",
"There goes an install!",
"New computer?",
"there goes an install!",
"3 installs is laughable at best.",
"The hassle to get new activation keys in not worth the hassle.I _like_ that I can still fire up my old games now.",
"If I look back at Spore 5 years from now and feel like loading it up, chances are I'm screwed, don't waste your money on this long-term rental as someone else called it."
] |
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It broke
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I bought a pair of these that was re-branded as Altec Lansing.After two months of use, one of the cable connectors pulled out at the base of the earpiece. (The cable is designed to detach, but not at the point where it did.) The tiny wires were severed, and vanished into the inside of the earpiece. It's damaged beyond repair.But I was not very satisfied with it anyway. I wear glasses. I had to adjust the over-the-ear stiff wire perfectly to keep it from scraping on the glasses and making a loud noise. Furthermore, the earphones are relatively heavy, and they stick out of the ear quite far. I never did get a good fit with them, after much experimentation.I replaced the earphones with a pair of Zen Aurvana's, just because they were available down in a store down the street from me. I much prefer them. They are much smaller, lighter, and more comfortable. They fit better. I think I could probably fall asleep resting on one of my ears with them on. But I haven't tried it. :-)
| 986 |
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"I bought a pair of these that was re-branded as Altec Lansing.After two months of use, one of the cable connectors pulled out at the base of the earpiece.",
"(The cable is designed to detach, but not at the point where it did.) The tiny wires were severed, and vanished into the inside of the earpiece.",
"It's damaged beyond repair.But I was not very satisfied with it anyway.",
"I wear glasses.",
"I had to adjust the over-the-ear stiff wire perfectly to keep it from scraping on the glasses and making a loud noise.",
"Furthermore, the earphones are relatively heavy, and they stick out of the ear quite far.",
"I never did get a good fit with them, after much experimentation.I replaced the earphones with a pair of Zen Aurvana's, just because they were available down in a store down the street from me.",
"I much prefer them.",
"They are much smaller, lighter, and more comfortable.",
"They fit better.",
"I think I could probably fall asleep resting on one of my ears with them on.",
"But I haven't tried it.",
":-)"
] |
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Mila's face!
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I have to go one star on this.First off, there was no story whatsoever. And consider - Im a fan of the previous two movies. I know sometimes people say the plot sucked, or was virtually nonexistent in a movie. But in this movie, the plot wasnt virtually nonexistent, there absolutely was no plot at all. The movie was just a series of scenes loosely connected together.Speaking of which, I counted at least 5 scenes that were direct rip offs of much better movies. Did they think no one would notice they just pulled the "bob" scene directly out of Romero's film? Its like the movie was written by committee - or a 12 year old. Maybe a committee of 12 year olds?Oh, and lastly, what in the world did they do to Milla's face? She was CGI'd the whole movie - and it looked ridiculous. They had one of the most beautiful women on film, and then turn her face into a bizarre photochop experiment? I really really hope this isnt the future of films, she looked like a freak.In a word. Awful.
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"I have to go one star on this.First off, there was no story whatsoever.",
"And consider - Im a fan of the previous two movies.",
"I know sometimes people say the plot sucked, or was virtually nonexistent in a movie.",
"But in this movie, the plot wasnt virtually nonexistent, there absolutely was no plot at all.",
"The movie was just a series of scenes loosely connected together.Speaking of which, I counted at least 5 scenes that were direct rip offs of much better movies.",
"Did they think no one would notice they just pulled the \"bob\" scene directly out of Romero's film?",
"Its like the movie was written by committee - or a 12 year old.",
"Maybe a committee of 12 year olds?",
"Oh, and lastly, what in the world did they do to Milla's face?",
"She was CGI'd the whole movie - and it looked ridiculous.",
"They had one of the most beautiful women on film, and then turn her face into a bizarre photochop experiment?",
"I really really hope this isnt the future of films, she looked like a freak.In a word.",
"Awful."
] |
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This was halarious!
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This was a funny movie! At least a half dozen times, I laughed so hard, I could barely breathe. Three groups of two people end up in the same small cabin or shack. You have people talk about death stories, one taxi driver guy saying "he was driving some girl somewhere, got mad because she didn't have the money, so he threw her out. Then 40 miles later, he hears this thumping. It was her, being dragged along the side of the car. he said, I guess her coat got stuck when he closed the door. HAH AHAH! How can you get your coat caught in the door, and not open the door or tell the driver, who by the way, is the one who opened the door to throw her out, to say, hey, don't go, I am caught.The hunter saying, I tried to protect this guy, then at the next frame you see the flashback of him shooting the guy, HAHA HAHA!! FUNNY film. Oh my, what a funny show. You have to make fun of it. It's the only way to enjoy it. Many more funny moments.Well worth the one dollar rental at Red Box.
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"This was a funny movie!",
"At least a half dozen times, I laughed so hard, I could barely breathe.",
"Three groups of two people end up in the same small cabin or shack.",
"You have people talk about death stories, one taxi driver guy saying \"he was driving some girl somewhere, got mad because she didn't have the money, so he threw her out.",
"Then 40 miles later, he hears this thumping.",
"It was her, being dragged along the side of the car.",
"he said, I guess her coat got stuck when he closed the door.",
"HAH AHAH!",
"How can you get your coat caught in the door, and not open the door or tell the driver, who by the way, is the one who opened the door to throw her out, to say, hey, don't go, I am caught.The hunter saying, I tried to protect this guy, then at the next frame you see the flashback of him shooting the guy, HAHA HAHA!!",
"FUNNY film.",
"Oh my, what a funny show.",
"You have to make fun of it.",
"It's the only way to enjoy it.",
"Many more funny moments.Well worth the one dollar rental at Red Box."
] |
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This was pointless
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You Can Count On Me...Ostensibly a tale of redemption this movie is basically a waste of theaudience's time. Laura Linney plays a successful single mother whoreceives with great joy the news that her rapscallion of a brother, MarkRuffalo, is returning home for a visit. Laura's character has stayed andprospered relatively well in the town they grew up in and Mark'scharacter seems to have hoboed around and spent more than one night injail. Somehow he connects with her son and apparently has an epiphanyand his character changes.OH THE HORROR! The plot was weak, the dialogue was a joke, thecharacters were poorly drawn to begin with and had no moments of growth.Oh wait, I know I said Mark's character had an epiphany but it made nosense and was never explained. The movie seemed to start in the middleof nowhere and ended with no resolution at all. Mathew Broderick hadwhat looked to be an interesting minor role for him and then just becamea waste of camera time. SKIP THIS ONE!!!!
| 986 |
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"You Can Count On Me...Ostensibly a tale of redemption this movie is basically a waste of theaudience's time.",
"Laura Linney plays a successful single mother whoreceives with great joy the news that her rapscallion of a brother, MarkRuffalo, is returning home for a visit.",
"Laura's character has stayed andprospered relatively well in the town they grew up in and Mark'scharacter seems to have hoboed around and spent more than one night injail.",
"Somehow he connects with her son and apparently has an epiphanyand his character changes.OH THE HORROR!",
"The plot was weak, the dialogue was a joke, thecharacters were poorly drawn to begin with and had no moments of growth.Oh wait, I know I said Mark's character had an epiphany but it made nosense and was never explained.",
"The movie seemed to start in the middleof nowhere and ended with no resolution at all.",
"Mathew Broderick hadwhat looked to be an interesting minor role for him and then just becamea waste of camera time.",
"SKIP THIS ONE!!!",
"!"
] |
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Biased stereotyping
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I simply cannot understand the rave reviews that this book has received. The 'research' is outdated and based on 3rd party anecdotes. I found it to be extremely biased and obviously written by someone who has not known poverty. It is not a peer reviewed publication, but rather self-published, which casts further doubt on its validity. I read it as it was used for professional development in my school district, but I was very disappointed. I work in a school with much diversity (23 language backgrounds) and high poverty, and while reading with my demographics in mind, I found myself thinking over and over again that the author has a very narrow world view of the culture of privilege and how to achieve it - dress like her, talk like her, think like her is all it takes... What this book does accomplish is to make those of us who are privileged smile and find affirmation that we have done it right and those poor things who are not so privileged just need to try to be like us.
| 986 |
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"I simply cannot understand the rave reviews that this book has received.",
"The 'research' is outdated and based on 3rd party anecdotes.",
"I found it to be extremely biased and obviously written by someone who has not known poverty.",
"It is not a peer reviewed publication, but rather self-published, which casts further doubt on its validity.",
"I read it as it was used for professional development in my school district, but I was very disappointed.",
"I work in a school with much diversity (23 language backgrounds) and high poverty, and while reading with my demographics in mind, I found myself thinking over and over again that the author has a very narrow world view of the culture of privilege and how to achieve it - dress like her, talk like her, think like her is all it takes... What this book does accomplish is to make those of us who are privileged smile and find affirmation that we have done it right and those poor things who are not so privileged just need to try to be like us."
] |
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Bad advice!
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The essence of Mrs. Miller's advice? Be a nice guy, take a bath, buy a 'hotter' car, get a better job, look at the girl until she gives you a sign. If she does walk up to her, say 'hello' and wait for her response. Should she (unlikely, isn't it?) STILL be interested, ask her (no kidding) about her job... :DAs you might know best form your own experience, this is exactly, what millions of frustated guys around the world are doing over and over again without any success. Wanna be (and stay) one of them? Go on and read this book. Some of her advice is so stupid and obviously the best way to crash & burn, it made me LOL - so I at least had some fun reading it. But fun is not what you're seeking, is it?Romy might understand women, but she does not understand seduction - and really can't tell you anything about it. Women should not understand seduction - if so, they'd be able to resist. ;)Try Louis's & Copeland's 'How to succeed with women' and Tony Clink's 'Layguide' instead.
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"The essence of Mrs.",
"Miller's advice?",
"Be a nice guy, take a bath, buy a 'hotter' car, get a better job, look at the girl until she gives you a sign.",
"If she does walk up to her, say 'hello' and wait for her response.",
"Should she (unlikely, isn't it?",
") STILL be interested, ask her (no kidding) about her job... :DAs you might know best form your own experience, this is exactly, what millions of frustated guys around the world are doing over and over again without any success.",
"Wanna be (and stay) one of them?",
"Go on and read this book.",
"Some of her advice is so stupid and obviously the best way to crash & burn, it made me LOL - so I at least had some fun reading it.",
"But fun is not what you're seeking, is it?",
"Romy might understand women, but she does not understand seduction - and really can't tell you anything about it.",
"Women should not understand seduction - if so, they'd be able to resist.",
";)Try Louis's & Copeland's 'How to succeed with women' and Tony Clink's 'Layguide' instead."
] |
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A very brief rambling book.
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I bought this book expecting a good introduction to body language and nonverbal communication and was disappointed.My biggest complaint was its lack of detail. It is a very small book with big type. And the author wanders off topic discussing tips such as where to meet women, how to approach them, what to say in a conversation. I would say 1/4-1/3 of the book has nothing to do with "body language". On top of that the author is clearly not an expert when it comes to dating advice. He comes across as an out of touch recent divorcee trying to give advice on how to pick up women.On the topic of body language the author gives only brief descriptions with little context or useful suggestions. After reading this book I don't think I've gained any new insight into body language. In short this book can be summed up in just a couple pages of listing basic body language ( arms crossed, looks away, picks up drink - means I'm not interested go away. )Don't waste your time on this one.
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"I bought this book expecting a good introduction to body language and nonverbal communication and was disappointed.My biggest complaint was its lack of detail.",
"It is a very small book with big type.",
"And the author wanders off topic discussing tips such as where to meet women, how to approach them, what to say in a conversation.",
"I would say 1/4-1/3 of the book has nothing to do with \"body language\".",
"On top of that the author is clearly not an expert when it comes to dating advice.",
"He comes across as an out of touch recent divorcee trying to give advice on how to pick up women.On the topic of body language the author gives only brief descriptions with little context or useful suggestions.",
"After reading this book I don't think I've gained any new insight into body language.",
"In short this book can be summed up in just a couple pages of listing basic body language ( arms crossed, looks away, picks up drink - means I'm not interested go away.",
")Don't waste your time on this one."
] |
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Like a Russian Novel.....
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In defense of Mr. Maloney, add me to the "What the hellwas that?" club.To quote Frank McCourt, "........those russian novels, where after 400 pages, the peasant commits suicide, and you wish he'd done it on page 4?"There is not one character that I felt any liking for. Our hero is a wuss, his life is pathetic, and everyone around him is despicable. However, at the end of the book, he is still a wuss, his life still pathetic, those around him are still wretched, and two completely unimportant characters shack up and throw a housewarming party.In fact, the suicide-on-page-400 would have been the highlight of this book. I did not get that pleasure.This is Seinfeld in print. Which I find equally un-funny and pointless.My apologies, Mr. Wilcox. But I have a feeling that this book was for your own amusement, and not that of your readers. My friend had a joke like that, where after 45 minutes of build-up one came to realize that there is no punch line. It just goes on and on....
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"In defense of Mr.",
"Maloney, add me to the \"What the hellwas that?",
"\" club.To quote Frank McCourt, \"........those russian novels, where after 400 pages, the peasant commits suicide, and you wish he'd done it on page 4?",
"\"There is not one character that I felt any liking for.",
"Our hero is a wuss, his life is pathetic, and everyone around him is despicable.",
"However, at the end of the book, he is still a wuss, his life still pathetic, those around him are still wretched, and two completely unimportant characters shack up and throw a housewarming party.In fact, the suicide-on-page-400 would have been the highlight of this book.",
"I did not get that pleasure.This is Seinfeld in print.",
"Which I find equally un-funny and pointless.My apologies, Mr.",
"Wilcox.",
"But I have a feeling that this book was for your own amusement, and not that of your readers.",
"My friend had a joke like that, where after 45 minutes of build-up one came to realize that there is no punch line.",
"It just goes on and on...."
] |
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Poor History
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The one excerpt I read from this book - a conversation between Dolley and 'Jimmy' Madison regarding Sally Hemings and her sister 'Betsey', calling Jefferson 'Tom' and referring to Sally and 'Betsey' as 'toddlers' when they came to Monticello - reveals the worst research I have ever seen on the subject, a complete lack of knowledge of the period, and the sort of 'First Name/Last Name' reference common to uneducated writers writing historical fiction of late.With all due respect, Madison's nickname was 'Jemmy'; Sally Hemings' sister BETTY Brown was a good deal older than a toddler when she came to Monticello (Sally was a year old and thus a toddler); and Mr. Jefferson was known to his VERY intimate friends as Thomas; and Mrs. Madison would hardly have lectured her husband on Martha Wayles Jefferson - a women her husband knew well and she not at all.I shudder to think what the rest of this book is like, if this half-page is any example! One star because I can't give it zero.
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[
"The one excerpt I read from this book - a conversation between Dolley and 'Jimmy' Madison regarding Sally Hemings and her sister 'Betsey', calling Jefferson 'Tom' and referring to Sally and 'Betsey' as 'toddlers' when they came to Monticello - reveals the worst research I have ever seen on the subject, a complete lack of knowledge of the period, and the sort of 'First Name/Last Name' reference common to uneducated writers writing historical fiction of late.With all due respect, Madison's nickname was 'Jemmy'; Sally Hemings' sister BETTY Brown was a good deal older than a toddler when she came to Monticello (Sally was a year old and thus a toddler); and Mr.",
"Jefferson was known to his VERY intimate friends as Thomas; and Mrs.",
"Madison would hardly have lectured her husband on Martha Wayles Jefferson - a women her husband knew well and she not at all.I shudder to think what the rest of this book is like, if this half-page is any example!",
"One star because I can't give it zero."
] |
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?????????????????
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I just don't understand! If you like movies that have awful acting, awful plots, and are simply unrealistic, this movie is for you! I like horror movies, but this one is bad. It's by far the worst "horror" movie ever, and believe me, I've seen them all! I mean, come on! What were they THINKING? oh.. they WEREN'T thinking...ANYWAY, please, I'm begging you, do NOT waster your time and hard worked for dollars on this amazingly bad "movie". I mean, jeez, this is even worse than Urban Legends:Final Cut! And THAT's pretty bad.I guess the most atrocious thing in this movie is the simply horrible acting.OH MY GOD. I have never seen worse acting. Especially in that car scene at the beginning. But I guess if you like watching bad movies, you'll enjoy this. Actually, maybe not. I like cheesy teen horror movies, but this was just TOO bad. It wasn't even a FUNNY kind of bad, like I Still Know What You Did Last Summer or Urban Legend. It was, in four words: AN EMBARRASSMENT TO MANKIND.
| 986 |
[
"I just don't understand!",
"If you like movies that have awful acting, awful plots, and are simply unrealistic, this movie is for you!",
"I like horror movies, but this one is bad.",
"It's by far the worst \"horror\" movie ever, and believe me, I've seen them all!",
"I mean, come on!",
"What were they THINKING?",
"oh..",
"they WEREN'T thinking...ANYWAY, please, I'm begging you, do NOT waster your time and hard worked for dollars on this amazingly bad \"movie\".",
"I mean, jeez, this is even worse than Urban Legends:Final Cut!",
"And THAT's pretty bad.I guess the most atrocious thing in this movie is the simply horrible acting.OH MY GOD.",
"I have never seen worse acting.",
"Especially in that car scene at the beginning.",
"But I guess if you like watching bad movies, you'll enjoy this.",
"Actually, maybe not.",
"I like cheesy teen horror movies, but this was just TOO bad.",
"It wasn't even a FUNNY kind of bad, like I Still Know What You Did Last Summer or Urban Legend.",
"It was, in four words: AN EMBARRASSMENT TO MANKIND."
] |
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Sorry but I must disagree.
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I was a late fan to Elliott Smith-dom. I heard Son of Sam on the radio a few times and picked up the Beatles-esque Figure 8, declaring it one of my favorite albums of all time (I gave that CD five stars in my review). I also picked Elliott's older releases though I didn't enjoy them nearly as much. A common observation on Figure 8 by Elliott's fans and critics is that it is overproduced. I'm not sure I know what that means, but if there was ever an overproduced album, "from a basement on the hill" is it. Hmm, how to articulate this? On many of the tracks, it's as if someone in the background is trying to ruin them (much as Jonny Greenwood tried unsuccessfully to do on Radiohead's Creep) by adding a dissonant something extra to each of the songs. I've listened to this album three times now, and shaken my head in disgust after each listen. I was looking forward to the follow-up to the tuneful and supremely melodic "Figure 8"... tragically, that will never come. RIP Elliott.
| 986 |
[
"I was a late fan to Elliott Smith-dom.",
"I heard Son of Sam on the radio a few times and picked up the Beatles-esque Figure 8, declaring it one of my favorite albums of all time (I gave that CD five stars in my review).",
"I also picked Elliott's older releases though I didn't enjoy them nearly as much.",
"A common observation on Figure 8 by Elliott's fans and critics is that it is overproduced.",
"I'm not sure I know what that means, but if there was ever an overproduced album, \"from a basement on the hill\" is it.",
"Hmm, how to articulate this?",
"On many of the tracks, it's as if someone in the background is trying to ruin them (much as Jonny Greenwood tried unsuccessfully to do on Radiohead's Creep) by adding a dissonant something extra to each of the songs.",
"I've listened to this album three times now, and shaken my head in disgust after each listen.",
"I was looking forward to the follow-up to the tuneful and supremely melodic \"Figure 8\"... tragically, that will never come.",
"RIP Elliott."
