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As I write this review it is exactly one day before Steely Dan's follow up release to this album (Everything Must Go.) Steely Dan is my favorite band of all time, at least in the rock genre. I would give every single record from their debut through Aja, a perfect five stars. For a band to disband and come back 20 years later with THIS, is an insult to the fans (in my opinion.) I was at Clinton Recording Studios (working) during the period in which they were laying down the horn overdubs on this record. I used to peek into the control booth when I had a break. The music was good. The chord changes were tight. But what happened between then and the final production? First off I must say, that Steely Dan's lyrics on this album are pretencious. The overall production is more of a spyro gyra sound than the classic Steely Dan groove. If the record tomorrow sounds anything like this one, I am going to be terribly disappointed. Steely Dan's greatest attribute is this: With all their chord progressions, all their sophisticated lyrics, swift production, and great studio musicianship, there was always a hint of soul that if the listener could find (and trust me not everyone gets it), but if the listener can find that hint of soul, the songs explode into your heart. This is NOT one of those albums. I refuse to give a Dan album 1 star, but I can't stress enough how far from Classic Dan this record is. Be careful before buying it.	negative	[ "As I write this review it is exactly one day before Steely Dan's follow up release to this album (Everything Must Go.", ")\nSteely Dan is my favorite band of all time, at least in the rock genre.", "I would give every single record from their debut through Aja, a perfect five stars.", "For a band to disband and come back 20 years later with THIS, is an insult to the fans (in my opinion.", ") I was at Clinton Recording Studios (working) during the period in which they were laying down the horn overdubs on this record.", "I used to peek into the control booth when I had a break.", "The music was good.", "The chord changes were tight.", "But what happened between then and the final production?", "First off I must say, that Steely Dan's lyrics on this album are pretencious.", "The overall production is more of a spyro gyra sound than the classic Steely Dan groove.", "If the record tomorrow sounds anything like this one, I am going to be terribly disappointed.", "Steely Dan's greatest attribute is this: With all their chord progressions, all their sophisticated lyrics, swift production, and great studio musicianship, there was always a hint of soul that if the listener could find (and trust me not everyone gets it), but if the listener can find that hint of soul, the songs explode into your heart.", "This is NOT one of those albums.", "I refuse to give a Dan album 1 star, but I can't stress enough how far from Classic Dan this record is.", "Be careful before buying it." ]
I can't help but wonder how good this film may have been had it had another director, maybe one more attentive to the nature of the story. Instead, actress/singer/director Barbara Streisand helms this picture, and she does a lot more damage than good. Instead of creating a film that is rooted in raw emotion and heartbreaking tragedy she turns this film into a longwinded soap opera with over-the-top acting and `romance novel' style dialog. In fact, the last quarter of the film is so ridiculous that I seriously wanted to vomit amidst all the saccharine facileness. The film tells the story of Tom Wingo, a southern `good ol' boy' who is troubled by a dark family secret, a secret that has pushed his sister to attempt suicide. While she lies in a hospital room, Tom ventures to New York and meets his sister's psychiatrist Susan. Tom is apposed to his sister seeing a shrink, but the more he sees Susan the more he begins to open up, about his life, his wife, his mother and eventually uncovering the family secret that has haunted him for so many years. The idea behind the film is a good one in my opinion (I have not read the book, although I don't hear good things about it so I don't think I will) but the handling of the material really sidelines the film in my opinion. Instead of taking a raw and emotional approach to the film, the soap operaish delivery makes light of the tragedy surrounding the film and ultimately turns the serious subject of abuse, suicide and murder into a joke. All of this weighty material is more or less just a backdrop for Tom and Susan to fall in love and in the end the film makes their relationship the weightiest subject; expecting the audience to swell up with tears at the prospect of them having to leave one another as apposed to the audience being emotionally responsive to the turmoil boiling within Tom's past. The acting doesn't really help the matter. I am not a fan of Nick Nolte. I never have been and never will be. He has really only delivered a few (countable on one hand) good performances, and this is not one of them. His over-the-top delivery of Tom's emotions is comical to say the least. He has one good scene, when he finally breaks down and exposes his past. It's the only scene where his emotions seem real, and it's the only respectable `scene' in the film (which ends up getting ruined by the overly sentimental `cry in my bosom' closing). Streisand is better than Nolte, but too clichd. The only good acting comes from the supporting cast, notably Blythe Danner (who is sorely underused) and Kate Nelligan (who received an Oscar nomination for her performance). They are not enough to save the film, but they at least prove to add some interest to their scenes. In the end I can honestly say that `The Prince of Tides' is a missed opportunity, which I think is what makes the sting of the films failure hurt all the more. It could have been so deep and haunting but instead comes off vapid and hollow.	negative	[ "I can't help but wonder how good this film may have been had it had another director, maybe one more attentive to the nature of the story.", "Instead, actress/singer/director Barbara Streisand helms this picture, and she does a lot more damage than good.", "Instead of creating a film that is rooted in raw emotion and heartbreaking tragedy she turns this film into a longwinded soap opera with over-the-top acting and `romance novel' style dialog.", "In fact, the last quarter of the film is so ridiculous that I seriously wanted to vomit amidst all the saccharine facileness.", "The film tells the story of Tom Wingo, a southern `good ol' boy' who is troubled by a dark family secret, a secret that has pushed his sister to attempt suicide.", "While she lies in a hospital room, Tom ventures to New York and meets his sister's psychiatrist Susan.", "Tom is apposed to his sister seeing a shrink, but the more he sees Susan the more he begins to open up, about his life, his wife, his mother and eventually uncovering the family secret that has haunted him for so many years.", "The idea behind the film is a good one in my opinion (I have not read the book, although I don't hear good things about it so I don't think I will) but the handling of the material really sidelines the film in my opinion.", "Instead of taking a raw and emotional approach to the film, the soap operaish delivery makes light of the tragedy surrounding the film and ultimately turns the serious subject of abuse, suicide and murder into a joke.", "All of this weighty material is more or less just a backdrop for Tom and Susan to fall in love and in the end the film makes their relationship the weightiest subject; expecting the audience to swell up with tears at the prospect of them having to leave one another as apposed to the audience being emotionally responsive to the turmoil boiling within Tom's past.", "The acting doesn't really help the matter.", "I am not a fan of Nick Nolte.", "I never have been and never will be.", "He has really only delivered a few (countable on one hand) good performances, and this is not one of them.", "His over-the-top delivery of Tom's emotions is comical to say the least.", "He has one good scene, when he finally breaks down and exposes his past.", "It's the only scene where his emotions seem real, and it's the only respectable `scene' in the film (which ends up getting ruined by the overly sentimental `cry in my bosom' closing).", "Streisand is better than Nolte, but too clichd.", "The only good acting comes from the supporting cast, notably Blythe Danner (who is sorely underused) and Kate Nelligan (who received an Oscar nomination for her performance).", "They are not enough to save the film, but they at least prove to add some interest to their scenes.", "In the end I can honestly say that `The Prince of Tides' is a missed opportunity, which I think is what makes the sting of the films failure hurt all the more.", "It could have been so deep and haunting but instead comes off vapid and hollow." ]
All I can say is.....eh. I'm not sure what car you're working on but if you have a compass/patriot or a crown victoria/grand marquis this tool won't work for you. Its sad....very sad. It has so much potential but the sizes included for the struts don't work on these cars. I know it will work on other models perfectly if you don't have the luxury of air powered tools in your garage. It WILL save you A TON OF TIME with hand tools. I guess it's just buy it and try it, its a real simple tool that i'm confident will work but its mainly the vehicle's strut design that will determine the usefullness.	negative	[ "All I can say is....", ".", "eh.", "I'm not sure what car you're working on but if you have a compass/patriot or a crown victoria/grand marquis this tool won't work for you.", "Its sad....", "very sad.", "It has so much potential but the sizes included for the struts don't work on these cars.", "I know it will work on other models perfectly if you don't have the luxury of air powered tools in your garage.", "It WILL save you A TON OF TIME with hand tools.", "I guess it's just buy it and try it, its a real simple tool that i'm confident will work but its mainly the vehicle's strut design that will determine the usefullness." ]
As a movie, certainly entertaining, but don't look for anything historical here since it must have been a Joan from an alternate universe being depicted. For example, in this movie Joan has deep angst about her sword she may have found in a field. While in fact this Sword: "- --In place of the sword offered to her she described in detail the location and appearance of a sword in the Chapel of St Catherine de Fierbois. It was found deeply buried exactly where she had described and the blade was so covered in rust it would have been impossible for her to describe it without having seen it before. The rust readily fell off when the blade was wiped. -- " Perhaps this film is a conspiracy of the irreverent, irreligious and atheistic working to "deconstruct" Joan; to convince a modern, uninformed audience she was a raving schizoid lunatic leading the superstitiously ignorant to lucky victory; with a flaming end. Or not. Aside from that, I found it entirely entertaining filled with arrow sticking battle scenes and screaming mayhem. Once I brainwashed myself into believing that actress Milla Jovovich was portraying a personality from the bizzaro world instead of a real-life historically significant figure, I actually enjoyed the film. I give it 5 stars minus 3: 1 For Milla Jovovich 1 For the incredible exciting siege sequence -1 for being magnificently historically inaccurate -1 For conning me to believe this was a movie about Joan of Arc -1 For being so unfaithful to her hard to believe true story making up stuff when it's so easy to Google it out the Real Deal otherwise (hmm, insult my intelligence comes to mind...) Buy it for the two stars though, the siege IS really good...	negative	[ "As a movie, certainly entertaining, but don't look for anything historical here since it must have been a Joan from an alternate universe being depicted.", "For example, in this movie Joan has deep angst about her sword she may have found in a field.", "While in fact this Sword:\n\n\"- --In place of the sword offered to her she described in detail the location and appearance of a sword in the Chapel of St Catherine de Fierbois.", "It was found deeply buried exactly where she had described and the blade was so covered in rust it would have been impossible for her to describe it without having seen it before.", "The rust readily fell off when the blade was wiped.", "-- \"\n\nPerhaps this film is a conspiracy of the irreverent, irreligious and atheistic working to \"deconstruct\" Joan; to convince a modern, uninformed audience she was a raving schizoid lunatic leading the superstitiously ignorant to lucky victory; with a flaming end.", "Or not.", "Aside from that, I found it entirely entertaining filled with arrow sticking battle scenes and screaming mayhem.", "Once I brainwashed myself into believing that actress Milla Jovovich was portraying a personality from the bizzaro world instead of a real-life historically significant figure, I actually enjoyed the film.", "I give it 5 stars minus 3:\n1 For Milla Jovovich\n1 For the incredible exciting siege sequence\n-1 for being magnificently historically inaccurate\n-1 For conning me to believe this was a movie about Joan of Arc\n-1 For being so unfaithful to her hard to believe true story making up stuff when it's so easy to Google it out the Real Deal otherwise (hmm, insult my intelligence comes to mind...", ")\n\nBuy it for the two stars though, the siege IS really good..." ]
