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[ "I have not read Stuart Woods before.", "I am not sure I've even heard of him, even though there are claims of him being a NY Times best-selling author.", "That is probably true considering the level of intelligence of many Americans.", "What is true, though, is what kind of book this is.", "I was drawn to it because of my interest in Santa Fe.", "Well, my bad.", "I got what I deserved.", "This is, plain and simple, a plain and simple book.", "Silly.", "Stupid.", "Shallow.", "It's a children's book for grown ups.", "It probably took him no longer to write than it would take you to read.", "So, in the end, the joke's on me...", "I did zip through it.", "Actually what I found most entertaining about the whole hour and a half experience was his so-called Author's Note at the end.", "That's where he \"writes\" about how happy he is to hear from his readers...", "but probably will not see your note or care to because he's such a busy and important author and there is no need to really bother him.", "Are yuv fookin kiddin me, Stuart?", "So there." ]

[ "This Iron is a Poorly Operating Sample (P.", "O.S.)!", "It has two controls; Temperature & Yes/No for Steam.", "If I was going to put only two controls on an item, I would make sure both worked.", "Black & Decker thought that was too much effort.", "Does it get hot?", "More or less.", "Does it make steam?", "No.", "Nein.", "Nicht.", "Bu how.", "Nadda.", "Zero.", "It does make an Excellent door stop." ]

[ "We looked all over Amazon for a new set of luggage and finally settled on this set after comparing price and reviews.", "Our main concern was the durability of the set.", "Well our fears were realized on our 1st trip.", "The luggage was nice and light, rolled well, had great space inside but when we picked up our luggage at the baggage claim, the largest one was missing a wheel.", "It had completely ripped off of the case, exposing the fabric inside the shell.", "The middle one lost one of the bumpers on it's spine, exposing two metal studs.", "Luckily United had 2 new suitcases that they swapped out right then and there for us.", "It just seemed like the better way to go instead of filing a claim and purchasing this set a 2nd time.", "We really wanted to like the set too...", "pretty bummed at the quality." ]

[ "Graphics 9/10: This game has great graphics but it doesn't use the full power of the Xbox.", "Gameplay 5/10: If you want a good FPS then just get Halo.", "If you really want this game get it for PC.", "If you get it for PC, my friend says you can get third-person for guns and everything.", "If you get it for Xbox, you can only get 3P mode for the lightsaber.", "Sound 0/10: You don't really hear much sound except for the gunshots and lightsaber swings.", "Replay Value 0/10: Their is pretty much nothing to make you play this game again except multiplayer.", "The multiplayer is pretty boring.", "BTW I have never gotten the internet to work.", "Overall 3.", "5: Gets old after a while." ]

[ "Basically, the book reads like \"Georgette Heyer Mad Libs\", with a side of \"Bronte Sisters Refrigerator Magnets\".", "It's not that everything that happens here has happened before in other books - one of the pleasures of genre reading is watching an author spin old characters and plots into shiny new gold.", "Unfortunately, things happen in such a way as to leave me going, \"Wait - what?!", "?!", "?", "I thought you couldn't stand her two chapters ago - after one makeout session (and yes, it's not just a romantic kiss, it's a makeout session) you're head over heels in love with her?", "Worse, she's gone from strong-willed young woman to submissive milksop?", "\"\n\nI love a good Regency - Georgette Heyer is one of my favorite authors, and I'd love to find a new writer who can write with her level of wit, romance, character and plot.", "This book, though?", "Sadly, isn't it...." ]

[ "This was my very first Benchmade...", "and will be my last.", "This thing arrived on time, so this review shouldn't reflect negatively on the seller.", "The product, however, was a HUGE disappointment.", "Where do I begin....", "First, the 'automatic/spring' function doesn't work.", "I've seen enough video reviews of the Mini Grip to know the blade is supposed to shoot out when you flick the thumb stud.", "Not so on the one I received.", "Second, the handle/scales are pure crap.", "I have a few folders with G10 scales, so I have something to compare the plastic scales on the mini to.", "I have children's toy cars that have better plastic than the mini grip.", "It looks and feels generic...", "plain and simple.", "Third, the blade wasn't at all sharp or centered or without scratches.", "If I cared enough about this POS folder, I'd take a picture and upload it with this review, but I'm not going to do that.", "Finally, I can't believe I received this $90 folder with this many defects.", "How can Benchmade's Quality Assurance allow that knife to be shipped to a customer?", "It says a lot about the company and its products.", "If you value your time and money, get yourself another brand.", "I have many folders, and I can honestly say the $20 Chinese knock-offs are better in every way compared to the mini grip.", "I'm returning this right away and never again will Benchmade get my business.", "A huge fail for Benchmade.", "One more thing...", "I put the Mini Grip next to my Kershaw Leek, and they're about the same size.", "But the Leek is one badass and perfectly refined piece of cutlery, from every comparative standpoint.", "I love my Leek!" ]

[ "I bought this item to go with my Brunton Talon stove.", "The stove ROCKS, but this fuel is WAY over-priced.", "I ordered the fuel and the stove together.", "The stove arrived before the fuel had even been shipped...", "and, the stove came with free shipping, while I paid $5 to ship this $6 fuel.", "Worried that they fuel wasn't going to get here in time for my next backpacking trip (it didn't), I ran down to the local department store and was able to buy 8 oz.", "of a propane/butane fuel that worked just as well as this (if not better).", "Total cost for the generic fuel that's twice as big?", "$2.", "99.", "So, through Amazon I managed to spend $11 for what turned out to be less than $2 worth of fuel.", "Total waste of time and money.", "The 8 oz can is nicer, anyway, since it's more stable and doesn't allow my stove to tip over as much as the 4 oz.", "can.", "Bottom line: Don't bother with this over-priced fuel with the \"Brunton\" name on it, unless you're one of those people who just has money to burn (literally)." ]

[ "I've kept a bottle of Tabasco (the original blend) in my kitchen for more decades than I care to admit.", "I've added a few drops to any number of dishes that I wanted to \"kick up\" a notch and used it regularly in a Bloody/Virgin Mary.", "I'm embarrassed to say I never experimented with any other brand of hot sauce until recently.", "After purchasing and taste testing over 40 different hot sauces (everyone needs a hobby), writing up notes, test tasting them blind again - writing up new notes and then comparing my old versus new notes ----- I have to say Tabasco's original blend turns out to be one of the worse hot sauces I have tested.", "Tabasco's original has only two tastes: hot peppers combined with a very heavy dose of vinegar.", "The bitter vinegar after-taste, so typical in Tabasco's original, is not an inherent quality of a good hot sauce.", "I could provide an extensive list of hot sauces that are far superior to Tabasco's original but here are just a few that are widely available: I encourage you to try any or all of them.", "I'm very certain you will be pleasantly surprised.", "1) Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (as potent as Tabasco) but with far less vinegar with a hint of sugar and garlic.", "Available in most supermarkets.", "Praised in many reviews and rightly so.", "Look for a large bottle with a rooster on the label.", "2) Cholula Hot Sauce (milder and less vinegar) - often highly rated by professional reviewers and available in most supermarkets.", "Look for the wooden top.", "3) Tabasco's own Chipotle blend (much milder - rich tasting) featuring the chipotle smoked pepper -less vinegar - widely available\n\nI hope I've encouraged you to try a few other hot sauces.", "PS: Once you get away from Tabasco's (original) hot sauce and what I find to be its excessive vinegar after-taste you open up a whole new world.", "There are so many superior hot sauces available that it is almost hard to comprehend.", "Things have certainly improved since the late 1800s when Tabasco first came to market.", "While Tabasco likes to brag that this is their original blend ---- that is not a \"plus\" in my view but rather a \"minus\" - a marketing gimmick where they argue that an inherent flaw (a lot of vinegar) is an attribute.", "BTW: Less anyone think I have an axe to grind with Tabasco - see my review of Tabasco's Chipotle hot sauce which I rated as excellent!", "What more can I say - experiment - I sincerely doubt you will stick with Tabasco's original hot sauce.", "UPDATE (August 2013): While my review was written over a year before - just recently (August, 2013) America's Test Kitchen, a show on PBS, TESTED HOT SAUCES.", "What sauce came in very LAST?", "Tabasco!", "What was first?", "Huy Fong Sriracha.", "I'll admit it is nice to have a professional tasting panel come to the very same conclusions I arrived at a year earlier.", "Tastes vary of course" ]

[ "They picture high tops and only write in the title that it is a converse and whatever color.", "Only after you order and then see the shoes listed under open purchases does it finally tell you that the item you just bought is low top.", "I was so upset.", "Deceiving and conniving company.", "Then you have to pay for the postage to send it back.", "I read an earlier review from someone who had the same problem but I thought \"hey, it only happened to one person\" Well, it happened to me too.", "Just be super careful and read everything.", "I have only just opened the box, so I don't know how good/bad the quality is yet.", "The sizing is right, I am a woman's 8, to that is a men's 6.", "It did arrive on time and the correct color and size i selected, but I REALLY REALLY wanted the high tops.", "The picture was of high top shoes." ]

[ "The first people Hitler murdered on a large scale were the mentally handicapped as they didn't meet his expectations of a 'master race'.", "The German people were furious and rose up against this aprobation and it soon stopped.", "The next group of people to be exterminated were not the Jews or communists or homosexuals: it was the intelligentsia.", "The people who knew the program and where it was headed.", "Some were teachers and university professors.", "Today there are few teachers or professors in this country bright enough or deprogrammed enough to be a threat to anyone.", "However I was blessed to by surrounded by over 15,000 of the intelligentsia on 9/2/08 in St.", "Paul, Minnesota.", "And I knew it was just the tip of the iceberg.", "<br>Hitler took everyone's guns before the roundup so his pussy gestapo agents could do their job easier.", "Does FEMA et al really think the REAL Americans are as quick to surrender as the Germans?", "Do they really think we're going to go down without a fight?", "<br>Thanks for the post.", "Do not stop talking about this to your fellow Americans." ]

[ "Item arrived timely and was as described.", "Immediately after installing, I removed the plate & returned to the seller.", "Seller took 50% of price (including tax) as a restock fee and claimed the item damaged due to the screw marks left on plate and a scratched \"L\" to which I disagreed.", "On the phone they quoted their return/refund policy.", "It was a really nice detailed return policy that covered why they held 50% of the refund.", "Here's the problem, their return/refund policy was no where on the listing.", "I even looked again while on the phone with their customer service rep.", "Nope, not there.", "It would have really been helpful to know their return policy in advance to buying the item.", "Update: the seller \"Driver Mods\" kindly sent me a screen print of a pretty basic and non-helpful return policy.", "It pointed me to Amazon's return policy for Amazon fulfilled items.", "This was a third party seller and it does not apply.", "Driver Mods has a VERY specific return/refund policy.", "If they really wanted a buyer to know what it is, then you would think it would be spelled out somewhere easily accessible.", "If you are interested in what it is, I would suggest calling them directly." ]

[ "I am a huge fan of the pirate game genre, so I was excited to see this game in the XBOX section of the store.", "I have owned most pirate games for the PC.", "If you're expecting Sea Dogs or anything close to the old Pirates game on the PC, with Pirates - The Legend of Black Kat, you will be as disappointed as I was with this game.", "This game might be good for kids learning to play video games, although it is violent.", "Since I am not a kid, I grew bored of this game after an hour.", "I will probably never play it again.", "The game play is extremely linear.", "It would be a good game for elementary school children, if it didn't have all the violence.", "Basically it's not kid enough for kids and not adult enough for adults.", "It's just plain bad.", "If you need a crummy game fix, buy it at Amazon.", "They have the lowest price anywhere for this game." ]

[ "These guides are cheap 2-piece guides with the \"barrel\" guide swaged into the \"base\".", "You would be better off to just buy the PC adaptor from a Bosch Service Center and buy PC templates or a PC guide set.", "True the BOSCH snaps in but I had one come apart at the swage, the first time I used it, dropping the barrel of the guide into the mortise I was routing, while the bit was spinning.", "Ruined a $32 bit and the guide was ruined.", "Bosch offered to replace the guide, but I would have had to package it and ship it and wait for who knows how long to recieve the replacement.", "I just chucked the guides and replaced them with Porter Cable guides.", "You would be better off to just buy the PC adaptor from the Bosch Service Center and buy a PC template guide set.", "These guides are cheap, poorly made JUNK.", "NOTE: If you ever plunge your router into the top of the BOSCH guide (let the collet nut even touch the guide- and who hasn't) both your guide and your bit will be history, due to the swaged construction.", "Also, if the swage is loose (and it will get loose if you use it) your route will be sloppy and the guide will probably contact the cutting edge of the bit.", "I say this from experence, not to dog the product.", "I love the router, hate the guides." ]

[ "Joint operations: typhoon rising is what happens when you rush to put out a game in order to compete with other WW2 FPS shooters.", "Novalogic claimed this was the game to beat Battlefield 1942 - WRONG!!", "The graphics are blocky, the gameplay is choppy even with video settings at LOW RESOLUTION, enemy A.", "I. is average at best and almost all the time you get killed, u never see where its coming from.", "The game's original score pales in comparison to the music from BF1942 and the multiplayer they promised to be as smooth as silk on a 56K modem is utter garbage.", "There are numerous patches available for download, but you never notice the difference.", "I play on a P4 2.", "8ghz with HT Technology\n\nNvidia 128 MB Geforce FX 5200 Ultra\n\nSound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS\n\n256MB ram\n\n850 mhz front side bus\n\nThese are more than the required hardware for smooth play, yet the game is a complete mess.", "I play Battlefield 1942 on the same machine and the graphics are great, the music is fantastic, and the expansion packs: Road to Rome & Secret Weapons of WW2) are a great addition.", "Please do not purchase this,...", "even when it gets to bargain bin.", "Novalogic failed with this one." ]