] |
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An awful read.
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What caught my eye as a potentially interesting book regarding an "expose" into chiropractic turned out to be nothing more than a witch hunt based on biases and misrepresentation. As I read through the chapters, I started to get an impression that these authors were willing to base gargantuous claims on little or partial pieces of evidence simply to make the book more tantalizing.Spin Doctors is a written form of Jerry Springer if I have ever seen one, but at least Jerry doesn't come across with the supposition of being credible. While his show doesn't disguise the fact that it is not to be taken seriously, I get the distinct impression that Benedetti and Macphail wrote this book with the express purpose of discrediting a profession. Personally, I did not appreciate their attempts at taking advantage of a reader's trust or trying to make money from unjustly attacking others.Unless you are interested in seeing true "manipulation" at it's best, I'd stay away from this book.
| 986 |
[
"What caught my eye as a potentially interesting book regarding an \"expose\" into chiropractic turned out to be nothing more than a witch hunt based on biases and misrepresentation.",
"As I read through the chapters, I started to get an impression that these authors were willing to base gargantuous claims on little or partial pieces of evidence simply to make the book more tantalizing.Spin Doctors is a written form of Jerry Springer if I have ever seen one, but at least Jerry doesn't come across with the supposition of being credible.",
"While his show doesn't disguise the fact that it is not to be taken seriously, I get the distinct impression that Benedetti and Macphail wrote this book with the express purpose of discrediting a profession.",
"Personally, I did not appreciate their attempts at taking advantage of a reader's trust or trying to make money from unjustly attacking others.Unless you are interested in seeing true \"manipulation\" at it's best, I'd stay away from this book."
] |
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WORST SKILLET EVER!!!!!
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Don't get fooled by all the rave.I bought this skillet for $120! And followed all the "care" instructions (you'll end up doing more work for the skillet than the work it will give you back!). And since the first time I've used it, ALL FOOD IS STICKING! All my meals, without exception, come out a mess because no matter how much oil I put, they stick and I have to scrape them out.The skillet is extremely heavy, you'll need to work out to be able to carry it and to put your food in plates (it almost fell on my foot once, and would have totally crushed my bones).Finally, after following all the instructions in the manual, rust started to show within few weeks. Ugly brown rust that gets on your finger when you swipe it on the skilletSo much work, so much time, and so much money spent on something I hate because I believed all the rave reviews here. Make sure you do your research first. Don't get fooled. This is the worst (and most expensive) peace of kitchenware I've ever had!
| 986 |
[
"Don't get fooled by all the rave.I bought this skillet for $120!",
"And followed all the \"care\" instructions (you'll end up doing more work for the skillet than the work it will give you back!",
").",
"And since the first time I've used it, ALL FOOD IS STICKING!",
"All my meals, without exception, come out a mess because no matter how much oil I put, they stick and I have to scrape them out.The skillet is extremely heavy, you'll need to work out to be able to carry it and to put your food in plates (it almost fell on my foot once, and would have totally crushed my bones).Finally, after following all the instructions in the manual, rust started to show within few weeks.",
"Ugly brown rust that gets on your finger when you swipe it on the skilletSo much work, so much time, and so much money spent on something I hate because I believed all the rave reviews here.",
"Make sure you do your research first.",
"Don't get fooled.",
"This is the worst (and most expensive) peace of kitchenware I've ever had!"
] |
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Serious Software Problems
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I relegated my Microtek scanner to my Win 98 computer because the company refuses to update the software to guarantee compatibility with Win XP. My Epson 980 inkjet printer has worked extremely well for a long time, and the software update for XP works fine. However, just a month or two after installing the Epson 4490, the software stopped working. I uninstalled and reinstalled, with no success. I downloaded and installed the latest driver (dated 10/06), but still the software remains nonfunctional, simply putting a blue strip in the left corner of the desktop with options of minimizing, moving, or closing. I would (and will) check users' opinions of both hardware and software combined, relative to scanners, and not trust editorial reviews alone, none of which mentioned the software problems. (A problem with editors' reviews is that they frequently do not reflect moderately longterm use of the product so that problems that emerge over a few weeks or months go unreported.)
| 986 |
[
"I relegated my Microtek scanner to my Win 98 computer because the company refuses to update the software to guarantee compatibility with Win XP.",
"My Epson 980 inkjet printer has worked extremely well for a long time, and the software update for XP works fine.",
"However, just a month or two after installing the Epson 4490, the software stopped working.",
"I uninstalled and reinstalled, with no success.",
"I downloaded and installed the latest driver (dated 10/06), but still the software remains nonfunctional, simply putting a blue strip in the left corner of the desktop with options of minimizing, moving, or closing.",
"I would (and will) check users' opinions of both hardware and software combined, relative to scanners, and not trust editorial reviews alone, none of which mentioned the software problems.",
"(A problem with editors' reviews is that they frequently do not reflect moderately longterm use of the product so that problems that emerge over a few weeks or months go unreported.)"
] |
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Okay if it works...
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When I began shopping for a small MP3 player to use during workouts at the gym, I looked at the same things most people would look at: features and price. The iRiver 256 MB Player seemed to meet all of my requirements, so I bought it. Then reality set in. I took it home, installed the music management software on my PC (running Windows XP), and then the nightmare began. Try as I might, I couldn't get the software to function properly. Essentially, it refused to recognize the player when I plugged it into the USB 2 port. I tried everything I could imagine, but no dice. So....I decided it was time to call tech support. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that iRiver's tech support hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. MST. Coincidentally, those are my office hours! Once it appeared that I was never going to get the software to work, OR be able to contact tech support, I packed it up and returned it. I chose a Rio 256 MB player instead, and haven't looked back.
| 986 |
[
"When I began shopping for a small MP3 player to use during workouts at the gym, I looked at the same things most people would look at: features and price.",
"The iRiver 256 MB Player seemed to meet all of my requirements, so I bought it.",
"Then reality set in.",
"I took it home, installed the music management software on my PC (running Windows XP), and then the nightmare began.",
"Try as I might, I couldn't get the software to function properly.",
"Essentially, it refused to recognize the player when I plugged it into the USB 2 port.",
"I tried everything I could imagine, but no dice.",
"So....I decided it was time to call tech support.",
"Imagine my surprise when I discovered that iRiver's tech support hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. MST.",
"Coincidentally, those are my office hours!",
"Once it appeared that I was never going to get the software to work, OR be able to contact tech support, I packed it up and returned it.",
"I chose a Rio 256 MB player instead, and haven't looked back."
] |
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Unbelievably awful!
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Ever watch a movie and you are completely dumbfounded, mouth hanging open? This is it.I didn't have high hopes for this film, and I have to say it was far worse than I thought it would be.This is one of the weakest performances of Tom Cruise that I have ever seen. It was like all the actors in this film were completely uncomfortable in their roles, and on the set. Total fakeness. It doesn't help that the dialogue is cheesy, [stuff].The story is the most confusing aspect of the film, with flash-forwards, flash-backs, dream sequences, etc. that you just simply can not follow. Likewise, the twist at the end, if it is a twist, is mind boggling.You would expect a Cameron Crowe film to have great music? Not this one. Score (by Nancy Wilson) was very sappy, and the other music cues felt totally un-original, un-exciting and un-cool.I hate to say it, but this film is a total piece of [stuff] - worst movie I have seen in recent memory (along with Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes").
| 986 |
[
"Ever watch a movie and you are completely dumbfounded, mouth hanging open?",
"This is it.I didn't have high hopes for this film, and I have to say it was far worse than I thought it would be.This is one of the weakest performances of Tom Cruise that I have ever seen.",
"It was like all the actors in this film were completely uncomfortable in their roles, and on the set.",
"Total fakeness.",
"It doesn't help that the dialogue is cheesy, [stuff].The story is the most confusing aspect of the film, with flash-forwards, flash-backs, dream sequences, etc.",
"that you just simply can not follow.",
"Likewise, the twist at the end, if it is a twist, is mind boggling.You would expect a Cameron Crowe film to have great music?",
"Not this one.",
"Score (by Nancy Wilson) was very sappy, and the other music cues felt totally un-original, un-exciting and un-cool.I hate to say it, but this film is a total piece of [stuff] - worst movie I have seen in recent memory (along with Tim Burton's \"Planet of the Apes\")."
] |
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Potty Train in Three Days
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This book is some sort of mind-control prgram for toddlers. It goes against everything that I as a mother believe in, such as allowing your child to take the lead, treating accidents and bedwetting as an unavoidable part of potty training instead of an opportunity to "teach" your child to NOT have such accidents, and other sorts of "tips" that would appear to work better for training a dog than a child. My child is not a "trainable" dog - he is a small person who deserves my respect and care and compassion. And to be told that a child still in diapers at 3 years of age is a horrible disservice to that child flies in the face of all that is held true in the medical community today. The fact is, very few children are trainable at 18 - 24 months as this woman claims. But she points her finger squarely at parents as irresponsibly keeping their children "babies" longer than necessary, and longer than what is healthy for the child. An awful, mind-control form of potty training.
| 986 |
[
"This book is some sort of mind-control prgram for toddlers.",
"It goes against everything that I as a mother believe in, such as allowing your child to take the lead, treating accidents and bedwetting as an unavoidable part of potty training instead of an opportunity to \"teach\" your child to NOT have such accidents, and other sorts of \"tips\" that would appear to work better for training a dog than a child.",
"My child is not a \"trainable\" dog - he is a small person who deserves my respect and care and compassion.",
"And to be told that a child still in diapers at 3 years of age is a horrible disservice to that child flies in the face of all that is held true in the medical community today.",
"The fact is, very few children are trainable at 18 - 24 months as this woman claims.",
"But she points her finger squarely at parents as irresponsibly keeping their children \"babies\" longer than necessary, and longer than what is healthy for the child.",
"An awful, mind-control form of potty training."
] |
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Watch a class instead
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First of all, the tangible items are low quality; the DVD was not professionally made, but burned and labeled, probably at someone's house. The case insert is grainy and printed on regular paper. Next, the camerawork and audio on the DVD are poor: zoomed in too close to see the full movement in a lot of cases, no transition, and no explanations. The content on the other hand is acceptable. The DVD basically shows a Capoeira class (stretching, warm-up with basic moves, and a roda), which was long enough for you to see some good play. Then it finishes with an "advanced" moves section that started with boxing (?!) and has no dialogue until the end. If you don't have Capoeira in your area and you don't mind overpriced burned media, go for it. But, if you happen to live in a city where Capoeira is taught, ask your local instructor to sit in on a class. Most likely, you'll be invited to join the first class for free. Either way you'll get a better introduction to Capoeira. Axe.
| 986 |
[
"First of all, the tangible items are low quality; the DVD was not professionally made, but burned and labeled, probably at someone's house.",
"The case insert is grainy and printed on regular paper.",
"Next, the camerawork and audio on the DVD are poor: zoomed in too close to see the full movement in a lot of cases, no transition, and no explanations.",
"The content on the other hand is acceptable.",
"The DVD basically shows a Capoeira class (stretching, warm-up with basic moves, and a roda), which was long enough for you to see some good play.",
"Then it finishes with an \"advanced\" moves section that started with boxing (?!",
") and has no dialogue until the end.",
"If you don't have Capoeira in your area and you don't mind overpriced burned media, go for it.",
"But, if you happen to live in a city where Capoeira is taught, ask your local instructor to sit in on a class.",
"Most likely, you'll be invited to join the first class for free.",
"Either way you'll get a better introduction to Capoeira.",
"Axe."
] |
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Am I missing something??
|
This is the worst stroller ever, I bought this one on a whim because I forgot my stroller at home and this one was on clearance and I really liked how it folded up and then folded again into a really compact stroller...I thought this is perfect a little rickety because it does fold so much, but good, then I actually put my son in it and the basket underneath is a joke, it's more like a drawstring bag and when I put my purse in it, it weighed it down so much that it drug on the wheels and much longer than 1 day & it would've created a hole in the basket. The harness was annoying to unclip and it didn't do much in regards to holding my son in, he did fall asleep but he didn't look all that comfortable and he was able to get under the actual seat which is only attached to the stroller by a few straps, (this apparently makes it possible to remove and wash) but it was annoying that he was able to put things under it! I will be returning this stroller and never buying it again!
| 986 |
[
"This is the worst stroller ever, I bought this one on a whim because I forgot my stroller at home and this one was on clearance and I really liked how it folded up and then folded again into a really compact stroller...I thought this is perfect a little rickety because it does fold so much, but good, then I actually put my son in it and the basket underneath is a joke, it's more like a drawstring bag and when I put my purse in it, it weighed it down so much that it drug on the wheels and much longer than 1 day & it would've created a hole in the basket.",
"The harness was annoying to unclip and it didn't do much in regards to holding my son in, he did fall asleep but he didn't look all that comfortable and he was able to get under the actual seat which is only attached to the stroller by a few straps, (this apparently makes it possible to remove and wash) but it was annoying that he was able to put things under it!",
"I will be returning this stroller and never buying it again!"
] |
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AVOID AT ALL COST...
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Merchant-Ivory have never been more self-conscious or grasping for, for , what...a decent script by the usually capable Ruth Prawer Jhabvala? Here, she was either out-of-town - or completely overdosed on absinthe.A more disastrous film one has not encountered in a very long while. Truly embarrassing for the astoundingly gifted Isabell Adjani - who, here, is reduced to whining, clownlishly awkward self-dubbing of her English. The late Alan Bates serves up a ridiculous performance as her paramour. Maggie Smith tries hard but comes up laughable. Anthony Higgins is the one source of interest in the entire thing - and yet has such little screen time that he is genuinely better off not being remembered as having appeared in this fiasco.The liner notes proudly claim that they spent only 1.8 milion dollars on this 'event'.I - or you - could have filmed this very small and lacklustre story for a tenth of these monies, and come up with something more real.Avoid this at all costs...
| 986 |
[
"Merchant-Ivory have never been more self-conscious or grasping for, for , what...a decent script by the usually capable Ruth Prawer Jhabvala?",
"Here, she was either out-of-town - or completely overdosed on absinthe.A more disastrous film one has not encountered in a very long while.",
"Truly embarrassing for the astoundingly gifted Isabell Adjani - who, here, is reduced to whining, clownlishly awkward self-dubbing of her English.",
"The late Alan Bates serves up a ridiculous performance as her paramour.",
"Maggie Smith tries hard but comes up laughable.",
"Anthony Higgins is the one source of interest in the entire thing - and yet has such little screen time that he is genuinely better off not being remembered as having appeared in this fiasco.The liner notes proudly claim that they spent only 1.8 milion dollars on this 'event'.I - or you - could have filmed this very small and lacklustre story for a tenth of these monies, and come up with something more real.Avoid this at all costs..."
] |
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OUCH!!!
|
OMGosh: I saw this on Dr, Oz and while I know he is always clear that he is not endorsing any products on his Show, I assumed SAFE. I am now on day 5 of SEVERE PAIN! I purchased the Day & Night Cream both thinking better deal & better results. WRONG!! It burnt my Face so badly I am on Day 5 of recovery. I used the Day Cream, and then that evening the Night Cream. Well' I awoke to very red, tight, and irritated skin. It then went from that to turning to blisters, puffy swollen Red. So this is day 5 and the Blisters have now turned to raised very Red Welt's. I have spent the last several days just blotting Ice cold water to my Face to try & stop the burning. Day 2-4 I was not recognizable it is so bad. There is something VERY Toxic in this Product and I am going to e-mail Dr. Oz to try and get him to break it down like he just did on the Vitamin Weight Loss Scam. Please Ya All be Careful this is very Painful Stuff. Many BlessingsReviva Brown Spot Nt Cream/Skin Lght 2/1.5 oz
| 986 |
[
"OMGosh: I saw this on Dr, Oz and while I know he is always clear that he is not endorsing any products on his Show, I assumed SAFE.",
"I am now on day 5 of SEVERE PAIN!",
"I purchased the Day & Night Cream both thinking better deal & better results.",
"WRONG!!",
"It burnt my Face so badly I am on Day 5 of recovery.",
"I used the Day Cream, and then that evening the Night Cream.",
"Well' I awoke to very red, tight, and irritated skin.",
"It then went from that to turning to blisters, puffy swollen Red.",
"So this is day 5 and the Blisters have now turned to raised very Red Welt's.",
"I have spent the last several days just blotting Ice cold water to my Face to try & stop the burning.",
"Day 2-4 I was not recognizable it is so bad.",
"There is something VERY Toxic in this Product and I am going to e-mail Dr.",
"Oz to try and get him to break it down like he just did on the Vitamin Weight Loss Scam.",
"Please Ya All be Careful this is very Painful Stuff.",
"Many BlessingsReviva Brown Spot Nt Cream/Skin Lght 2/1.5 oz"
] |
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Do NOT buy HP
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I had this TV for 2 1/2 years and loved it. We had issues with the volume difference between watching movies and TV but other then that no problems at all. Until.........my husband was watching TV and all of a sudden the picture was gone. After trying to figure out the problem ourselves, we called HP. It was going to cost us $629 for them to come out. If they didn't fix it, it would still cost us $369. I think that is crazy for such a newer model of TV. We could not order the part or take it to another place to fix it. Our local TV repair person said that HP does not give out their diagrams to repair places. You have to go threw HP. So now we have a worthless flat screen that is to new to just throw away. We can almost buy a new TV for the price they want to repair it so we are kind of stuck. So DO NOT buy HP! The good reviews are from people that haven't had it go out yet but it will. We loved our TV to up until last week. We looked it up online and it is a huge problem.
| 986 |
[
"I had this TV for 2 1/2 years and loved it.",
"We had issues with the volume difference between watching movies and TV but other then that no problems at all.",
"Until.........my husband was watching TV and all of a sudden the picture was gone.",
"After trying to figure out the problem ourselves, we called HP.",
"It was going to cost us $629 for them to come out.",
"If they didn't fix it, it would still cost us $369.",
"I think that is crazy for such a newer model of TV.",
"We could not order the part or take it to another place to fix it.",
"Our local TV repair person said that HP does not give out their diagrams to repair places.",
"You have to go threw HP.",
"So now we have a worthless flat screen that is to new to just throw away.",
"We can almost buy a new TV for the price they want to repair it so we are kind of stuck.",
"So DO NOT buy HP!",
"The good reviews are from people that haven't had it go out yet but it will.",
"We loved our TV to up until last week.",
"We looked it up online and it is a huge problem."
] |
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Great movie, lousy media
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Read the complete ad when thinking about buying this one. This movie is burnt on a 4.7GB DVD-R standard disc. This means, don't look for high quality playback.Pay particular attention to the information regarding this production of the media this movie was placed. I should have read and "paid" attention to the complete ad. If I had realized this great movie was put on a cheap DVD-R disc, I would have never purchased it. This is not the sellers fault. This is the producers fault.So if you're interested in getting this great movie on a good high quality media, then look elsewhere, because the following information should be a factor of chasing you away from this purchase."This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply."I plan on donating this to my local library, because I don't want this cheap stuff in my personal collection. I'd be embarrassed if my family and friends saw it on the shelves of my library.
| 986 |
[
"Read the complete ad when thinking about buying this one.",
"This movie is burnt on a 4.7GB DVD-R standard disc.",
"This means, don't look for high quality playback.Pay particular attention to the information regarding this production of the media this movie was placed.",
"I should have read and \"paid\" attention to the complete ad.",
"If I had realized this great movie was put on a cheap DVD-R disc, I would have never purchased it.",
"This is not the sellers fault.",
"This is the producers fault.So if you're interested in getting this great movie on a good high quality media, then look elsewhere, because the following information should be a factor of chasing you away from this purchase.\"This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media.",
"Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.\"I plan on donating this to my local library, because I don't want this cheap stuff in my personal collection.",
"I'd be embarrassed if my family and friends saw it on the shelves of my library."