The Nazi's didn't even want Jews as a workforce ... during a war. They wanted ALL Jews dead. Quite frankly I doubt you've ever been to the South because your comments show a lot of ignorance about the region. Now if a white person brutally murders a person of any race in any state in the South they are prosecuted and usually sentenced to death Not usually by any means the number of blacks as opposed to whites sentenced to death even for the same crimes is disproportionate. Whenever a shortcomingof the US is ever pointed out its appeasers and defenders always try and justify it by some idiotic reference to conditions in Kazakhstan or outer Mongolia, as if that is the moral compass. And of course Kazahkstan etc do not claim to be paradises of tolerance and human rights. In this case the fact the pupil felt he had to ask permission to sit under a certain tree in his own country is appalling enough. One wonders what similar incidents go unreported. One remembers that wounded black female soldier who openly wondered why her own combat story was soemhow less interesting then the very white Jessica Lynch. It is also legitimate to ask if other symbols had been hung on the tree would they have equally been dismissed as a "prank".	negative	[ "The Nazi's didn't even want Jews as a workforce...", "during a war.", "They wanted ALL Jews dead.", "Quite frankly I doubt you've ever been to the South because your comments show a lot of ignorance about the region.", "Now if a white person brutally murders a person of any race in any state in the South they are prosecuted and usually sentenced to death Not usually by any means the number of blacks as opposed to whites sentenced to death even for the same crimes is disproportionate.", "Whenever a shortcomingof the US is ever pointed out its appeasers and defenders always try and justify it by some idiotic reference to conditions in Kazakhstan or outer Mongolia, as if that is the moral compass.", "And of course Kazahkstan etc do not claim to be paradises of tolerance and human rights.", "In this case the fact the pupil felt he had to ask permission to sit under a certain tree in his own country is appalling enough.", "One wonders what similar incidents go unreported.", "One remembers that wounded black female soldier who openly wondered why her own combat story was soemhow less interesting then the very white Jessica Lynch.", "It is also legitimate to ask if other symbols had been hung on the tree would they have equally been dismissed as a \"prank\"." ]
There is no question that sometimes there can be too much exposure of an artist, that it does honestly feel like it can be more tiresome and bothered than it really was before. That honestly is the case with Lady Gaga. She has had so much overexposure, that it feels like the organic appeal of her songs has honestly lost their welcome. That honestly is the case with her latest song Alejandro, from The Fame Monster. I really didn't find the some to be anything really special nor strong. It really felt like she was taking the page from Madonna with Gag's take on style of La Isla Bonita. Sadly for Lady Gaga, the song really isn't a definitive song for her. I think she really should try and give her fans absolutely something new, and go away for awhile. Alejandro didn't have the spanish guitar worth singing to. Song: D+	negative	[ "There is no question that sometimes there can be too much exposure of an artist, that it does honestly feel like it can be more tiresome and bothered than it really was before.", "That honestly is the case with Lady Gaga.", "She has had so much overexposure, that it feels like the organic appeal of her songs has honestly lost their welcome.", "That honestly is the case with her latest song Alejandro, from The Fame Monster.", "I really didn't find the some to be anything really special nor strong.", "It really felt like she was taking the page from Madonna with Gag's take on style of La Isla Bonita.", "Sadly for Lady Gaga, the song really isn't a definitive song for her.", "I think she really should try and give her fans absolutely something new, and go away for awhile.", "Alejandro didn't have the spanish guitar worth singing to.", "Song: D+" ]
Because I own two wonderful Wusthof knives--a 4-inch parer that's one of the best tools in my house and an 8-inch chef's knife that I could not live without--I assumed all Wusthof knives were great. I find this one awful. For one thing, it's dull. I had it sharpened professionally, and it's still dull. It just won't cut anything--not good for a knife. I bought it to trim fat off chicken (OK, that's kind of specialized). When it failed at that, I thought, well, maybe it's just for fish. (How specialized can you get?) Doesn't do that either. It's useless to me.	negative	[ "Because I own two wonderful Wusthof knives--a 4-inch parer that's one of the best tools in my house and an 8-inch chef's knife that I could not live without--I assumed all Wusthof knives were great.", "I find this one awful.", "For one thing, it's dull.", "I had it sharpened professionally, and it's still dull.", "It just won't cut anything--not good for a knife.", "I bought it to trim fat off chicken (OK, that's kind of specialized).", "When it failed at that, I thought, well, maybe it's just for fish.", "(How specialized can you get?", ") Doesn't do that either.", "It's useless to me." ]
I figure to give this game a chance. It's a real shame that they ripped off Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 and added some unique things like roaming the park, cleaning up the park, and talking to your guests. All of this could of been done in RCT3 as you can ride your rides, but Frontier decided to pull the plug on RCT3 and put all their "marbles" into this game. As in the console game, it's much watered down. The PC version is not even fun enough to erase Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. To sum it up, your uncle gives you a chance of owning your own theme park. You have to complete goals, talk to your guestd and build your park up. It was fun for a little while. Playing mini-golf with a guest was good. But you cannot pick a spot to put a ride or stall as it is pre-determined. The game forces you to put it in specific places. Riding the rides is similar to RCT3 and it just didn't have the same vibe. When I was riding my own creations in RCT3 you slightly felt it lol but that was just me. In both Thrillvile and RCT3, the people in the parks (as well as yourself) are just a little too cartoonish. I really didn't like this game and returned it recently. I enjoy playing RCT3.	negative	[ "I figure to give this game a chance.", "It's a real shame that they ripped off Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 and added some unique things like roaming the park, cleaning up the park, and talking to your guests.", "All of this could of been done in RCT3 as you can ride your rides, but Frontier decided to pull the plug on RCT3 and put all their \"marbles\" into this game.", "As in the console game, it's much watered down.", "The PC version is not even fun enough to erase Rollercoaster Tycoon 3.", "To sum it up, your uncle gives you a chance of owning your own theme park.", "You have to complete goals, talk to your guestd and build your park up.", "It was fun for a little while.", "Playing mini-golf with a guest was good.", "But you cannot pick a spot to put a ride or stall as it is pre-determined.", "The game forces you to put it in specific places.", "Riding the rides is similar to RCT3 and it just didn't have the same vibe.", "When I was riding my own creations in RCT3 you slightly felt it lol but that was just me.", "In both Thrillvile and RCT3, the people in the parks (as well as yourself) are just a little too cartoonish.", "I really didn't like this game and returned it recently.", "I enjoy playing RCT3." ]
After reading reviews and being convinced to try this, I now realize it has to be a total matter of taste and I must have a very sensitive taster...lol. This stuff is extremely unappealing. I used it in green tea and found the after taste just too much to deal with. I threw the tea away and started from scratch, using my usual organic raw honey. Originally I thought I might have a little trouble adjusting to it as I am picky when it comes to sweeteners. That's why I tried English Toffee. What could ever go wrong with toffee. The toffee went wrong. To me, it tastes totally artificial. I'm NOT saying it's artificial. I'm saying it tastes artificial. Sorry...have to give this one a big thumbs down. When weighing my review, take in to consideration that I hate diet sodas and some people can't drink enough of them.	negative	[ "After reading reviews and being convinced to try this, I now realize it has to be a total matter of taste and I must have a very sensitive taster...", "lol.", "This stuff is extremely unappealing.", "I used it in green tea and found the after taste just too much to deal with.", "I threw the tea away and started from scratch, using my usual organic raw honey.", "Originally I thought I might have a little trouble adjusting to it as I am picky when it comes to sweeteners.", "That's why I tried English Toffee.", "What could ever go wrong with toffee.", "The toffee went wrong.", "To me, it tastes totally artificial.", "I'm NOT saying it's artificial.", "I'm saying it tastes artificial.", "Sorry...", "have to give this one a big thumbs down.", "When weighing my review, take in to consideration that I hate diet sodas and some people can't drink enough of them." ]
The Oregon 75-021 belt that I received was defective right out of the package. Normally a belt will be formed into a flat coherent coil before being shoved into the pasteboard jacket. Mine was kind of twisted and when I took it out of the jacket, it would not lay flat at all, having two 180 degree twists in it. I'd guess it was still hot off the press when shoved into the jacket and took a set with two twists in it as it cooled. I installed it anyway and each time I put the mower deck clutch in the belt came off the idler pulley the next time I engaged the mower. i re-installed the belt three times before it broke giving me a 79" long snake caught up in the mower pulleys. There may have been excess tension when it tangled, but it looks for all the world like a weak spot that just pulled apart. It could be just a bad sample, but looking at the cross section at the break, it does not look to have as much fiber cord in it as I would have expected and what it had was only along the half inch wide back. The belt it replaced was 10 years old and was used to mow high grass. I will return it to Amazon and try another brand.	negative	[ "The Oregon 75-021 belt that I received was defective right out of the package.", "Normally a belt will be formed into a flat coherent coil before being shoved into the pasteboard jacket.", "Mine was kind of twisted and when I took it out of the jacket, it would not lay flat at all, having two 180 degree twists in it.", "I'd guess it was still hot off the press when shoved into the jacket and took a set with two twists in it as it cooled.", "I installed it anyway and each time I put the mower deck clutch in the belt came off the idler pulley the next time I engaged the mower.", "i re-installed the belt three times before it broke giving me a 79\" long snake caught up in the mower pulleys.", "There may have been excess tension when it tangled, but it looks for all the world like a weak spot that just pulled apart.", "It could be just a bad sample, but looking at the cross section at the break, it does not look to have as much fiber cord in it as I would have expected and what it had was only along the half inch wide back.", "The belt it replaced was 10 years old and was used to mow high grass.", "I will return it to Amazon and try another brand." ]
Milla Jovovich as Joan of Arc. No. I don't think so. She tries, she really does. She invests her all into this role, and sometimes she does very well. But does she inspire legions of men to defend her and to defend France? Does she convey the kind of passion and compassion that could inspire so many men to believe in her? I think Jovovich errs too much in that she plays the role a little too far down the "insanity" line. This is a debate for some... was Joan of Arc a holy, saintly woman who really heard voices or was she simply insane? Who will ever know for sure? In this portrayal though Jovovich overacts and instead of conveying the passion of someone for whom her religion is sacred she conveys insanity. The story of Joan of Arc has been done better and more convincingly, and this film, while visually stunning, does not compare to earlier versions. Nice try.	negative	[ "Milla Jovovich as Joan of Arc.", "No.", "I don't think so.", "She tries, she really does.", "She invests her all into this role, and sometimes she does very well.", "But does she inspire legions of men to defend her and to defend France?", "Does she convey the kind of passion and compassion that could inspire so many men to believe in her?", "I think Jovovich errs too much in that she plays the role a little too far down the \"insanity\" line.", "This is a debate for some...", "was Joan of Arc a holy, saintly woman who really heard voices or was she simply insane?", "Who will ever know for sure?", "In this portrayal though Jovovich overacts and instead of conveying the passion of someone for whom her religion is sacred she conveys insanity.", "The story of Joan of Arc has been done better and more convincingly, and this film, while visually stunning, does not compare to earlier versions.", "Nice try." ]