[ "I found this interpretation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre good.", "One need only view various interpretations, such as the 1944 Orson Welles film, starring both himself and Joan Fontaine, to appreciate this 1997 version.", "Twentieth Century Fox's wartime genre encapsulates the studio art department with very poorly executed visuals in the 1944 film.", "One knows without doubt that this was made in Hollywood.", "However, each version is different, with different characterizations,style and pace.", "This 1997 original A & E version is good stylistically, the lead characters give earnest interpretations, but seem a bit caricatured and one-dimensional.", "I have read the various reviews praising the Timothy Dalton version and cannot for the life of me understand the praise.", "He is entirely too wooden and one-dimensional.", "One does not even perceive the character of Rochester, with its depths and nuances, in his portrayal.", "The best film Jane Eyre thus far, in my opinion, is the BBC 1973 version with Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston, also available through Amazon.", "com.", "Read my review on this version.", "It lacks the sumptiousness of the latter entries but the acting is first rate.", "This 1973 version has been unanimously hailed as one of the best interpretations of Jane Eyre." ]

[ "I read this story fairly quickly last night and was torn about whether to post a review.", "I even asked for feedback from friends online because as an author myself, I know there is a real person with feelings who has put herself out there by writing this story.", "In general I was encouraged to give feedback in a kind way.", "Special Delivery is a sweet story with the kind of ending the reader often wants.", "And we certainly need more positive, feel-good stories in our world.", "So in that respect, it can be a quick, uplifting read.", "It didn't really grab me though, partly due to the cadence of the writing.", "It felt (to me...", "I realize maybe differently to others) that it was a lot of the same length sentences building on one another like, \"I did/felt this,\" \"Then I did/felt this,\" \"then this happened,\" etc.", "It became predictable with no real twist to it, and the dialog was pretty basic.", "There was an attempt at conflict (between the two parties and within the main character herself) but I felt it could have been described/developed a little more.", "I sensed more of being \"told\" what happened rather than getting to \"feel\" what happened in the story and with the character's emotions.", "For example, perhaps Dave's feelings could have been described when Amy sent him away, with language that evokes an image.", "\"'What have I done?", "' he thought, shuffling along the sidewalk, kicking that fallen acorn away with the same rejection his heart was feeling.", "\" That type of sentence would have enriched the reader's experience rather than just being told he walked away, after having brushed her arm.", "That said, there is some addressing of the conflicting emotions and the resolution isn't too simplistic...", "I just feel this story could be developed more.", "Perhaps the author is able to provide more character/dialog development in her full length novels.", "However, if this teaser story is meant to draw readers in to buy her larger work(s), I think it may need to be re-worked a bit to increase the number of buyers she could capture." ]

[ "Unlike some other reviewers, my DIN plug is fine.", "But after 2 years everything else is cooked.", "First, the wire clips running off the subwoofer broke.", "Then the subwoofer blew out completely.", "I replaced the sub, but now one of the satellites has loud static.", "Don't know if I should even bother replacing it.", "UPDATE:\nI spoke too soon-- later in the same day as I wrote the original review, the DIN broke.", "Don't tempt the fates!", "...", "and don't buy Klipsch Krap." ]

[ "I came across Beach Head 2000 and decided to give it a shot, wanting a diversion from writing code.", "Unfortunately, it isn't anything like the five star reviewers suggest.", "This game would be perfect for children (who aren't technically sophisticated) to keep them occupied for about half a day (maybe more for children that are \"special\").", "After that, it's more an exercise in repetition than entertainment.", "Another plus is that the graphics are mediocre, so no expensive graphics card (or fast CPU) is required.", "Adults will be bored within 30 minutes if even that long.", "So, I have to agree with the one star reviewers on this one.", "The game is reminiscent of the arcade games in the 80's, where you do the same thing again, and again, only faster.", "It gets boring quickly.", "If you run out of ammunition (and you will), you can't do anything except wait to be killed.", "It is a one star game, but I gave it two stars because grandparents can use it to distract their grandchildren for an hour or two, on an underpowered PC." ]

[ "I cook daily and love the variety of pepper and also make a rainbow mix for general use.", "Up until this purchase I used Silver Cloud Estates peppercorns purchased locally.", "They are a bit pricey, so I took a shot and searched online finding green, red and white peppercorns packaged by OliveNation and sold by JR Mushrooms and specialties.", "I took a chance on the overall good reviews and 4 stars and could not be more disappointed.", "1.", "They are too hot to taste.", "2.", "Differentiating between them is nearly impossible.", "3.", "They leave a lingering taste\n\nI'm going back to SilverCloud and throwing these in the compost pile.", "Bon Apptit!" ]

[ "I thought this was a good idea when I bought it.", "This feels like one heavy pan.", "I use cast iron skillets for just about all my cooking, including crepes.", "This pan feels heavier than any of them though I doubt it actually is.", "I had no troubles following the direction for seasoning the pan.", "All cast irons need proper seasoning.", "Once seasoned cast irons become semi-nonstick.", "I have not had any trouble with sticking.", "I did have a problem using the cornbread recipe that came with the pan.", "It more than filled the pan.", "To really be usefull you need to know how the capacity of the pan which is not provided.", "It looks like it would be great for scones too." ]

[ "LJN was a subsidiary of Acclaim Entertainment created to make more games for the NES and it continued into the SNES/Genesis era.", "One of their first games they released for the SNES was WWF Super Wrestlemania in 1992.", "While it was great to see a game with the WWF license, it only turned out to be a forgettable wrestling game that sorely lacked content and variety.", "WWF Super Wrestlemania lets you take control of one out of eight wrestlers.", "From there, you can choose to play a one player game to go against the computer, a 2 player vs.", "game to go against another player or a tag team mode where you and another player take on a computer controlled tag team.", "Whoever pins the other person first is the winner of the match.", "That's pretty much the entire game.", "There is nothing else to do but to tweak the options before or after the match.", "The PROS: For its time, the graphics and sounds were top notch.", "The controls were simple enough so it doesn't take long before you pull off punches, kicks, body slams and jumping off from the top rope.", "The wrestlers look good enough that you recognize them.", "Finally, 2 player support means you can take on a friend anytime you wanted when you get tired of playing against the computer.", "The CONS: The problems here are few but bothersome.", "First off, you only have 8 wrestlers and that is a small selection to choose from.", "Second, the game modes are scarce: there aren't any main story or tournament modes to play through.", "One player, 2 player vs.", "and tag team modes are no different from each other.", "Even though they look like the real wrestlers, the in-game wrestlers don't have any of their trademark moves.", "They all move the same and have the same basic moves so it didn't matter which wrestler you play with.", "Then there is the ring you fight in.", "There's only one ring you fight in.", "The crowd cheers for you in the background but it loops constantly so it will eventually get on your nerves.", "At this point, the game starts to get very repetitive with no real purpose other than to fight over and over again.", "Clearly, LJN just wanted this game out there since there were new gaming consoles that people were buying at the time.", "It was fun playing this game for a while but afterwards, it got boring.", "The lack of game modes, variety in the rings and the absence of trademark moves for the wrestlers just makes WWF Super Wrestlemania feel like a generic wrestling game without any of the things that mirrored the World Wrestling Federation at the time.", "If you're looking for a good SNES wrestling game, get Royal Rumble instead." ]

[ "This is one of my favorite books and after re-reading it for the umpteenth time I decided to purchase the Hallmark Hall of Fame version.", "The first part is very good for a TV movie - beautiful locations, fine acting (how can one fault Angela Lansbury?", "), and relatively faithful to the story (one must take into consideration that time is of the essence on TV and often plots become condensed).", "However, to TOTALLY change the ending (a medical mis-diagnosis unexplained and bringing characters back from the dead to name only two!", ") was unconscionable.", "The power of the story was lost and it turned into just another tear-jerker.", "It would be as if Scarlett and Rhett rode off into the sunset together and lived happily ever after!", "BUT, if you've never read the book it would be an enjoyable couple of hours entertainment.", "I will never watch The Shell Seekers again, and am putting mine up for sale (cheap!", ")." ]

[ "SEE PRODUCT PICS ABOVE AND SAVE YOUR MONEY!", "I received an obviously counterfeit item.", "The fit and finish on the unit I got were laughable.", "The seams on the front where the top and bottom pieces \"fit\" together were so bad It looked like one was from one device and one from another, completely out of whack.", "I sent the unit back for a replacement.", "Amazon replaced the item with a HORRENDOUS imitation, much worse than the first.", "The unit arrived in an envelope, in a baggie.", "With the USB cable held together with a twist tie.", "Not kidding.", "I didn't even open it.", "I did take several pictures of it because I am in complete disbelief Amazon even allows this junk on its website.", "Beyond the obvious FAKE-ness of the whole thing, the unit was nicked and scratched.", "I FINALLY got the item I wanted in the first place--when I walked into the Apple Store and bought it.", "I found out from the Mophie representative that NO ONE EXCEPT APPLE sells the Juice Pack Air featured in Apple Stores and on the Apple website.", "It is a completely different and far superior design.", "--The Apple unit has the top completely open for ease of use with any headphones and easy access to the power button\n--The seam between the two pieces is at the bottom instead of the top, and their is no gap at all between the two\n--You can remove the bottom piece to easily dock the phone in an Apple accessory and still have the unit protected by the snug snap-in case that is the top piece.", "--The unit itself is sleeker and not at all bulky like the one sold by Mophie and Amazon.", "--Due to customer comments, the LED lights do not stay on constantly while charging via the USB cable.", "You just press the button to check the progress.", "I was told by Mophie that Apple designed their own version of the Juice Pack Air specifically to Apple standards that is available only through Apple directly.", "Forget ordering elsewhere, and get it straight from Apple.", "The difference is night and day!" ]

[ "$43...", "As I write my review the game is selling for $43.", "I sold my copy 4 months ago on here for 9.", "99 and it wasn't the lowest price.", "What the heck is going on here.", "Clearly the folks paying the silly price have not seen the gameplay or read a correct unbiased review.", "I purchased my copy on clearance (I was the original owner) for 1.", "99 back in the day and even then I thought I overpaid.", "The storyline is vague, the characters are too similar and from what I could stand...", "the same scene appears to take place with different baddies over and over again.", "And this game is $43??", "The definition of insanity..." ]

[ "I have to replace my sink disposal every 2 years on average (and that's with a water softener).", "I always have to buy the badger 5 model because I have size constraints under my sink that no other brand would fit in reasonably.", "It pains me every time I have to purchase one of these because it always seems to fall outside the warranty period, and it's always the same problem.", "It just starts leaking over time (and floods my cabinets in the process).", "The floor plate on the machine is made of a pretty thin galvanized metal, and over time it just rusts and holes form in it.", "Then water just pours into the motor cavity and out the bottom of the unit.", "I doubt if I was able to invest in a nicer model by insinkerator that I'd have these same problems.", "This is just their bottom of the line model.", "And unfortunately I'm stuck with this model until I remodel my kitchen cabinets (which could be sooner rather than later at the rate the water damage forms after one of these goes out...", ")." ]

[ "Ok, so I picked this book up for one main reason: I love Paris.", "I lived there for a year during college and love the City of Lights.", "I always enjoy a good mystery and romance, so this book looked like it would be a perfect fit for me.", "Unfortunately, things didn't go so smoothly for me.", "It wasn't all bad; I was very curious as to where this mystery would lead Maya and what would happen to the artifacts discovered.", "What I liked:\n1.", "Paris--oh, how I adore you!", "Ms.", "Henry described places and food so well that I felt as if I were there.", "It brought up great memories of Paris, and I could easily visualize the surroundings.", "2.", "Clues--it was a bit of a treasure hunt following the clues left behind to find the relic they sought.", "It had a bit of&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/National-Treasure-Widescreen-Edition/dp/B00005JN5E/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">National Treasure (Widescreen Edition)</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/The-Da-Vinci-Code-A-Novel-1/dp/B000FA675C/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">The Da Vinci Code: A Novel: 1</a>&nbsp;feel to it.", "What didn't work for me:\n1.", "Awkward pacing--the story felt like it would come to an abrupt halt and then jerk forward.", "The sex scenes were thrown in at really weird spots.", "2.", "Awkward romance--the romance that develops between Maya and Simon felt really weird.", "It didn't help that the sex scenes were thrown in as if it were filler so the story could be constituted as a romance.", "There was no romantic tension, no build up, and no anticipation.", "3.", "Incorrect French--okay, so this is snooty of me and probably won't bother most people, but the French used was inconsistent and not always correct.", "Did she actually have a francophone look at her work?", "Or did she just use an online translator?", "She did get some of the nuances, like when she mentions Simon says \"oui\" pronouncing it as \"way.", "\" But other times, words weren't conjugated correctly, or accents missing.", "The one that really made me laugh was when Simon was translating to English for Maya.", "Another character says \"Notre-Dame-des-Anges.", "\" And Simon translates \"Notre Dame of the Angles.", "\" Nice translation!", "Did he forget \"Notre Dame\" is French and means \"Our Lady?", "\" I tried to let this one go, but as the story progressed it grated on me more and more.", "It would have been easier to ignore if it were at least consistent.", "Why do some words have the correct accents and not others?", "4.", "Unbelievable aspects--I know, I know: this is a story about a secret society with a mystical artifact.", "I believed the \"facts\" regarding Mr.", "Marcel and Agnes, but when Maya started dreaming and reliving the life of the Black Nun in her dreams, I rolled my eyes.", "It just didn't seem to serve any purpose.", "And it didn't seem to fit into what they were looking for.", "5.", "Villain--the villain had no conscience.", "How do you relate to a villain with no conscience?", "It would have benefited the story if the villain were somewhat believable when so much of the story had so many unbelievable things in it.", "Obviously, I had some hang-ups about this story.", "I most enjoyed the Parisian scenery.", "The story was trying too hard to be&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/The-Da-Vinci-Code/dp/0307474275/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">The Da Vinci Code</a>&nbsp;meets&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/National-Treasure-Widescreen-Edition/dp/B00005JN5E/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">National Treasure (Widescreen Edition)</a>&nbsp;but different.", "It tried too hard so that it didn't do much for me other than remind me of better works." ]