] |
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Know Your Enemy
|
Ms. Coulter debates in tones of scorn, contempt and tortured logic not seen by this reader since the book, "Mein Kampf." The author gives little evidence that is not tainted by her partisan prejudice against the liberal left, airing the most outlandish accusations without regard for proof or logical argument. An apparently talented attorney gone berserk with hatred that is almost comical in its vituperation if not for the deadly seriousness of the author's intent.In a country that prides itself in the freedom of expression, I welcome this outlet for the deranged and hateful propogandists of the right. I believe that most thoughtful readers will be so offended by this screed that they will rightfully conclude the source of such diatribes are wrong and unbalanced in their mind. Those drawn to this pole of the political spectrum have no use for reason and place themselves so far outside the mainstream of American discourse as to be seen for the fringe element they represent.
| 986 |
[
"Ms.",
"Coulter debates in tones of scorn, contempt and tortured logic not seen by this reader since the book, \"Mein Kampf.\" The author gives little evidence that is not tainted by her partisan prejudice against the liberal left, airing the most outlandish accusations without regard for proof or logical argument.",
"An apparently talented attorney gone berserk with hatred that is almost comical in its vituperation if not for the deadly seriousness of the author's intent.In a country that prides itself in the freedom of expression, I welcome this outlet for the deranged and hateful propogandists of the right.",
"I believe that most thoughtful readers will be so offended by this screed that they will rightfully conclude the source of such diatribes are wrong and unbalanced in their mind.",
"Those drawn to this pole of the political spectrum have no use for reason and place themselves so far outside the mainstream of American discourse as to be seen for the fringe element they represent."
] |
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Not for the busty gals.
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This picture is quite deceitful, I was under the impression I was getting something shiny all the way around, when in fact, the back is sheer and see through. The material makes a big difference when you are not an A cup up top. I am a D, and this does not stay on me at all. The dress fits fine but there is no tension to hold the girls in. So it sits away from my body and every movement would make it so they fall out of the cups. Ordering a smaller size will not help, because the the 'bra part' like most higher quality pieces, isnt made of a separate fabric, since they wanted to make the back sheer. But, if all your going to do is lay down on you back in this, I can recommend it? Like all the other reviews, the stockings are pretty terrible as well, definitely get some pretty ones of your own.. or do yourself a favor and skip this one if you aren't small chested.other than that.. this is my bfs favorite color and for all my fussiness with it.. he still really loved it. :)
| 986 |
[
"This picture is quite deceitful, I was under the impression I was getting something shiny all the way around, when in fact, the back is sheer and see through.",
"The material makes a big difference when you are not an A cup up top.",
"I am a D, and this does not stay on me at all.",
"The dress fits fine but there is no tension to hold the girls in.",
"So it sits away from my body and every movement would make it so they fall out of the cups.",
"Ordering a smaller size will not help, because the the 'bra part' like most higher quality pieces, isnt made of a separate fabric, since they wanted to make the back sheer.",
"But, if all your going to do is lay down on you back in this, I can recommend it?",
"Like all the other reviews, the stockings are pretty terrible as well, definitely get some pretty ones of your own..",
"or do yourself a favor and skip this one if you aren't small chested.other than that..",
"this is my bfs favorite color and for all my fussiness with it..",
"he still really loved it.",
":)"
] |
1 |
Atrocious.
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This book, like all of Ravenwolf's books, is utterly atrocious.I'll admit that when I first looked into this religion, all of nine years ago, I bought this book and thought it was amazing. Now that I decided to sit down and reread the books that started my religious path, I can't believe I bought into all of the ridiculous tripe that Ravenwolf writes, even if it was only for a short time. Thankfully, I realized how useless Ravenwolf's books were after less than a year into my studies.She's the worst author on Wiccan and Pagan topics you can find. Not only are most of her "facts" complete falsehoods, but she writes in such a way that it's hard to follow what she's talking about. Seriously, Ravenwolf, you're writing a book that's supposed to be educational. It's not your personal journal, meant to boost your own ego.If you want a good book on witchcraft, look into Penczak's Temple series books. Don't buy into Ravenclaw's 'fluffy-bunny' syndrome that has no basis in reality.
| 986 |
[
"This book, like all of Ravenwolf's books, is utterly atrocious.I'll admit that when I first looked into this religion, all of nine years ago, I bought this book and thought it was amazing.",
"Now that I decided to sit down and reread the books that started my religious path, I can't believe I bought into all of the ridiculous tripe that Ravenwolf writes, even if it was only for a short time.",
"Thankfully, I realized how useless Ravenwolf's books were after less than a year into my studies.She's the worst author on Wiccan and Pagan topics you can find.",
"Not only are most of her \"facts\" complete falsehoods, but she writes in such a way that it's hard to follow what she's talking about.",
"Seriously, Ravenwolf, you're writing a book that's supposed to be educational.",
"It's not your personal journal, meant to boost your own ego.If you want a good book on witchcraft, look into Penczak's Temple series books.",
"Don't buy into Ravenclaw's 'fluffy-bunny' syndrome that has no basis in reality."
] |
1 |
Worthless!
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I purchased this item thinking how nice it would be to lift, sift and deposit waste into trash can. What a joke! My husband went to lift and sift and immediately stated "this thing is worthless". I looked at what he had in his hands and agreed. The "sifter" had clumps stuck to it, the debris left in the sifted litter still needed scooped and attempts to get the clumps stuck on the sifter to "loosen" only made more mess. We took sifter out and said "we'll scoop any day". I purchased another van ness sifting pan, without a lid, needless to say I'm not going to use that one either. What a waste of money. This is one of those times when I wished I'd purchased in a local store. I could return and get my money back. I'm not willing to pay return shipping to send back to Amazon.com. Buy the Omega Paw Self-Cleaning Litter Box as we both like this one very much. Two suggestions with the Omega Paw is to wipe down the inside lid every couple of days and do not over fill with litter.
| 986 |
[
"I purchased this item thinking how nice it would be to lift, sift and deposit waste into trash can.",
"What a joke!",
"My husband went to lift and sift and immediately stated \"this thing is worthless\".",
"I looked at what he had in his hands and agreed.",
"The \"sifter\" had clumps stuck to it, the debris left in the sifted litter still needed scooped and attempts to get the clumps stuck on the sifter to \"loosen\" only made more mess.",
"We took sifter out and said \"we'll scoop any day\".",
"I purchased another van ness sifting pan, without a lid, needless to say I'm not going to use that one either.",
"What a waste of money.",
"This is one of those times when I wished I'd purchased in a local store.",
"I could return and get my money back.",
"I'm not willing to pay return shipping to send back to Amazon.com.",
"Buy the Omega Paw Self-Cleaning Litter Box as we both like this one very much.",
"Two suggestions with the Omega Paw is to wipe down the inside lid every couple of days and do not over fill with litter."
] |
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whiny tripe
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I cannot believe how many people like piercing elevator music. Martin is forcing the listener to believe he's depressed, or conflicted about something (maybe how boring and annoying this whole album turned out) and it is not genuine. Writing the equal sign on your hand doesn't make you a champion for the downtrodden, and you are a millionaire with a healthy baby and movie star wife, so the crap you are peddling, I'm not buying. In no way is this rock music, although, maybe adult contemporary soft rock. The song "Speed of Sound" is like being trapped in the scent of Ben-gay while your muscles ache from running in the hot sun. Kids, teens, and adults who think this makes them rock fans, it's just too sad.Speed of Sound is terribleFix You is an over-indulgent fake cry fest for what purpose I don't know.This album is not worth your hard earned money. Save some cash, save your ears from shreiking man-children, and buy a Led Zeppelin, Who, or Pearl Jam album. THAT'S rock music.
| 986 |
[
"I cannot believe how many people like piercing elevator music.",
"Martin is forcing the listener to believe he's depressed, or conflicted about something (maybe how boring and annoying this whole album turned out) and it is not genuine.",
"Writing the equal sign on your hand doesn't make you a champion for the downtrodden, and you are a millionaire with a healthy baby and movie star wife, so the crap you are peddling, I'm not buying.",
"In no way is this rock music, although, maybe adult contemporary soft rock.",
"The song \"Speed of Sound\" is like being trapped in the scent of Ben-gay while your muscles ache from running in the hot sun.",
"Kids, teens, and adults who think this makes them rock fans, it's just too sad.Speed of Sound is terribleFix You is an over-indulgent fake cry fest for what purpose I don't know.This album is not worth your hard earned money.",
"Save some cash, save your ears from shreiking man-children, and buy a Led Zeppelin, Who, or Pearl Jam album.",
"THAT'S rock music."
] |
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Ignores several problems...
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The ideas in this book are interesting, but the actuality is highly flawed. The idea that you can write a 1 month call for 10% of the value of the stock is erroneous. Then, since he advises investing with borrowed money, he claims this is a return of 20% per month. He extends this to 40% just because nobody minds optimism. Writing covered calls is fine, but you do have to realize that this will limit your upside, but not your downside. He neglects to mention this!Mr. Cook uses margin buying for every example, yet never gives a single calculation for what happens when a stock goes down, for example showing how you can lose 100% of your investment by a price drop of 50%. Really, the only three ideas in here are 1. Covered call writing (with exaggerated numbers) 2. Buying rolling stocks (which are not supported by his own graphs) and 3. Buying on the stock split (which is not such a guarantee of success as he claims).Overall, the returns of these strategies are not credible.
| 986 |
[
"The ideas in this book are interesting, but the actuality is highly flawed.",
"The idea that you can write a 1 month call for 10% of the value of the stock is erroneous.",
"Then, since he advises investing with borrowed money, he claims this is a return of 20% per month.",
"He extends this to 40% just because nobody minds optimism.",
"Writing covered calls is fine, but you do have to realize that this will limit your upside, but not your downside.",
"He neglects to mention this!",
"Mr.",
"Cook uses margin buying for every example, yet never gives a single calculation for what happens when a stock goes down, for example showing how you can lose 100% of your investment by a price drop of 50%.",
"Really, the only three ideas in here are 1.",
"Covered call writing (with exaggerated numbers) 2.",
"Buying rolling stocks (which are not supported by his own graphs) and 3.",
"Buying on the stock split (which is not such a guarantee of success as he claims).Overall, the returns of these strategies are not credible."
] |
1 |
Terrible tool--stay clear!
|
Snap ring pliers with interchangeable tips have been around for a long time, so this versatile set (four tips in total: straight and bent tips in large and small diameters, that can be placed in position for either internal or external snap rings) looked very attractive. This tool was a complete disappointment, however. When installed, the tips wobble, then fall off when sideways pressure is applied. There is a removable pivot with a cross-bar that is supposed to lock the tips into place when using the external position. Instead when you put the tips on, "lock" them into position and turn the tool over, everything (tips and lock) falls off the pliers. I did a double take! As you know if you've used snap rings, you must often work in a difficult orientation and apply some downward pressure to keep the tips engaged in the small holes in the ring. A rigid tool that you can trust is absolutely necessary. This tool is unusable and should not be on the market. For shame, Irwin!
| 986 |
[
"Snap ring pliers with interchangeable tips have been around for a long time, so this versatile set (four tips in total: straight and bent tips in large and small diameters, that can be placed in position for either internal or external snap rings) looked very attractive.",
"This tool was a complete disappointment, however.",
"When installed, the tips wobble, then fall off when sideways pressure is applied.",
"There is a removable pivot with a cross-bar that is supposed to lock the tips into place when using the external position.",
"Instead when you put the tips on, \"lock\" them into position and turn the tool over, everything (tips and lock) falls off the pliers.",
"I did a double take!",
"As you know if you've used snap rings, you must often work in a difficult orientation and apply some downward pressure to keep the tips engaged in the small holes in the ring.",
"A rigid tool that you can trust is absolutely necessary.",
"This tool is unusable and should not be on the market.",
"For shame, Irwin!"
] |
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Dissapointed.
|
This was a great product with potential to be very useful to me and my husband. Unfortunately it feel short of our expectations. The cross bars where you hang the shoes were not strong enough to hold up my hiking boots and my husband sneakers. Also, the hardware used to hold the pole sections together was cheap and not able to secure the poles together. After putting it together and placing all our shoes on the rack it literally began bowing and bending along as the days passed. I will day that we did not act roughly with the shoe rack as the only time it was touched was placin shoes on and taking shoes off of the rack. All in all I would not reccomend this product at all.Note: the lack of confidence in how secure the poles were held together with the accompanying hardware was a bit disheartening as our 7 month old baby is learning how to stand and takes any opportunity to hold on to things to balance with. If you have infants this may not be the best shoe storage option.
| 986 |
[
"This was a great product with potential to be very useful to me and my husband.",
"Unfortunately it feel short of our expectations.",
"The cross bars where you hang the shoes were not strong enough to hold up my hiking boots and my husband sneakers.",
"Also, the hardware used to hold the pole sections together was cheap and not able to secure the poles together.",
"After putting it together and placing all our shoes on the rack it literally began bowing and bending along as the days passed.",
"I will day that we did not act roughly with the shoe rack as the only time it was touched was placin shoes on and taking shoes off of the rack.",
"All in all I would not reccomend this product at all.Note: the lack of confidence in how secure the poles were held together with the accompanying hardware was a bit disheartening as our 7 month old baby is learning how to stand and takes any opportunity to hold on to things to balance with.",
"If you have infants this may not be the best shoe storage option."
] |
1 |
Here we go again...
|
P. Diddy, Puff Wussie, whatever his stupid name is, has once again turned out an album that make even the most hardcore Diddy fans cringe. First off, they DID NOT invent the remix, all they did on this album was steal tracks from well-known and TRUE artists. If you think I'm hating on him, well, I am, and I have a good reason to do it. Just like his previous album, The Saga Continues, he bites other rappers' styles (not to mention paying people to write his rhymes!), and he continues to commercialize and fake rap music. What was once a genre of music full of talent, ambition, feeling, and passion is now being corrupted by insincere losers who only care about making money so they can turn out even more of their poorly made music. Diddy's rhymes are even more corny on this album than those on his previous album, The Saga Continues. Eminem's newest album promptly bumped this record off the charts, further showing that it is only a matter of time before Diddy's luck runs out.
| 986 |
[
"P.",
"Diddy, Puff Wussie, whatever his stupid name is, has once again turned out an album that make even the most hardcore Diddy fans cringe.",
"First off, they DID NOT invent the remix, all they did on this album was steal tracks from well-known and TRUE artists.",
"If you think I'm hating on him, well, I am, and I have a good reason to do it.",
"Just like his previous album, The Saga Continues, he bites other rappers' styles (not to mention paying people to write his rhymes!",
"), and he continues to commercialize and fake rap music.",
"What was once a genre of music full of talent, ambition, feeling, and passion is now being corrupted by insincere losers who only care about making money so they can turn out even more of their poorly made music.",
"Diddy's rhymes are even more corny on this album than those on his previous album, The Saga Continues.",
"Eminem's newest album promptly bumped this record off the charts, further showing that it is only a matter of time before Diddy's luck runs out."
] |
1 |
Sad and divisive
|
A book for someone with the emotional maturity of an 8-year-old. This so-called incorrect guide holds back its conspiracy ranting till the second half. There are sufficient facts presented that the book may be worth a tenth of its price, but you may get a headache weeding through the propaganda. Said spin is quite sophisticated, taking the form of debunking the PC opinions that the author says you have. Eventually you will come to understand that the Politically Correct comprise a monumental conspiracy holding - surprise, suprise - any opinion about the subject that the author disagrees with. Ultimately the book is as much about the righteousness of some other religion, but that idea backfires to the point that the underlying message is that all religions are pernicious. The book is divisive, war-mongering, and retro. Whether it is true or not isn't especially relevant simply because the human race will never progress or overcome while our thoughts are guided by children.
| 986 |
[
"A book for someone with the emotional maturity of an 8-year-old.",
"This so-called incorrect guide holds back its conspiracy ranting till the second half.",
"There are sufficient facts presented that the book may be worth a tenth of its price, but you may get a headache weeding through the propaganda.",
"Said spin is quite sophisticated, taking the form of debunking the PC opinions that the author says you have.",
"Eventually you will come to understand that the Politically Correct comprise a monumental conspiracy holding - surprise, suprise - any opinion about the subject that the author disagrees with.",
"Ultimately the book is as much about the righteousness of some other religion, but that idea backfires to the point that the underlying message is that all religions are pernicious.",
"The book is divisive, war-mongering, and retro.",
"Whether it is true or not isn't especially relevant simply because the human race will never progress or overcome while our thoughts are guided by children."
] |
1 |
Buyer beware
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Bad news, Robben Ford fans, this is not a new CD by the master blues guitarist, it's a re-issue of a CD that in an earlier incarnation was entitled "Blues Connotation", and even then this product was mislabelled as a Robben Ford project when in fact it's taken from recordings of the late '80s and early '90s led by a drummer named Jerry Granelli, and if you search "Jerry Granelli" here on Amazon for his CDs, you'll find these same tracks listed on one of Granelli's CDs under an entirely different title. Robben and the other stellar players listed on this recording (Charlie Haden, Bill Frisell, Kenny Garrett, etc.) were obviously drafted as guns-for-hire on the date, but despite the plethora of talent here, the music itself is criminally boring. It sounds like everyone started noodling in the studio hoping something would happen, but these arrangements and the choice of material will put you to sleep. I seriously doubt this is a Robben Ford-approved reissue. Save your cash.
| 986 |
[
"Bad news, Robben Ford fans, this is not a new CD by the master blues guitarist, it's a re-issue of a CD that in an earlier incarnation was entitled \"Blues Connotation\", and even then this product was mislabelled as a Robben Ford project when in fact it's taken from recordings of the late '80s and early '90s led by a drummer named Jerry Granelli, and if you search \"Jerry Granelli\" here on Amazon for his CDs, you'll find these same tracks listed on one of Granelli's CDs under an entirely different title.",
"Robben and the other stellar players listed on this recording (Charlie Haden, Bill Frisell, Kenny Garrett, etc.) were obviously drafted as guns-for-hire on the date, but despite the plethora of talent here, the music itself is criminally boring.",
"It sounds like everyone started noodling in the studio hoping something would happen, but these arrangements and the choice of material will put you to sleep.",
"I seriously doubt this is a Robben Ford-approved reissue.",
"Save your cash."