Almost gave these one star. Directions say to put a drop of dish liquid on the hook end, then insert it into the cushion. Put other end on a hard surface and push down on the cushion. My husband and I spent about 20 mins trying to put this on a J 6mm hook. It went on ok until I hit the flat part of the hook where the hook size is stamped. It split when it was almost on far enough. It ended up not being round, so makes hand position awkward. The package says 'great for arthritis sufferers' but if you have arthritis, I doubt you would be able to put these on. My hands hurt afterwards and I don't have arthritis. For the 2nd hook, which is an H 5mm, I cut the cushion almost in half and had better luck getting on. It looks like a cushion on a pen or pencil, instead of going further down. Don't know how well it will work. I don't use a hook size smaller than the H, but these might go on more smoothly with the smaller size hooks, which is why I gave them 2 stars. If these don't work, I'll probably just buy H and J size hooks with the ergonomic handles. Those handles aren't just round in order to make the grip area larger in diameter, they are made to fit your grip when you're doing this particular task.	negative	[ "Almost gave these one star.", "Directions say to put a drop of dish liquid on the hook end, then insert it into the cushion.", "Put other end on a hard surface and push down on the cushion.", "My husband and I spent about 20 mins trying to put this on a J 6mm hook.", "It went on ok until I hit the flat part of the hook where the hook size is stamped.", "It split when it was almost on far enough.", "It ended up not being round, so makes hand position awkward.", "The package says 'great for arthritis sufferers' but if you have arthritis, I doubt you would be able to put these on.", "My hands hurt afterwards and I don't have arthritis.", "For the 2nd hook, which is an H 5mm, I cut the cushion almost in half and had better luck getting on.", "It looks like a cushion on a pen or pencil, instead of going further down.", "Don't know how well it will work.", "I don't use a hook size smaller than the H, but these might go on more smoothly with the smaller size hooks, which is why I gave them 2 stars.", "If these don't work, I'll probably just buy H and J size hooks with the ergonomic handles.", "Those handles aren't just round in order to make the grip area larger in diameter, they are made to fit your grip when you're doing this particular task." ]
I was looking forward to receiving this in the mail. My toddler had just found the wonderful world of bubbles. Our neighbor has a bubble machine (not this one) and it's amazing and he loves it so much, that I immediately came on Amazon and bought this one. I was nervous about buying it because it didn't have the most stellar of reviews... But I rarely go by other reviews only. I decided to chance it. I am now regretting that. :( After surprising him with this bubble machine, we immediately started it up. It was amazing, wonderful, he was in heaven! For 5 minutes..... Then the bubbles stopped. I checked it and it was out of bubble liquid. So I refilled it..... and it again, ran out very quickly. It is leaking from the bottom. Completely useless. :( We are heartbroken. Now I'm in search of a new one.	negative	[ "I was looking forward to receiving this in the mail.", "My toddler had just found the wonderful world of bubbles.", "Our neighbor has a bubble machine (not this one) and it's amazing and he loves it so much, that I immediately came on Amazon and bought this one.", "I was nervous about buying it because it didn't have the most stellar of reviews...", "But I rarely go by other reviews only.", "I decided to chance it.", "I am now regretting that.", ":( After surprising him with this bubble machine, we immediately started it up.", "It was amazing, wonderful, he was in heaven!", "For 5 minutes....", ".", "Then the bubbles stopped.", "I checked it and it was out of bubble liquid.", "So I refilled it....", ".", "and it again, ran out very quickly.", "It is leaking from the bottom.", "Completely useless.", ":( We are heartbroken.", "Now I'm in search of a new one." ]
I bought this West Bend Stir Crazy corn popper less than a year ago. Within 2 months the little screw on cap (that holds the stir rod in place) started coming loose when in use. Shortly there after the stir rod started slipping off while the popper was in use. Finally it would not stay in place at all. No matter if I tightened the cap down, it still came loose. It started leaking some of the popcorn oil onto my countertop; At about the 7 or 8 month mark after purchase, the little motor quit that turns the stir rod. We continued to use it without the stir rod. At that time we also noticed that the unit was not heating properly, then just quit heating ! 100% Junk ! We had no trouble with handles breaking as this was all one piece with the bottom of the unit. The concept is GREAT, but it's no good for anything now and it's final resting place will be where ever the trash service takes it come Monday morning. The first one we had many years ago wasn't much better and the plastic bowl top cracked and finally broke beyond repair, same deal with the stir rod. At that point we dumped it before we discovered it would quit heating also.	negative	[ "I bought this West Bend Stir Crazy corn popper less than a year ago.", "Within 2 months the little screw on cap (that holds the stir rod in place) started coming loose when in use.", "Shortly there after the stir rod started slipping off while the popper was in use.", "Finally it would not stay in place at all.", "No matter if I tightened the cap down, it still came loose.", "It started leaking some of the popcorn oil onto my countertop; At about the 7 or 8 month mark after purchase, the little motor quit that turns the stir rod.", "We continued to use it without the stir rod.", "At that time we also noticed that the unit was not heating properly, then just quit heating!", "100% Junk!", "We had no trouble with handles breaking as this was all one piece with the bottom of the unit.", "The concept is GREAT, but it's no good for anything now and it's final resting place will be where ever the trash service takes it come Monday morning.", "The first one we had many years ago wasn't much better and the plastic bowl top cracked and finally broke beyond repair, same deal with the stir rod.", "At that point we dumped it before we discovered it would quit heating also." ]
Thought RE3 had beaten this stage to death? One more time, ordains Capcom. Raccoon city has been taken over by zombies. Sadly there is no real story to this game other than that! You spend most of your time roaming through frozen or burning halls looking to solve puzzles, that one, at least from The Hive scenario, are more frustrating than fun, while constantly being chased by a blood sucking leech man. No, I didn't make that up. Multiplayer is great on the first level, You're pretty much being chased down by a pack of zombies while being able to protect and guide others over broadband connections, and it makes for an exciting rush having seen the introduction FMV explaining the situation of the scenario. The other scenarios? Let's just say they involve incidences that the viewer is completely unaware of (at least this one), thus resulting in utter confusion and disinterest. One point that I'd like to make about Outbreak is that it becomes rather vain. Each scnario you start out somewhere, something is happening, there's no explanations except for the first scenario, and perhaps the last (I haven't bothered yet), therefore there is no drama. Only confusion. It becomes disparaging to wonder constantly, why do our main characters keep plunging themselves into these horrible places with no way out? For instance, in The Hive scenario, how do they get into a hospital that is locked down tight? How is the only way out through the sewer? If there's no way out from your starting position, how did they get into this mess with Mr. Leech? (On a side note, Mr. Leech man attacks a doctor. Later, the same doctor appears on the floor after Leech Man has been freed of his little assailants, proving to be the Leech Man all along. So there are two dead bodies of an identical man. Makes sense so far? Good.) Alas, nearly all the scenarios aside the first start out in a similar manner. How lazy of the designers/developers. In short, there is no story. There are just many aimless incidences that add up to zero. The best things going for this game has to be the crisp graphics, multiplayer function and unlockable collections you earn with points having completed scenarios. It's only a shame you can't beat scenarios on multiplayer first. You must complete them on single player before you are allowed to play them online. Wow. An online game you must beat offline to play online. Brilliant. The absolute WORST thing about this game is the loading periods and incessant voice commands of the A.I. while in single player mode trying to solve the usually lame puzzles the designers have conveniently laid down to make you want to punch the characters in the face with all their prattle. Nothing is more frustrating than constantly being reminded of how lame you are by the snot-nosed reporter or listening to the wallowing of a train employee. "My life is s**t." Isn't this a mature rated game? What's with the child-like comic relief? Raccoon City SHOULD have ended with RE3. It was a good last escape from this wretched place, that I can say I am finally tired of seeing and hearing about in the RE series.	negative	[ "Thought RE3 had beaten this stage to death?", "One more time, ordains Capcom.", "Raccoon city has been taken over by zombies.", "Sadly there is no real story to this game other than that!", "You spend most of your time roaming through frozen or burning halls looking to solve puzzles, that one, at least from The Hive scenario, are more frustrating than fun, while constantly being chased by a blood sucking leech man.", "No, I didn't make that up.", "Multiplayer is great on the first level, You're pretty much being chased down by a pack of zombies while being able to protect and guide others over broadband connections, and it makes for an exciting rush having seen the introduction FMV explaining the situation of the scenario.", "The other scenarios?", "Let's just say they involve incidences that the viewer is completely unaware of (at least this one), thus resulting in utter confusion and disinterest.", "One point that I'd like to make about Outbreak is that it becomes rather vain.", "Each scnario you start out somewhere, something is happening, there's no explanations except for the first scenario, and perhaps the last (I haven't bothered yet), therefore there is no drama.", "Only confusion.", "It becomes disparaging to wonder constantly, why do our main characters keep plunging themselves into these horrible places with no way out?", "For instance, in The Hive scenario, how do they get into a hospital that is locked down tight?", "How is the only way out through the sewer?", "If there's no way out from your starting position, how did they get into this mess with Mr.", "Leech?", "(On a side note, Mr.", "Leech man attacks a doctor.", "Later, the same doctor appears on the floor after Leech Man has been freed of his little assailants, proving to be the Leech Man all along.", "So there are two dead bodies of an identical man.", "Makes sense so far?", "Good.", ")\nAlas, nearly all the scenarios aside the first start out in a similar manner.", "How lazy of the designers/developers.", "In short, there is no story.", "There are just many aimless incidences that add up to zero.", "The best things going for this game has to be the crisp graphics, multiplayer function and unlockable collections you earn with points having completed scenarios.", "It's only a shame you can't beat scenarios on multiplayer first.", "You must complete them on single player before you are allowed to play them online.", "Wow.", "An online game you must beat offline to play online.", "Brilliant.", "The absolute WORST thing about this game is the loading periods and incessant voice commands of the A.", "I. while in single player mode trying to solve the usually lame puzzles the designers have conveniently laid down to make you want to punch the characters in the face with all their prattle.", "Nothing is more frustrating than constantly being reminded of how lame you are by the snot-nosed reporter or listening to the wallowing of a train employee.", "\"My life is s**t.", "\" Isn't this a mature rated game?", "What's with the child-like comic relief?", "Raccoon City SHOULD have ended with RE3.", "It was a good last escape from this wretched place, that I can say I am finally tired of seeing and hearing about in the RE series." ]
Fits the Databank (I have the DB300) as advertised. Only thing I don't like (thus minus one star) is the buckle is silver instead of black. Nice pliable material, not stiff. Good spacing between holes in the band where the buckle fits. Update: After wearing this a few weeks, my arm had an allergic reaction to 'something'. I quit wearing the watch and the reaction went away. Started wearing the watch again and had same reaction. Repeated this scenario one more time. Replaced watchband with a genuine Casio band and haven't had any problems since. Therefore, if you experience itching or swelling or redness, the band might be the problem.	negative	[ "Fits the Databank (I have the DB300) as advertised.", "Only thing I don't like (thus minus one star) is the buckle is silver instead of black.", "Nice pliable material, not stiff.", "Good spacing between holes in the band where the buckle fits.", "Update: After wearing this a few weeks, my arm had an allergic reaction to 'something'.", "I quit wearing the watch and the reaction went away.", "Started wearing the watch again and had same reaction.", "Repeated this scenario one more time.", "Replaced watchband with a genuine Casio band and haven't had any problems since.", "Therefore, if you experience itching or swelling or redness, the band might be the problem." ]