[ "James why do you see every critique of your critique as a personal attack?", "Again, what branch of law do you practice?", "I asked before and you never answered.", "That is how debate works, not you put up your side and we just accept it with out asking for clarification or offering counter opinion.", "You claim a neo-con economy benefits the rich but offer nothing but weak cliche generalizations and then when this is pointed out you say \"this is the response I get\".", "For starters, in case you werent aware, a persons income tax is based upon their annual earnings in salary and holdings such as stocks, money market accounts, properties etc.", "Even a MASSIVE tax break (for which there is a cap no matter who is in the White House as noted earlier) is not going to be a dent in the loses a very wealthy person would face in a weak economy.", "Many wealthy people are doctors, business owners, heads of large business whose salary and bonuses are dictated by the companies profits.", "There are more people in the US that fall into the categories of middle-income, lower-middle income.", "These are the people that spend the most.", "So tell me how a rich doctor is going to benefit from their being fewer people with quality health insurance or the ability to pay their medical fees?", "Tell me how a rich business owner is going to benefit from the regular joe having less money to spend at his place of business?", "Tell me how a wealthy guy who runs a factory or retail store is going to benefit from lower production, less staff and lower profitibility?", "Quit putting out accusations and then claim \"personal attack\" when people try and point to flaws in the flaws you point out." ]

[ "A Feast For Crows is an incomplete bridge.", "Hopefully it is a bridge to somewhere we want to go - certainly the characters, pacing and the quality of writing from the previous books in the series would lead us to believe that Martin is worth following.", "Unfortunately, this instalment suffers from editorial inattention.", "While the other books pulled me through them in a matter of days apiece, `Crows' let me proceed at a trudge, and I took nearly a month of intermittent reading to complete it.", "Having scanned the various postings here regarding book size and marketability, I have to assume that Martin got caught in a struggle between his editor's sense of what size book could be sold, and his own desire to continue weaving his complex and myriad plot threads.", "I should be clear that length is not the issue here - Martin has proven that he is more than adept at managing complex storylines across thousands of pages.", "Rather, this book feels like a next-to-final draft instead of a final version.", "A couple minor examples:\n\nIn previous books, characters are initially re-introduced into the narrative with a two-sentence summary of their highlights from past volumes.", "Once they're back in the flow, he (rightly) drops such prompts.", "But in `Crows' we get these kinds of summaries repeatedly - in some cases almost every time a character's POV comes up.", "Thus, we hear 5 times about Brienne of Tarth's past engagements, etc.", ", etc.", "There's no new information presented in such passages, just re-statement of things we've already heard.", "Similarly, Martin occasionally re-states very basic observations/descriptions almost word-for-word.", "Mid-book, Cersei observes that Grand Maester `Pycelle had been old as far back as [she] could remember...", "', and then 32 pages later, Martin begins the next Cersei POV with the words, `Grand Maester Pycelle had been old for as long as she had known him...", "'\n\nThese are not criticisms of Martin as author but rather of a distracting lack of editorial focus.", "Such problems did not plague past works in the series, and will hopefully not reappear in future volumes.", "One other aspect of the book negatively impacts the pacing.", "A ridiculous number of pages are spent in people's dreams.", "These are mostly passages that dump in volumes of back-story (and occasionally foreshadowing), but they are extremely repetitious and generally offer little in the way of new or vital content.", "Once again, a good, focused editor would have helped Martin consolidate such passages to clean up the overall ebb and flow.", "Much of what happens in `Crows' will no doubt prove important to the series overall.", "As I said at the outset, the book is a bridge in the overall arc of this story; many characters are transitioning from what they were and maturing into what they must become.", "But `Crows' is an incomplete bridge, and one can only hope that the editor(s) helping Martin execute his blueprint will be more attentive to detail in future volumes, or not a few readers may abandon the path." ]

[ "This is not the original lineup.", "Kelly Hanson has replaced the original lead singer Lou Gramm and sadly it shows.", "I'm the first to admit that I'm not a hugh fan of the group but do enjoy some of the hits that were played on the radio during the 80's...", "that said I was looking to add these \"hits\" to my music collection and mix them into my playlists.", "I also admit I bought this disk because of the $5.", "00 price tag.", "I thought I would get in cheap and plug the hole in my library for a song...", "sometimes you get what you pay for...", "The minute I heard the vocal on \"Feels Like The First Time\" I knew something was wrong.", "The band was right but the vocal mix was off to where I finally looked at the cd case and and found the small print...", "Brand New Recordings Of Foreigner's Greatest Hits...", "sadly it's just off enough to make it unlistenable...", "I have to agree with other reviewers who like me are a little confused as to why they would release this record...", "Journey replaced their lead singer and only play the hits in concert...", "if Foreigner wants to remain a working band they need to write new songs and sell them as such...", "bands like Deep Purple, The Allman Brothers & Lynyrd Skynyrd (to name a few) have all had personnel changes yet they moved forward and made new music to the enjoyment of old & new fans alike...", "sorry Foreigner but this cd will be traded in at Rasputin Records and that money will go toward \"Foreigner:Complete Greatest Hits\" issued by Rhino Records at least I'll know I'm getting what I payed for..." ]

[ "The good:\n\nHeavy duty\nGoes together easily (I had to trim the ends off two rails to fit a slightly smaller base).", "The Bad:\n\nThe wheel locks are a joke!", "In other words the locks don't lock!", "On the swivel casters, a little pointed piece of metal, and I mean little, presses into the side of the plastic wheel.", "How well do you think that works?", "It doesn't!", "I can move my table saw around with wheels (swivel and stationary) in the locked position and you wouldn't know they were locked.", "A total joke.", "The swivel wheels, if they did lock, only \"lock\" in one direction, in other words, they will still swivel even though the wheel is (supposedly) locked.", "When you look for a mobile base, make sure the swivel casters (1) lock, and lock well in both directions, rotation of the wheel and swivel, called dual locking, or (2) they release (like the Rockler recommended below) to allow the tool to sit on feet.", "Prior to buying this base I bought a Rockler base&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Rockler-Complete-Mobile-Base-w-Caster-Wood-Not-Included/dp/B001DT32AC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Rockler Complete Mobile Base w/Caster (Wood Not Included)</a>.", "I was not all that impressed with the Rockler mobile base, mainly because it took more time fussing around; you supply the wood for the rails (no big deal) but it requires cutting, some reasonably accurate drilling, and knowing some tricks to getting the fit right.", "(See Rockler reviews for tips).", "Not that big of a deal, after all we are supposedly home improvement types, right?", "The next mobile base I buy will be another Rockler.", "By the way, you can also buy just the lever wheel mechanism that's used on the Rockler base.", "I may retrofit that to this base so this base doesn't become a total waste.", "In the mean time I use a crow bar to raise my table saw and set it on 2x4 blocks to keep it from moving.", "I have yet to find the nirvana of mobile bases.", "So far, the Rockler is the best I have found.", "Didn't mean to make this into a Rockler mobile base review, but hopefully this will save you the grief and disappointment that I have experienced with this base." ]

[ "Sony failed to consider one thing for this redesign....", ".", "A FAN!!!!", "I had to replace my original PS2, which finally died after about 5 years of abuse.", "It took me forever to find one of the \"newer, slimmer\" PS2 consoles.", "I did manage to buy one, and within 2 days of use, it died.", "I took the stupid thing back for an exchange, but the EB Games where I bought it was out, so I got a refund.", "(Great customer service by EB Games, by the way.", ") I got to talking to the girl that was working there, and she said that these have been recalled because they have been overheating.", "The fan that they put in it is just way too small to handle the heat generated by the unit, and the design is too small to allow proper heat dispersion.", "Apparently Sony is being very hush-hush about the recall, but now I know why I couldn't find a single one at Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart, Target, HH Gregg, or K-Mart.", "I was driving around all of Northeast Ohio for a day, getting more and more curious as to why none of these stores had any.", "I didn't think it was because they were super-popular, and it seems as though it certainly wasn't that.", "Way to go, Sony - Unleashing a redesigned piece of crap instead of just investing the time and dollars into developing the PS3.", "Dummies." ]

[ "Okay, just relax you Star Wars-movie-viewing cult.", "You are probably ready to jump down my throat, so just calm down.", "I am pretty mad right now too.", "You see, when I was younger I never happened to catch The Star Wars like so many of you did.", "Sure, I was aware of it quite a bit, and had heard OF it a lot.", "As a kid there were plenty of times when bullys would punish me whith wiffle-bats that they pretended were light-sabers, and I would always get drafted to play a Speeder-biker or an Ewok when everyone else got to be main-characters.", "Obviously these things left a bad taste in my mouth about the Star Wars.", "I started getting my parents to buy me the action-figures and vehicles, and that brought plenty of kids over to my house, and people THOUGHT I had seen it because I had quite a collection.", "So when I finally saw some of the novels at the library, I gave-in and picked up the first in the series.", "It completely captivated me and made me realize exactly what was going on, and I didn't even HAVE to see the movie.", "I moved on to the next 2 books shortly after, and now reading them has become a yearly tradition for me.", "I was enthralled by the Socio-Political struggles and the in-depth character building so much in fact that I began to realize something.", "That something truly this special would be significantly weakened by condensing them into 3 ridiculously short Hollywood-style movies.", "The concept of these movies is just laughable to me that they would even TRY something like this.", "I therefore established \"The Star Wars Movie Boycott Movement\".", "You see, when I read the novels I have very vivid pictures of what certain space-ships, monsters or planets look like, and the best part is that I can imagine whatever actors I want playing the main-characters.", "I obviously imagine myself as Luke because I feel that I really capture the character well (especially in the 3rd book).", "My best picks for the other characters is how I visualize Han-Solo as being Patrick Swayze.", "He has that dashing charisma that the character MUST have.", "I imagine Darth-Vader's voice as this guy Lance I know who is a real bully-type just like the character.", "Another one I have is harder to explain but I will try.", "I chose my dog Morris to be Chewbacca, but now he is 8 feet tall and can stand on 2 legs.", "If an element of the story is too hard to imagine, that is the ONLY time I will accept an out-side influence and refer to my action-figures.", "Do you see what I'm doing here?", "I am able to personalize the story, whereas you can only imagine it how the movie tells you it is.", "I can now enjoy the story far more, and on so many more levels than you can.", "In conclusion, I know that quite a few of you have seen these movies, so I guess it's too late for you to imagine what is actually possible.", "The people I am trying to get through to are the people that are looking up this DVD because they don't know if they should see it or not.", "The answer is NO.", "Buy the books instead, and save yourself a ton of money in the proccess, and imagine it how YOU want to.", "Not greedy Hollywood movie-makers.", "Join me in \"The Star Wars Movie Boycott Movement\" if you want to realize the true power of the Trilogy.", "You can show your bravery by actually signing-up for the movement on my web-site.", "Later.", "howardtuttleman.", "com/antiswmovement.", "htm" ]

[ "In the new digital world arose the age of self-publishing, and with it wordsmithing died without honor.", "I love the fantasy genre, but compared to most current, popular fantasy, this book filled my heart with dread.", "Despite the price (complimentary), I feel robbed.", "Consider publishing this book under an \"I can read\" banner, as the level of writing compares with Dick and Jane.", "To be fair, I read no more than a page or two, but I suspect that a writer with such a limited lexicon will display too little imagination in his fantasy.", "Case in point, this review makes use of only one \"be\" verb and zero \"have verbs, yet the first two pages of this novel swell with them, threatening to drown the reader in a cesspool of writing filth; the stench overwhelms any positive reviews this book received thus far.", "My recommendation to the author: attend some writer's workshops, hire a professional editor, critically compare your work to fantasy authors with high acclaim, learn to use simile and metaphor...", "find a love for language.", "PS I apologize for the harshness of this review...", "the cesspool/stench bit serves as an example of metaphor and certainly puts a picture in your mind's eye....", "give me that in your next book and I may consent to read more than a few pages." ]

[ "Oh dear, Simon21 comes onto these boards and talks about the 50 million dead of World War II, and blames it on Christians.", "Fact: Not all of the combatants were Christians.", "Fact: Six million of the victims were Jews.", "People of all religions and none fought on both sides.", "It wasn't a religious war.", "Is that so.", "And that would be because it doesn't suit you to characterise it as such.", "The hatred that saw the jews put to death that had nothing to do with centuries of christrainanti-semitism?", "\"nd when it comes to Islamic Jihad, he obviously ignores the 270 million plus non-Muslims killed in total by Islamists simply for being infidels.", "\" Islamist, moslems, jihad, infidels (a latin catholic word but hey lets stretch a point) can I respectfully ask if you know the meaning of any of them?" ]