] |
1 |
Motor did'nt work at all
|
I opened the package and spent time putting it together. I am 37 weeks pregnant so it wasnt hard to put together at all. It is a very beautiful swing however, as soon as I plugged the swing in, nothing worked. I called and went through trouble shooting with the representative, and still nothing. I was then told to purchase 4 D batteries to see if its the motor or the plug in adapter. I refused to go purchase batteries for something that doesnt work when I plug it in so, what I did was I took the plug in adapter and used it to see if I can make something in the house that takes the same adapter work. It worked..so that let me know it was the motor. I called Fisher-Price and they said the motor wasnt available until Saturday and I wouldbt be getting it for another 7 to 10 business days after it arrived. I just hope I dont have my baby until then and yeah they are replacing it but its a pain in the butt to have to wait longer for something that didnt work when I received it.
| 986 |
[
"I opened the package and spent time putting it together.",
"I am 37 weeks pregnant so it wasnt hard to put together at all.",
"It is a very beautiful swing however, as soon as I plugged the swing in, nothing worked.",
"I called and went through trouble shooting with the representative, and still nothing.",
"I was then told to purchase 4 D batteries to see if its the motor or the plug in adapter.",
"I refused to go purchase batteries for something that doesnt work when I plug it in so, what I did was I took the plug in adapter and used it to see if I can make something in the house that takes the same adapter work.",
"It worked..so that let me know it was the motor.",
"I called Fisher-Price and they said the motor wasnt available until Saturday and I wouldbt be getting it for another 7 to 10 business days after it arrived.",
"I just hope I dont have my baby until then and yeah they are replacing it but its a pain in the butt to have to wait longer for something that didnt work when I received it."
] |
1 |
At least it only cost $2.00
|
I had never heard of this author before I bought (the audio version of) Visits from the Drowned Girl. I bought it only because it was cheap and I spend a lot of time listening to books on my long drive to work. The book had moments that captivated me, mostly through honest and charming sentences that seem not to belong in a story filled with unlikeable characters and tedious side tracks into information that adds nothing to the story.I liken it to a conversation with an elderly relative who can take his sweet time telling a story that is, in turn, compelling, disgusting, long-winded and amusing. Because he knows his audience is forced by politeness to see the story to the finish, he embellishes to make it last, but in the end, neither party has gained anything from the exchange.I must admit I was never good with old people, and have yet to finish listening to this tale. From reading the reviews, it doesn't sound promising, but I'll see it through on my next drive to work.
| 986 |
[
"I had never heard of this author before I bought (the audio version of) Visits from the Drowned Girl.",
"I bought it only because it was cheap and I spend a lot of time listening to books on my long drive to work.",
"The book had moments that captivated me, mostly through honest and charming sentences that seem not to belong in a story filled with unlikeable characters and tedious side tracks into information that adds nothing to the story.I liken it to a conversation with an elderly relative who can take his sweet time telling a story that is, in turn, compelling, disgusting, long-winded and amusing.",
"Because he knows his audience is forced by politeness to see the story to the finish, he embellishes to make it last, but in the end, neither party has gained anything from the exchange.I must admit I was never good with old people, and have yet to finish listening to this tale.",
"From reading the reviews, it doesn't sound promising, but I'll see it through on my next drive to work."
] |
1 |
Not the best camera...
|
THIS IS THE WORST CAMERA I'VE EVER SEEN.BAD-1. Camera design is not so comfortable. When you grip the camera, if feels like it might slip out becuase of the unbalanced weight (lens is on one side)2. Pictures are HAZY. I mean that. They're not the best quality. I would say that if you are into photography, this is not the camera you want to buy (I know this sounds weird).3. LCD does not come with a plastic cover. IT IS SO EASY TO SCRACH IT. I already have 3 or four big scratches, and maybe it's because the LCD monitor didn't come with a thin plastic cover??? I was really disappointed at Sony, for not taking the time to put a dumb cover on it.4. HARDLY ANY ZOOM. There's at least 2x.. but it's not going to get you too far. Maybe about 2 yards at the most. This camera also has a feature where you can zoom up to 7x. BUT- this feature is TERRIBLE.OVERALL, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZY AND HAS SOME BAD QUALITY PICTUERS.THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER CHOICES OUT THERE. MAKE A GOOD CHOICE.
| 986 |
[
"THIS IS THE WORST CAMERA I'VE EVER SEEN.BAD-1.",
"Camera design is not so comfortable.",
"When you grip the camera, if feels like it might slip out becuase of the unbalanced weight (lens is on one side)2.",
"Pictures are HAZY.",
"I mean that.",
"They're not the best quality.",
"I would say that if you are into photography, this is not the camera you want to buy (I know this sounds weird).3.",
"LCD does not come with a plastic cover.",
"IT IS SO EASY TO SCRACH IT.",
"I already have 3 or four big scratches, and maybe it's because the LCD monitor didn't come with a thin plastic cover???",
"I was really disappointed at Sony, for not taking the time to put a dumb cover on it.4. HARDLY ANY ZOOM.",
"There's at least 2x..",
"but it's not going to get you too far.",
"Maybe about 2 yards at the most.",
"This camera also has a feature where you can zoom up to 7x.",
"BUT- this feature is TERRIBLE.OVERALL, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZY AND HAS SOME BAD QUALITY PICTUERS.THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER CHOICES OUT THERE.",
"MAKE A GOOD CHOICE."
] |
1 |
Scary Stuff
|
"This woman who had written so eloquently that suffering really did not exist spent the last two years of her life in the blackest psychotic depression I have ever witnessed.", these words were spoken at helen schucmans funeral. In the worlds of ACIM, "It would be madness to entrustsalvation to the insane." & "Anyone who elects a totally insane guide must be totally insane himself.".Also the co-author guy has once worked for MKULTRA (an inhumain CIA mind control experiment(look it up on wikipedia)). Very scary.This book makes me respect the bible when it says "beware false prophets". So many people seem so false to me.In my short time on this earth I have witnessed two psychologists tell me that people are able to make decisions and change there lifes, both while showing clear body language to the contrary. As people we all try to profit from making up lies/illusions/stories, I fear this book is no exception.Dont look to the shiny marble institutions think for yourselves.
| 986 |
[
"\"This woman who had written so eloquently that suffering really did not exist spent the last two years of her life in the blackest psychotic depression I have ever witnessed.\", these words were spoken at helen schucmans funeral.",
"In the worlds of ACIM, \"It would be madness to entrustsalvation to the insane.\" & \"Anyone who elects a totally insane guide must be totally insane himself.\".Also the co-author guy has once worked for MKULTRA (an inhumain CIA mind control experiment(look it up on wikipedia)).",
"Very scary.This book makes me respect the bible when it says \"beware false prophets\".",
"So many people seem so false to me.In my short time on this earth I have witnessed two psychologists tell me that people are able to make decisions and change there lifes, both while showing clear body language to the contrary.",
"As people we all try to profit from making up lies/illusions/stories, I fear this book is no exception.Dont look to the shiny marble institutions think for yourselves."
] |
1 |
Died after 1 year
|
I thought this phone worked pretty well when we first got it, but the longer we had it, the less we liked it. The reception is good, but that's just about the only positive thing about it. First of all, we lost the manual when we moved and it's just about impossible to figure out how to use any of the features, even just setting the time and date is difficult. Secondly, when you listen to your messages and you want to return a phone call, the answerer shuts off as soon as you turn the phone on. So if someone left a number to return their call, you need to write it down first and then turn the phone on to call. And thirdly, after a year of use, we're getting this "out of range" message almost every time we try to make a call, even then we're right next to the phone. I've had Panasonic phones in the past that have lasted over 5 years, but this one is a big disappointment, especially for the price. We're changing to Uniden phones which tend to work well and get good ratings.
| 986 |
[
"I thought this phone worked pretty well when we first got it, but the longer we had it, the less we liked it.",
"The reception is good, but that's just about the only positive thing about it.",
"First of all, we lost the manual when we moved and it's just about impossible to figure out how to use any of the features, even just setting the time and date is difficult.",
"Secondly, when you listen to your messages and you want to return a phone call, the answerer shuts off as soon as you turn the phone on.",
"So if someone left a number to return their call, you need to write it down first and then turn the phone on to call.",
"And thirdly, after a year of use, we're getting this \"out of range\" message almost every time we try to make a call, even then we're right next to the phone.",
"I've had Panasonic phones in the past that have lasted over 5 years, but this one is a big disappointment, especially for the price.",
"We're changing to Uniden phones which tend to work well and get good ratings."
] |
1 |
Tiresome fantasy scifi
|
I like good techno-real science fiction or at least a good space opera, fantasy scifi is not what I like to read. Unfortunately this novel goes off into drivel about princes and princlings wearing red and gold outfits and even has people riding horses and harvesting crops.This latest in the Andrej Koscuisko series from Ms. Matthews is the weakest of the series. Previous novels in the series were at times gruesome but also exciting and well written. The writing in this one is difficult to read requiring that I read a paragraph over a time or two to get it. The sentence structure is awkward and not always just to try to convey the strange world and language of the planet where the story is set.This novel does not stand alone. One must have read the previous novels in the series to enjoy this one and one must have read them recently enough to remember all about Dormitt Prison, and why what's-her-name hates Andrej so much or much of the story in this novel makes little sense.
| 986 |
[
"I like good techno-real science fiction or at least a good space opera, fantasy scifi is not what I like to read.",
"Unfortunately this novel goes off into drivel about princes and princlings wearing red and gold outfits and even has people riding horses and harvesting crops.This latest in the Andrej Koscuisko series from Ms.",
"Matthews is the weakest of the series.",
"Previous novels in the series were at times gruesome but also exciting and well written.",
"The writing in this one is difficult to read requiring that I read a paragraph over a time or two to get it.",
"The sentence structure is awkward and not always just to try to convey the strange world and language of the planet where the story is set.This novel does not stand alone.",
"One must have read the previous novels in the series to enjoy this one and one must have read them recently enough to remember all about Dormitt Prison, and why what's-her-name hates Andrej so much or much of the story in this novel makes little sense."
] |
1 |
Error prone
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Simpson's attributes authorship of a Theodore Roosevelt quote to John F. Kennedy.Theodore Roosevely wrote "History as Literature" in 1913. In this work he wrote the famous quote:'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.'Simpson's wrongly attributes the quote to Kennedy.
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"Simpson's attributes authorship of a Theodore Roosevelt quote to John F.",
"Kennedy.Theodore Roosevely wrote \"History as Literature\" in 1913.",
"In this work he wrote the famous quote:'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.",
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.'Simpson's wrongly attributes the quote to Kennedy."
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Too dark to see
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The game starts out great. Excellent graphics. Even has its funny moments. Then came the night of the storm, and suddenly you have to navigate through the entire island in almost complete darkness. I've never been able to get past this part because I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING other than a hint of bluish light and a gate in the distance which you aren't supposed to go to until you find Rikku. 90% of the time I find myself guessing where I'm going because I have absolutely no idea. A mini-map of some sort like they have in Final Fantasy games would've been nice. But no, the game designers decided that would've been too easy.I don't know what the game designers were thinking when they made this game, but forcing players to navigate in complete darkness isn't my idea of fun. I tried adjusting the brightness of my TV to maximum, even turned off all the lights in my room, but I still can't see a thing.If it weren't for the near-total darkness, I might've given this game higher rating.
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"The game starts out great.",
"Excellent graphics.",
"Even has its funny moments.",
"Then came the night of the storm, and suddenly you have to navigate through the entire island in almost complete darkness.",
"I've never been able to get past this part because I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING other than a hint of bluish light and a gate in the distance which you aren't supposed to go to until you find Rikku.",
"90% of the time I find myself guessing where I'm going because I have absolutely no idea.",
"A mini-map of some sort like they have in Final Fantasy games would've been nice.",
"But no, the game designers decided that would've been too easy.I don't know what the game designers were thinking when they made this game, but forcing players to navigate in complete darkness isn't my idea of fun.",
"I tried adjusting the brightness of my TV to maximum, even turned off all the lights in my room, but I still can't see a thing.If it weren't for the near-total darkness, I might've given this game higher rating."
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Switched back to Tiger....
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First of all I thank Amazon for accepting my return of Leopard. It was available for pre-sale before the Min. Sys. Req. were available and I couldn't install it.I switched from Windows in 2002 soon after Jaguar when everyone else I knew thought Mac's were a piece of junk. I've been delighted with every OS from Apple until now. That said my disappointment in Leopard is as follows:Doesn't install on systems under 867MHZ. That's not a technical barrier, but a marketing decision. So much for Apple's statement to support Power PC's.Spotlight didn't find everything in the search field anymore. It was amazing under Tiger.I couldn't send POP mail anymore, I had to use HTML on the web. There was no problem under Tiger - I created the POP account in Mac Mail and entered the server names, without troubles afterward.There's no real need to get Leopard other than the new parental controls, which I thought were pretty good for keeping an eye your teenager. It tracks everything they do!
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"First of all I thank Amazon for accepting my return of Leopard.",
"It was available for pre-sale before the Min.",
"Sys.",
"Req.",
"were available and I couldn't install it.I switched from Windows in 2002 soon after Jaguar when everyone else I knew thought Mac's were a piece of junk.",
"I've been delighted with every OS from Apple until now.",
"That said my disappointment in Leopard is as follows:Doesn't install on systems under 867MHZ.",
"That's not a technical barrier, but a marketing decision.",
"So much for Apple's statement to support Power PC's.Spotlight didn't find everything in the search field anymore.",
"It was amazing under Tiger.I couldn't send POP mail anymore, I had to use HTML on the web.",
"There was no problem under Tiger - I created the POP account in Mac Mail and entered the server names, without troubles afterward.There's no real need to get Leopard other than the new parental controls, which I thought were pretty good for keeping an eye your teenager.",
"It tracks everything they do!"
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hip-hop for rock fans...
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unfortunately, regardless of any musical merit this album might have, it does not qualify as hip-hop. trying to find a connection between slug's personal anecdotes catering to suburban caucasian adolescents and the origins of hip-hop in the boogie down bronx is nearly impossible. this is cultural appropriation at its finest, taking an art form from another culture and making it one's own by changing and altering the art. it is personally sad to me that the history and basis of urban struggle upon which hip-hop is based in being lost in this fake punk-hop. you want hip-hop? go pick up liquid swords, daily operation, illmatic, return of the boom bap, resurrection, or one of the other thousands of classic albums that reflect urban struggle and racial oppression, elements of the inherently political hip-hop movement that are nowhere to be found in this well-intentioned rapper's album. listen to something that makes you feel uncomfortable, push the race card, dont run from it.
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"unfortunately, regardless of any musical merit this album might have, it does not qualify as hip-hop.",
"trying to find a connection between slug's personal anecdotes catering to suburban caucasian adolescents and the origins of hip-hop in the boogie down bronx is nearly impossible.",
"this is cultural appropriation at its finest, taking an art form from another culture and making it one's own by changing and altering the art.",
"it is personally sad to me that the history and basis of urban struggle upon which hip-hop is based in being lost in this fake punk-hop.",
"you want hip-hop?",
"go pick up liquid swords, daily operation, illmatic, return of the boom bap, resurrection, or one of the other thousands of classic albums that reflect urban struggle and racial oppression, elements of the inherently political hip-hop movement that are nowhere to be found in this well-intentioned rapper's album.",
"listen to something that makes you feel uncomfortable, push the race card, dont run from it."
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I still believe Darwin
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The author of this book is so simple minded (and w/o imagination) that a simple physical system (the cell) has him looking to the sky. He disguises himself as a scientist and at the first sign of trouble (complexity) he bails out looking for a higher power. He has a good understanding of the biochemical processes that are in place, but fails to mention any research on more primitive organisms that could show us how our complex cells evolved. His argument about irreducibly complex is the biggest crap I ever read. Anything can be considered irreducibly complex in the context of what it does. Take the human body. You need a finger (among other things) to hold a chaulk. You finger is part of a irreducibly complex system when it comes to you picking up a chaulk. So does that mean all of a sudden that a higher power put the human body together? Give me a break. I think there's enough evidence in fosiles to prove otherwise. I don't recommend this book to any real scientfic mind.
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"The author of this book is so simple minded (and w/o imagination) that a simple physical system (the cell) has him looking to the sky.",
"He disguises himself as a scientist and at the first sign of trouble (complexity) he bails out looking for a higher power.",
"He has a good understanding of the biochemical processes that are in place, but fails to mention any research on more primitive organisms that could show us how our complex cells evolved.",
"His argument about irreducibly complex is the biggest crap I ever read.",
"Anything can be considered irreducibly complex in the context of what it does.",
"Take the human body.",
"You need a finger (among other things) to hold a chaulk.",
"You finger is part of a irreducibly complex system when it comes to you picking up a chaulk.",
"So does that mean all of a sudden that a higher power put the human body together?",
"Give me a break.",
"I think there's enough evidence in fosiles to prove otherwise.",
"I don't recommend this book to any real scientfic mind."
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These clowns wasted my time
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I bought the Apex hose remnant, and the day I was supposed to receive it an email arrived saying it would be delayed, offering a new ship date in two days, and asking me to approve it via Amazon. I did. The next day I received an email saying that it would be delayed by another day, and asking me to approve the new ship date via Amazon or the order wouldn't go out. I did. The next email showed up almost right away, same thing. This has now gone on for two weeks, and three things are clear: (1) They don't have the hose and have no idea when they're getting it, and (2) they don't care enough about their customers to provide a realistic estimate or a simple explanation or apology, instead (3) sending out automated rope-a-dope emails until the suckers are irritated enough to let the order die. Which is where I am now, six unexplained delays later with a sure knowledge that if I click on "approve new ship date" I'll have an email within hours telling me to approve another one.
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"I bought the Apex hose remnant, and the day I was supposed to receive it an email arrived saying it would be delayed, offering a new ship date in two days, and asking me to approve it via Amazon.",
"I did.",
"The next day I received an email saying that it would be delayed by another day, and asking me to approve the new ship date via Amazon or the order wouldn't go out.",
"I did.",
"The next email showed up almost right away, same thing.",
"This has now gone on for two weeks, and three things are clear: (1) They don't have the hose and have no idea when they're getting it, and (2) they don't care enough about their customers to provide a realistic estimate or a simple explanation or apology, instead (3) sending out automated rope-a-dope emails until the suckers are irritated enough to let the order die.",
"Which is where I am now, six unexplained delays later with a sure knowledge that if I click on \"approve new ship date\" I'll have an email within hours telling me to approve another one."
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hip hop tribute...
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(...)The only good rap is Nas, Outkast, and Kanye West. Everything else sucks. I hate how they took the worst possible rappers and told them to try to replicate the gods of rock, AC/DC. That is just so wrong it doesn't even come close to making any sense. If I ever find out just who was responsible for the creation of this abomonation of an album, I'll take legal action. That's how screwed up this is. You can't just immitate AC/DC like this with stupid hip hop and expect anyone who loves AC/DC to like this. And also I'm so sick of all these reviewers (mostly on iTunes) giving this five stars and saying AC/DC sucks (or as they say, 'sux'. That explains their intelligence). Those people are probably homosexuals or just plain dumb people. Anybody who'd give this five stars needs help. SERIOUS help. And besides, if you somehow favor hip hop moreso than the greatest rock band ever, why the hell would you come on here and look up "AC/DC" anyway?! God people are so stupid! (...)