I purchased this switch from HBINGO (fulfilled by Amazon) and it doesn't work and you can't return it. I went to the Canon USA website and bought the same switch directly from Canon and received it today. I was shocked. After getting off the telephone just now with Canon, it appears that the switch I received from Amazon is a counterfeit. The image on the item box is BLURRY...that's the first hint something is wrong. The box itself is not a glossy-finish box, that's the second hint something is wrong. The switch doesn't work properly, another hint. The trigger button on the counterfeit is a flat black whereas the trigger button on the genuine Canon product is a glossy black. The best one of all, the model number printed on the counterfeit switch has the dash in the wrong place. Instead of the model number reading RS-60E3, it reads RS60-E3 and the silk screen on the counterfeit is blurry whereas on the genuine Canon product it's crisp and very clear. For some reason I cannot add images to this WARNING MESSAGE.	negative	[ "I purchased this switch from HBINGO (fulfilled by Amazon) and it doesn't work and you can't return it.", "I went to the Canon USA website and bought the same switch directly from Canon and received it today.", "I was shocked.", "After getting off the telephone just now with Canon, it appears that the switch I received from Amazon is a counterfeit.", "The image on the item box is BLURRY...", "that's the first hint something is wrong.", "The box itself is not a glossy-finish box, that's the second hint something is wrong.", "The switch doesn't work properly, another hint.", "The trigger button on the counterfeit is a flat black whereas the trigger button on the genuine Canon product is a glossy black.", "The best one of all, the model number printed on the counterfeit switch has the dash in the wrong place.", "Instead of the model number reading RS-60E3, it reads RS60-E3 and the silk screen on the counterfeit is blurry whereas on the genuine Canon product it's crisp and very clear.", "For some reason I cannot add images to this WARNING MESSAGE." ]
[...] While it might be useful to a foreign learner of English, with such "useful" advice as, "A verb is an action word in a sentence!", it has some deficiencies that limit it for both native and foreign speakers. Many of the games require you to know the meaning of a word in advance, otherwise you'll simply be playing "guess which meaning is the right one". That is not a good way to learn new words. It can be a good way to reinforce what one already knows, but that goes against the entire point. As a linguist myself, I seriously question this product. In addition, the process by which your abilities are rated is entirely artificial. Even scoring perfectly on many of the games (I already have an extensive vocabulary), I was rated as basically a simpleton in order to preserve the illusion that I am "improving". Not recommended. Language learning software has tremendous potential, but it isn't even hinted at here. In fact, it's made to look laughable. [...]	negative	[ "[...", "] While it might be useful to a foreign learner of English, with such \"useful\" advice as, \"A verb is an action word in a sentence!", "\", it has some deficiencies that limit it for both native and foreign speakers.", "Many of the games require you to know the meaning of a word in advance, otherwise you'll simply be playing \"guess which meaning is the right one\".", "That is not a good way to learn new words.", "It can be a good way to reinforce what one already knows, but that goes against the entire point.", "As a linguist myself, I seriously question this product.", "In addition, the process by which your abilities are rated is entirely artificial.", "Even scoring perfectly on many of the games (I already have an extensive vocabulary), I was rated as basically a simpleton in order to preserve the illusion that I am \"improving\".", "Not recommended.", "Language learning software has tremendous potential, but it isn't even hinted at here.", "In fact, it's made to look laughable.", "[...", "]" ]
Okay, so this EP (Hey, everyone! It's not a CD, it's an EP. Hence the big "[EP]" symbol located directly across from the title) is definitely not Manson's best. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is probably the only decent song on this EP, but like it was stated before, this EP was most likely only created to buy Manson some time between LP releases ("Portrait of an American Family" and "Antichrist Superstar"). So you have to give him some credit for trying to keep his name alive. I definitely wouldn't suggest this CD to those who are newer to Manson and are searching for a good album of his though. And just one thing to those kids who are clogging up this board with their insignificant reviews and inability to execute any type of intelligible articulation: Just because someone listens to Marilyn Manson doesn't automatically mean that they are "goth" or a "poser". I have all of Manson's CD's and I do not associate myself with the "goth" crowd whatsoever. I do not shop at Hot Topic or any stores of sorts or anything along those lines. I like the music I like and that shouldn't immediately place me or anybody else under any sort of categorization. I also enjoy Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Darkthrone, and Emperor- but I'm also a fan of Kelly Clarkson's new songs. Am I a "poser" for having an eclectic taste in music? Am I "poser" for enjoying Manson's music alone? Maybe in your mind...but then again, you seemingly have no idea what you're talking about anyway.	negative	[ "Okay, so this EP (Hey, everyone!", "It's not a CD, it's an EP.", "Hence the big \"[EP]\" symbol located directly across from the title) is definitely not Manson's best.", "\"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)\" is probably the only decent song on this EP, but like it was stated before, this EP was most likely only created to buy Manson some time between LP releases (\"Portrait of an American Family\" and \"Antichrist Superstar\").", "So you have to give him some credit for trying to keep his name alive.", "I definitely wouldn't suggest this CD to those who are newer to Manson and are searching for a good album of his though.", "And just one thing to those kids who are clogging up this board with their insignificant reviews and inability to execute any type of intelligible articulation: Just because someone listens to Marilyn Manson doesn't automatically mean that they are \"goth\" or a \"poser\".", "I have all of Manson's CD's and I do not associate myself with the \"goth\" crowd whatsoever.", "I do not shop at Hot Topic or any stores of sorts or anything along those lines.", "I like the music I like and that shouldn't immediately place me or anybody else under any sort of categorization.", "I also enjoy Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Darkthrone, and Emperor- but I'm also a fan of Kelly Clarkson's new songs.", "Am I a \"poser\" for having an eclectic taste in music?", "Am I \"poser\" for enjoying Manson's music alone?", "Maybe in your mind...", "but then again, you seemingly have no idea what you're talking about anyway." ]
I'm a huge fan of the Game of Thrones series and in awe at what George R. R. Martin has created. That said, I would have been perfectly content to have skipped this book entirely or to have listened to a seriously edited down version. All of the books are long but usually that's not a negative because the stories are so engrossing. With A Feast For Crows, however, it feels interminable until the 27th CD finally ends. The fundamental flaw is with the book but I want to comment on the production of the unabridged CD version. First of all, there are far too many characters for there to be just one reader. Roy Dotrice does an admirable narration job given the challenge but in trying to have every character sound distinctive, some of the voices are very unpleasant to listen to and hard to understand. He narrates the earlier books as well and kudos to him for his versatility and recall but multiple narrators would have really improved the quality of all of the GoT audiobooks. At a minimum, even one male and one female narrator would have made a huge difference. The second problem I had with these CD's is that there are far fewer tracks per CD than there were on the earlier audiobooks. If you enjoy listening while in the car, it is much harder to pick up where you left off and you have to re-listen to larger portions to catch up to your place.	negative	[ "I'm a huge fan of the Game of Thrones series and in awe at what George R.", "R.", "Martin has created.", "That said, I would have been perfectly content to have skipped this book entirely or to have listened to a seriously edited down version.", "All of the books are long but usually that's not a negative because the stories are so engrossing.", "With A Feast For Crows, however, it feels interminable until the 27th CD finally ends.", "The fundamental flaw is with the book but I want to comment on the production of the unabridged CD version.", "First of all, there are far too many characters for there to be just one reader.", "Roy Dotrice does an admirable narration job given the challenge but in trying to have every character sound distinctive, some of the voices are very unpleasant to listen to and hard to understand.", "He narrates the earlier books as well and kudos to him for his versatility and recall but multiple narrators would have really improved the quality of all of the GoT audiobooks.", "At a minimum, even one male and one female narrator would have made a huge difference.", "The second problem I had with these CD's is that there are far fewer tracks per CD than there were on the earlier audiobooks.", "If you enjoy listening while in the car, it is much harder to pick up where you left off and you have to re-listen to larger portions to catch up to your place." ]
I had been using this brush for just around 2 weeks before it broke. Basically I kept getting bubbles in my paint cup during extended painting sessions, so after some reading I found out I either had a paint clog in the nozzle, or an improperly sealed nozzle at the place where it screws into the airbrush body. I used Iwata's included wrench to unscrew the nozzle, cleaned it gently, and when I reattached it the nozzle would keep spinning and never come to a stop. Turns out half the nozzle body broke off! I understand it is a gentle piece, but I put absolutely no pressure onto it with the spanner, and wham broken. The bubble issue made spraying unpredictable and messy, and really disappointed me. I have ordered a replacement, and will update this review if my experience improves UPDATE 1/9/2018 For anyone that cares I did end up getting a 2nd Iwata brush, but instead of repurchasing the HP-CR I went with Iwata's Eclipse HP-CS brush, and the design is lightyears better than this brush. Instead of having an unbelievably fragile nozzle that's held on by three threads, the HP-CS has a drop in nozzle that's held in the nozzle body by friction, meaning if you remove the nozzle body with the spanner, you can gently pull the nozzle out and nothing will break. The nozzle body on the HP-CS is the same strong metal as the airbrush body, so you can feel confident unscrewing and cleaning it time and time again, knowing that the nozzle itself could not be damaged during reassembly. I would recommend that brush over this one in a heartbeat; it's just a better design, and you can't really argue against that sadly	negative	[ "I had been using this brush for just around 2 weeks before it broke.", "Basically I kept getting bubbles in my paint cup during extended painting sessions, so after some reading I found out I either had a paint clog in the nozzle, or an improperly sealed nozzle at the place where it screws into the airbrush body.", "I used Iwata's included wrench to unscrew the nozzle, cleaned it gently, and when I reattached it the nozzle would keep spinning and never come to a stop.", "Turns out half the nozzle body broke off!", "I understand it is a gentle piece, but I put absolutely no pressure onto it with the spanner, and wham broken.", "The bubble issue made spraying unpredictable and messy, and really disappointed me.", "I have ordered a replacement, and will update this review if my experience improves\n\nUPDATE 1/9/2018\nFor anyone that cares I did end up getting a 2nd Iwata brush, but instead of repurchasing the HP-CR I went with Iwata's Eclipse HP-CS brush, and the design is lightyears better than this brush.", "Instead of having an unbelievably fragile nozzle that's held on by three threads, the HP-CS has a drop in nozzle that's held in the nozzle body by friction, meaning if you remove the nozzle body with the spanner, you can gently pull the nozzle out and nothing will break.", "The nozzle body on the HP-CS is the same strong metal as the airbrush body, so you can feel confident unscrewing and cleaning it time and time again, knowing that the nozzle itself could not be damaged during reassembly.", "I would recommend that brush over this one in a heartbeat; it's just a better design, and you can't really argue against that sadly" ]