[ "Since this strap is advertised as being compatible with \"other ANT+ devices\", I bought it so I could use it with a Samsung Galaxy S4, a Nexus 7, and several pieces of gym equipment that speak ANT+.", "In about four weeks of ownership, I have yet to succeed in getting this strap to connect to ANYTHING at all...", "and I'm skilled and comfortable with technology.", "There is essentially zero data on connecting to various devices.", "Motorola's website has no useful FAQ, no instructions, nothing related to this accessory.", "Heck, I'd take Win95 drivers as a consolation prize...", ";-)\n\nOn the plus side, I'm sure it would be comfortable to wear if it worked.", "So it gets one star...", "otherwise, it would get zero stars.", "A nonfunctional device with no support from the manufacturer is just about as bad as it gets." ]

[ "Pokmon has come a long way to here, but it's losing its touch.", "In 1995, a popular trading card game was brought to America from Japan.", "It wasn't until 1998 a game for Gameboy was released, a game similar to the trading card game, become the greatest Pokmon master ever.", "Soon 1999 was here, and to go along with Red and Blue, Yellow.", "Then later on down the road in the new era of the 21st century, 2000 and 2001 came Gold, Silver, and Crystal.", "The storyline was exactly the same as before, with wierd twists.", "Now, we have Ruby and Sapphire.", "IT'S THE SAME!!!!", "!!!", "Don't waste your money." ]

[ "This is a very basic product and might do an OK job keeping a powersports battery charged.", "There are much better products out there, and I will no longer trust my batteries with it.", "Charges at 1.", "5A so I am not sure why they call it a \"speed charger\".", "According to the manual a motorcycle battery can take between 5-13.", "5 hours (slow).", "States it is a float charger but is not.", "A float charger would hold the voltage (for a standard lead acid) at 13.", "4v at 77F.", "The manual has generic wording about maintaining but no specific details about when it transitions from charge to float, or how float mode works.", "And it states the maintain mode is 12v-13.", "3v.", "What does that even mean?", "Will it not start maintaining until it drops to 12v, and then bring up to 13.", "3v, and repeat?", "Your guess is as good as mine.", "\"Maintain Mode (Float-Mode Monitoring)\nWhen the CHARGED LED is lit, the charger has started Maintain Mode.", "In this mode, the charger keeps the battery\nfully charged by delivering a small current when necessary.", "Maintain Voltage....", "...", "12V 13.", "3V\"\n\nThe max charge voltage is scary high, I would not subject a wet cell battery to 14.", "8v without expecting boiling off.", "Then again, with no actual detail as to how it works I don't know why this range is so large or what voltage it will choose.", "\"Maximum Charge Voltage....", "...", "12V 14.", "8V\"\n\nI checked the voltage several hours after it entered maintain mode and it was 13.", "05v.", "Basically where the battery is sitting at 100% SoC with no current being applied.", "There are several other products that actually maintain the float voltage and are even have a temperature compensated voltage offset.", "Buy a Batteryminder instead, such as this one:&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/BatteryMINDer-Model-1510-12Volt-1-5-Amp-Maintenance-Charger-Desulfator/dp/B00Q3CM2QY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">BatteryMINDer Model 1510: 12Volt 1.", "5 Amp Maintenance Charger/Desulfator</a>" ]

[ "As an avid reader, I'll read anything and I can usually find SOMETHING redeeming about most books I read.", "Not so with this one.", "This book is truly AWFUL.", "Calling it \"garbage\" is being way too kind and is an insult to garbage.", "And, maybe that's my fault.", "I read the synopsis and it wasn't like anything I'd ever read before, so I was curious how the author might be able to write a story that would capture the interest of the reader.", "Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but this is nothing more than an erotic short story with absolutely nothing for the \"story\" part except sex.", "And really badly written sex, at that.", "First, there is zero plot.", "None at all.", "Second, there is no character development.", "I cared less about the characters when the book ended than I did when I started the book.", "Third, it's nothing short of really bad porn for women.", "Don't get me wrong; I'm not against throwing in an occasional smut novel for fluff reading, but this book doesn't even meet the low criteria for the worst smut novel.", "The best way I can describe it - since we're really talking porn anyway - is to examine the differences in mens porn and make a comparison.", "For mens porn, you have Playboy on one end, and then Hustler or \"Jugs\" or some other such disgustingly named magazine to appeal to the male.", "With Playboy, at least they can boast to have articles of interest and maybe celebrity articles or whatever.", "On the other end - the really bad porn - you have just naked women and \"suds\" in all kinds of disgusting positions.", "This book - for women - falls into that last category.", "It was honestly disgusting with no redeeming values whatsoever.", "It's not that I'm a prude.", "Maybe this book might've gotten a better review from me - over the top sex included - if there had been ANY storyline.", "If there had been ANY attempt by the author than to do anything other than to throw three people together and graphically describe sexual encounters.", "For my part, I would encourage anyone who is sitting on the fence and can't decide whether or not to read this to NOT.", "There are so many better reads out there." ]

[ "1978 was a very busy and successful year for Kiss, however, all was not well behind the scenes and there was dissention within the ranks.", "Peter Criss and Ace Frehley were disgruntled with their roles in the band and both announced their intentions to leave Kiss to pursue solo careers.", "In an unprecedented and somewhat desperate move, the decision was made that Kiss would temporarily \"disband\" so that each member could record a solo album under the Kiss banner and all four would be released simultaneously.", "The idea went over well with Criss & Frehley and it kept them in the band for the time being.", "During this same time, the band also made the disastrous TV movie \"Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park\", which coincided with the release of the solo albums; in between, each member somehow found the time to sandwich in promotional appearances wherever they could to promote these projects.", "In short, Kiss was never out of the public eye that year, but this enormous overexposure would ultimately work against them rather than for them.", "The third project of that year was the release of \"Double Platinum\", which Kiss had very little actually to do with; I'm not quite sure what their record company was thinking by putting out this pointless album, especially with the songs being \"remixed\" in such a strange manner.", "Case in point: whose idea was it to combine the acoustic guitar intro to \"Rock Bottom\" with \"She\"?", "Although both songs came from the same album \"Dressed To Kill\", they sound totally out of place together.", "On top of that, Kiss was also asked to re-record the classic \"Strutter\" for the album but in a disco style, something the band were very much against at the time.", "But somehow they were convinced to do it, and the result is the idiotic \"Strutter '78\".", "The integrity of the song is all but ruined with the disco vibe, and you can practically hear that Kiss' hearts were not at all into it, because it sounds lifeless and disjointed.", "Unless you're a diehard Kiss fan, this is one CD you can really do without owning." ]

[ "This is one of the best looking games on the system with brilliantly detailed graphics, high speed, and nice parallax scrolling.", "Unfortunately, the gameplay doesn't hold up very well.", "This game is brutally and unfairly difficult.", "It is a side scrolling beat' em up similar to Double Dragon or Final Fight, though nowhere near as good as the ladder.", "The moves all work and some are quite funny to watch.", "However where the difficulty comes in is in two player.", "This is often considered to be almost unplayable, as there is one huge, unavoidable flaw- Friendly fire.", "Yes, you can actually damage your teammates.", "If you aren't careful then this could entirely break the game.", "While the graphics are nice and the control works, the difficulty alone and the broken nature of two-player mode make this one of my least favorite of the Rare's NES offerings." ]

[ "I had high hopes for this adapter, I have 2 cars and 2 work trucks, none of them have builtin Bluetooth.", "I have 3 others from 3 different manufacturers, this was my 4th.", "If you are listening to music, this works well.", "It has extended base that will give music some additional punch.", "Unfortunately, my requirements is geared for communications rather music.", "When I first installed this, it took a while for the BT to connect but once it did it was faster the next time.", "If I listened to music and had a call come in, the BT dropped off, sometimes it would drop off and then picked back up several times before it stayed on.", "I would have to say \"hello\" 3 to 4 times before the person on the other end could hear me.", "One of my trucks is a diesel, the noise canceling was NOT up to par, others couldn't hear me over the engine.", "I would pull over and shut the engine down to continue the conversation which negates the reason I bought this device.", "I would then hear the person on the other end but they would fade in and out.", "I was very disappointed and will sent it back." ]

[ "First off I'll explain I'm not new to the aquarium hobby and I've used many different medications with awesome success and results.", "I read the reviews on I'm here and someone on a fish forum suggested that this product is safe to use this product in a planted tank with live plants and snails to cure ick.", "I followed the advice and regret it.", "This product killed my two expensive Discus Fish and stressed out the rest of them along with the snails.", "The plants barely pulled through and the ick still lives.", "Carbon doesn't remove this product you have to buy another product to remove it or do 100% water changes which still leaves residue of copper in the tank.", "Ugh!", "What a mess.", "Never again.", "I finally got the copper out with 100% water change and using seachem Cuprisorb and tested the water using API copper test.", "I have never in the past killed a fish by medicating it.", "I knew something was wrong when the fish starting suffocating at the surface of the tank because this product reduces oxygen in the tank.", "( it would have been nice if the manufacturer stated this on the label ) even after I increased oxygen levels in the tank the fish were so stressed out that 2 fish couldn't pull through.", "Luckily the snails sort of bounced back.", "Finally starting to come out of their shells.", "If you dare risk the life of your fish by using this product pull out your wallet and plan to spend the extra cash on copper remover and a good copper test kit.", "Oh also any filter or foam that's in your filter or in my case the canister filer the copper will stick to it and clog it reducing water flow.", "(Also not on the directions or packagjng) you'll have to service your filter everyday.", "For some reason the chemicals bond and stick to these types of filter.", "There are safer products to use that sure ick and way cheaper than this.", "I've have pretty good luck using rid ick plus.", "Anyway this was my experience.", "Sticking to what I know that works.", "Oh and it doesn't tell you on the label how to get this stuff out the water either.", "Really??" ]

[ "Ok, I admit Flight Simulator is a great program.", "I have bought Flight Sim 98, 2000 Pro, and now 2002 Pro.", "Each program is better than the last, but only slightly.", "I find the ATC feature sort of cheezy.", "I expect they will fix this in a hurry though by the next version.", "The Frame Rate has increased with the new version, which is a delightful surprise.", "The scenery appears pretty much the same with the exception of randomly appearing and disappearing buildings.", "The packaging is....", "All I got was a box, pamphlet, program, and CD envelope (not even a jewel case).", "The Quality is no longer there as with previous Microsoft products.", "If you have (or ever) purchased Microsoft Train Simulator, you'll know what I mean.", "If you do not own a Microsoft Flight Simulator, I recommend buying it.", "I don't however, believe [it is] is worth it simply as an \"upgrade\".", "Stick with Flight Sim 98 or 2000 until they develope an upgrade worth paying for." ]

[ "The quality is good and there Avery provides free software to work with there products.", "BUT!", "Trying to find a template for the envelopes is a royal pain.", "According to the Avery wed site:\n\nDo you have templates for envelopes?", "We recommend using Avery Address Labels to give your cards a professional touch.", "The entire line of Avery Address Labels is available at www.", "Avery.", "com/Labels.", "Browse through them to find the appropriate address label for your project.", "In other words no.", "This put a really damper on my project since I now had to custom create an A9 envelope (non-standard size) to complete the stationary set." ]

[ "After listening to this recording, I was a bit a confused.", "It was very repetitive and felt like a poor attempt at a rock opera.", "I also heard hints of other songs throughout the recording.", "Some were so blatantly similar I almost considered them a sample, but the liner notes didn't give credits to any song samples.", "There were very few melodies that were truly noteworthy, but otherwise it was a tedious listen.", "I think the main problem with this recording is it doesn't know what it wants to be or should be.", "It doesn't really tell a story, it's not a rock opera, it's not two CDs chock full of various songs, it's not really anything...", "but many minutes of generalized music.", "I have already relegated this CD pair to the \"background music\" portion of my collection.", "At least I didn't have to pay an arm and leg for it." ]

[ "select size medium.", "add to cart.", "cart shows a size 3.", "product arrives, size 3- LARGE.", "I returned it.", "Tried to reorder.", "selected a meduim, add to cart, cart shows size 3 again!", "If you select a size 2 it's over twice the price of the \"medium\" which is supposed to be the same thing.", "will someone please clean this mess up?", "I'm going to go get one at friggin petco or something." ]

[ "I'm going to get crucified for this, considering that this film has its legions of devoted fans, but I found this to be one of the worst films I've ever laid my eyes on.", "Yes, the production values are astonishing in parts and Kirsten Dunst delivers a remarkable child performance, but outside of those two aspects I found the delivery of what could have been an intriguing and unique story to be so uneven and calculated that it lost all impact and become underwhelming and unbearable.", "And stupid.", "Personally, I found this really hard to get into.", "I know many fans of the novel, and Rice's contributions to literature in general.", "I'm not her target audience, I know that.", "I'm not a follower, I've never read her work and the whole vampire craze is lost on me.", "That being said, I do enjoy movies of all genres and so for me the themes and subject would not be an issue if the film were constructed well.", "Instead, this brooding piece of boredom misses so many golden opportunities and winds up being a nonsensical mess that fails to capitalize on all the potential it has.", "The story itself is rather intriguing, but Neil Jordan fails to do anything exciting with the material.", "Instead, he cuts back and forth and serves up segments of scenes that are supposed to create a whole but wind up becoming rather lost in this sea of mundane.", "The tone of the film is so low-key that it winds up being horribly boring and uneventful, even in the moments of supposed high intensity.", "Another detractor is the uneven performances.", "Brad Pitt plays Louis as if he was sleepwalking through the film, and Tom Cruise is so over the top eccentric that the two feel as if they were in two separate films altogether.", "As mismatched as they are, Antonio Bandaras takes the film to a whole new low when he pops up.", "A truly ridiculous performance and in fact, his whole segment just feels so soap opera cheap.", "At least Kirstin Dunst serves up some savage realness.", "It's a tremendous performance trapped in a terrible movie." ]