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"(...)The only good rap is Nas, Outkast, and Kanye West.",
"Everything else sucks.",
"I hate how they took the worst possible rappers and told them to try to replicate the gods of rock, AC/DC.",
"That is just so wrong it doesn't even come close to making any sense.",
"If I ever find out just who was responsible for the creation of this abomonation of an album, I'll take legal action.",
"That's how screwed up this is.",
"You can't just immitate AC/DC like this with stupid hip hop and expect anyone who loves AC/DC to like this.",
"And also I'm so sick of all these reviewers (mostly on iTunes) giving this five stars and saying AC/DC sucks (or as they say, 'sux'.",
"That explains their intelligence).",
"Those people are probably homosexuals or just plain dumb people.",
"Anybody who'd give this five stars needs help.",
"SERIOUS help.",
"And besides, if you somehow favor hip hop moreso than the greatest rock band ever, why the hell would you come on here and look up \"AC/DC\" anyway?!",
"God people are so stupid!",
"(...)"
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Terrible Tech Support
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On the positive side, the print quality is very good.There are a number of negatives, however: (1) The fax shares a phone line with my answering machine and is supposed to distinguish between a fax and a phone call. This works only about 75% of the time (i.e., I doesn't receive about 25% of the faxes which are sent). (2) The software hook-up to the computer is not seemless. I have it conected to a very good computer (Dell pentium, 128 mb ram) and I still get an error message that the printer is not hooked-up when I turn on the computer; I need to repeatedly hit retry to get the printer hooked-up everytime I turn on the computer. (3) Everytime it prints a page, multiple pieces of paper run through the machine (i.e., it does not feed 1 sheet at a time.) (4) There is no toll free number for customer support. I have spent a lot of money calling customer support and they have not been able to solve any of the aforementioned problems.In summary, I do not recommend this machine.
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"On the positive side, the print quality is very good.There are a number of negatives, however: (1) The fax shares a phone line with my answering machine and is supposed to distinguish between a fax and a phone call.",
"This works only about 75% of the time (i.e., I doesn't receive about 25% of the faxes which are sent).",
"(2) The software hook-up to the computer is not seemless.",
"I have it conected to a very good computer (Dell pentium, 128 mb ram) and I still get an error message that the printer is not hooked-up when I turn on the computer; I need to repeatedly hit retry to get the printer hooked-up everytime I turn on the computer.",
"(3) Everytime it prints a page, multiple pieces of paper run through the machine (i.e., it does not feed 1 sheet at a time.) (4) There is no toll free number for customer support.",
"I have spent a lot of money calling customer support and they have not been able to solve any of the aforementioned problems.In summary, I do not recommend this machine."
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Absolutely Pathetic
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This is the worst film I've ever had the misfortune of viewing, and this is coming from the guy who gave CHUPACABRA TERROR 5 stars. This film deserves -5 stars.Some bad CGI meteors knock a plane full of brain-dead college students out of the sky and causes it to crashland in the middle of nowhere. The dimwits inside leave and wind up in a little shack belonging to a crazy old farmer.Next thing you know, giant spiders start popping up every few minutes.The stopmotion used for the spiders looks to have been done by a four-year-old. The script appears to have been written by a six-year-old. The actors have the talent of a deaf chimp, and put about as much energy into their roles as a sloth.This film also rips-off many other better movies such as EVIL DEAD and ALIENS. The DVD transition is mediocore at best, but at least the special features include three trailers and a making-of featurette. But these aren't enough to make up for this beyond-horrible piece of cinematic trash.
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"This is the worst film I've ever had the misfortune of viewing, and this is coming from the guy who gave CHUPACABRA TERROR 5 stars.",
"This film deserves -5 stars.Some bad CGI meteors knock a plane full of brain-dead college students out of the sky and causes it to crashland in the middle of nowhere.",
"The dimwits inside leave and wind up in a little shack belonging to a crazy old farmer.Next thing you know, giant spiders start popping up every few minutes.The stopmotion used for the spiders looks to have been done by a four-year-old.",
"The script appears to have been written by a six-year-old.",
"The actors have the talent of a deaf chimp, and put about as much energy into their roles as a sloth.This film also rips-off many other better movies such as EVIL DEAD and ALIENS.",
"The DVD transition is mediocore at best, but at least the special features include three trailers and a making-of featurette.",
"But these aren't enough to make up for this beyond-horrible piece of cinematic trash."
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Nonsense
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Although fun to read, this book relies almost exclusively upon English and Northern travel accounts, and their descriptions of Scots, Irish, Celtic, and American Southerners. Because they all share the same traits- lazy, drunken, idle, violent, uneducated- it is concluded that this Southern character directly stems from his Celtic ancestors.Although the South is clearly influenced by Celtic migration, the logic of following English accounts to portray Scots, Irish and Southerns as the same is illogical, considering English accounts of blacks and Native Americans (and almost every other culture they met) give the exact same descriptions. Suggesting that Africans and Scotsmen share the same decendancy, because Anglos have decribed both as lazy, violent and savage is ridiculous, yet this is exactly the logic that McWhiney follows.Scots and Irish influences are clearly felt in the South, but they are beyond the English and Northern comic book descriptions that McWhiney trusts
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[
"Although fun to read, this book relies almost exclusively upon English and Northern travel accounts, and their descriptions of Scots, Irish, Celtic, and American Southerners.",
"Because they all share the same traits- lazy, drunken, idle, violent, uneducated- it is concluded that this Southern character directly stems from his Celtic ancestors.Although the South is clearly influenced by Celtic migration, the logic of following English accounts to portray Scots, Irish and Southerns as the same is illogical, considering English accounts of blacks and Native Americans (and almost every other culture they met) give the exact same descriptions.",
"Suggesting that Africans and Scotsmen share the same decendancy, because Anglos have decribed both as lazy, violent and savage is ridiculous, yet this is exactly the logic that McWhiney follows.Scots and Irish influences are clearly felt in the South, but they are beyond the English and Northern comic book descriptions that McWhiney trusts"
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Berserk done wrong
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I am going to start by saying Berserk the series is my second favorite anime of all time, but this Golden Arc story has reduced it to Naruto mindless action that should not even carry the same name. All the character development is gone our of Guts, Caska, and especially Corkus who has none of the personality from the original anime. The story is rushed, and the battles have no build up of suspense to make it feel any different than any other anime on the market. If you like action then you will initially like the animated battles, but even those get tiresome as the movie dramatized flare takes away from the struggle it is supposed to represent. The worst part of this anime is the dialogue, once one of the best written animes I am watch, has been reduced to a childish dribble that makes it feel like an episode of Pokemon. I am glad my friend bought this instead of myself, because it is money wasted, get the original series and watch this movie series free on the internet.
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"I am going to start by saying Berserk the series is my second favorite anime of all time, but this Golden Arc story has reduced it to Naruto mindless action that should not even carry the same name.",
"All the character development is gone our of Guts, Caska, and especially Corkus who has none of the personality from the original anime.",
"The story is rushed, and the battles have no build up of suspense to make it feel any different than any other anime on the market.",
"If you like action then you will initially like the animated battles, but even those get tiresome as the movie dramatized flare takes away from the struggle it is supposed to represent.",
"The worst part of this anime is the dialogue, once one of the best written animes I am watch, has been reduced to a childish dribble that makes it feel like an episode of Pokemon.",
"I am glad my friend bought this instead of myself, because it is money wasted, get the original series and watch this movie series free on the internet."
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Elementary, My Dear Watson
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As a creationist, I read as much of the evolutionary "material" as I have time - Gould, Dawkins, et al. The one problem with an author like Tim Berra, who attempts to critique creationism, is that you can tell by his arguments he doesn't have a clue about the scientific evidence for intelligent design and special creation. He spews venom in the preface of his book that costs him credibility before you get to the first chapter of the book. He speaks of "creationists (who) are determined to impose their views on others" and then proceeds to commit the same offense from the opposite perspective. After reading the book, I must say that if someone is going to argue the scientific case for evolution, they should avoid discarded case studies and theories such as the horse fossil sequence, "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" and the peppered moth among others. All in all, a good read and reinforcement of the creationist point of view in the same category as "The Blind Watchmaker".
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"As a creationist, I read as much of the evolutionary \"material\" as I have time - Gould, Dawkins, et al.",
"The one problem with an author like Tim Berra, who attempts to critique creationism, is that you can tell by his arguments he doesn't have a clue about the scientific evidence for intelligent design and special creation.",
"He spews venom in the preface of his book that costs him credibility before you get to the first chapter of the book.",
"He speaks of \"creationists (who) are determined to impose their views on others\" and then proceeds to commit the same offense from the opposite perspective.",
"After reading the book, I must say that if someone is going to argue the scientific case for evolution, they should avoid discarded case studies and theories such as the horse fossil sequence, \"ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny\" and the peppered moth among others.",
"All in all, a good read and reinforcement of the creationist point of view in the same category as \"The Blind Watchmaker\"."
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I am NOT happy!!
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This is very hard to acknowledge but I really think American Idol producers need to hear the truth from Bo fans. I voted and texted voted thousands of times EVERY WEEK for Bo! I had my WHOLE entire street voting for Bo even if they didn't watch Idol, as a favor to me, to support Bo.And this is the result? I bought 10 copies of The Real Thing and I was so excited. I didn't listen to any samples and wanted to be surprised when I first listened to it. Boy, was I surprised!!!Bo's voice is swallowed up by over production and really derivative lyrics and chorus. I can't imagine how awful it must have been for Bo to be forced these songs.Idol producers, what a travesty you have done here! I don't blame Bo, he obviously had NO choice but to sing this mellow, bland, and completely ridiculous lyrics!!I can only hope that Bo will be able to make a 2nd album and show some creativity or at least be able to hear his beautiful voice more! The music is overpowering of his voice! WHY?????
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"This is very hard to acknowledge but I really think American Idol producers need to hear the truth from Bo fans.",
"I voted and texted voted thousands of times EVERY WEEK for Bo!",
"I had my WHOLE entire street voting for Bo even if they didn't watch Idol, as a favor to me, to support Bo.And this is the result?",
"I bought 10 copies of The Real Thing and I was so excited.",
"I didn't listen to any samples and wanted to be surprised when I first listened to it.",
"Boy, was I surprised!!!",
"Bo's voice is swallowed up by over production and really derivative lyrics and chorus.",
"I can't imagine how awful it must have been for Bo to be forced these songs.Idol producers, what a travesty you have done here!",
"I don't blame Bo, he obviously had NO choice but to sing this mellow, bland, and completely ridiculous lyrics!!",
"I can only hope that Bo will be able to make a 2nd album and show some creativity or at least be able to hear his beautiful voice more!",
"The music is overpowering of his voice!",
"WHY???",
"??"
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What were they thinking
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Let me start by saying I really enjoyed IL-2 and thought what better people to make a Vietnam Helo game! I was stoked at the thought of flying hueys! I bought a Trackir in hopes that this game would support it like thier other titles but NOOOO!! I played Veitnam Med-Evac Search and Rescue and thought its flight model was good and it was very challenging but out dated. I played WoV about 1 hour and never played again! I can only hope that they come out with a patch to fix this lame game. You might as well watch a movie about flying a helicopter cause this is NOT GOOD! I ended up buying microsoft FSX and got my helo fix that way but it lacks the missions of Veitnam Med-Evac. Why couldn't they make a Veitnam helo game based on dustoff pilots? Having to land in on going battles and grab your wounded at get out would be much better than fly with 9 more choppers and be told exactly what to do! I thought gaming was moving away from the scripted game play but I guess I was wrong.
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"Let me start by saying I really enjoyed IL-2 and thought what better people to make a Vietnam Helo game!",
"I was stoked at the thought of flying hueys!",
"I bought a Trackir in hopes that this game would support it like thier other titles but NOOOO!!",
"I played Veitnam Med-Evac Search and Rescue and thought its flight model was good and it was very challenging but out dated.",
"I played WoV about 1 hour and never played again!",
"I can only hope that they come out with a patch to fix this lame game.",
"You might as well watch a movie about flying a helicopter cause this is NOT GOOD!",
"I ended up buying microsoft FSX and got my helo fix that way but it lacks the missions of Veitnam Med-Evac.",
"Why couldn't they make a Veitnam helo game based on dustoff pilots?",
"Having to land in on going battles and grab your wounded at get out would be much better than fly with 9 more choppers and be told exactly what to do!",
"I thought gaming was moving away from the scripted game play but I guess I was wrong."
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Terrible
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I am bony and floor pilates is extremely uncomfortable without an adequately padded mat, which I thought I was buying here. The vendor, Mobile Edge, waited almost 2 weeks to let me know that the item I had ordered from them was out of stock and that they were not expecting replenishment. C'mon people, this is the 21st century. Computers make inventory management a breeze compared to the old way of physical stock counts.At least they promptly reversed the charge to my credit card.By the way, I later ordered the mat from the manufacturer. Its not that great either. The surface gets slippery from hand and feet sweat (gross but can't be helped, especially with Bikram yoga), and the padding wasn't thick enough to get me through a pilates class. I have to use this mat plus a sticky mat layered on top for yoga, and this mat with a foam mat on top for pilates. For the expense and inconvenience, I should have just bought two or three regular mats at the local sporting goods store.
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[
"I am bony and floor pilates is extremely uncomfortable without an adequately padded mat, which I thought I was buying here.",
"The vendor, Mobile Edge, waited almost 2 weeks to let me know that the item I had ordered from them was out of stock and that they were not expecting replenishment.",
"C'mon people, this is the 21st century.",
"Computers make inventory management a breeze compared to the old way of physical stock counts.At least they promptly reversed the charge to my credit card.By the way, I later ordered the mat from the manufacturer.",
"Its not that great either.",
"The surface gets slippery from hand and feet sweat (gross but can't be helped, especially with Bikram yoga), and the padding wasn't thick enough to get me through a pilates class.",
"I have to use this mat plus a sticky mat layered on top for yoga, and this mat with a foam mat on top for pilates.",
"For the expense and inconvenience, I should have just bought two or three regular mats at the local sporting goods store."
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Major Disappointment
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This DVD is advertised as Swing Era - Benny Goodman. Be advised that there are only two BG tracks on the DVD. They are both excerpts from a 1937 movie "Hollywood Hotel" yet the DVD does not even use the two best songs from that movie (Sing,Sing,Sing and a number by the BG Quartet). There are five Artie Shaw tracks - four from a movie short and the other from a Fred Astaire movie. There are eight Jimmy Dorsey tracks - five from a movie short and three from "soundies" that were produced to play on Panoram machines. There are five Hoagy Carmichael tracks (how did he get in there?) backed up by Jack Teagarden that are all taken from a movie short. Finally, there are ten tracks of a Jack Teagarden dixieland group that were produced as Snader Telescriptions. Snaders were made between 1950 and 1954 -long after the swing era was over and long after Big T was past his prime. The producers of this DVD are guilty of false advertising.Dick Goodman (unfortunately no relation to Benny)
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"This DVD is advertised as Swing Era - Benny Goodman.",
"Be advised that there are only two BG tracks on the DVD.",
"They are both excerpts from a 1937 movie \"Hollywood Hotel\" yet the DVD does not even use the two best songs from that movie (Sing,Sing,Sing and a number by the BG Quartet).",
"There are five Artie Shaw tracks - four from a movie short and the other from a Fred Astaire movie.",
"There are eight Jimmy Dorsey tracks - five from a movie short and three from \"soundies\" that were produced to play on Panoram machines.",
"There are five Hoagy Carmichael tracks (how did he get in there?",
") backed up by Jack Teagarden that are all taken from a movie short.",
"Finally, there are ten tracks of a Jack Teagarden dixieland group that were produced as Snader Telescriptions.",
"Snaders were made between 1950 and 1954 -long after the swing era was over and long after Big T was past his prime.",
"The producers of this DVD are guilty of false advertising.Dick Goodman (unfortunately no relation to Benny)"
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Buy only if you are healthy
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It's with a heavy heart that I'm giving this product one star because I think it can help a healthy person stretch and be more flexible, but even the healthy person would take risks using it.If you have any spinal issues, including shoulder, hip, and knee problems, avoid this. It puts a lot of tension on your back and if you should stretch or move in an unpredicted way, you'll definitely pull something out of alignment. If, after stretching, you get a knee problem, see your chiropractor or other health professional immediately!The instructions say that no one should stress you from the top (like, for example, a child, or maybe a really dumb significant other who wants to kid around) because the result could be severe injury. I believe that this is also true if you accidentally stretch in the wrong direction.That said, the device is well-made. I'm not convinced one size fits all. If you want to pursue it, do so under the advisement of someone you trust for your healthcare.
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[
"It's with a heavy heart that I'm giving this product one star because I think it can help a healthy person stretch and be more flexible, but even the healthy person would take risks using it.If you have any spinal issues, including shoulder, hip, and knee problems, avoid this.",
"It puts a lot of tension on your back and if you should stretch or move in an unpredicted way, you'll definitely pull something out of alignment.",
"If, after stretching, you get a knee problem, see your chiropractor or other health professional immediately!",
"The instructions say that no one should stress you from the top (like, for example, a child, or maybe a really dumb significant other who wants to kid around) because the result could be severe injury.",
"I believe that this is also true if you accidentally stretch in the wrong direction.That said, the device is well-made.",
"I'm not convinced one size fits all.",
"If you want to pursue it, do so under the advisement of someone you trust for your healthcare."
] |
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Doesn't Work Very Well
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The very first route I planned with Microsoft Streets and Trips was from an address in Rochester, NY to an address in Sterling, Va. The software took me east through Syracuse, on a 446 mile, 7 hour and 48 minute route.I *knew* it was better to go directly south, so I coached the software by telling it to add stops in Corning, NY and Harrisburg, PA. Sure enough, now it found a 370 mile, 7 hour and 12 minute route.Further experiments show that the software's "shortest" and "quickest" routes are often longer and slower than the routes you can force it to plot by adding well-chosen stops. But of course if you know what route you want to force, you don't really need the software.I'm switching back to Delorme's Street Atlas. I've been using Version 6.0, where the interface is truly awful but at least you get the right routes. I'm hoping that in the current version 9.0, they've improved the interface and the underlying mapping algorithms are still as good as they've always been.
| 986 |
[
"The very first route I planned with Microsoft Streets and Trips was from an address in Rochester, NY to an address in Sterling, Va.",
"The software took me east through Syracuse, on a 446 mile, 7 hour and 48 minute route.I *knew* it was better to go directly south, so I coached the software by telling it to add stops in Corning, NY and Harrisburg, PA.",
"Sure enough, now it found a 370 mile, 7 hour and 12 minute route.Further experiments show that the software's \"shortest\" and \"quickest\" routes are often longer and slower than the routes you can force it to plot by adding well-chosen stops.",
"But of course if you know what route you want to force, you don't really need the software.I'm switching back to Delorme's Street Atlas.",
"I've been using Version 6.0, where the interface is truly awful but at least you get the right routes.",
"I'm hoping that in the current version 9.0, they've improved the interface and the underlying mapping algorithms are still as good as they've always been."
] |
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Hi!