i bought this headset because of its remote and the noise isolation feature. remote works great (it even works with Pandora and Slacker not to mention blackberry's own music app). the noise isolation is ok but it take a few tries to get it to sit just right in my ear. my biggest complaint about this product is the sound quality. there's practically zero low to mid range and just too much treble. I honest can't use it for more than 30 seconds with Pandora or Slacker or any music app that doesn't have an EQ. the BB music app has EQ controls and the only EQ setting I can use with this headset with barely acceptable quality is 'reduced treble'. but that setting also cuts too much treble. the same headset retails for 80+ at Blackberry site and I can't imagine how pissed off I would have been had I bought this at their website paying the full price. the music quality just plain sucks	negative	[ "i bought this headset because of its remote and the noise isolation feature.", "remote works great (it even works with Pandora and Slacker not to mention blackberry's own music app).", "the noise isolation is ok but it take a few tries to get it to sit just right in my ear.", "my biggest complaint about this product is the sound quality.", "there's practically zero low to mid range and just too much treble.", "I honest can't use it for more than 30 seconds with Pandora or Slacker or any music app that doesn't have an EQ.", "the BB music app has EQ controls and the only EQ setting I can use with this headset with barely acceptable quality is 'reduced treble'.", "but that setting also cuts too much treble.", "the same headset retails for 80+ at Blackberry site and I can't imagine how pissed off I would have been had I bought this at their website paying the full price.", "the music quality just plain sucks" ]
Well, it arived in great shape and was not broken. However, when I pluged in my microphone and my iphone in for Karaoke time, the amplifier (a very decent one) just couldn't handle bringing both sounds through equally. I WAS SUPER SAD about this!!!!! The new microphone came out loudly and the music played off a brand new iphone....barely audible....even at top volume. SEEMED LIKE A BRILLIANT IDEA THAT WENT TO POOP. Oh well! I don't think you should buy this unless you have other experiments you wanna try.	negative	[ "Well, it arived in great shape and was not broken.", "However, when I pluged in my microphone and my iphone in for Karaoke time, the amplifier (a very decent one) just couldn't handle bringing both sounds through equally.", "I WAS SUPER SAD about this!!!!", "!", "The new microphone came out loudly and the music played off a brand new iphone....", "barely audible....", "even at top volume.", "SEEMED LIKE A BRILLIANT IDEA THAT WENT TO POOP.", "Oh well!", "I don't think you should buy this unless you have other experiments you wanna try." ]
Wow! I never wanted a film to end as much as this one. I know now why it didn't get rave reviews in theatres. It takes forever to go anywhere and once it "arrives" it's leaves you saying, SO WHAT. The ONLY bright bit of acting in this movie was Hugh Grant ~ great in his stammering and perfectly-timed line deliveries and wonderful in the role of the well meaning, cheerful and simple fellow who falls for the unattainable lass, Ms. Roberts. Julia could have done much more with this role, but her performance left me wondering why she chose to play it like an actress asleep in front of the camera lens. Supporting roles were good, i.e., Grant's kooky sister and his roommie, Spike. The soundtrack is nice, and fits the mood of the story, but if you're looking for a Julia Roberts love story to end all love stories, I'd pass this one up and rent Pretty Woman instead. Sorry folks, just my humble opinion! She's a good actress and wasted her talent in Notting Hill.	negative	[ "Wow!", "I never wanted a film to end as much as this one.", "I know now why it didn't get rave reviews in theatres.", "It takes forever to go anywhere and once it \"arrives\" it's leaves you saying, SO WHAT.", "The ONLY bright bit of acting in this movie was Hugh Grant ~ great in his stammering and perfectly-timed line deliveries and wonderful in the role of the well meaning, cheerful and simple fellow who falls for the unattainable lass, Ms.", "Roberts.", "Julia could have done much more with this role, but her performance left me wondering why she chose to play it like an actress asleep in front of the camera lens.", "Supporting roles were good, i.", "e., Grant's kooky sister and his roommie, Spike.", "The soundtrack is nice, and fits the mood of the story, but if you're looking for a Julia Roberts love story to end all love stories, I'd pass this one up and rent Pretty Woman instead.", "Sorry folks, just my humble opinion!", "She's a good actress and wasted her talent in Notting Hill." ]
I'm a first-time rose grower, and it was a very rainy season. Immediately my rose started showing signs of black spot. I tried spraying aggressively with a natural concoction of soap that was NOT working, the black spot was threatening to take over. I gave up on the organic route and found this All-In-One solution. It stopped the black spot in its tracks, it really did. I had been afraid I should also spray in addition to this, but I decided to sit it out and see what happened, and sure enough, my rose is happy. I just hope I'm not killing any beneficial bugs by using this product. Admittedly I'm a bit of a nature-gal and I hate doing anything that will harm the environment in any way, so I feel a bit guilty for using this product. But the rose likes it! EDIT: I used this once for a rose bush that had black spot and it did work. But I never used it again after I looked up the ingredients and found that the pesticides in it are definitely a neurotoxin to bees, and prevent them from being able to navigate back to the hive, therefore contributing to colony collapse. When I mentioned my guilt to a very green-thumbed and Green-minded friend of mine, she said "oh, just use sulphur, works great on black spot. And you can try copper too." So I just hadn't used the right organic method. So, just FYI. Because I'd like to think most consumers would really prefer to try to prevent colony collapse if at all possible, rather than contributing to it! Or at least KNOW that they are contributing to it.	negative	[ "I'm a first-time rose grower, and it was a very rainy season.", "Immediately my rose started showing signs of black spot.", "I tried spraying aggressively with a natural concoction of soap that was NOT working, the black spot was threatening to take over.", "I gave up on the organic route and found this All-In-One solution.", "It stopped the black spot in its tracks, it really did.", "I had been afraid I should also spray in addition to this, but I decided to sit it out and see what happened, and sure enough, my rose is happy.", "I just hope I'm not killing any beneficial bugs by using this product.", "Admittedly I'm a bit of a nature-gal and I hate doing anything that will harm the environment in any way, so I feel a bit guilty for using this product.", "But the rose likes it!", "EDIT: I used this once for a rose bush that had black spot and it did work.", "But I never used it again after I looked up the ingredients and found that the pesticides in it are definitely a neurotoxin to bees, and prevent them from being able to navigate back to the hive, therefore contributing to colony collapse.", "When I mentioned my guilt to a very green-thumbed and Green-minded friend of mine, she said \"oh, just use sulphur, works great on black spot.", "And you can try copper too.", "\" So I just hadn't used the right organic method.", "So, just FYI.", "Because I'd like to think most consumers would really prefer to try to prevent colony collapse if at all possible, rather than contributing to it!", "Or at least KNOW that they are contributing to it." ]
As a big fan of Asia's first three albums I was surprised, excited yet very puzzled when this was first released in the summer of 1990. Six of their best songs makeup the "Then" section of this unusual collection. John Wetton, Geoff Downes, Carl Palmer and a few different guitarists (one being Steve Lukather of Toto) are featured on the "Now" songs. The four new songs featured on this release is a real mixed bag. Days Like These is a sprite and very uplifting song. Prayin 4 A Miracle, a song cowritten by John Wetton and David Cassidy (yep Keith Partridge himself) is a decent song with a nice sense of drama. Am I In Love? is just too sappy and maudlin. Summer (can't last too long) sounds like a song dug up from the Beach Boys archives. At this point Asia was clearly searching where they belonged. In the few years after Astra, The band struggled to find a new identity. Upon the release of Then and Now, guitarist Pat Thrall came aboard for a European tour which including some concerts in Moscow. A US tour never happened and Asia once again dissapeared for the time being.	negative	[ "As a big fan of Asia's first three albums I was surprised, excited yet very puzzled when this was first released in the summer of 1990.", "Six of their best songs makeup the \"Then\" section of this unusual collection.", "John Wetton, Geoff Downes, Carl Palmer and a few different guitarists (one being Steve Lukather of Toto) are featured on the \"Now\" songs.", "The four new songs featured on this release is a real mixed bag.", "Days Like These is a sprite and very uplifting song.", "Prayin 4 A Miracle, a song cowritten by John Wetton and David Cassidy (yep Keith Partridge himself) is a decent song with a nice sense of drama.", "Am I In Love?", "is just too sappy and maudlin.", "Summer (can't last too long) sounds like a song dug up from the Beach Boys archives.", "At this point Asia was clearly searching where they belonged.", "In the few years after Astra, The band struggled to find a new identity.", "Upon the release of Then and Now, guitarist Pat Thrall came aboard for a European tour which including some concerts in Moscow.", "A US tour never happened and Asia once again dissapeared for the time being." ]
Shifted over to Turbotax Deluxe last year (2013)just to get a product made by the same company as Quicken Mac. Prior to that I had been using TaxCut (HR Block) for 10+ years. I found the products to be similar and both gave the same result and refund. Now getting ready to buy for 2014 taxes and find by the many reviews that Turbotax Deluxe does not cover filing of Schedule D (efile) and as a result I must buy Turbotax Premier which is $40 more than HR Block. I am one of those that is shifting back to HR Block Deluxe. Intuit let me know when you plan to revise Turbotax Deluxe to support Schedule D filing. Your greediness lost another customer Update after using HRBlock 2014. Very happy I shifted over to HRBlock from Turbotax. Bought HRBlock Deluxe for 2014 after using Turbotax for several years and Taxcut before that. I shifted over to HRBlock (used to be Taxcut) after reading many Turbtax reviews that you can no longer use TT Deluxe for Sched D efiling for the 2014 version. TT requires you to buy TT Premier at a cost that is 2x that of HRBlock Deluxe. I found HRBlock excellent. It imported last year Turbotax files as well as Quicken for Mac 2015 files without error. I found HR Block easier to use and the import was more complete than Turbtax (TT) deluxe. I am very happy with the shift to HRBlock. All of my fears of shifting tax software were unfounded. TT has gotten greedy and others should consider letting the market send a loud no buy message to Intuit (TT parent).	negative	[ "Shifted over to Turbotax Deluxe last year (2013)just to get a product made by the same company as Quicken Mac.", "Prior to that I had been using TaxCut (HR Block) for 10+ years.", "I found the products to be similar and both gave the same result and refund.", "Now getting ready to buy for 2014 taxes and find by the many reviews that Turbotax Deluxe does not cover filing of Schedule D (efile) and as a result I must buy Turbotax Premier which is $40 more than HR Block.", "I am one of those that is shifting back to HR Block Deluxe.", "Intuit let me know when you plan to revise Turbotax Deluxe to support Schedule D filing.", "Your greediness lost another customer\n\nUpdate after using HRBlock 2014.", "Very happy I shifted over to HRBlock from Turbotax.", "Bought HRBlock Deluxe for 2014 after using Turbotax for several years and Taxcut before that.", "I shifted over to HRBlock (used to be Taxcut) after reading many Turbtax reviews that you can no longer use TT Deluxe for Sched D efiling for the 2014 version.", "TT requires you to buy TT Premier at a cost that is 2x that of HRBlock Deluxe.", "I found HRBlock excellent.", "It imported last year Turbotax files as well as Quicken for Mac 2015 files without error.", "I found HR Block easier to use and the import was more complete than Turbtax (TT) deluxe.", "I am very happy with the shift to HRBlock.", "All of my fears of shifting tax software were unfounded.", "TT has gotten greedy and others should consider letting the market send a loud no buy message to Intuit (TT parent)." ]