[ "I'm a sucker for new ideas and innovation, so when i saw these come up i figured why not.", "Plus it was cheap.", "I was dumb to buy this from Hong Kong.", "It took so long to arrive I had forgotten about it.", "i'm assuming there are other vendors offering higher quality versions, but this one was total junk.", "No disrespect to the seller, they were courteous and refunded without issue.", "I would say if this concept appeals to you, use it for your iPad or mini - but get a higher-quality version (the tip fell off mine after a couple days).", "I also found it to be very awkward on the phone - visually and spatially.", "And unless you have very small hands, it's difficult to hold effectively.", "Basically the form factor needs work.", "Since it's hollow, the tip could easily have been made to telescope.", "I'd pay more for that.", "Maybe someone's already done it.", "If not, maybe i'll take out a patent.", ":)" ]

[ "Porter Cable 42000 Template Guide Kit\n\nI've had a 42000 template guide kit since the mid 1990's.", "The set works OK, but my advice is to buy another brand.", "The P/C kit comes in a cheap & fragile hard plastic case that must have cost all of ten cents to make and the components are held in place with inexpensive cardboard separators.", "In addition, after a dozen years or so, every component in my set had corroded terribly -- the metal looked similar to very old aluminum storm windows, pits and all.", "It's not clear why this happened, since they've never been outside the basement workshop, and no other tools corroded.", "The corrosion caused significant resistance when screwing on the lock-nuts.", "Steel wool reduced the roughness of the corrosion, but the pieces still look dreadful.", "The three largest guides in the P/C set are too long for numerous dovetail jigs, such as the Leigh jig.", "It's possible to modify them to work with these jigs, by hack-sawing the excess length off the offending guides, flatten the cut end on a grinder and sanding the edge smooth.", "A no-cost approach.", "If you want steel guides, the Milwaukee's 49-54-0700 set comes with a nice case, and the steel finish looks a whole lot better than P/C's.", "Unfortunately, the three largest guides in the Milwaukee set are also too long for many dovetail jigs\n\nIn any case, brass is a better material for guides than steel, because brass is easier on a rotating router bit if it ever touches a guide.", "Once, near a day's end of routing doors for hinges, my template's locking ring came loose, allowing the guide to touch the spinning bit, and the locking ring to rub against the router-bit lock nut.", "Since the guide and ring were brass, no noticeable damage to the bit or router occurred.", "Had I been using any steel template with a steel locking ring, the bit or router could have been damaged.", "Try \"brass router template\" via Goggle - and buy a kit made of solid brass, in a decent case, for less money than this set.", "Also check out the Woodstock International H3134 Brass Bushing set at Amazon." ]

[ "So this is a great printer when I was working.", "Great prints for the money nice look and easy to use.", "After about 5 days the glass on printing bed just cracked buy xyz said they send me a new one.", "Ok...", "but 2 days later now the heating elelement for the extruder now will not work.", "They said they send that too.", "So we will see how that works out.", "Just not happy it's brand new and all ready having problems.", "Customer service said i need to pay for shipping ship in the bad parts then wait for them to get them and then they will ship them out.", "This is only a week old!!", "Amazon is just going to replace the whole printer.", "If i didn't spend like $150 in filament and use it i would return it all and get my money back!!", "DO NOT BUY THIS JUNK IF YOU WANT A GOOD 3D PRINTER SPEND NO LITTLE THEN $1000.", "YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR in this case CRAP!!!!" ]

[ "Fans of Catherine Coulter's the Bride series will enjoy the return of the Sherbrooke family.", "This was my first book by this author.", "So, I didn't discover this tidbit of information until after I read this book.", "I really don't like to read a book that's built on characters of previous books I haven't read, but didn't feel I was missing anything with WIZARD'S DAUGHTER.", "Rosalind de la Fontaine isn't her real name.", "She doesn't know it nor does she remember her past.", "Ryder Sherbrooke finds her when she is around eight.", "No one is certain that was her age.", "She was severely beaten and it was a miracle she lived.", "Ryder and Sophia Sherbrooke took her in and raise her as a relative.", "Her first season in London, she meets and marries Nicholas Vail.", "What neither of them are aware of is both have within them very powerful magic.", "You see, both are descendants of wizards.", "The answer to their past unfolds like a mystery.", "Both have an important mission to carry out.", "So much is wrong with this book, yet I stayed with it until the end.", "Even though the dialogue was off and the author didn't convince me the time period was 1835 London, I loved the characters and the mystery behind them.", "It was a painful page-turner, because some of those passages were painful to read.", "Yet, I couldn't stop if I wanted to.", "Will I pick up another book by this author?", "Sure!", "I'd like to read her FBI series before deciding on whether or not to continue on." ]

[ "It looks nice and does keep toys in it, but if you have a boy that likes to play with boats; the boats will not fit unless they are the size of a regular rubber ducky size!", "I read the instructions before putting up...", "I cleaned the tile and waited like 3-4 hrs before placing it up..", "I thought it worked nicely and even enjoyed it for about 2 days till I heard a loud noise come from in the bath room and found it had fallen down off the tile into the bathtub...", "Thank Goodness my kids, my husband, or I wasn't the shower/tub when it fell.", "I tried to return it but they wouldn't take it back so I had it in the box forever then just gave it away to someone who said they would nail it up...", "They are using it now on a regular wall...", "I suggest not buying it at all!!!", "You can find a big bucket and paint the kids names on it and put the toys in...", "I did...", "I wish I never bought the thing..", "It really only holds little toys, it don't grow with the child...", "Sorry That's just my opinion!!", "If you do end up just having to buy it I hope it works out better for you than it did for me!!" ]

[ "Do not under any circumstances buy this sander until you have looked at the SuperMax 19-38.", "SuperMax is a small company that only makes sanders.", "It was formed by two guys who worked for Performax before it became Jet.", "One of them designed the Jet 16-32.", "The SuperMax 19-38 is heavier (286lb), all metal, and improves on the 16-32 in many ways.", "It is wider, wide enough to flatten a jumbo guitar top in one pass.", "For wide panels where two passes are needed, just flip a lever to move the feed table 0.", "003\" out of parallel with the drum.", "Then just flip it back to restore perfect paralell.", "Paper changes are much easier than the 16-32.", "It is only $200 more.", "The Jet tool is good, but the SuperMax tool is a generation more advanced." ]

[ "This product is a sham!", "It worked great for a couple of weeks then one morning my phone wasn't charged.", "So I used the mophie box battery to charge it.", "It only put in 79% charge to the phone and it never worked again.", "I tried to recharge it on my laptop and it took out my whole USB system.", "I now have to repair my laptop.", "I am not returning it for a replacement.", "I do not want to continue using something that was not built to last or protect my computer.", "So here I am stuck without an external battery but now none of my USB ports work and I had to disable them because even without any devices plugged in the computer is failing to install drivers.", "So this means Mophie actually destroyed my capability to even use my back up hard drive to get an image or do my back ups.", "I would not recommend this product and would avoid wasting your money!", "I have since found out this was a knock off being sold on Amazon.", "Shame on them.", "If it's this cheap it's a fake.", "Totally a junk item.", "Do Not Buy!" ]

[ "These little strips are about 1 1/8 X 3/8.", "They are long enough to cover about 3 teeth.", "They are easy to apply and they adhere well.", "I noticed a lot of the reviewers complained that they don't stay in place.", "I did not have that problem.", "I think that if you apply the strip, close your mouth and don't talk, eat, or keep touching the strip with your tongue, you will have a better chance of it staying put.", "You are supposed to leave them in place for 10 minutes and you cant eat for 30 minutes.", "I have had a problem with sensitivity to cold as I have gotten older.", "I think my receding gumline is the main problem.", "I was hoping these strips would work, but I cant say I noticed much difference after using them." ]

[ "I am usually deterred from books like this, but I wanted to sink my teeth into something clean for a change.", "And that, this book was, I appreciate that much.", "But, this book was so unrealistic.", "Anna seemed a bit on the slow side, and there was far too much detail where there need not be any at all.", "It was wasted space, that could have been better used to make the story better.", "Details like making sure we knew she hit the end button when finishing phone calls, this happening more then once.", "Her locking her door...", "?", "why did I need to know this?", "Anyway, while I was reading it, it took me an astonishing 3 days to finish it.", "This is not good for a short story.", "It obviously was a real test to keep my attention focused on it.", "I kept thinking \"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can....", "\" every time I picked it up.", "At one point I put it down right in the middle of a paragraph, because doing dishes suddenly seemed more interesting.", "Which hurt, because I had to re read a big chunk over again to remember what was happening.", "Which was not much.", "I have read Christian romances that were better, and this one did not make the grade.", "Sorry, but this won't be being recommended by me, ever." ]

[ "definitely the worst Glass I've heard\nI get the idea - bring classical music to the masses through pop arrangement.", "the first track is probably the most successful\nI don't think I've ever heard Glass write a better melody\nthe lyrics are excellent.", "Paul Simon makes the track vague without being fluff.", "the vocal production is terribly 80's, which makes the entrance of the voice really awkward and makes it seem out of place.", "it's a bit drawn out and the melodic doubling with the flute is terribly cheesy\n\nbut not as cheesy as \"Lightning\"\nif you thought the synths were embarrassing\njust wait for the drums\n\nthe music to just about everything else is mostly forgettable, either regular Glass stuff or, even worse, when he doesn't rely on his rhythmic ideas and tries to focus on melody and harmony, like on the truly terrible \"Open the Kingdom\"\n\nthe lyrics for \"Liquid Days (Part 1)\" deserve special mention.", "David Bryne really nails what Glass is trying to do with the music: it's nave and complex at the same time.", "Suzanne Vega's lyrics on \"Freezing\" are cool.", "The Roches deliver the best vocal performances on the album wherever they show up.", "so, aside from a few lyrics and the first song, I see this album as alternately forgettable and horrible.", "any of Glass' work from the 70's or even the 80's is preferable to this." ]

[ "This game was fun to run through levels and destroy objects.", "I honestly thought I was progressing through the game for at least 2-3 hours.", "By the time I got to the last map in act 1, I realized I couldn't figure out what to do next.", "I spent an entire hour walking around levels I had already \"cleared.", "\" Sometimes you have to damage items behind walls with super powers, which is very confusing.", "The good: The graphics are very nice.", "The characterizations are really enjoyable.", "The fighting is really fun.", "What they really screwed up on was level progression and the objectives menus.", "I couldn't figure them out.", "At the end of a few hours I gave up on this game.", "There is just too much text in this game.", "You might find yourself never playing it again after you hit a roadblock.", "Bad pacing, confusing missions, and the amount of text really killed this game.", "It could be fun to play with family or friends for a little while.", "Bottom line, its 2013, and I wouldn't buy this one again." ]

[ "Excessive difficulty in assembling - some parts simply wouldn't snap together until near breakage point.", "I had to go into \"Zen mode\" and become one with the vacuum cleaner before I could get it fully assembled.", "Emptying the dirt cup and cleaning the filter was easy, however putting the dirt cup back onto the vacuum cleaner was a real pain in the you-know-what.", "I tried my best to follow the directions which say to align it up and then press down.", "I kept wrestling with it for at least 10 minutes and still it would NOT snap down.", "Finally I hooked the back latch over the it's notch, and then using it as a hinge I was able to get the front snapped.", "Voila.", "(I'm writing this in as a note to myself in case I forget the trick to it).", "However, once you get through the \"parts\" part, it does a good job of vacuuming.", "(See UPDATE at bottom of review) It has a very powerful motor.", "With various selections for the type of carpet, including bare floor, I chose the one for short carpet and I could definitely feel a strong pull from the vacuum cleaner.", "It also did a great job on the bare floor in the hallway.", "Having no bags to buy is nice but the filter gets real dirty real fast.", "I will probably remove the filter every time I empty the dirt cup and use the included brush to clean it with.", "It says you can wash the filter but I haven't done that yet.", "The hose attachment is nice and pliable and the suction is very good through it.", "I used it to vacuum the stairs up to the second level of our home.", "Since the cord on the vacuum cleaner is very long, I didn't have to unplug it to find a closer socket as I approached the top of the stairs.", "It stayed plugged in the bottom electrical socket.", "I had to bring the vacuum cleaner up with me as I went higher and higher up the stairs and it stayed well balanced on the step or two below the one I was vacuuming.", "My other upright vacuum cleaners want to lean forward and fall down the steps.", "This one stayed in place.", "I don't know how long the motor will last.", "My other two vacuums are at least 20 years old each and still running good but they don't suck as strongly as the Eureka.", "It's a heavy vacuum so I will probably keep it downstairs and use the others for the upstairs.", "Overall, it's good, but I sure didn't like the assembly or trying to place the dirt cup back on.", "I hope that after more experience with it I will be able to snap it back on quickly.", "I certainly hope so because it seems to fill up quickly.", "It comes with lots of attachments to get to those cracks and crevices.", "I will have to be sure and empty the dirt cup before attacking our sofas.", "UPDATE: 11.", "5.12\n___________________\nO.", "K. I've had this thing for a while now and I'm NOT nearly as impressed now with it as I was when I first wrote this review.", "It no longer picks up trash from our short carpet (yes, it's at the correct height setting) and drops as much trash as it picks up.", "I empty the dust cup frequently since it fills up so fast but now it's hardly picking up any carpet dirt.", "One of our dogs chewed up a bathroom rug and there were 1 inch strings from the rug on our carpet.", "It would not suck any of them up but instead they all got wadded together in a ball and the vacuum started bouncing.", "Honestly, I can't recommend buying this thing.", "I have lowered my original star rating from a 4 to a 2 star review." ]