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Yo, I hate the band N'SUCK and I really don't want you to buy this cd. After reading the review stating what you REALLY get (it actually helped me), I have come to the conclusion that I needed to write a bad review (since for some reason this cd has no bad reviws and hardly any reviews, so I thought if I wrote a bad review, the overall score would acually go down *evil laugh*, because N'SUNC cds don't deserve overall ratings of 5). Moving on, I have no idea why anyone would purchase an interview cd. WHF?! Yea, dude, just chillin', listening to N'SUCK answer lame question where I don't really care about their answer, I just wanna hear their HOT voices, ohhhhhh! And who wants to listen to "Tearin' Up My Heart" I couls write MUCH better lyrics then that, folks, they say you WAY too much. If you really like the song, safe your money and watch the (very funny) Clueless episode where N'SUCK sing at that girls birthday party (I havn't watched Clueless in a LONG time). PEACE OUT!
| 986 |
[
"Yo, I hate the band N'SUCK and I really don't want you to buy this cd.",
"After reading the review stating what you REALLY get (it actually helped me), I have come to the conclusion that I needed to write a bad review (since for some reason this cd has no bad reviws and hardly any reviews, so I thought if I wrote a bad review, the overall score would acually go down *evil laugh*, because N'SUNC cds don't deserve overall ratings of 5).",
"Moving on, I have no idea why anyone would purchase an interview cd.",
"WHF?!",
"Yea, dude, just chillin', listening to N'SUCK answer lame question where I don't really care about their answer, I just wanna hear their HOT voices, ohhhhhh!",
"And who wants to listen to \"Tearin' Up My Heart\" I couls write MUCH better lyrics then that, folks, they say you WAY too much.",
"If you really like the song, safe your money and watch the (very funny) Clueless episode where N'SUCK sing at that girls birthday party (I havn't watched Clueless in a LONG time).",
"PEACE OUT!"
] |
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A Travesty
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This is easily the worst book I have ever read, and in my opinion, one of the worst books ever to be published. The only reason I didn't put it down was because I couldn't believe it had actually been published. I had to read the whole thing to believe it. None of characters were complete or credible. The premise was timely but that's about it. The narrator is totally negative and appears to be a sociopath. It's obvious the author has no psychological understanding of human nature. Because Eva is the narrator, and we only hear her side of the story, we never know if she is telling the truth. And I do not find her vocabulary (sprinkled with rarely used words) particularly intelligent, clever or amusing. Her tone is arrogant and self serving. What bothers me the most is that some readers will actually think the work is representative of the human race. I find the novel insulting and nonsensical--not to mention appauling and disappointing. And these are my positive comments.
| 986 |
[
"This is easily the worst book I have ever read, and in my opinion, one of the worst books ever to be published.",
"The only reason I didn't put it down was because I couldn't believe it had actually been published.",
"I had to read the whole thing to believe it.",
"None of characters were complete or credible.",
"The premise was timely but that's about it.",
"The narrator is totally negative and appears to be a sociopath.",
"It's obvious the author has no psychological understanding of human nature.",
"Because Eva is the narrator, and we only hear her side of the story, we never know if she is telling the truth.",
"And I do not find her vocabulary (sprinkled with rarely used words) particularly intelligent, clever or amusing.",
"Her tone is arrogant and self serving.",
"What bothers me the most is that some readers will actually think the work is representative of the human race.",
"I find the novel insulting and nonsensical--not to mention appauling and disappointing.",
"And these are my positive comments."
] |
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This sucked!
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Chris Rock used to be really funny. He hit his prime years ago with "Bring the Pain" and has slowly gone downhill since then. His movies are lame (or okay at best as long as he is a bit player) and his standup has never come close to "Bring the Pain" type funny. This standup had a couple of laughs but I didn't really care for the whole Al-Cracker thing at all (and I am not a thin-skinned individual or PC person). I think he just felt he was getting into "sell-out" status with his financial success and wanted to try and "keep it real". Sorry Chris, being offensive just to be offensive is not funny. And while Richard Pryor may be your idol...you can only dream of being 1/100th as funny as he was. Pryor said some offensive things but always had a point and was always FUNNY!! If you really do like Chris Rock though I suggest you check out "Bring the Pain"...that was actually very funny. This is garbage and he SHOULD have been scared after watching a replay of his performance.
| 986 |
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"Chris Rock used to be really funny.",
"He hit his prime years ago with \"Bring the Pain\" and has slowly gone downhill since then.",
"His movies are lame (or okay at best as long as he is a bit player) and his standup has never come close to \"Bring the Pain\" type funny.",
"This standup had a couple of laughs but I didn't really care for the whole Al-Cracker thing at all (and I am not a thin-skinned individual or PC person).",
"I think he just felt he was getting into \"sell-out\" status with his financial success and wanted to try and \"keep it real\".",
"Sorry Chris, being offensive just to be offensive is not funny.",
"And while Richard Pryor may be your idol...you can only dream of being 1/100th as funny as he was.",
"Pryor said some offensive things but always had a point and was always FUNNY!!",
"If you really do like Chris Rock though I suggest you check out \"Bring the Pain\"...that was actually very funny.",
"This is garbage and he SHOULD have been scared after watching a replay of his performance."
] |
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I hate this book
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I hate this whole idea. I'm so tired of new agers sitting around doing nothing waiting for someone else to do all the work and save them. It's pathetic.I also hate how this author wants to neatly categorize people into tiny little boxes and put one neat little label on them. Just the idea that an entire generation could be summed up in 1 sentence is insulting to any intelligent human being.Am I an indigo kid? I don't know. I'm certainly in the age group and I certainly have a complete lack of respect for authority. I know who I am. I also can't stand hypocrisy and people who won't get things done for themselves. I am exceedingly empathic and can read people like a book, even over the internet. But I do not have ADD. I'm not here on some mission as a vanguard for a buncha little kids. I'm not here to save humanity from anything. Humanity should save itself. I have patience.This book is just another example of a broken new ager praying that someone will tell her what to do.
| 986 |
[
"I hate this whole idea.",
"I'm so tired of new agers sitting around doing nothing waiting for someone else to do all the work and save them.",
"It's pathetic.I also hate how this author wants to neatly categorize people into tiny little boxes and put one neat little label on them.",
"Just the idea that an entire generation could be summed up in 1 sentence is insulting to any intelligent human being.Am I an indigo kid?",
"I don't know.",
"I'm certainly in the age group and I certainly have a complete lack of respect for authority.",
"I know who I am.",
"I also can't stand hypocrisy and people who won't get things done for themselves.",
"I am exceedingly empathic and can read people like a book, even over the internet.",
"But I do not have ADD.",
"I'm not here on some mission as a vanguard for a buncha little kids.",
"I'm not here to save humanity from anything.",
"Humanity should save itself.",
"I have patience.This book is just another example of a broken new ager praying that someone will tell her what to do."
] |
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Reality check indeed!!!!
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I dug this CD up and am listening to it right now. I put it away several months ago in distaste, writing it off as another overrated contrived piece of folky emo-trash. So I picked it up again after hearing and reading about the incessant praise given to this....album. Don't get me wrong, I love to sit around the house and mope to the stylings of Jeff Magnum or Nick Drake or even Sparklehorse, but this is just ridiculous. The music wraps itself effectively around daddy Oberst's warbly, "Robert Smith" (for lack of a better comparison) vocals, but do you seriously believe this 23 year old from Omaha is as tortured as his lyrics pronounce? Again, I like intense personal music (older Palace Music, for instance), but this just feels artificial to me, like the typical cry for attention. Blah! This was written as a warning for those who stumble upon this band and read nothing but rave reviews, and think, hey why shell out the 17 bucks if everyone seems to like it? Be forewarned.
| 986 |
[
"I dug this CD up and am listening to it right now.",
"I put it away several months ago in distaste, writing it off as another overrated contrived piece of folky emo-trash.",
"So I picked it up again after hearing and reading about the incessant praise given to this....album.",
"Don't get me wrong, I love to sit around the house and mope to the stylings of Jeff Magnum or Nick Drake or even Sparklehorse, but this is just ridiculous.",
"The music wraps itself effectively around daddy Oberst's warbly, \"Robert Smith\" (for lack of a better comparison) vocals, but do you seriously believe this 23 year old from Omaha is as tortured as his lyrics pronounce?",
"Again, I like intense personal music (older Palace Music, for instance), but this just feels artificial to me, like the typical cry for attention.",
"Blah!",
"This was written as a warning for those who stumble upon this band and read nothing but rave reviews, and think, hey why shell out the 17 bucks if everyone seems to like it?",
"Be forewarned."
] |
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Worst editing in history
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Do not buy this edition! The editing is so bad that there are blatant typos in nearly every entry of Wittgenstein's text. There are no notes by an editor or translator, so the reader has no idea who is responsible for this ridiculous butchery of the text. I'm talking about the most basic proofreading here, not about interpretations of the text (I don't read German, so I can't comment about that). For example: " If they world had no substance, then whether a proposition had sense would depend on whether another proposition was true (2.0211)." They world? "It is obvious that an imagined world, however difference it may be from the real one . . .(2.022)" -- this kind of thing can't help but distract the reader from the meaning. These are just 2 of scores of examples. Those were on the same page, and you find them on every page. 7 Treasures Publications seems to be some kind of fly-by-night garage publisher; this is the crudest, most unprofessional publication I've ever seen.
| 986 |
[
"Do not buy this edition!",
"The editing is so bad that there are blatant typos in nearly every entry of Wittgenstein's text.",
"There are no notes by an editor or translator, so the reader has no idea who is responsible for this ridiculous butchery of the text.",
"I'm talking about the most basic proofreading here, not about interpretations of the text (I don't read German, so I can't comment about that).",
"For example: \" If they world had no substance, then whether a proposition had sense would depend on whether another proposition was true (2.0211).\" They world?",
"\"It is obvious that an imagined world, however difference it may be from the real one.",
".",
".(2.022)\" -- this kind of thing can't help but distract the reader from the meaning.",
"These are just 2 of scores of examples.",
"Those were on the same page, and you find them on every page.",
"7 Treasures Publications seems to be some kind of fly-by-night garage publisher; this is the crudest, most unprofessional publication I've ever seen."
] |
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OMG WHERE DO I START!
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Ok I think who ever invented this was trying to do good. But they have major flaws in the development of this ball.CONS: Sorry there are more cons then pros.Does not make ice cream in 15 minutes as instructions say. Try 48 minutes for ice milk.Hurts when you roll it back and forth. This has sharp plastic edges that souround ball and hurts your hands.LEAKS. Yes this leaks. We tightened this up as much as we could and it leaked.Regular ice cubes will not work. You need more of a crushed ice.After 48 minutes you get board and well give up.After your hands are red and sore you give up.The to find out that you only get less then 2 cups of ice milk there was a waist of 48 minutes. $2.05 for half and half. $.30 cents for sugar. $.o5 cents for vanilla. $35.00 for the ball itself. pain. and because of the leaks IT IS NOT WORTH IT I could have went to Kings Soopers for $1.88 and picked up a half galon carton for less pain and money.DO NOT BUY!!!!!Ok pros. Its a pretty colored ball.
| 986 |
[
"Ok I think who ever invented this was trying to do good.",
"But they have major flaws in the development of this ball.CONS: Sorry there are more cons then pros.Does not make ice cream in 15 minutes as instructions say.",
"Try 48 minutes for ice milk.Hurts when you roll it back and forth.",
"This has sharp plastic edges that souround ball and hurts your hands.LEAKS.",
"Yes this leaks.",
"We tightened this up as much as we could and it leaked.Regular ice cubes will not work.",
"You need more of a crushed ice.After 48 minutes you get board and well give up.After your hands are red and sore you give up.The to find out that you only get less then 2 cups of ice milk there was a waist of 48 minutes.",
"$2.05 for half and half.",
"$.30 cents for sugar.",
"$.o5 cents for vanilla.",
"$35.00 for the ball itself.",
"pain.",
"and because of the leaks IT IS NOT WORTH IT I could have went to Kings Soopers for $1.88 and picked up a half galon carton for less pain and money.DO NOT BUY!!!",
"!!",
"Ok pros.",
"Its a pretty colored ball."
] |
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Dies too quickly
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I am about to throw out the third WP-360 that I have purchased. The first lasted a few months and I loved it. It cleaned between my teeth and took little space on the countertop. But then it died. So I gave in after a few months without and bought a second Waterpik cordless. It died after a much shorter period, a few weeks I believe. I gave up on irrigating between my teeth.But I really needed a dental irrigator; dental floss does not do the trick for me. I had gone months and months without and I could see how my teeth and gums were suffering. So I gave in, and bought another one. I thought this time would be different...........And this third one died much quicker. I found it hard to believe. I don't know who I am more frustrated with....myself for buying another one or WATERPIK for selling an inferior product. I just assumed that they would improve their product. And I believe they will, which is why I write this review.WATERPIK--please improve your product. Thank you.
| 986 |
[
"I am about to throw out the third WP-360 that I have purchased.",
"The first lasted a few months and I loved it.",
"It cleaned between my teeth and took little space on the countertop.",
"But then it died.",
"So I gave in after a few months without and bought a second Waterpik cordless.",
"It died after a much shorter period, a few weeks I believe.",
"I gave up on irrigating between my teeth.But I really needed a dental irrigator; dental floss does not do the trick for me.",
"I had gone months and months without and I could see how my teeth and gums were suffering.",
"So I gave in, and bought another one.",
"I thought this time would be different...........And this third one died much quicker.",
"I found it hard to believe.",
"I don't know who I am more frustrated with....myself for buying another one or WATERPIK for selling an inferior product.",
"I just assumed that they would improve their product.",
"And I believe they will, which is why I write this review.WATERPIK--please improve your product.",
"Thank you."
] |
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SO unacceptable
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This is my first time writing a review for any sort of items I got, certainly I feel as if this is a must!! When I was reading all the good reviews for this item I was thinking since it is cheap, why not. The moment I opened the packet, I am in shock. The size I ordered was the smallest size 1 fitted for a 4'11"-5'~, I was 5'1" and petite so I was so sure it would fit. Plus nornally when I go out and buy a pair of legging, any sort of size small would fit me perfectly fine without a problem. The pantyhose I recieved was like a pair of sheer PANT! not even my size pant in the matter of fact, I can literally put 2 legs in one side (just to tell you how huge it was on me). Not only that the packaging I got was almost unbelieveable as welll, it was not neatly sealed but partly like someone has already opened it to use when it was sent to me. I would have return it but it would be a waste of time anyhow. I do NOT recommend this product AT ALL unless you have legs that big!!!!!
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[
"This is my first time writing a review for any sort of items I got, certainly I feel as if this is a must!!",
"When I was reading all the good reviews for this item I was thinking since it is cheap, why not.",
"The moment I opened the packet, I am in shock.",
"The size I ordered was the smallest size 1 fitted for a 4'11\"-5'~, I was 5'1\" and petite so I was so sure it would fit.",
"Plus nornally when I go out and buy a pair of legging, any sort of size small would fit me perfectly fine without a problem.",
"The pantyhose I recieved was like a pair of sheer PANT!",
"not even my size pant in the matter of fact, I can literally put 2 legs in one side (just to tell you how huge it was on me).",
"Not only that the packaging I got was almost unbelieveable as welll, it was not neatly sealed but partly like someone has already opened it to use when it was sent to me.",
"I would have return it but it would be a waste of time anyhow.",
"I do NOT recommend this product AT ALL unless you have legs that big!!!",
"!!"
] |
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poorly built
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this fan is terrible. I deliver mail and purchased one for my vehicle because my car gets incredibly hot. While I recognize that I run my car for an extended period every day, I am not disappointed with the cooling ability of the fan. I used the fan for about 2 weeks and then out of no where, it started to make a terrible noise. The bolts that held the face to the motor came loose and got cought in the actual fan blades, causing the blades to stop rotating. I thought I solved that problem by screwing back in the bolts, when the motor case on the back came loose and caused the fan to slump on the clip. Then the bolt came loose again, rendering the fan useless. I decided to try to rebuild this fan (which by the way, sells for $10 at walmart) and came to realize that instead of using a screw thread, it used a plastic bolt in the motor case that was completely inaccessible without completely destroying the fan. Don't buy this fan, save your cash and buy yourself a cold drink.
| 986 |
[
"this fan is terrible.",
"I deliver mail and purchased one for my vehicle because my car gets incredibly hot.",
"While I recognize that I run my car for an extended period every day, I am not disappointed with the cooling ability of the fan.",
"I used the fan for about 2 weeks and then out of no where, it started to make a terrible noise.",
"The bolts that held the face to the motor came loose and got cought in the actual fan blades, causing the blades to stop rotating.",
"I thought I solved that problem by screwing back in the bolts, when the motor case on the back came loose and caused the fan to slump on the clip.",
"Then the bolt came loose again, rendering the fan useless.",
"I decided to try to rebuild this fan (which by the way, sells for $10 at walmart) and came to realize that instead of using a screw thread, it used a plastic bolt in the motor case that was completely inaccessible without completely destroying the fan.",
"Don't buy this fan, save your cash and buy yourself a cold drink."
] |
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Embarassingly awful!
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It's a just a bunch of hyperactive music videos! Way too many wannabe child stars running around, with bad rapid-fire editing and cheesy video effects. The song "Hottie for the Potty" is just plain creepy. Do you really want your toddler to be a "Hottie"? How about a "Cutie for the Commode"? Or a "Tease for the Toilet" or a "Babe for the Bathroom"? What are the producers of this video thinking? The lyrics might be clever for an adult to listen to, but are way too mature for a 3 or 4 year old to make sense of. Too spastic. Too hyper. The video had no instructions about how to actually go to the potty!I watched the whole video, to see if it was going to be useful, but my little guy totally lost interest in it after about five minutes. I would recommend "Once Upon a Potty," without hesitation, however. Nice story, with nice babies sitting on potties, friendly and frank instructions, told in a calm manner, on how to use the potty in language that toddlers can understand.(...)
| 986 |
[
"It's a just a bunch of hyperactive music videos!",
"Way too many wannabe child stars running around, with bad rapid-fire editing and cheesy video effects.",
"The song \"Hottie for the Potty\" is just plain creepy.",
"Do you really want your toddler to be a \"Hottie\"?",
"How about a \"Cutie for the Commode\"?",
"Or a \"Tease for the Toilet\" or a \"Babe for the Bathroom\"?",
"What are the producers of this video thinking?",
"The lyrics might be clever for an adult to listen to, but are way too mature for a 3 or 4 year old to make sense of.",
"Too spastic.",
"Too hyper.",
"The video had no instructions about how to actually go to the potty!",
"I watched the whole video, to see if it was going to be useful, but my little guy totally lost interest in it after about five minutes.",
"I would recommend \"Once Upon a Potty,\" without hesitation, however.",
"Nice story, with nice babies sitting on potties, friendly and frank instructions, told in a calm manner, on how to use the potty in language that toddlers can understand.(...)"
] |
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Jumbled without direction
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I understand the director's passion for Real Madrid. However, this film was a jumble. It didn't seem to know its identity - Was it a bunch of human stories that all have a common link (e.g. Crash)? Was it a documentary about Real Madrid? If so, about the current team or its history? Was it about one man's quest to answer a question about the team's fans? Rather than making a choice the film includes all these themes - and doesn't do it well. The movie doesn't flow. It skips around without any real sense of direction. Why add the Japanese anime?! The documentary footage is as confusing - bouncing from the current team and its preparations to the team's history from the 1st European Cup. It wasn't until mid-way through the film that SOME cohesion arose, in the timeline for preparation of the upcoming game with Barcelona.I had rented this movie to learn more about Real Madrid. Out of this 90-minute film, what little I did learn was through a very confused, disjointed medium.
| 986 |
[
"I understand the director's passion for Real Madrid.",
"However, this film was a jumble.",
"It didn't seem to know its identity - Was it a bunch of human stories that all have a common link (e.g. Crash)?",
"Was it a documentary about Real Madrid?",
"If so, about the current team or its history?",
"Was it about one man's quest to answer a question about the team's fans?",
"Rather than making a choice the film includes all these themes - and doesn't do it well.",
"The movie doesn't flow.",
"It skips around without any real sense of direction.",
"Why add the Japanese anime?!",
"The documentary footage is as confusing - bouncing from the current team and its preparations to the team's history from the 1st European Cup.",
"It wasn't until mid-way through the film that SOME cohesion arose, in the timeline for preparation of the upcoming game with Barcelona.I had rented this movie to learn more about Real Madrid.",
"Out of this 90-minute film, what little I did learn was through a very confused, disjointed medium."