In reality, I love it. The Yamamoto Senko 5" is my primary bass fishing bait. It produces time after time. I generally fish it wacky-rigged, but have also had success using it Texas-rigged, especially around brush piles and other hook grabbing features. Fish it slow, let it drop, small jerk, reel a few turns to bring up the loose line, pause and repeat. For some reason, Senko-look-alikes don't do the trick. You need the real thing. However, although I've gotten many great bargains from Amazon, I can't say I love this price. I have never seen the 5" package listed anywhere near the suggested list price of $10.68. In fact I've never seen it higher than $7.99. Gary Yamoto lists it on his home page at $7.69 (baits.com). Bass Pro lists it at $7.79. Our local bait shops sell them at $7.99. These are not sale prices. Listing this as a 25% discount is a disservice to Amazon and to Amazon's customers.	negative	[ "In reality, I love it.", "The Yamamoto Senko 5\" is my primary bass fishing bait.", "It produces time after time.", "I generally fish it wacky-rigged, but have also had success using it Texas-rigged, especially around brush piles and other hook grabbing features.", "Fish it slow, let it drop, small jerk, reel a few turns to bring up the loose line, pause and repeat.", "For some reason, Senko-look-alikes don't do the trick.", "You need the real thing.", "However, although I've gotten many great bargains from Amazon, I can't say I love this price.", "I have never seen the 5\" package listed anywhere near the suggested list price of $10.", "68.", "In fact I've never seen it higher than $7.", "99.", "Gary Yamoto lists it on his home page at $7.", "69 (baits.", "com).", "Bass Pro lists it at $7.", "79.", "Our local bait shops sell them at $7.", "99.", "These are not sale prices.", "Listing this as a 25% discount is a disservice to Amazon and to Amazon's customers." ]
As a fan of the X-Com games and Shadow Watch, I was really looking forward to this game. Based on the Editorial Reviews on this site, I was expecting somethiing in a similar vein. Unfortunately, there are some subtle problems with this game that make it vastly inferior to the previously mentioned titles, and cause the game play to be rather slow and frustrating. Problems with the tactical level: #1. Extremely long fights: Most of the weapons in this game are frustratingly innacurate and don't do much damage. As a result, fights go on and on and on and on and on and . . well, you get the idea. In X-Com and Shadow Watch, fire fights tend to be relatively quick and decisive. If a bad guy steps out in front of you without cover, he goes down. In this game though, he can stand right in front of you at a range of three or four spaces and it will still take a few turns to kill him. You shoot and miss, and shoot and miss and so on. And then when you finally do hit the guy, it takes five or six shots to take him down. Your mouse hand will get sore from all the point and clicking. Both the accuracy and the lethality of all the weapons in the game should be about doubled or trippled, which would lead to shorter, more decisive engagements. 2. Computer controlled characters have a huge advantage in accuracy: This is a weird glitch that becomes really obvious from about the second fight onwards. All computer controlled units are roughly two to three times as accurate as your (supposedly elite) mercenary units. What does this mean? A couple of examples: a.) One of your mercenaries (with a high accuracy rating) is lying on the ground, firing at an opponent lying on the ground, with no intervening cover. The computer controlled character will hit you about four times for every time you hit him. b. You have a unit which has carfully positioned itself crouching behind a tree for cover, shooting at a computer unit standing in the open. You will hit each other with about the same frequency. While over all game balance is preserved by the fact that your mercs can just take so damn much damage, it still makes game play awefully frustrating. Here you are, knocking yourself out to find good covered positions to protect your guys, and the computer still hits them easily, while you're missing its guys that are out in the open. The problem becomes even more annoying once you start training local militia to protect your villages. Being computer controlled, the local militia also benefit from this huge increase in accuracy, which means that they completely outclass the mercenaries who trained them. Which makes you wonder why they needed your mercenaries to come liberate them in the first place. Problems with the Strategic Level: Unbalance Economy: Simply put, the amount of money running around in the game doesn't balance out against the cost of most items. Local Militia, for example, can be trained for $750, a sum so small by comparison to what your mines are turning out that it doesn't even enter into your strategic thinking. Similarly, the rewards for completing quests in the game are ludicrously small wnen compared to your income. What do you say to a major NPC who is trying to get you to do some major quest by offering you 20K dollars. "Hello, I make more than that in a single day of mining. Why should I bother?". The numbers on a lot of this stuff need to be adjusted. 2. A preponderence of innefectual hand guns: For some reason, most of the mercs that you can afford at the start of the game come equipped with hand guns rahter than assault rifles. Excuse me? A professional merc who's going to airdrop into the middle of a civil war with only a pistol? This is particularly ludicrous when you realize how innefectual handguns are in this game. Even at close range, an NPC is likely to die of old age long before you ever manage to finish him off with a .38 revolver. Adding to this problem is the fact that you can't buy rifles. Oh sure, the nice mail order company that you do business with will send you ammo, but not big guns, grenades, night vision goggles, or any of the really cool stuff that you want to play with. To get that stuff, you have to ever so slowly find it off the bodies of dead enemies. In the course of 15 hours of play, I managed to find only two rifles. Unfortunately, they were of a calliber that I couldn't buy ammo for. Arrg. Why can't you just buy decent armaments in this game? Overall, I would have to encourage people to buy all the X-Com games and Shadow Watch before buying this one. And even then, I would replay the former titles again before sending buying this one. Firefights in Jagged Alliance are needlessly long and indecisive, there is little variation between combat locations and opponents, and there is a lot of built in frustration in the fact that your units are so vastly inferior to those controlled by the computer. This is a game with a lot of subtle problems that should have been caught in the beta testing.	negative	[ "As a fan of the X-Com games and Shadow Watch, I was really looking forward to this game.", "Based on the Editorial Reviews on this site, I was expecting somethiing in a similar vein.", "Unfortunately, there are some subtle problems with this game that make it vastly inferior to the previously mentioned titles, and cause the game play to be rather slow and frustrating.", "Problems with the tactical level:\n#1.", "Extremely long fights: Most of the weapons in this game are frustratingly innacurate and don't do much damage.", "As a result, fights go on and on and on and on and on and.", ".", "well, you get the idea.", "In X-Com and Shadow Watch, fire fights tend to be relatively quick and decisive.", "If a bad guy steps out in front of you without cover, he goes down.", "In this game though, he can stand right in front of you at a range of three or four spaces and it will still take a few turns to kill him.", "You shoot and miss, and shoot and miss and so on.", "And then when you finally do hit the guy, it takes five or six shots to take him down.", "Your mouse hand will get sore from all the point and clicking.", "Both the accuracy and the lethality of all the weapons in the game should be about doubled or trippled, which would lead to shorter, more decisive engagements.", "2.", "Computer controlled characters have a huge advantage in accuracy: This is a weird glitch that becomes really obvious from about the second fight onwards.", "All computer controlled units are roughly two to three times as accurate as your (supposedly elite) mercenary units.", "What does this mean?", "A couple of examples: a.", ") One of your mercenaries (with a high accuracy rating) is lying on the ground, firing at an opponent lying on the ground, with no intervening cover.", "The computer controlled character will hit you about four times for every time you hit him.", "b.", "You have a unit which has carfully positioned itself crouching behind a tree for cover, shooting at a computer unit standing in the open.", "You will hit each other with about the same frequency.", "While over all game balance is preserved by the fact that your mercs can just take so damn much damage, it still makes game play awefully frustrating.", "Here you are, knocking yourself out to find good covered positions to protect your guys, and the computer still hits them easily, while you're missing its guys that are out in the open.", "The problem becomes even more annoying once you start training local militia to protect your villages.", "Being computer controlled, the local militia also benefit from this huge increase in accuracy, which means that they completely outclass the mercenaries who trained them.", "Which makes you wonder why they needed your mercenaries to come liberate them in the first place.", "Problems with the Strategic Level:\nUnbalance Economy: Simply put, the amount of money running around in the game doesn't balance out against the cost of most items.", "Local Militia, for example, can be trained for $750, a sum so small by comparison to what your mines are turning out that it doesn't even enter into your strategic thinking.", "Similarly, the rewards for completing quests in the game are ludicrously small wnen compared to your income.", "What do you say to a major NPC who is trying to get you to do some major quest by offering you 20K dollars.", "\"Hello, I make more than that in a single day of mining.", "Why should I bother?", "\".", "The numbers on a lot of this stuff need to be adjusted.", "2.", "A preponderence of innefectual hand guns: For some reason, most of the mercs that you can afford at the start of the game come equipped with hand guns rahter than assault rifles.", "Excuse me?", "A professional merc who's going to airdrop into the middle of a civil war with only a pistol?", "This is particularly ludicrous when you realize how innefectual handguns are in this game.", "Even at close range, an NPC is likely to die of old age long before you ever manage to finish him off with a.", "38 revolver.", "Adding to this problem is the fact that you can't buy rifles.", "Oh sure, the nice mail order company that you do business with will send you ammo, but not big guns, grenades, night vision goggles, or any of the really cool stuff that you want to play with.", "To get that stuff, you have to ever so slowly find it off the bodies of dead enemies.", "In the course of 15 hours of play, I managed to find only two rifles.", "Unfortunately, they were of a calliber that I couldn't buy ammo for.", "Arrg.", "Why can't you just buy decent armaments in this game?", "Overall, I would have to encourage people to buy all the X-Com games and Shadow Watch before buying this one.", "And even then, I would replay the former titles again before sending buying this one.", "Firefights in Jagged Alliance are needlessly long and indecisive, there is little variation between combat locations and opponents, and there is a lot of built in frustration in the fact that your units are so vastly inferior to those controlled by the computer.", "This is a game with a lot of subtle problems that should have been caught in the beta testing." ]
I bought this phone new and used it for five months. It's a slider with a keyboard. The Pros: Good reception and signal strength even in a remote area. Layout is convenient and easy to use. The keyboard is just big enough to work well for me. The size is right. Not too small or too large. The Con is a big one and a deal-breaker in my opinion. This model is becoming known for it's cheap charging port. In my case it will no longer charge. After talking to some friends I have found that others who used this phone had the same issue. This is worse than the charging problem with the old Motorola e815's. At least the wall chargers would wear out rather than the charging port on that phone. And the wall chargers were dirt cheap. No such easy fix for the LG EnV. I would definitely not recommend this phone!	negative	[ "I bought this phone new and used it for five months.", "It's a slider with a keyboard.", "The Pros:\nGood reception and signal strength even in a remote area.", "Layout is convenient and easy to use.", "The keyboard is just big enough to work well for me.", "The size is right.", "Not too small or too large.", "The Con is a big one and a deal-breaker in my opinion.", "This model is becoming known for it's cheap charging port.", "In my case it will no longer charge.", "After talking to some friends I have found that others who used this phone had the same issue.", "This is worse than the charging problem with the old Motorola e815's.", "At least the wall chargers would wear out rather than the charging port on that phone.", "And the wall chargers were dirt cheap.", "No such easy fix for the LG EnV.", "I would definitely not recommend this phone!" ]