[ "The newest incarnation of this CD is on the GL Music Co.", "label out of Las Vegas.", "The recorded sound is first-rate; and Mr.", "& Mrs.", "Lawrence are in top form.", "Although every song is not a winner, as far as my own tastes go, I found about two thirds of the material most enjoyable.", "I especially marvels at both singers remarkable breath control and unwavering ability to stay on pitch.", "I'm glad I got this CD.", "I continue to find pleasure in it even after several spins.", "Please make every effort to avoid the Curb label version of this CD.", "On that version the sonics are tragic." ]

[ "LIGHTING: I would give this addition to your yard nightlife 5 stars or more, just for the fantastic light show of changing colors that can last all night.", "Safe fireworks that fastinate the very young and light up the spirits of the more mature.", "That said, this LED color changer can be bought @ FrozenCPD.", "com in this USA for $1.", "50, once only available as an import.", "The globe diffuser enhances this experience and seems quite stable, no fears of breakage.", "That said, I will take away stars for all the fleas this dog has.", "CHIMES: These are really too small to have a nice tone nor catch much normal breeze unless placed in a Dogtrot or higher wind path.", "The metal is coated with various finishes, ours was \"copper\" that within a year or so will begin to peel off like cheap paint on a yellow pine fence.", "It's up to you to call this result \"antique\" or to sand, then repaint it.", "Great place for spiders to hide inside during the day.", "Chain will begin to rust.", "POWER: This is only a one AA battery system, so as this rechargeable gets older it will need be replaced with something more advanced...", "or simply plug in a Lithium AA.", "The solar panels appear to be plastic, so these will also age & provide less of a recharge over time.", "Easy enough to replace the battery, worth it for the light show...", "if you stay up late enough in fair weather.", "Tip: careful!", "- everytime you change the battery, you will pull a bit on the LED wires...", "that are VERY POORLY soldered.", "Once detached, there is not enough LED lead remaining to solder to it as an easy repair!", "UGH!", "VALUE: Retail should be $25/40 offseason/holidays to be a value.", "ADVICE: A good starter solar chime, unique color changes (unless you care to reconfigure a better unit with this type LED).", "However, I would shop for something quality that has better finishes, better power & change out the LED if need be.", "EXPERIENCE: Owner & caretaker for over 18 months." ]

[ "The game reproduces the world of the Simpsons faithful down to the humor and the voices.", "Unfortunately, as a video game it's more a test of memory than a game of challenge and skill.", "The more times you go through the maze the quicker you get.", "You can drive mostly any vehicle that comes along but it's best to stick with the assorted lots offered in the menu.", "I wanted badly to like this game since I love the Simpsons and got this game for the kids.", "They stopped playing it after running into so many false level-endings.", "That's where I took over fresh from playing \"Need for Speed: Underground\".", "You become various characters driving around Springfield to find clues to a mystery regarding black vans and crop circles.", "The automatic camera controls are by far the worst.", "It jumps erratically from chase view to overhead view if you get stuck in a tight corner or running on foot.", "This greatly interferes with game play.", "The physic's gravity is terrible.", "I had my car hanging on the pier edge forever unable to decide whether to fall or not.", "The graphics is 3-D cartoon.", "At times, I find myself manually circling the camera several times to see where items are positioned and where the ledges are \"really\" located to jump on.", "The vehicle jump cam is also a big problem.", "It's set to \"On\" by default but can be turned \"Off\" in Options.", "It's no good if I can't see where you're going to land after doing a ramp jump.", "The task themselves are simple but after getting to a certain location or collecting such and such an items under a time limit, the player is then immediately tasked to go to another location before time runs out to start yet another part of the level.", "There can be 2-4 parts to these levels and failure at anytime along the way results in the player starting the level all over.", "There is no way for anybody other than the programmers themselves to get through all the levels the first time.", "The game is unforgiving making a wrong turn or get stuck by a car will mean doing the level over.", "There's no room for error.", "When tasked to go to a location, you have to rely heavily on the overlay map and green arrows on the road to know where to go while dodging pedestrians and vehicles that to me seem to have a death wish to jump into the path of your vehicle.", "Hitting the items gains you coins.", "Another problem is that some items you can crash through and some items are solid like the Rock of Gibraltar.", "There's no way to tell the difference without trial and error.", "If too many items are hit in a certain amount of time then the police comes in hot pursuit of you.", "If you're caught; you pay a 50 coin fine.", "Finally, the game cheats the player by running over your character trying to get to your vehicle, placing your vehicle way down the street or stopping the game with time still left on the clock.", "I'm sure that the creators licensed the game to the video game developers and may have even wrote a basic story plot but as the video game part it's totally weak.", "By changing the XBOX's clock to holiday dates like Christmas, Springfield will change it's appearance to match the holiday moods.", "This is true of Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc.", "It's good enough just to drive around Springfield and forget the missions." ]

[ "I purchased from Amazon on May 15, 2018 hoping it would track my heart rate during sleep as well as fitness during workouts, and use all of the other features.", "I had to connect with Google fit which eventually pulled all data from any device into its app.", "I could NOT download the heart-rate data, but that's typical with Google Fit.", "BUT, I could not turn off the heart rate monitor.", "At times I would just see a flashing green light under the watch that would continue for 5-15 minutes while the watch was off.", "It would happen some time during the day, and then other times after a work-out when I'm trying to shower, I'd take off the watch and it would just do that.", "Some time when I got back from the shower, it would still be flashing and then I'd put it back on.", "The battery is the one thing that kills me...", "when I have it connected to my phone, it will go from 6:30am when I get out till about 2 or 3pm, then I put it in airplane mode to last till about 4 or 5pm, and then the screen goes dark because it's only at like 5% and will only turn on when I push the button.", "Currently, I can not get it to hold a charge.", "It says it's charging, but it was like that for 2-days now and so i'm writing this review.", "Pros: Light weight, loved the white color that I received.", "No \"flat tire\" display, integrated heart-rate monitor and transfers data to google fit.", "Received notifications and calls.", "Cons: Battery drained quickly with my usage...", "I didn't even answer calls on the watch.", "Call quality when I did use it was horrible.", "Notifications showed up from my phone like 3-5 minutes after I saw them on my phone and computer.", "After 15 months, the whole thing will not take a charge." ]

[ "So I saw the commercial for Flight Simulator and it looked pretty cool.", "Reading all the reviews here on Amazon, it seems like I was one of the more lucky ones to have a smooth installation.", "Everything thing went well, game booted smoothly, graphics looked nice, but there are a few big major flaws to this game.", "First off, Microsoft took great lengths into detail, like how the baggage carts move, the gate opens, and it's almost like real life.", "However, your plane cannot blow up...", "COME ON!", "What ever happened to real world problems?", "Landing gear fails, out of gas, etc.??", "All your plane does is keeps on rolling when it hits the ground.", "Now here's the catch.", "You really need to cough up the extra $$$ for a joystick to really get the MAX enjoyment out of this game.", "The mouse and keyboard don't cut it.", "Personally, there seems to be a lot of problems and it's just not what I was expecting for $50.", "I've only played this twice and I'm bored already." ]

[ "**ALL '3' Containers Were of the \"WRONG ITEM\", etc....", "ALL were \"Roasted Peanuts\"...", "and NONE of the '3'-Ordered...", "Were the \"Roasted Peanuts With SEA SALT\"!!!", ", etc...", "as I Ordered....", "& \"Wanted\"!!", "....", "I was..", "Am very Disappointed!!", "....", "and Will hve my very 1st...", "\"RETURN\"...", "of many, many Orders!!", "....", "driggs Kizzire, 1/17/16" ]

[ "We have purchased three watering cans from local stores and had to return each of them.", "Every can we have seen has some design or manufacturing flaw that compromises its functionality.", "The best watering can I have ever used is a Rubbermaid 2 gallon can; sturdy; nice wide spout, strong handle; large fill hole.", "Everything else, including this Union Products can pales in comparison.", "Can't some company make a quality watering can....", "IT JUST CAN'T BE THAT COMPLICATED!!", "Problem 1....", "This Union Products can came with only three of the many holes in the spout open.", "All the holes were clogged with plastic.", "I had to get my drill press out and drill out every single hole in the pour spout to get any water to pour.", "Problem 2...", "Just a minor issue but the color of the can is nowhere near as dark green as what is shown.", "SOMEONE'S HEAD SHOULD ROLL AT THIS MANUFACTURER!!" ]

[ "Sara Douglass, Hades' Daughter (Tor, 2003)\n\nIt's rare that I completely abandon a book these days.", "And when I do, it almost always happens on page fifty, once I've had more than enough of whatever piece of the structure I can't take any more.", "That didn't happen with Hades' Daughter, in part because when I reached page fifty I was locked out of the house and had no other reading material.", "In any case, over the past nine months, I have struggled my way through one hundred eighty-eight pages of this monstrosity, or about a third of the first book in a series, before the prose got the best of me.", "I can't really quote you a passage to show you why, because there aren't many passages that don't involve the kinds of subjects that would get a review censored in the places one normally posts a review.", "Which, honestly, usually means that book is right up my alley; have can you go wrong with almost six hundred pages of sex, violence, and combinations of the two?", "In short, by writing a Harlequin romance that's too violent (and long) for Harlequin to publish.", "The premise is interesting, but the execution leaves a great deal to be desired.", "I'd like to see a really, really good romance author take this on (Marjorie Liu would be a fine choice, I think), but as it stands, it's just plain silly.", "(zero)" ]

[ "Update 7-3-16\nThe replacement that I bought failed in under 10 months.", "Update 4-12-2016\nI have reduced the rating to one star.", "I regret having to do this because this would have been perfect except for one major problem.", "The plastic did not hold up for even three years.", "The part which screws on to the faucet has broken leaving a major leak.", "I am glad I was not on vacation because the cost in water would have been huge if I was not here to see it.", "I also could have lost all oft the orchids.", "There was minimal strain on the part.", "It was held in place with a set of Tapcon screws and never moved so there was no twisting or pulling.", "The valves were rarely turned because it fed timers.", "It is a great example of \"just good enough to get away with it\" manufacturing.", "Look for a metal one.", "This manifold has several things going for it.", "Number one are the large diameter valves.", "Most of these fittings have small flow valves which are cheaper to produce and restrict the flow by about half.", "You might want that if you are feeding several low demand items and want them to each get their share.", "In my case I am feeding large demand irrigation systems and want the most flow I can get.", "The large valve handles are a plus too since they reduce the pressure on fingers and thumbs.", "'T'h'e' 't'h'i'r'd' 't'h'i'n'g' 'i's' 't'h'e' 'm'a't'e'r'i'a'l'.", "' 'A's' 'l'o'n'g' 'a's' 'e'n'o'u'g'h' 'U'V' 'p'r'o't'e'c't'i'o'n' 'h'a's' 'b'e'e'n' 'a'd'd'e'd' 'a't' 't'h'e' 'f'a'c't'o'r'y' 't'h'e's'e' 's'h'o'u'l'd' 'l'a's't' 'q'u'i't'e' 'a' 'w'h'i'l'e'.", "' They also will not react with the brass hose fittings like the aluminum ones will.", "This causes the parts to lock together permanently ruining both the hose and the Y fitting or manifold.", "Brass would be best but I have not seen any high flow brass models.", "T They come with rubber sealing washers that are just plain cheap.", "Mine leaked at the cap on one end because of the washer.", "I needed to get a package of the nice thick reddish rubber washers to get a leak less fit.", "Gilmore sells the better washers but does not put them in this.", "Add a couple of bucks to the price you pay to get new washers.", "Overall this one is my favorite." ]

[ "This movie sucks so bad!", "This is a chick-flick about 2 bad actors who have sex every 2 seconds on the Titanic.", "The best part is when the guy falls off the side and hit his head on the propeller!", "it was hilerious!", "How did these awful piece of crap win 11???", "Saving Private Ryan deserved 11.", "The Shawshank Redemption deserved 11, but did they win them?", "NOOOOO!!", "Shawshank didn't even win 1!!!!", "and private ryan didn't even win best picture, when it is possibly THE most realistic movie, if not time period movie ever made!", "Titanic sucks, unless yer looking for people having sex on the Titanic." ]

[ "In random orbit mode it barely removes material.", "My $60 ro works much faster and is much lighter and less bulky.", "It has a very small stroke,the motor is powerful but it does not matter because with such a small stroke it 's not able to use the power.", "In fast removal mode it removes material fast but it wants to twist itself off what your sanding.", "You have to use a gorilla grip to hold it flat.", "After 5 minutes your hands will hurt really bad.", "I think what makes the problem worse is that the tool is very tall and you don't have leverage to hold it.", "Don't waste $270 on this tool.", "I bought a flex L 3406 VRG lower rpm angle grinder with variable speed and use a flat sanding disk.", "This is for very rough work only.", "I love this tool works great.", "standard grinders won't work because they spin to fast and the disks burn up." ]