] |
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Problem Now solved
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I purchased an external 300 GB hard drive from this company a couple years back and have been annoyed by a "Reminder" message every day since. For weeks, I contacted their support team, who answered promptly, but was unable to solve my simple problem unless I purchased a "new" license. This notice came after I had already paid over $300 for their product. I hate to give a negative complaint, since their product does what it was purchased to do, but DO NOT BUY CMS Products unless you don't mind being annoyed for the rest of your life with their pop-up window reminders and a support team that is incapable of solving even the smallest of problems. Buyer Beware!NOTE: Just after writing this review the CMS support team kindly sent me a "free" copy of the software needed to correct the problem. I would like to re-state that the product in question is doing what it is supposed to do deserving a much higher rating that the original 1 star that I gave it while the problem existed.
| 986 |
[
"I purchased an external 300 GB hard drive from this company a couple years back and have been annoyed by a \"Reminder\" message every day since.",
"For weeks, I contacted their support team, who answered promptly, but was unable to solve my simple problem unless I purchased a \"new\" license.",
"This notice came after I had already paid over $300 for their product.",
"I hate to give a negative complaint, since their product does what it was purchased to do, but DO NOT BUY CMS Products unless you don't mind being annoyed for the rest of your life with their pop-up window reminders and a support team that is incapable of solving even the smallest of problems.",
"Buyer Beware!",
"NOTE: Just after writing this review the CMS support team kindly sent me a \"free\" copy of the software needed to correct the problem.",
"I would like to re-state that the product in question is doing what it is supposed to do deserving a much higher rating that the original 1 star that I gave it while the problem existed."
] |
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Thanks for the Money Save
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Thanks to all the posters who saved me some cash! I just saw the movie about an hour ago, and was exceedingly moved by the score. I thought the soundtrack would have almost certainly contained the haunting, stirring piece from the score of the movie that was played during certain key scenes at the beginning and end. I was even about to buy the first track of this CD online (after previewing the 30 second clips you can play online) on the off chance that it may have contained that piece. How wrong I would have been.Because of your reviews, especially 'o dubhthaigh's' I saved my $.99 and downloaded the right song!It is most certainly Wagner's Das Rheingold - Vorspiel.James Horner is good, but not that damned good.I'm giving it a single star because of the deception, but those of you who posted the great tip get 5 stars!Oh, and if you haven't seen the film, you simply must see it soon before it leaves the theater. It's a breathtaking work of stunning beauty not to be missed!
| 986 |
[
"Thanks to all the posters who saved me some cash!",
"I just saw the movie about an hour ago, and was exceedingly moved by the score.",
"I thought the soundtrack would have almost certainly contained the haunting, stirring piece from the score of the movie that was played during certain key scenes at the beginning and end.",
"I was even about to buy the first track of this CD online (after previewing the 30 second clips you can play online) on the off chance that it may have contained that piece.",
"How wrong I would have been.Because of your reviews, especially 'o dubhthaigh's' I saved my $.99 and downloaded the right song!",
"It is most certainly Wagner's Das Rheingold - Vorspiel.James Horner is good, but not that damned good.I'm giving it a single star because of the deception, but those of you who posted the great tip get 5 stars!",
"Oh, and if you haven't seen the film, you simply must see it soon before it leaves the theater.",
"It's a breathtaking work of stunning beauty not to be missed!"
] |
1 |
A "True" Story?
|
This story purports to be true, and, undoubtedly, some of it is. But how much? And what? Much of the material is obviosly fictionalized, as when the author reports verbatim conversations that he was not a party to, and, obviously, nobody transcribed. The situation isn't helped by the author's failure to provide any dates, his vagueness about places, and his failure to account for large periods of Modoc's life, or her trainer's.As several reviewers have noted, the author is no literary stylist. The writing can be embarassingly bad. The New Age philosophizing shows little depth--the reader is told, for example, that one must walk through the valley of life, and that the past is a source of strength.Too bad. The author is obviously a caring, compassionate man, who loved Modoc deeply. But that does not qualify him as a writer or thinker. The reader is ultimnately left with a sense of his emotions being toyed with because of the impossibility of sorting out truth from fiction.
| 986 |
[
"This story purports to be true, and, undoubtedly, some of it is.",
"But how much?",
"And what?",
"Much of the material is obviosly fictionalized, as when the author reports verbatim conversations that he was not a party to, and, obviously, nobody transcribed.",
"The situation isn't helped by the author's failure to provide any dates, his vagueness about places, and his failure to account for large periods of Modoc's life, or her trainer's.As several reviewers have noted, the author is no literary stylist.",
"The writing can be embarassingly bad.",
"The New Age philosophizing shows little depth--the reader is told, for example, that one must walk through the valley of life, and that the past is a source of strength.Too bad.",
"The author is obviously a caring, compassionate man, who loved Modoc deeply.",
"But that does not qualify him as a writer or thinker.",
"The reader is ultimnately left with a sense of his emotions being toyed with because of the impossibility of sorting out truth from fiction."
] |
1 |
I hate this hunk of junk!
|
Having a collection of 400+ CD's, my husband bought me this unit for my birthday. Aside from the complexity and many hours of placing and programing the many CD's, I was excited about this thoughtful gift. It didn't take long before I really came to hate this dreaded machine as it kept skipping CD's and sometimes refused to play them, and much to my horror breaking one of them. My husband called the large and popular electronic chain store where he purchased it, but they said we had to contact Sony. Sony's 'customer service' was useless and said we had to send it to them (at our cost of $75.00 S&H). Weeks past and I received a replacement...a used CD player which has to be my original CD player's twin, as it does the same thing. Refusing to pay another $75.00 for S&H, I've tolerated this miserable machine. Since the manufactures warranty has run out, we will try to get this fixed or replaced with the extended warranty. I'll keep my fingers crossed that 3 times is a charm!
| 986 |
[
"Having a collection of 400+ CD's, my husband bought me this unit for my birthday.",
"Aside from the complexity and many hours of placing and programing the many CD's, I was excited about this thoughtful gift.",
"It didn't take long before I really came to hate this dreaded machine as it kept skipping CD's and sometimes refused to play them, and much to my horror breaking one of them.",
"My husband called the large and popular electronic chain store where he purchased it, but they said we had to contact Sony.",
"Sony's 'customer service' was useless and said we had to send it to them (at our cost of $75.00 S&H).",
"Weeks past and I received a replacement...a used CD player which has to be my original CD player's twin, as it does the same thing.",
"Refusing to pay another $75.00 for S&H, I've tolerated this miserable machine.",
"Since the manufactures warranty has run out, we will try to get this fixed or replaced with the extended warranty.",
"I'll keep my fingers crossed that 3 times is a charm!"
] |
1 |
Major disappointment
|
The dates of the 5-star reviews may tell most of the tale: I bought the X6170 about two years ago based on the price, the sheet feeder and my experience with a Lexmark network laser that is now 7-9 years old and still cranking along. From the beginning, the X6170 would suddenly interrupt my telephone conversations and scream a fax tone in my client's ear (Lexmark solution: restore factory defaults -- so helpful). I also noticed that an 8x10 photograph used 20-25% of an ink tank to print. But the final straw was that six months ago (18 months old), the printer began to misfeed paper, either not picking it up (and I assume, spraying ink everywhere inside) or feeding at an angle (something the printer was specifically designed to prevent). It always puzzled me that the paper bin did not contain a single straight edge, making the stack always appear crooked. I would avoid anything that looks like this Lexmark printer (Dell has used a clone of it). I know I will in the future.
| 986 |
[
"The dates of the 5-star reviews may tell most of the tale: I bought the X6170 about two years ago based on the price, the sheet feeder and my experience with a Lexmark network laser that is now 7-9 years old and still cranking along.",
"From the beginning, the X6170 would suddenly interrupt my telephone conversations and scream a fax tone in my client's ear (Lexmark solution: restore factory defaults -- so helpful).",
"I also noticed that an 8x10 photograph used 20-25% of an ink tank to print.",
"But the final straw was that six months ago (18 months old), the printer began to misfeed paper, either not picking it up (and I assume, spraying ink everywhere inside) or feeding at an angle (something the printer was specifically designed to prevent).",
"It always puzzled me that the paper bin did not contain a single straight edge, making the stack always appear crooked.",
"I would avoid anything that looks like this Lexmark printer (Dell has used a clone of it).",
"I know I will in the future."
] |
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One woman's bizarre journey
|
Barbara Ehrenreich has done one HECKUVVA job in producing this book. From the start, she trumpeted her goal: find a corporate job and show readers what the professional workplace is REALLY all about. Despite a. not finding a job (or, better said, one that was not beneath her); and b. not experiencing the corporate world she sought to experience--Ms. Ehrenreich brilliantly manages to construct 200 plus pages of prose. Here is what we learn. She hires career coaches. She uploads her resume to various job sites. She edits her resume. She re-edits her resume. She goes to job fairs. She goes to "networking" events. She has a makeover.As all of this may suggest, I found the book lacking in, well, content. I also found some of her criticisms utterly grotesque. She clearly had no clue, or, she didn't want to work and intentionally sabotaged her own job search. And what does she have against Christians? Coming from a self-professed liberal, I found her views hypocritical and mean.
| 986 |
[
"Barbara Ehrenreich has done one HECKUVVA job in producing this book.",
"From the start, she trumpeted her goal: find a corporate job and show readers what the professional workplace is REALLY all about.",
"Despite a.",
"not finding a job (or, better said, one that was not beneath her); and b.",
"not experiencing the corporate world she sought to experience--Ms.",
"Ehrenreich brilliantly manages to construct 200 plus pages of prose.",
"Here is what we learn.",
"She hires career coaches.",
"She uploads her resume to various job sites.",
"She edits her resume.",
"She re-edits her resume.",
"She goes to job fairs.",
"She goes to \"networking\" events.",
"She has a makeover.As all of this may suggest, I found the book lacking in, well, content.",
"I also found some of her criticisms utterly grotesque.",
"She clearly had no clue, or, she didn't want to work and intentionally sabotaged her own job search.",
"And what does she have against Christians?",
"Coming from a self-professed liberal, I found her views hypocritical and mean."
] |
1 |
Very Disappointed
|
This tub was given to me as a gift. I thought it would be a good tub to have because of the shower unit. I was wrong. When I opened it up and started using it I quickly learned that the shower does not work. The button is hard to press and the water does not come out very good. The sling sits too low during the infant stage. When I sat it up higher my daughter slides down and her legs become too long for her to sit comfortably. I just had to stop using the shower unit altogether. It was too much trouble just to give the baby a simple bath. Now instead of the shower unit I use a cup to rinse her off. The instructions say that if the shower unit stops working then you have to place the sprayer below the unit and it will start back working. This in fact was not the case. The unit never did start back working. Now I just use the tup without the shower. I am glad that I did not put any money into it and I wish I had read the review on this tub before placing it on my registry.
| 986 |
[
"This tub was given to me as a gift.",
"I thought it would be a good tub to have because of the shower unit.",
"I was wrong.",
"When I opened it up and started using it I quickly learned that the shower does not work.",
"The button is hard to press and the water does not come out very good.",
"The sling sits too low during the infant stage.",
"When I sat it up higher my daughter slides down and her legs become too long for her to sit comfortably.",
"I just had to stop using the shower unit altogether.",
"It was too much trouble just to give the baby a simple bath.",
"Now instead of the shower unit I use a cup to rinse her off.",
"The instructions say that if the shower unit stops working then you have to place the sprayer below the unit and it will start back working.",
"This in fact was not the case.",
"The unit never did start back working.",
"Now I just use the tup without the shower.",
"I am glad that I did not put any money into it and I wish I had read the review on this tub before placing it on my registry."
] |
1 |
Not Groundbreaking
|
I read this book while living in Italy, and when it came time to pack up, I simply threw it away to save space. I had seriously considered burning it publicly. It is my love of literature that compels me to do so. As a writer and a human, I have to say that the fact that this tripe is an international best seller is horrible. There are so many talented writers out there, fighting for publication, and yet the industry caters to shock value garbage like Melissa P.'s thinly veiled prepubescent diary as worthy of printing. Everyone over the age of 16 has been 16. We know all the angst. Just because this book involves a lot of sex doesn't make it erotica. It's a shame too because Mel P. does have a grasp of language and her metaphors are not bad. I'd consider reading something from her that was a polished work instead of her sodden journal entries. ps. Shock value in Italy= 10. Shock value in America=1. Teenage angst and self destruction in the name of "love" ain't nothin new.
| 986 |
[
"I read this book while living in Italy, and when it came time to pack up, I simply threw it away to save space.",
"I had seriously considered burning it publicly.",
"It is my love of literature that compels me to do so.",
"As a writer and a human, I have to say that the fact that this tripe is an international best seller is horrible.",
"There are so many talented writers out there, fighting for publication, and yet the industry caters to shock value garbage like Melissa P.'s thinly veiled prepubescent diary as worthy of printing.",
"Everyone over the age of 16 has been 16.",
"We know all the angst.",
"Just because this book involves a lot of sex doesn't make it erotica.",
"It's a shame too because Mel P.",
"does have a grasp of language and her metaphors are not bad.",
"I'd consider reading something from her that was a polished work instead of her sodden journal entries.",
"ps.",
"Shock value in Italy= 10.",
"Shock value in America=1.",
"Teenage angst and self destruction in the name of \"love\" ain't nothin new."
] |
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Not worth it.....
|
~This games is totally not worth the money($... monthly). The game has many bugs that are still left over from beta and the development team adds new bugs each time they patch new content.Graphics of the game are top notch but what is that worth when the game has no content.Player cities and ridable mounts are still not in the game months after release when they were suppose to be with the initial launch. That should tell you what kind of development team this game has.What I~~ have found out about this game after 5 months of playing it is that; this game is all about using the Star Wars Name and Good marketing to make a buck. It was a total disappointment for me as a Star Wars Fan and as a MMORPG Fan.Another thing is that if you believe you will be a Jedi in this game; you are dreaming. If you want that option be prepared to spend thousands of dollars on (a website) or be willing to play the game for at least a year before you unlock the FS slot in order to be a~~ Jedi.~
| 986 |
[
"~This games is totally not worth the money($... monthly).",
"The game has many bugs that are still left over from beta and the development team adds new bugs each time they patch new content.Graphics of the game are top notch but what is that worth when the game has no content.Player cities and ridable mounts are still not in the game months after release when they were suppose to be with the initial launch.",
"That should tell you what kind of development team this game has.What I~~ have found out about this game after 5 months of playing it is that; this game is all about using the Star Wars Name and Good marketing to make a buck.",
"It was a total disappointment for me as a Star Wars Fan and as a MMORPG Fan.Another thing is that if you believe you will be a Jedi in this game; you are dreaming.",
"If you want that option be prepared to spend thousands of dollars on (a website) or be willing to play the game for at least a year before you unlock the FS slot in order to be a~~ Jedi.~"
] |
1 |
Avoid This Monitor
|
I bought this monitor in January of this year (2002) at a well known office supply chain. Two days ago (July 16, 2002) when I went to turn it on, there were grey streaks all across the screen. I asked the office supply chain what they could do to help me; their reply was absolutely nothing. They told me I had to ship this heavy monitor back to Envision (whose phone mail system leads you nowhere). When I called Envision, I got a run-around. They wouldn't even tell me where to return the monitor! I had to go online first and fill our an RMA form. They told me that after the form was filled out there would appear a list of repair locations; I filled out the form, but no locations appeared.This company and its monitors are a complete waste. What good is the three-year warranty if it's such a hassle to get a repair. I'm going to throw this out in the trash, and buy a name brand I can trust. Not only is the monitor no good, but the company won't even stand behind it's warranty.
| 986 |
[
"I bought this monitor in January of this year (2002) at a well known office supply chain.",
"Two days ago (July 16, 2002) when I went to turn it on, there were grey streaks all across the screen.",
"I asked the office supply chain what they could do to help me; their reply was absolutely nothing.",
"They told me I had to ship this heavy monitor back to Envision (whose phone mail system leads you nowhere).",
"When I called Envision, I got a run-around.",
"They wouldn't even tell me where to return the monitor!",
"I had to go online first and fill our an RMA form.",
"They told me that after the form was filled out there would appear a list of repair locations; I filled out the form, but no locations appeared.This company and its monitors are a complete waste.",
"What good is the three-year warranty if it's such a hassle to get a repair.",
"I'm going to throw this out in the trash, and buy a name brand I can trust.",
"Not only is the monitor no good, but the company won't even stand behind it's warranty."
] |
1 |
A Serious Disappointment
|
I have recently purchased and watched as many Operas as I could afford on DVD. Each has been wonderful and short of being there this format gives a truly emotional experience. I knew that Franco Zifferelli's film would be different but I was not prepared for the utterly one dimensional presentation of what is otherwise great music by performers of the highest calibre. The picture quality was little better than VHS (poor), sound was seriously flawed throughout and with no PCM stereo soundtrack included the option of using the disc as a sound only CD was not available to save the day. I cannot recommend this presentation to anyone who expects to enjoy an opera. It is a horrible experience and one I hope never to repeat. Opera depends for much of its impact on the stylised acting that singers must use to convey the drama and their performance needs the interaction that can only come from an audience participating in a live performance. Even as a film this production is poor.
| 986 |
[
"I have recently purchased and watched as many Operas as I could afford on DVD.",
"Each has been wonderful and short of being there this format gives a truly emotional experience.",
"I knew that Franco Zifferelli's film would be different but I was not prepared for the utterly one dimensional presentation of what is otherwise great music by performers of the highest calibre.",
"The picture quality was little better than VHS (poor), sound was seriously flawed throughout and with no PCM stereo soundtrack included the option of using the disc as a sound only CD was not available to save the day.",
"I cannot recommend this presentation to anyone who expects to enjoy an opera.",
"It is a horrible experience and one I hope never to repeat.",
"Opera depends for much of its impact on the stylised acting that singers must use to convey the drama and their performance needs the interaction that can only come from an audience participating in a live performance.",
"Even as a film this production is poor."