Plenty of other reviewers have already commented, correctly, on how low-quality the image is on this DVD. In an age when movies from the 50's are restored to crystal clarity, this treatment of a movie from 1979 is unacceptable. But another problem is that the movie just isn't very good either. Sure, we all love the Muppets. But look objectively at the movie itself. The plot about the villain trying to kill Kermit feels too nasty given the overall light tone of the film. The assassin brought in to shoot Kermit with a speargun is especially creepy. Of course, scary elements in kids' films have a long and respectable history. But here, they feel out of place. Another problem is the utterly moronic level of much of the dialogue and the extreme overacting. Yes, I know, it's a kids' film. But Disney has shown us how kids' movies can entertain adults as well. Although it has its moments, The Muppet Movie nevertheless features scene after scene of really lame dialogue, jokes, and plot points. A key example is Mel Brook's cameo as a German mad scientist. He enters the scene clicking his heels like a member of the Gestapo. Do we really need Nazi references in a Muppet movie, even if they are from Mel Brooks?	negative	[ "Plenty of other reviewers have already commented, correctly, on how low-quality the image is on this DVD.", "In an age when movies from the 50's are restored to crystal clarity, this treatment of a movie from 1979 is unacceptable.", "But another problem is that the movie just isn't very good either.", "Sure, we all love the Muppets.", "But look objectively at the movie itself.", "The plot about the villain trying to kill Kermit feels too nasty given the overall light tone of the film.", "The assassin brought in to shoot Kermit with a speargun is especially creepy.", "Of course, scary elements in kids' films have a long and respectable history.", "But here, they feel out of place.", "Another problem is the utterly moronic level of much of the dialogue and the extreme overacting.", "Yes, I know, it's a kids' film.", "But Disney has shown us how kids' movies can entertain adults as well.", "Although it has its moments, The Muppet Movie nevertheless features scene after scene of really lame dialogue, jokes, and plot points.", "A key example is Mel Brook's cameo as a German mad scientist.", "He enters the scene clicking his heels like a member of the Gestapo.", "Do we really need Nazi references in a Muppet movie, even if they are from Mel Brooks?" ]
Imagine you had a bad night of drinking. You're laying on the bathroom floor vomiting/dry-heaving. Now imagine you could take that experience and turn it into a video game. If this prospect interests you, then I present to you, FF13. Pros: The most gorgeous game you will ever play on the 360/ps3. Battle system is a change - can be complex and challenging. Cons: Story is the most unfriendly story I have ever come across in a FF game. After 30 hrs of playing, I still had no idea what my actual objective was supposed to be. Characters are all pretty unlikable with no real depth. Up to the point I got bored with this game (shortly into the second disc) none of the characters were really interesting. Story wasn't engaging. Hope... the only FF character I have ever wanted to murder. To much liberty taken in the Aeons/GF's/Espers/Summons Characters are to stereotypical/unrelateable	negative	[ "Imagine you had a bad night of drinking.", "You're laying on the bathroom floor vomiting/dry-heaving.", "Now imagine you could take that experience and turn it into a video game.", "If this prospect interests you, then I present to you, FF13.", "Pros:\nThe most gorgeous game you will ever play on the 360/ps3.", "Battle system is a change - can be complex and challenging.", "Cons:\nStory is the most unfriendly story I have ever come across in a FF game.", "After 30 hrs of playing, I still had no idea what my actual objective was supposed to be.", "Characters are all pretty unlikable with no real depth.", "Up to the point I got bored with this game (shortly into the second disc) none of the characters were really interesting.", "Story wasn't engaging.", "Hope...", "the only FF character I have ever wanted to murder.", "To much liberty taken in the Aeons/GF's/Espers/Summons\nCharacters are to stereotypical/unrelateable" ]
I put off seeing this for a long time due to the extremely bad reviews, but got cornered into seeing it the other day. I did find some admirable things about it, which I'll end the review to put it on a positive note. But it also has a bunch of problems which makes one think that Hollywood's idea of the world earns them the title of "La-La-Land". The story involves a pair of best friends, a gay male and hetero female, who have a drunken liason one night that produces a child. What I thought was going to be a comedy (as it was billed) about the adventures that this causes turns out to be a much more serious movie about other things, some good, some bad. First, we have a gardener and a yoga instructor pooling incomes. Sorry folks, these jobs don't pay a lot. While not living extravagantly, they still seem to have a lifestyle that goes way beyond their realistic incomes. This is just the first of many ways the movie is interested in portraying eye candy more than telling an even remotely realistic story. Continuing on the eye-candy role was the complete avoidance of hard-times that come with evey new baby. Since they chose to take a very serious tone in the movie, they could have shown Madonna dragging her butt out of bed at 3 a.m. to answer a cry, or hunky Everett cleaning up a big mess. But we see this apparantly absolutely perfect baby's first years bypassed to produced an apparantly absolutely perfect child. In this world, you can't be bad-looking or out of shape. So while the movie falls apart with no connection to reality whatsoever, I did find some things that salvaged a bit of it. When I still thought this was going to be a comedy, I was prepared to see a bunch of situations where certain cast members would not know the whole story, and there would be scenes to cover-up the situation. It was refreshing to see that the whole story was explained to each character as they entered the picture. The way all the characters acted here did give it a bit of intelligence, and it was refreshing to not see his parents freak out. I also liked that the movie averted negative gay stereotypes, but when the movie ended, and I heard one of my kids crying, it was nice to get back to reality.	negative	[ "I put off seeing this for a long time due to the extremely bad reviews, but got cornered into seeing it the other day.", "I did find some admirable things about it, which I'll end the review to put it on a positive note.", "But it also has a bunch of problems which makes one think that Hollywood's idea of the world earns them the title of \"La-La-Land\".", "The story involves a pair of best friends, a gay male and hetero female, who have a drunken liason one night that produces a child.", "What I thought was going to be a comedy (as it was billed) about the adventures that this causes turns out to be a much more serious movie about other things, some good, some bad.", "First, we have a gardener and a yoga instructor pooling incomes.", "Sorry folks, these jobs don't pay a lot.", "While not living extravagantly, they still seem to have a lifestyle that goes way beyond their realistic incomes.", "This is just the first of many ways the movie is interested in portraying eye candy more than telling an even remotely realistic story.", "Continuing on the eye-candy role was the complete avoidance of hard-times that come with evey new baby.", "Since they chose to take a very serious tone in the movie, they could have shown Madonna dragging her butt out of bed at 3 a.", "m. to answer a cry, or hunky Everett cleaning up a big mess.", "But we see this apparantly absolutely perfect baby's first years bypassed to produced an apparantly absolutely perfect child.", "In this world, you can't be bad-looking or out of shape.", "So while the movie falls apart with no connection to reality whatsoever, I did find some things that salvaged a bit of it.", "When I still thought this was going to be a comedy, I was prepared to see a bunch of situations where certain cast members would not know the whole story, and there would be scenes to cover-up the situation.", "It was refreshing to see that the whole story was explained to each character as they entered the picture.", "The way all the characters acted here did give it a bit of intelligence, and it was refreshing to not see his parents freak out.", "I also liked that the movie averted negative gay stereotypes, but when the movie ended, and I heard one of my kids crying, it was nice to get back to reality." ]
First of all I am a huge saucony fan. The excursion TR 6 is probably the most comfortable shoe I have ever worn. The excursion has went downhill from there. Hopefully they will bring the 6 model back. This one lacked cushioning and as someone pointed out seems like it is made cheaply. I bought the excursion 6 for years, but they no longer make it. I am hopeful they make the Excursions in the future just like model 6 mens. It seems to have the perfect combination of cushion and support and just feels truly remarkable. This version, not so much. I returned them. saucony if you are listening... bring back the excursion 6, it rocks big time.	negative	[ "First of all I am a huge saucony fan.", "The excursion TR 6 is probably the most comfortable shoe I have ever worn.", "The excursion has went downhill from there.", "Hopefully they will bring the 6 model back.", "This one lacked cushioning and as someone pointed out seems like it is made cheaply.", "I bought the excursion 6 for years, but they no longer make it.", "I am hopeful they make the Excursions in the future just like model 6 mens.", "It seems to have the perfect combination of cushion and support and just feels truly remarkable.", "This version, not so much.", "I returned them.", "saucony if you are listening...", "bring back the excursion 6, it rocks big time." ]
Item works well. Nice to have a clock along with the timer. Versatile, I can attach it to the refrig with the magnet, or wear it round my neck. The face is small, hard to read. The buttons small as well. Face gets dirty from kitchen hands. So, instead, I use this at my desk for timing things on my online mmog (video game). I prefer the old-fashioned, big timers with the twist dial as they are much easier to set when cooking. Very fast twist of the dial and off you go. SHIP PROBS I LEAVE HERE FOR AMAZON REMINDER: I received the Polder double timer, which is number 89'3'. Not this model which comes on a rope, model number 89'5'. The 893 label was put on the 895 model in the Amazon warehouse, and they must send out by scans, not by checking the products. I had to speak to several Amazon customer service representatives to straighten this out. IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. I had to create a new order to have the black one shipped to me to replace Amazon's mistake. Amazon would not just send the black color if the same item to replace the white, which they said is not presently in stock. The last cust. rep. said the amount of the product would be deducted when it is sent out today. Well, it is 3:30pm PST, and it still has not been shipped to me. It was promised Wednesday delivery, for Thanksgiving, when I spoke to the rep yesterday. Will update progress. Unfortunately, we cannot post reviews without giving a star rating. I can't rate this as I haven't even seen it yet. But it is listed in my Amazon 'rate this item' list, so I thought I'd post my experience with this order. 12/8/8 2nd shipment had nothing in the box. Amazon, after talking with several different customer svc reps, and then the manager, finally arranged a replacement, in black, which was the only color available. It didn't arrive for Thanksgiving, but a week late; the 3rd shipment.	negative	[ "Item works well.", "Nice to have a clock along with the timer.", "Versatile, I can attach it to the refrig with the magnet, or wear it round my neck.", "The face is small, hard to read.", "The buttons small as well.", "Face gets dirty from kitchen hands.", "So, instead, I use this at my desk for timing things on my online mmog (video game).", "I prefer the old-fashioned, big timers with the twist dial as they are much easier to set when cooking.", "Very fast twist of the dial and off you go.", "SHIP PROBS I LEAVE HERE FOR AMAZON REMINDER: I received the Polder double timer, which is number 89'3'.", "Not this model which comes on a rope, model number 89'5'.", "The 893 label was put on the 895 model in the Amazon warehouse, and they must send out by scans, not by checking the products.", "I had to speak to several Amazon customer service representatives to straighten this out.", "IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.", "I had to create a new order to have the black one shipped to me to replace Amazon's mistake.", "Amazon would not just send the black color if the same item to replace the white, which they said is not presently in stock.", "The last cust.", "rep.", "said the amount of the product would be deducted when it is sent out today.", "Well, it is 3:30pm PST, and it still has not been shipped to me.", "It was promised Wednesday delivery, for Thanksgiving, when I spoke to the rep yesterday.", "Will update progress.", "Unfortunately, we cannot post reviews without giving a star rating.", "I can't rate this as I haven't even seen it yet.", "But it is listed in my Amazon 'rate this item' list, so I thought I'd post my experience with this order.", "12/8/8\n2nd shipment had nothing in the box.", "Amazon, after talking with several different customer svc reps, and then the manager, finally arranged a replacement, in black, which was the only color available.", "It didn't arrive for Thanksgiving, but a week late; the 3rd shipment." ]