[ "Well, I must say that I was really disappointed by this game!", "I got my hands on it as soon as it became avayable.", "Having played for interminable hours with the original Civilization game I had great expectations from this title.", "In the end it really turned out to be one of the worst sequels ever!", "The MAYOR SHORTFALLS ARE: 1- Game speed.", "By the time you reach the space age you will not have been able to explore much of the world, and will not have been able to build an army from a particular historical age.", "Since the speed is so fast, by the time you have an army of, let's say musketeers, you have already discovered planes and the nuclear bomb.", "THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING!", "2- Units: Fewer than its predecessors and less realistic.", "3- The space age: It is only confusing and doesn't really help to make the game interesting.", "4- Unconventional units: You have now lawyers and eco-warriors that work something like the spies in the original game.", "In the end they end up beying only annoying and totally confusing!", "It would have been better to add a more sound political and economic sistem to the game and add a few varibles afterwards (i.", "e.: political movements and private enterprise).", "5- Customization: It is now impossible to customize the game, like create new units as it was possible in CIV 2.", "I hate that!", "6- Maps: Lacks a map of earth!", "It used to be the only map I played on in CIV 2!", "IMPROVEMENTS 1- Graphics: Way better than the predecessors.", "Too bad that the other features in the game didn't get quite to the same level!", "2- Soundtrack: Improved somehow.", "3- Combat: A tactical display now allows you to actually play battles.", "Nice idea to start with, but it is somehow badly put to work and has some incredible bugs (like archers that shoot down stealth bombers!", ").", "My suggestion?", "Wayt for a sequel or buy CIV 2!" ]

[ "So I called myself saving some time ordering online.", "Do not make the same mistake go your local store and just get the candy bars.", "Everything was melted.", "The only way I was able to salvage anything was to put the candy in freezer.", "This was my First and last experience for me.", "No measures were taken to keep the item cool.", "The Packaging sucks.", "It was just box..", "don’t waste your money!", "Unless you want to waste it." ]

[ "Slayer is metal, I even like Carcass, but Cannibal Corpse...", "just a bunch of retards with instruments and a microphone.", "I laugh so hard everytime I hear this band.", "What a joke!", "Do they have the cookie monster on vocals or something?", "The only thing I can think of that is funnier than this sh*t music is the fans it generates!", "I see at least one person a week wearing some lame Cannibal Corpse t-shirt, it's funny as hell because you know they're just wearing them for attention and the hope that they will offend someone.", "It's comedy to me...", "just like Insane Clown Posse...", "a bunch of posers!", "If I want to be offended, I'll take GG Allin thank you!" ]

[ "I think peoples' expectations of web cams are so low that they rate things at 4 or 5 stars too easily.", "This camera is lousy, and isn't worth $90.", "The details:\nInstallation:\nGOOD.", "Installed on a Win2k Pro SP4.", "No problem at all.", "COLOR: Terrible.", "No matter how you set the controls, use auto or manual, or mess with the settings, the green/red/blue color rendition is always awful.", "Color shades are all wrong - either too vivid, too washed out, too green, to intense, etc.", "FRAME RATE: Terrible.", "There are 3 settings for picture quality vs frame rate.", "On \"high\" quality, you get a nice smooth picture with so-so color, and a frame rate of 7 fps (I measured it).", "On medium, the picture is very grainy, so you can turn down the sharpness, which helps \"somewhat\" - frame rate is now 15 fps.", "On \"low\", the picture is downright awful, with grain, and jagged lines, and the frame rate is still only about 19 fps.", "It cannot do 30 fps, nowhere near it, not at 160x120, 176x144, 320x240.", "Forget it.", "CPU: Good.", "Uses about the same as other good webcams I've tried --- about 20% of a PIII 900 MHz to capture 320x240 at 15 fps.", "LIGHT SENSITIVITY: Good.", "The picture quality does not degrade, and the frame rate doesn't drop in low light, and the picture is plenty bright enough.", "Unfortunately, the picture is NEVER good, and the frame rate is never good, so this is of little value.", "Go try a Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 or an Intel CS430 and you'll see what a good web cam is capable of." ]

[ "This longtime Holt fan was horrified and sickened as well as bitterly disappointed in this novel because (a) it's not a \"romance\" at all and (b) this is one of the finest authors alive.", "The \"hero\" tricks and rapes the heroine, but she falls in love with him?", "NO!", "NO!", "NO!", "Rape is a violent act committed by men who despise women.", "No man who does that can EVER be a hero, and Holt's attempt to have him reason out his actions and redeem himself are an utter failure.", "Equally disappointing is having his helpless, violated victim decide he's worthy of her affection, and worse, fit to be a father to the child he conceived through force.", "This is a sad attempt at entertainment from a wonderful writer, a slap in the face to real victims of rape, a perpetuation of the myth that it's possible for some rape victims to secretly enjoy their brutalization, and that men who rape really aren't so bad.", "In wasn't uncommon for romance novels to feature rape-as-seduction in the 1970s (thanks to the dreadful \"Sweet, Savage Love\" phenom), but Ms.", "Holt's readers expect her not to use such a sordid - and false - plot device\n\nRead \"The Pride of the Peacock\" or \"Mistress of Mellyn\" instead." ]

[ "I do really love the design and colors, but overall I have some reservations.", "I can't really tell what the fiber content is.", "The socks were not individually wrapped/banded and the bag they came in didn't specify the fibers used.", "They feel more like cotton than anything else.", "On four of the pairs there are very short loose ends sticking out on the front of the fabric.", "This makes me worry that they may start unraveling soon.", "On all pairs there are very long loose floats of thread on the inside - long enough to catch on toes so you have to take care putting them on.", "This also makes me wonder how durable they will be.", "They do stretch to fit my Woman's Size 10 feet, but this makes the leg portion very short.", "I took a chance because sometime socks that say they will run only to size 9 are stretchier and fit me fine.", "Fortunately my ankles are not wide, otherwise the tops might be too tight.", "Though I wouldn't order these again, mostly because of the sizing, I guess they are worth the price I paid and I am going to keep them because they really are cute, but I don't expect them to last particularly long.", "I would recommend them for someone with smaller feet only if you don't mind the quality issues." ]

[ "It's so hard to put into words what an utter piece of garbage \"Titanic\" is, because it so shamelessly offends so many of one's senses simultaneously.", "Wow, what a stinker.", "What honestly frightens me is the overwhelming success and accolades it achieved.", "I had the same sickening feeling when it swept the Academy Awards, as I did when I heard the first OJ verdict.", "Sinking the boat was well done and they clearly spent a bundle on it.", "That part was fun to watch, but I've seen better plot and dialog on daytime soaps.", "The entire mess was a nicely conceived way to get as many people as possible into the theatres, like a politician that tries to please everybody at the same time.", "Unfortunately, the end result was actually painful to observe.", "And what was with that insipid song!", "It was nauseating once, but who is buying this thing?", "Celine Dion released that hunk of poo on multiple albums and every one of them went mega-gazillion-platinum!", "What is going on here?", "Two stars for overall production value, for making the huge boat and then sinking it, and just because I still like Cameron for having made Terminator." ]

[ "Heavily, heavily, heavily, heavily perfumed.", "If you have sensitive skin, I recommend you stay far away from this.", "Like most things from Vichy's parent company (Loreal) I found this product to be a horrible choice for my sensitive skin.", "The serum wasn't nearly as offensive as the moisturizer (and I'm sincerely not sure if I reacted to the serum itself, but I can verify that is a very perfumed product, though not as strongly scented as the moisturizer).", "I have combo/dry skin and sensitive skin, but I do not always react to perfumes.", "This moisturizer broke me out, irritated my skin, and it irritated my eyes (without being applied near).", "All this without feeling particularly moisturizing.", "These are more perfumed than some perfumed body lotions I've bought.", "This moisturizer should never go on a face.", "My skin is SLOWLY recovering for this experiment.", "Regret, regret, regret.", "The packaging is adorable, and it should be noted that these are trial gift with purchase type sizes.", "I think the $30-ish pricepoint is fair since you have an option to try multiple products before committing to a larger size.", "The products are just kinda crappy.", "Though I do love the Lancme brand, I would suggest that with that one exception, anyone with sensitive skin avoid ANY and ALL face products from all brands under the Loreal umbrella.", "The two stars were awarded because the packaging is cute and most of my rant is focused on the moisturizer itself.", "I also think being able to purchase sample sizes to try or travel with is always a wonderful option for companies to offer.", "Even without absolutely hating the other two products, I would still never buy those again, and they are too perfumed to recommend to anyone, so I was still unable to bump this up to a third star." ]

[ "I am a big fan of treats that are digestable.", "I purchased this product thinking it would be safe to feed my dog.", "I left the treat for my dog on my way out the door for work, when I arrived home 4 hours later the treat was fully gone and the poor dog could not control his bowel movements and had diarrhea.", "This diarreha lasted for 2 days, and was so bad that I had to take a trip to the vet which ended up being one of the most expensive trips I've made there yet to have him tested for various illnesses.", "I didn't attribute the diarrhea to the product at first, but a week later I again gave my dog this bone treat and a few hours after eating the bone the diarrhea started back up again.", "I'm unsure what exactly about this product is \"healthy\", and would argue against it being \"edible\".", "Sure technically you can give this product to your dog and if he eats peices it won't require surgery to remove.", "But you'll spend 2-3 days dealing with uncontrolable doggy bowel movements, and excessive dehydration.", "And if your not quick enough to realize it's this treat causing your problems you'll spend a few hundred bucks at the vets office like I did.", "And don't get me started on how quickly these things can get eaten....", "From now on I'll stick with bully sticks." ]

[ "My goodness...", "all these five star reviews really awe me...", "I've been a strong dreamcast player even years after it fizzled out early in the previous console wars.", "Sonic Adventure one was very fun game to play, but like most other dreamcast titles it was flawed.", "Those flaws were strongly outweighed with the many upsides of that title.", "I didn't give Sonic Adventure 2 a 1 star review because many people,including my own brother enjoyed this game.", "It also had a decent following.", "On a personal level however I feel they kept all the flaws from the original game, took out all the previous positive changes, and slapped a title on it.", "I was very disappointed.", "If you own the dreamcast I'd recommend getting the original before this one." ]

[ "Because you need something like that to make this game interesting and enjoyable; because its that bad!!!!", "!!!!", "!!", "Seriously this game sucks, the graphics were great for the 16-BIT, the sound isn't all that bad, and that's were it stops.", "The gameplay is full of glitches and other issues.", "There is no blood, though you'll see a lot of sweat, maybe some tears, but no blood.", "You can't leave that out of the deal, also the game was just censored to death.", "The combination of the bad gameplay, and lack of originality that should have come from the arcades killed this version!", "I remember you could trip someone half way across the screen!?", ";( Its just a dumb game.", "If you wanna make it good like I said in the begining get some beer and other things, possibly get drunk, and then maybe you might find it entertaining.", "Other than that avoid this one, but check out the sequel." ]

[ "BUYER BEWARE!", "Chef's Choice has really reduced the quality of this waffle iron.", "I owned this for 8 years and it died one day.", "We LOVED it so I ordered a new one to replace it.", "Much to my delight it was only $50 instead of the $70 I paid 8 years ago.", "But boy was I disappointed when I got it.", "They have changed everything and made it into cheap junk--cutting tons of corners to help reduce costs.", "Why do companies do this???", "Has Apple taught companies nothing?", "It destroys your reputation.", "I thought maybe I got a counterfeit so I returned it and got one from another place.", "NOPE, they really have changed the quality.", "Here is what is cheaper.", "1) The toggle switch on the front isn't centered.", "2) the waffle plates are no longer a light metallic color.", "They have been replaced with a dark colored coating (so the picture of the light interior is now inaccurate) 3) it now jiggles back and forth on the counter so it doesn't feel as solid 4) the lid wobbles around 5) the bottom seems like really cheap plastic 6) the control knob is loose and junky now.", "Why did they do this?", "Of course, it has to do with greed.", "Stay away!" ]

[ "This used to be the best catnip ever!", "I opened the most recent can I received and it's nothing but a fine powder.", "It smells old and my cat wasn't impressed, either.", "He has always loved this brand.", "I don't know what's going on and I noticed that another poster had the same issue.", "It was great while it lasted.", "On to find another good quality catnip for my boy.", "Update 1/30/15: I sent Sojos an email and the company resolved this issue for me.", "In the future, I will purchase the catnip from a local store in case it's necessary to return it.", "Apparently, catnip's potency can be dependent on many factors and I received a dud.", "Thank you Sojos!!" ]