] |
1 |
Substandard Breadmaker
|
While this is a wonderful price for a beautiful looking breadmaker, I would never recommend this piece of equipment to anyone. The "paddle" (according to Sunbeam that's the correct term) is way too light to stay in place for mixing and baking of the bread. Another company (Chefmate) found this flaw over 20 years ago and fixed it by making the paddle more sturdy but Sunbeam did not capitalize on this solution. Instead, (yes, I did call them direct to see if they had a solution after I found the thin "paddle" in the middle of my baked loaf of bread) they recognized they had a problem when they included an item similar to a crochet hook to "fish out" the paddle. Now that's super if you want a loaf of bread with huge holes in the middle. Sunbeam did recommend that I remove the paddle after the last mix and raise so they paddle wouldn't be in the middle while it baked - not recognizing the loaf would deflate at that point. Buyer beware - great price - lousy piece of equipment.
| 986 |
[
"While this is a wonderful price for a beautiful looking breadmaker, I would never recommend this piece of equipment to anyone.",
"The \"paddle\" (according to Sunbeam that's the correct term) is way too light to stay in place for mixing and baking of the bread.",
"Another company (Chefmate) found this flaw over 20 years ago and fixed it by making the paddle more sturdy but Sunbeam did not capitalize on this solution.",
"Instead, (yes, I did call them direct to see if they had a solution after I found the thin \"paddle\" in the middle of my baked loaf of bread) they recognized they had a problem when they included an item similar to a crochet hook to \"fish out\" the paddle.",
"Now that's super if you want a loaf of bread with huge holes in the middle.",
"Sunbeam did recommend that I remove the paddle after the last mix and raise so they paddle wouldn't be in the middle while it baked - not recognizing the loaf would deflate at that point.",
"Buyer beware - great price - lousy piece of equipment."
] |
1 |
Tried two sets: both failed
|
I bought my first set of speakers at Amazon. They worked great for a day, but then suddenly stopped producing any sounds. I scanned the Internet and the Logitech support forums and found many users complaining about the same problem. Neither recommendation I tried helped, so I contacted Logitech, which sent me another set of speakers (it was really nice of them). Unfortunately, the second set did not work from the beginning: one of the speakers produced a lot of static (and the sound went on and off). I tried to interchange the speakers between two sets, but it did not help. I contacted Logitech support again and was asked to provide the pickup info for sending them back, but my ticket has been pending for weeks and I have not heard from them since. So I'm returning my speakers to Amazon. Judging by the number of good reviews, I guess this problem does not affect everyone, but it was too much of coincidence for me to get two sets of malfunctioning speakers. Buyers beware.
| 986 |
[
"I bought my first set of speakers at Amazon.",
"They worked great for a day, but then suddenly stopped producing any sounds.",
"I scanned the Internet and the Logitech support forums and found many users complaining about the same problem.",
"Neither recommendation I tried helped, so I contacted Logitech, which sent me another set of speakers (it was really nice of them).",
"Unfortunately, the second set did not work from the beginning: one of the speakers produced a lot of static (and the sound went on and off).",
"I tried to interchange the speakers between two sets, but it did not help.",
"I contacted Logitech support again and was asked to provide the pickup info for sending them back, but my ticket has been pending for weeks and I have not heard from them since.",
"So I'm returning my speakers to Amazon.",
"Judging by the number of good reviews, I guess this problem does not affect everyone, but it was too much of coincidence for me to get two sets of malfunctioning speakers.",
"Buyers beware."
] |
1 |
Oh, So Bad.
|
If you're looking for world's worst music video, this is it. My husband and I made it through about twenty minutes of blue plasma-like light, an attempt at an artsy-blurry picture of someone practicing Yoga, scenery from some unidentified place, some Chinese words, and then the whole boring thing started again with a different Yoga posture (not to be practiced by the viewer -- just for atmosphere), different scenery, more blue plasma, and more Chinese words. My husband finally fast-forwarded through about an hour's worth of this stuff before we kicked the DVD out and returned it.If you're buying this for the music, you'll be sorely (as in "ouch") disappointed. It isn't even New Age. It's just bad. Annoyingly bad.There is nothing balancing about Balance. It isn't pretty. It isn't appealing. It doesn't even give you anything to sit back and stare at because the visuals do not blend together and the music is so irritating.Don't bother. Take a walk or sit in the yard instead.
| 986 |
[
"If you're looking for world's worst music video, this is it.",
"My husband and I made it through about twenty minutes of blue plasma-like light, an attempt at an artsy-blurry picture of someone practicing Yoga, scenery from some unidentified place, some Chinese words, and then the whole boring thing started again with a different Yoga posture (not to be practiced by the viewer -- just for atmosphere), different scenery, more blue plasma, and more Chinese words.",
"My husband finally fast-forwarded through about an hour's worth of this stuff before we kicked the DVD out and returned it.If you're buying this for the music, you'll be sorely (as in \"ouch\") disappointed.",
"It isn't even New Age.",
"It's just bad.",
"Annoyingly bad.There is nothing balancing about Balance.",
"It isn't pretty.",
"It isn't appealing.",
"It doesn't even give you anything to sit back and stare at because the visuals do not blend together and the music is so irritating.Don't bother.",
"Take a walk or sit in the yard instead."
] |
1 |
pleeeezz charleeeezz
|
One has to wonder how a film so bad can be made with so many fine things about it. I see from other reviews that the really horrible actor Stewart Townsend is Charlize Theron's boyfriend. She won an Academy Award so she got to demand his inclusion probably. He cannot act and he utterly cannot imagine what it would be like to be the man he plays in this movie. He has sex with the Charleezz character often. That he knows how to do. And Charlize probably ignored direction because her acting is utterly unaffecting. The beautiful wonderful Penelope Cruz is underused. No gorgeous closeups of her gorgeous face and she dies early. Is this the fault a dumb director/writer, John Dagan? The cinamentography is lovely. The costumes are fine. The story is ok as well. Its just shown in a way that is as boring as it can be and we probably have Charlizzzzz to thank for that for dragging in her idiot boyfriend and rejecting direction. Come to think of it, I havent seen much by her lately.
| 985 |
[
"One has to wonder how a film so bad can be made with so many fine things about it.",
"I see from other reviews that the really horrible actor Stewart Townsend is Charlize Theron's boyfriend.",
"She won an Academy Award so she got to demand his inclusion probably.",
"He cannot act and he utterly cannot imagine what it would be like to be the man he plays in this movie.",
"He has sex with the Charleezz character often.",
"That he knows how to do.",
"And Charlize probably ignored direction because her acting is utterly unaffecting.",
"The beautiful wonderful Penelope Cruz is underused.",
"No gorgeous closeups of her gorgeous face and she dies early.",
"Is this the fault a dumb director/writer, John Dagan?",
"The cinamentography is lovely.",
"The costumes are fine.",
"The story is ok as well.",
"Its just shown in a way that is as boring as it can be and we probably have Charlizzzzz to thank for that for dragging in her idiot boyfriend and rejecting direction.",
"Come to think of it, I havent seen much by her lately."
] |
1 |
Skip it Believe Me!
|
When I heard this movie was coming out, in the Theater, I was so excited. I am a huge race fan, and jump at any chance to see race action on the screen. The endorcement by CART was even more of a plus for me. When I finally saw it on the screen, I could not believe it. I had never been more disappointed by a film. The acting was horrible. The special effects were impressive, but unrealistic. The race scenes were even more unrealistic, and the story did not to flow well. I could not find a connection with any of the carachters. They did not spend time developing them at all and there were just brief comments placed in the most awkward places to try and make up for it. The special effects were well made but they needed to do more studying on how the cars would react in the accidents, or how they react in a race in general. The movie need someone who was more educated in racing to help bring things together. It really had a lot of potential but in the end it fell way short.
| 985 |
[
"When I heard this movie was coming out, in the Theater, I was so excited.",
"I am a huge race fan, and jump at any chance to see race action on the screen.",
"The endorcement by CART was even more of a plus for me.",
"When I finally saw it on the screen, I could not believe it.",
"I had never been more disappointed by a film.",
"The acting was horrible.",
"The special effects were impressive, but unrealistic.",
"The race scenes were even more unrealistic, and the story did not to flow well.",
"I could not find a connection with any of the carachters.",
"They did not spend time developing them at all and there were just brief comments placed in the most awkward places to try and make up for it.",
"The special effects were well made but they needed to do more studying on how the cars would react in the accidents, or how they react in a race in general.",
"The movie need someone who was more educated in racing to help bring things together.",
"It really had a lot of potential but in the end it fell way short."
] |
1 |
Horrid example of propaganda
|
Do not pay money for this production. Do not support Michael Moore. He scripts dialogue and passes it off as interviews. He deliberately brainwashes his constituents.Don't believe me? Did the Pilgrims really jump off their ship and immediately start shooting Native Americans? No. But after watching the cartoon, what's the first image that will pop into your head when you think about it? ("I loves my gun... Loves my gun...")What was the purpose of a cash refund for the bullets? They quite obviously worked! And what was "won" at K-Mart? Nothing!How does 11,000 gun-related deaths per year (I won't even check the figures) suddenly become 11,000 murders? What about self-defense situations, accidents, suicides? Michael Moore is trying to convince you that American is cuture of paranoia. It isn't, but it may be if people keep listening to this idiot.Do yourself a favor and research gun control and crime statistics yourself, rather than wasting time with *Bowling for Columbine*.
| 985 |
[
"Do not pay money for this production.",
"Do not support Michael Moore.",
"He scripts dialogue and passes it off as interviews.",
"He deliberately brainwashes his constituents.Don't believe me?",
"Did the Pilgrims really jump off their ship and immediately start shooting Native Americans?",
"No.",
"But after watching the cartoon, what's the first image that will pop into your head when you think about it?",
"(\"I loves my gun... Loves my gun...\")What was the purpose of a cash refund for the bullets?",
"They quite obviously worked!",
"And what was \"won\" at K-Mart?",
"Nothing!",
"How does 11,000 gun-related deaths per year (I won't even check the figures) suddenly become 11,000 murders?",
"What about self-defense situations, accidents, suicides?",
"Michael Moore is trying to convince you that American is cuture of paranoia.",
"It isn't, but it may be if people keep listening to this idiot.Do yourself a favor and research gun control and crime statistics yourself, rather than wasting time with *Bowling for Columbine*."
] |
1 |
twas a grand dissappointment
|
This book is about a young boy and all his friends back in the day. Back then, they were considered a gang, although nowadays, the concept is laughable. Anyway, this so-called "gang" is known as the greasers. They wore leather jackets and had greasy hair. This went back to the Happy Days years. There is also another "gang" called the socs, and they are rivals. The problem is, one day one of the greasers killed one of the socs. This book tells all about all the non-adventures of the greasers. Personally, it sucked big time, but notice how all the adults in this school seemed to like it. Probably because they were alive when people like this existed. So I suppose I should recommend it to all the adults alive in the 50s. This book wasn't up to my standards, seeing how there was extremely annoying characters and promotes smoking and beating people up. Not acceptable for flourishing young minds, but maybe for adults. I hope I never have to read it again in my life. Thank You.
| 985 |
[
"This book is about a young boy and all his friends back in the day.",
"Back then, they were considered a gang, although nowadays, the concept is laughable.",
"Anyway, this so-called \"gang\" is known as the greasers.",
"They wore leather jackets and had greasy hair.",
"This went back to the Happy Days years.",
"There is also another \"gang\" called the socs, and they are rivals.",
"The problem is, one day one of the greasers killed one of the socs.",
"This book tells all about all the non-adventures of the greasers.",
"Personally, it sucked big time, but notice how all the adults in this school seemed to like it.",
"Probably because they were alive when people like this existed.",
"So I suppose I should recommend it to all the adults alive in the 50s.",
"This book wasn't up to my standards, seeing how there was extremely annoying characters and promotes smoking and beating people up.",
"Not acceptable for flourishing young minds, but maybe for adults.",
"I hope I never have to read it again in my life.",
"Thank You."
] |
1 |
A blind experience
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I don't typically write reviews for products, but I just couldn't hold myself back from commenting on this worthless piece of crap. I regret not reading the few reviews prior to my purchase which warned about the video quality. If you are hoping for close-ups of Yngwie's playing, you will be sorely disappointed since all you see is a silhouette washed out by many lights. There are some incredible solos in typical Mamsteen fashion; however Mark's voice is terrible. I absolutely loved him on Trilogy, but his high pitched screams throughout the show are revolting. Other's have said they would transfer the concert to mp3, but I'd have to find a way to remove the vocals in order to sit through the experience again. The only reason why I am forcing myself to kill a small part of my life is because I want to at least feel my few dollars didn't completely go to waste. I ordered Live in Brazil and the Budokan concert before watching this and only hope it won't turn out as crappy.
| 985 |
[
"I don't typically write reviews for products, but I just couldn't hold myself back from commenting on this worthless piece of crap.",
"I regret not reading the few reviews prior to my purchase which warned about the video quality.",
"If you are hoping for close-ups of Yngwie's playing, you will be sorely disappointed since all you see is a silhouette washed out by many lights.",
"There are some incredible solos in typical Mamsteen fashion; however Mark's voice is terrible.",
"I absolutely loved him on Trilogy, but his high pitched screams throughout the show are revolting.",
"Other's have said they would transfer the concert to mp3, but I'd have to find a way to remove the vocals in order to sit through the experience again.",
"The only reason why I am forcing myself to kill a small part of my life is because I want to at least feel my few dollars didn't completely go to waste.",
"I ordered Live in Brazil and the Budokan concert before watching this and only hope it won't turn out as crappy."
] |
1 |
More work than fun
|
I have a 3 year old and it can be difficult to find games that aren't too difficult for her but still fun for the rest of us. My kids, ages 6 and 3, were totally excited to play this game as was I until we discovered that you spend more time putting the cubes into the frame than you do actually playing. It's a real pain to put all the little ice blocks in the frame and honestly the last row of blocks is too difficult for the kids. Then, all the kids do is take turns hammering out cubes until the bear falls. My kids seem of pretty average intelligence and this game provided almost no challenge to them or even learning as far as I could tell. They both knew exactly when the bear would fall and that's really only fun once or twice. I think we played it about four times in the past year. I hate to be down on any kind of game that brings the family together or gets kids involved in something away from the tv/computer, but this game is just annoying to set up and dull to play.
| 985 |
[
"I have a 3 year old and it can be difficult to find games that aren't too difficult for her but still fun for the rest of us.",
"My kids, ages 6 and 3, were totally excited to play this game as was I until we discovered that you spend more time putting the cubes into the frame than you do actually playing.",
"It's a real pain to put all the little ice blocks in the frame and honestly the last row of blocks is too difficult for the kids.",
"Then, all the kids do is take turns hammering out cubes until the bear falls.",
"My kids seem of pretty average intelligence and this game provided almost no challenge to them or even learning as far as I could tell.",
"They both knew exactly when the bear would fall and that's really only fun once or twice.",
"I think we played it about four times in the past year.",
"I hate to be down on any kind of game that brings the family together or gets kids involved in something away from the tv/computer, but this game is just annoying to set up and dull to play."
] |
1 |
Disappointing Deception
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I purchased this book because I have enjoyed reading this author. I was terribly disappointed in Darkfever. First it moved so slowly with little action and pages of boring exposition. It lacked romance and even the attempt at the beginnings of lust were flat. I found myself scanning the pages hoping for something better. When the book ended without resolving even one mystery, I was horrified. What a waste of my time. Also what a shameless ploy to sell books. If I want to know more I can by the next book which happens to be a more expensive hardcover. I can tell you I am not pre-ordering that volume. Also in reading the author's question and answer section I see that the story of Mac won't end in the next book. I have no problem with a continuing character. In fact I like it but each book must have some resolution or the buyer must be warned that this is only part one of a continuing story not book one of a continuing series. If I could I would be asking for my money back
| 985 |
[
"I purchased this book because I have enjoyed reading this author.",
"I was terribly disappointed in Darkfever.",
"First it moved so slowly with little action and pages of boring exposition.",
"It lacked romance and even the attempt at the beginnings of lust were flat.",
"I found myself scanning the pages hoping for something better.",
"When the book ended without resolving even one mystery, I was horrified.",
"What a waste of my time.",
"Also what a shameless ploy to sell books.",
"If I want to know more I can by the next book which happens to be a more expensive hardcover.",
"I can tell you I am not pre-ordering that volume.",
"Also in reading the author's question and answer section I see that the story of Mac won't end in the next book.",
"I have no problem with a continuing character.",
"In fact I like it but each book must have some resolution or the buyer must be warned that this is only part one of a continuing story not book one of a continuing series.",
"If I could I would be asking for my money back"
] |
1 |
Over-hyped, distorted flub.
|
This gory, pseudo patriotic movie is just not that good. Behind the emotionalism is the real danger of blind faith in anything. The acting is not that great(average at best) and the only real exceptional factor of the film is the special effects, which serve only to make it for a more unpleasant experience. For a group of of numbered green soldiers to take on a tank column without proper weaponery is not only stupid on their part, but very unrealitstic. Anybody would have run. The real attraction for people seems to be the "greatest generation" myth which has popped up recently. This view that the folks living during that time were somehow superior morally or otherwise(remember this is the same generation that tolerated segregation and Japanese internment) gives us a flawed view of history. These people just did the things they did because they had to. This is a concept that the new generation of white Hollywood billionaires who produced SPR could never fully understand.
| 985 |
[
"This gory, pseudo patriotic movie is just not that good.",
"Behind the emotionalism is the real danger of blind faith in anything.",
"The acting is not that great(average at best) and the only real exceptional factor of the film is the special effects, which serve only to make it for a more unpleasant experience.",
"For a group of of numbered green soldiers to take on a tank column without proper weaponery is not only stupid on their part, but very unrealitstic.",
"Anybody would have run.",
"The real attraction for people seems to be the \"greatest generation\" myth which has popped up recently.",
"This view that the folks living during that time were somehow superior morally or otherwise(remember this is the same generation that tolerated segregation and Japanese internment) gives us a flawed view of history.",
"These people just did the things they did because they had to.",
"This is a concept that the new generation of white Hollywood billionaires who produced SPR could never fully understand."
] |
1 |
Avoid this like the plague!
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I received this as a gift for what I thought would be an "upgrade" from an old Craftsman dovetail jig. The Craftsman saw some heavy use. If not for the plastic construction, it would probably be still in use.I have also had several opportunities to use the Porter Cable 12" dovetail jig with excellent results.I have over 25 years experience as a woodworker, building custom cabinets, furniture and other specialty items.The first time I attempted to work with this Dovetail jig, to add to our bedroom set of Honduran Mahogany, I was livid. The instruction manual is the most useless piece of misinformation I have ever laid my eyes on.Set your router bit 7/8" below the base as they recommend, and see what happens. One look at the results and it is obvious that this will not produce a workable dovetail.If you have countless hours to spend trying to figure out how to make this dovetail jig work, go for it... If you want a dovetail jig that will work for YOU - look somewhere else!
| 985 |
[
"I received this as a gift for what I thought would be an \"upgrade\" from an old Craftsman dovetail jig.",
"The Craftsman saw some heavy use.",
"If not for the plastic construction, it would probably be still in use.I have also had several opportunities to use the Porter Cable 12\" dovetail jig with excellent results.I have over 25 years experience as a woodworker, building custom cabinets, furniture and other specialty items.The first time I attempted to work with this Dovetail jig, to add to our bedroom set of Honduran Mahogany, I was livid.",
"The instruction manual is the most useless piece of misinformation I have ever laid my eyes on.Set your router bit 7/8\" below the base as they recommend, and see what happens.",
"One look at the results and it is obvious that this will not produce a workable dovetail.If you have countless hours to spend trying to figure out how to make this dovetail jig work, go for it... If you want a dovetail jig that will work for YOU - look somewhere else!"
] |
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