Kindle is an average e-reader, especially if you are on Android. There are many features in other readers. UNFORTUNATELY, and this is the worst aspect of Kindle, is that it is a closed ecosystem. By that I mean, you have to buy all your books that you want to read from Amazon. There is no way to import ebooks that have been purchased from other sources, even if you convert them to the encrypted Kindle format. I personally believe that once a book is purchased and downloaded, you should be able to do with it as you please (as long as you preserve the author's copyrites. This really annoys me with Kindle and other products that do the same (e.g. TIVO). There are workarounds, but they are cumbersome at best. If you want to buy books from Amazon and have them imprisoned inside Kindle, then you will probably be okay with this product. Frankly, this is one of the reasons I rarely buy books from Amazon.	negative	[ "Kindle is an average e-reader, especially if you are on Android.", "There are many features in other readers.", "UNFORTUNATELY, and this is the worst aspect of Kindle, is that it is a closed ecosystem.", "By that I mean, you have to buy all your books that you want to read from Amazon.", "There is no way to import ebooks that have been purchased from other sources, even if you convert them to the encrypted Kindle format.", "I personally believe that once a book is purchased and downloaded, you should be able to do with it as you please (as long as you preserve the author's copyrites.", "This really annoys me with Kindle and other products that do the same (e.", "g. TIVO).", "There are workarounds, but they are cumbersome at best.", "If you want to buy books from Amazon and have them imprisoned inside Kindle, then you will probably be okay with this product.", "Frankly, this is one of the reasons I rarely buy books from Amazon." ]
There are so many things wrong with the story it's impossible to list them all. I'll try. I found it bizarre beyond description that Libby would actually believe this Sheikh was in love with her (Ch. 1).. I mean, the guy is so desperate and will say anything to her to obtain his goal and she DOESN'T PICK UP ON THIS AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT?? She doesn't appear to be an idiot yet she doesn't even question him when he professes his love for her...gads...HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HER!! How can she believe, even minutely, that he'd love her?? Then to actually LEAVE with him to his country is unbelievable!! I mean, I wanted to slap her...then slap the Author for writing this drivel..and proceed to slap myself for reading this tripe! TO THE END!! Cripes! The characters of this story were painfully weak and woefully underdeveloped...Pathetic! And it was incredible that Rasyn, supposedly full of wisdom... couldn't see Imaran for who he is! Don't get me started on THAT! I mean, even when Libby finally..FINALLY wises up to the kind of creep she's married to, she's still an idiot (by virtue of her uneducated choice of words)...and when her moment finally arrives and she has center stage...and she's got Rasyn where she wants him...her argument is so embarrassingly weak and she simply falls flat! The foundation and premise of this story is so far fetched, it's impossible to believe...even with the longest stretch of the imagination. When Rasyn's betrayal if finally revealed (which he STILL could've kept hidden had he spoken his guilt to Imaran in Arabic instead of English), it's STILL full of holes!! CRIPES!! And how many times is she gonna lose a frikkin' shoe??!!?? The bottom line is....there simply is no connection to these characters. AND WHAT AN ABRUPT ENDING...EVEN WITH AN EPILOGUE!!! aaarrrgh!!!	negative	[ "There are so many things wrong with the story it's impossible to list them all.", "I'll try.", "I found it bizarre beyond description that Libby would actually believe this Sheikh was in love with her (Ch.", "1)..", "I mean, the guy is so desperate and will say anything to her to obtain his goal and she DOESN'T PICK UP ON THIS AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT??", "She doesn't appear to be an idiot yet she doesn't even question him when he professes his love for her...", "gads...", "HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HER!!", "How can she believe, even minutely, that he'd love her??", "Then to actually LEAVE with him to his country is unbelievable!!", "I mean, I wanted to slap her...", "then slap the Author for writing this drivel..", "and proceed to slap myself for reading this tripe!", "TO THE END!!", "Cripes!", "The characters of this story were painfully weak and woefully underdeveloped...", "Pathetic!", "And it was incredible that Rasyn, supposedly full of wisdom...", "couldn't see Imaran for who he is!", "Don't get me started on THAT!", "I mean, even when Libby finally..", "FINALLY wises up to the kind of creep she's married to, she's still an idiot (by virtue of her uneducated choice of words)...", "and when her moment finally arrives and she has center stage...", "and she's got Rasyn where she wants him...", "her argument is so embarrassingly weak and she simply falls flat!", "The foundation and premise of this story is so far fetched, it's impossible to believe...", "even with the longest stretch of the imagination.", "When Rasyn's betrayal if finally revealed (which he STILL could've kept hidden had he spoken his guilt to Imaran in Arabic instead of English), it's STILL full of holes!!", "CRIPES!!", "And how many times is she gonna lose a frikkin' shoe??", "!!", "??", "The bottom line is....", "there simply is no connection to these characters.", "AND WHAT AN ABRUPT ENDING...", "EVEN WITH AN EPILOGUE!!!", "aaarrrgh!!!" ]
I guess I'm spoiled by my previous finch aviary, it was the large hexagon cage and I had it for many years. Problem was I had to move and I couldn't get it out of the building it was in since it wouldn't fit thru the door. So I settled for buying this one, even though I had a spare cage that is not much smaller. The smaller cage was 100% better quality than this one, that one truly was wrought iron, this one is not. Or if it is, then its awfully thin, because I can bend it with a finger. There are several things wrong with this cage in my opinion. First and most important is that finches get trapped underneath the wire floor! There is a wire floor that slides in the tracks above the bottom tray. That wire floor gets moved forward with the slightest bump, leaving about a one inch space on the backside in which finches can either escape the cage all together or as mine do, they want to forage so they go into the tray. I've had this cage about 5 months and I have found finches trapped in that tray about 8 times. The other thing is the two front doors each have a lightweight long wire to lock it. You have to fit the wire into a loop, then turn it to also fit into the top loop. This aggravates me every time I use it, to me its just a poor design, and one can easily walk away thinking its locked when its not. And there's the side spring doors...if you don't put the food dish perfectly in the right spot, the door won't close. This may sound simple, but when you're dealing with finches you have to work fast or one will escape, since they are spooked by just about anything. So I end up having to open the spring door again and reseat the dish. The price was low on this cage so I guess you get what you pay for, but I am definitely NOT happy with this cage and I'm back on here looking to get my original hexagon cage.	negative	[ "I guess I'm spoiled by my previous finch aviary, it was the large hexagon cage and I had it for many years.", "Problem was I had to move and I couldn't get it out of the building it was in since it wouldn't fit thru the door.", "So I settled for buying this one, even though I had a spare cage that is not much smaller.", "The smaller cage was 100% better quality than this one, that one truly was wrought iron, this one is not.", "Or if it is, then its awfully thin, because I can bend it with a finger.", "There are several things wrong with this cage in my opinion.", "First and most important is that finches get trapped underneath the wire floor!", "There is a wire floor that slides in the tracks above the bottom tray.", "That wire floor gets moved forward with the slightest bump, leaving about a one inch space on the backside in which finches can either escape the cage all together or as mine do, they want to forage so they go into the tray.", "I've had this cage about 5 months and I have found finches trapped in that tray about 8 times.", "The other thing is the two front doors each have a lightweight long wire to lock it.", "You have to fit the wire into a loop, then turn it to also fit into the top loop.", "This aggravates me every time I use it, to me its just a poor design, and one can easily walk away thinking its locked when its not.", "And there's the side spring doors...", "if you don't put the food dish perfectly in the right spot, the door won't close.", "This may sound simple, but when you're dealing with finches you have to work fast or one will escape, since they are spooked by just about anything.", "So I end up having to open the spring door again and reseat the dish.", "The price was low on this cage so I guess you get what you pay for, but I am definitely NOT happy with this cage and I'm back on here looking to get my original hexagon cage." ]
Whoof! I have to agree with the other reviewers on this one. The sound "upgrade", if it can be called that, is a major disappointment. In the first week of the new Dylan remasters' release, I went out and bought four of my favorite albums for replacement, including this one, "John Wesley Harding". Compared to the others, the sound on this one is really poor. I get practically nothing from my surround sound speakers; it's almost monaural. Instruments rise up in the mix and then drop down again, with no consistency, from song to song and even within songs. Bob's harmonica, which is on many, many of the songs is way up in the mix, sounding piercing and shrill (and I don't mean his playing). Was there a problem with the original master? There just does not seem to be the clarity and fullness of sound on this remaster as there is on the others I've listened to, particularly "Bringing It All Back Home" and "Blood on the Tracks". I understand that, in order to make the release deadline for these Dylan remasters, Sony hired a variety of producers and engineers, assigning them in teams to different albums. I believe that that has led to some inconsistencies in the remixing, but what went wrong on "John Wesley Harding"? Folks, save your money if you haven't bought this one. Maybe Sony will note these responses and "re-upgrade" this album.	negative	[ "Whoof!", "I have to agree with the other reviewers on this one.", "The sound \"upgrade\", if it can be called that, is a major disappointment.", "In the first week of the new Dylan remasters' release, I went out and bought four of my favorite albums for replacement, including this one, \"John Wesley Harding\".", "Compared to the others, the sound on this one is really poor.", "I get practically nothing from my surround sound speakers; it's almost monaural.", "Instruments rise up in the mix and then drop down again, with no consistency, from song to song and even within songs.", "Bob's harmonica, which is on many, many of the songs is way up in the mix, sounding piercing and shrill (and I don't mean his playing).", "Was there a problem with the original master?", "There just does not seem to be the clarity and fullness of sound on this remaster as there is on the others I've listened to, particularly \"Bringing It All Back Home\" and \"Blood on the Tracks\".", "I understand that, in order to make the release deadline for these Dylan remasters, Sony hired a variety of producers and engineers, assigning them in teams to different albums.", "I believe that that has led to some inconsistencies in the remixing, but what went wrong on \"John Wesley Harding\"?", "Folks, save your money if you haven't bought this one.", "Maybe Sony will note these responses and \"re-upgrade\" this album." ]
Mine didn't sit flat on a flat surface. The bottom was warped like a 64th of an inch. Just enough to be annoying. I ran it back and forth on a flat piece of MDF with self-adhesive sandpaper on it and NOW it's flat but of course all scrapped up. Whatever!!! I bought it for one reason, to cut FF slots. My yellow one and cordless blue one can't be beat for the other sizes of biscuits. Anyway it was too expensive and too much of a hassle to send this one back. Another drawback to online purchases. I've been stung a few times. Had I bought it at the store I could have possibly tested it out or even exchanged it for another. You buy online, you're trapped! Lastly, it doesn't come with the 2" blade for FF biscuits. That's another $62 hassle. $262 almost down the drain. I spent $262 on something and I expected it to be top knotch. My mistake	negative	[ "Mine didn't sit flat on a flat surface.", "The bottom was warped like a 64th of an inch.", "Just enough to be annoying.", "I ran it back and forth on a flat piece of MDF with self-adhesive sandpaper on it and NOW it's flat but of course all scrapped up.", "Whatever!!!", "I bought it for one reason, to cut FF slots.", "My yellow one and cordless blue one can't be beat for the other sizes of biscuits.", "Anyway it was too expensive and too much of a hassle to send this one back.", "Another drawback to online purchases.", "I've been stung a few times.", "Had I bought it at the store I could have possibly tested it out or even exchanged it for another.", "You buy online, you're trapped!", "Lastly, it doesn't come with the 2\" blade for FF biscuits.", "That's another $62 hassle.", "$262 almost down the drain.", "I spent $262 on something and I expected it to be top knotch.", "My mistake" ]