[ "I had high hopes for the Captivate.", "I had to upgrade from my Motorola Backflip which if you think the Captivate is memory bound just look at the Backflip.", "Having seen a Captivate from a person in the seat next to me on the airplane I knew it was the phone I wanted to move to.", "It wasn't until I got the phone that the one feature I depend on as a road warrior, GPS, doesn't work well on the Captivate.", "Getting a GPS lock takes time.", "Tracking while moving in a vehicle and it can't keep up.", "I tried all the \"settings\" people posted which basically only helped the initial lock time from minutes to less than a minute.", "Tracking is useless.", "Since I truly love the other features of the phone I sprung for a GPS dongle which hopefully will resolve my GPS issue.", "But a phone as expensive as the Captivate it should have GPS working out of the box.", "Even the Motorola Backflip GPS works better than the Captivate which is sad.", "On the Captivate I tried Google Maps Navigation, Waze and CoPilot Live which all worked just fine on the Backflip on the same streets I've tried the Captivate out on.", "Otherwise all the great things people have posted about the screen are true.", "Memory wise it is way better than the Backflip and the processor is loads faster.", "Photos are amazing even without a flash.", "Haven't done a video yet.", "But I can't recommend this phone due to the poor quality GPS.", "Even rooting and installing Android v2.", "2 (Cognition ROM v2.", "3b8) made no difference to navigation.", "The lock is slightly faster but it just does not keep up on the road.", "You need a GPS dongle (see below) to get navigation to work.", "I used the Google Navigator application but Waze and CoPilot Live both exhibit the same behavior with the built in GPS.", "[Update: Jan 7, 2011] Received the GlobalSat BT-395 from Amazon and it works with the Captivate!", "Download the free \"Bluetooth GPS\" application from Android market and use that to connect to the 395.", "This has made the Captivate function as a navigation device...", "finally.", "Though I do have the downside of having to carry yet another device in my jacket pocket and remember to charge it up every so often.", "I also happened across an issue of Consumer Reports yesterday that ranked the Captivate right behind the iPhone 4.", "This is another reason I've stopped relying on Consumer Reports.", "They rated the navigation on the Captivate as \"Very good\" when it is not.", "[Update Jan 19, 2011] Knocked it down to one star because GPS does not work for navigation on Android v2.", "2 using the Cognition ROM.", "I do not recommend people go down this path unless they are highly technically skilled.", "But it doesn't fix anything.", "The lock time is faster than stock but navigation is still too far behind to be of any use.", "This looks like a hardware problem.", "Avoid this phone if you need to use GPS for navigation (unless you invest in a dongle like I did)." ]

[ "...", "yep just like rice krispies?", "I have a pretty long pedal chain but get a lot crackle in the mid range my boss volume.", "Tried repeatedly to contact boss on this problem but apparently they don't care.", "In fact you can't get a hold of them except over their website and they don't answer!", "So I'll change the sealed pot myself and eat the cost.", "Gave it two stars cause I like the direct tuner out and sturdy construction.", "Boss like\nmany big companies have lost touch with reality.", "Tick\noff enough customers you go out of business cuz only\nan idiot is a repeat customer for abuse.", "How's that old\nsaying go, mess me around once shame on you, mess me around twice shame on me.", ":~[" ]

[ "Talked to the kid at best buy and I asked him what do to put movies on my psp.", "I asked him what I need to put my dvds on there and this is what he showed me(it doesn't convert dvds to quicktime)...", "should have done my own research.", "Any who the program is slow to load and takes forever to transfer movies to my psp.", "takes far less time to use windows to input data on to the card and then have the manager sync the psp.", "Then the movie plays.", "I sat there for 5 minutes before I said this is to long.", "I stopped the transfer tried windows.", "2 min to download to psp 30 secs to sync and movie plays.", "Only benifite is the back up of your saved games.", "I am not sure why the movie wouldn't work before the sync but that you could probably find a way around." ]

[ "If Microsoft 8 works faster and better under the hood, great.", "I am not opposed to the pretty tiles..", "but they lead to apps that just don't cut it.", "I have spent years finding and working with programs (mail client for example) that do what I want very well.", "Great if they come up with a better mail client but they haven't...", "and it is unlikely that they will be better than the market (this was always Windows' strength..", "the market competes to come up with applications that work well).", "The aggregation function of the people app is nice, but frankly, it just isn't as good as the facebook page itself so I am not going there.", "It is cool to see my photos aggregated, but the functionality isn't near as good as picasa.", "so I have to wade through these tiles to get back to the programs I already know and use.", "It seems like such a waste of time.", "I am happy to try new things but they just seem to want to go to the top down approach of apple (with all their built in apple applications).", "It works for apple because they have honed these programs over years and years.", "Even at that, they aren't as good as marketplace produced applications.", "Their benefit is that they are so tightly integrated with apple, they work well without glitches etc..", "but still, they are only valuable because they have been honed.", "I am not willing to wait 10 years as MS hones its mail app.", "I'll use the one I have.", "Or finally go to apple if this becomes too much of a hassle.", "I tried windows 8 on my extra laptop.", "If I avoid the apps and go right to my desktop, it is fine..", "but annoying.", "I will not upgrade my main desktop computer or my other laptops.", "This is a fail.", "sorry microsoft." ]

[ "Apple has a built in dictation system, and Dragon is a HUUUUGE waste of time.", "Dragon & Digital River should give seminars on horrible customer service.", "First Digital River never sent me the physical shipment.", "Either they (or Dragon) calls me once every couple of months to sell me what I already bought, and I tell them I never received it, and of course, they do nothing.", "Then I get my new IMac, so I want to set up all the software.", "For regular Apple software, is amazingly easy, and took less than 10 minutes of actual work for all Apple products (although some downloads took some elapsed time).", "Dragon Dictate wasted almost 90 minutes of my time on the phone, and I won't get the software for another 24 hours.", "Ridiculous.", "They KNOW I bought it and didn't get it.", "They initially said they can't do a digital download, and now they said they can, but it will take 24 hours.", "I had to wait and wait and wait on the phone, then speak to 2 people from some foreign land who don't understand enough English to know the simple problem even when I have order numbers and emails in front of them.", "The indian lady at Digital River said the best she could do was to refund the sale price and charge me full price.", "Worst customer experience I've had in a long, long time." ]

[ "well I read the reviews, but STILL BOUGHT IT!", "no one's fault but mine.", "1.", "The FM has lot of static.", "2.", "The thing doesnt have any latching/locking method.", "The 12v plug can not hold this much weight.", "it rolls when car's turns & can drop on your feet if you are a RECKLESS driver :-)\n3.", "I threw the box so had to keep it,Now I just laid it as straight as possible over the console so approx 80% of the neck is laid on console next to gear stick.", "This way its kind of stable, but of course the view is not good.", "The phone keeps touching your thighs when I drive.", "anyways!", "good idea, but if they hire better engineers they might be able to make usable product!", "Also S3 barely fits in it with maximum stretch, not sure if it will work for S4." ]

[ "I got the Bialatti espresso maker and enjoyed it until about 4 months after I purchased it.", "At that point I saw the metal on the inside of the pot start to corrode.", "I contacted Bialatti and they said it was most likely residue from my tap water.", "I looked at reviews and noticed people saying the metal was poor quality and not what it used to be.", "I am so glad another reviewer mentioned the Vev Vigano brand having all stainless steel inside and out.", "I got it and it is so much better than the Bialetti.", "The quality is far superior and now I am not worried about injecting aluminum!", "Check out Vev Vigano instead!", "&nbsp;<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Vev-Vigano-Carioca-Nero-1-Cup-Espresso-Maker/dp/B001QVHZTQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Vev Vigano Carioca Nero 1-Cup Espresso Maker</a>" ]

[ "I wish I was able to put this together and use.", "The glass shelf looks sturdy.", "Plastic spacers looked kinda cheap.", "Rest of the components looked good.", "That's as far as I got with this unit.", "I was missing the screw rods to connect the post between the shelves.", "Contacted Naomi products to request the missing pieces.", "They wanted me to send the whole thing back and send me another one.", "I sent it back, got email for replacement, but then it got cancelled due to out of stock and got notice for refund.", "12 days later, no refund, called them, they didn't even process refund.", "Had to file A-Z claim to get refund.", "Product looked good, dealing with vendor, not so good." ]

[ "I received this as a gift for Christmas because a visitor did not like how my current coffee grinder closes (hamilton beach custom grind).", "Essentially, she bought herself a grinder to attempt to use at my house.", "Good luck with that.", "Things I dislike about it:\n1) no measurement guides that are worth anything...", "The one it has is supposedly for 2 cups.", "What about the other intervals when I have guests?", "2) When I tried to make 8 cups, the lid would not shut and the grinder would not start.", "I poured the beans into my other grinder and finished the job.", "How will it make 12 cups if I can't close the lid without beans spilling all over if I can't make 8 cups using the thing?", "3) Cord does not coil easily.", "4) You have to press the button down the whole time it's grinding, there is not selector based on # of cups or desired fineness.", "I am not a coffee snob.", "I am not a grinder snob.", "Krups burr grinder was equally useless.", "I suppose this might work for me if I took a permanent marker and marked the level at which I should pour the beans for my daily preference, and then held the button down the whole time.", "Give me my Hamilton Beach custom grind over this any day, even if the lid is a little ornery and the switch cover pops off.", "At least it gets the job done.", "I suppose this sounds unappreciative to the giver...", "I do appreciate the effort.", "I just wish it worked at least as well as my other grinder." ]

[ "WE love love love the Viva paper towel on the rolls.", "However, the Viva Pop-ups Paper Towel Dispenser is.", "frrankly.", "awful.", "The paper towel is basically insignificant, almost not there.", "It's okay as a true FINGERTIP towel, because that's pretty much all three sheets can manage.", "Since the towel is soft and clingy, it doesn't come out as easily as I would have hoped, so one has to pull at it, to get it out, at least when the box is full.", "One of my kids compared to it to our one ply toilet paper, if that's any help.", "I'm very disappointed in these cut sheets.", "I would never recommend them to anyone for anything, and would never buy them again.", "There's not really even good enough for wiping up tiny spills.", "Stay away.", "What a waste of money.", "UPDATED REPORT....", "There is one benefit to the these boxed towels.", "The work well for little kids.", "The size is good for little hands.", "Still not worth the money." ]

[ "My lifetime hero was Charles M.", "Schulz who drew \"Peanuts.", "\" In fact, I had a subscription to the \"Chicago Tribune\" because it had other great cartoons and displayed \"Peanuts\" dailies on a separate page often printing the strip in color.", "I purchased the paperback collections and now am buying the complete collection.", "Once I even had an original daily, but I sold it to help pay part of the daughters' college tuition.", "Schulz drew on an illustration board rather than the Strathmore the majority of cartoonists utilized.", "I consider him the best cartoonist the U.", "S.A. had ever produced.", "So, why do I care?", "Except for when I was in the army, I subscribed to the \"Chicago Tribune\" primarily for the comics, and there were some great ones.", "I have no idea what is in there now, because I do not have access to a hard copy!", "Why is that?", "For more than three decades, I had the dailies delivered to my door and purchased the Sunday at the newsstand stopping at the coffee shop and buying my daughters a doughnut.", "I am not saying I did not read some of the text, but primarily, I subscribed for the great comics.", "Then, management decided not to home deliver in this neck of the woods and I was forced to mail subscribe including the Sunday which was no longer available at the newsstand.", "The Sunday really jacked up the subscription price and never arrived until at least Wednesday.", "Each edition arrived several days late and often out of sequence.", "This was unacceptable and I dropped the subscription and subscribed to two Internet comic strip services.", "The electronic version is delivered promptly daily...", "without the comics!", "There is plenty of room for crappy sports stuff, but still no comics.", "If the \"Chicago Tribune\" wants a five star out of my, the management will have to add comics to the electronic version." ]

[ "I love this brand but this product does not work for me at all.", "At first, I thought it was going to be the dream foundation I'd been looking for.", "Perfect color match.", "Perfectly light and airy.", "Perfect coverage - my pores appeared to disappear.", "And then, moments later, it was if the product sucked all the moisture out of my skin.", "It looked like a caked on, crumbly mess.", "It magnified every tiny wrinkle, every imperfection.", "I applied this on one of the coldest and driest days of the winter, but I has used a moisturizer first, and let it set.", "I will try again when the air becomes warmer and more moist because I loved the ten minutes of bliss I had with the coverage and airy light perfection." ]

[ "You know, if anyone has ever read any of my other reviews, you'll realize that I've got a horrible pet peeve about movies that have a lot of potential and flop miserably.", "I don't think a movie has been made yet that exemplifies this more then Paul Anderson's 'Soldier.", "'\nThis movie REALLY could have been mind-blowing had it not been held back by Anderson's chronic lack of any imagination (see my other reviews of Paul Anderson's work).", "If this material was being molded by ANYBODY with any sense of vision or especially scope, this movie might have been as popular as the Matrix is now.", "'Soldier' was CRYING to be done on a grand scale.", "How cool would it have been to have seen a huge 'Saving Private Ryan' meets 'Attack of the Clones'-type battle scene?", "Instead we get work that looks like it was done in a high school auditorium.", "Look at things like the horribly dull set designs (not bad per se, but just no creativity), the poor lighting, the stereotyped lemming-civilian characters, and the clichd villains.", "It's awful how phoned-in this movie just seemed.", "The tragic part is that Kurt Russell was terrific in it and was just surrounded by people (actors and production crew alike) that just had no interest (or maybe ability) in trying to add flavor to the VAST RESOURCES they had at their disposal.", "I actually cringe when I think about just how cool this could have been compared to the body of work that everyone seemed content to turn in." ]

[ "Bought, read, and promptly returned.", "I know, it was bad.", "But, in my defense, I couldn't help it!", "The first three books were just so good.", "Sure, Feast of Crows was disappointing, but (again) the first three books were just so good!", "So, I had to know what happened.", "I mean, GRRM might have turned it all around in this book.", "Plus, it's well past the mid-point of the series, and we should finally be getting some answers (or so I thought).", "Well, we didn't.", "In fact, other than some WTF moments, the book plods.", "So, I've decided to give up this series altogether.", "Don't get me wrong, the actual writing isn't bad (if overly repetitive and food-based) but the plot...", "GRRM's attempts to keep it compelling smack of desperation rather than inspiration.", "And, that's a huge problem, because authors who try to consistently write \"twists\" into their books...", "well, it only works if they're truly inspired and the twists flow from the characters and the story itself.", "The problem with Dragons is that GRRM seems to be trying to create \"twist\" plot points by throwing together new plots or characters, at the expense of the old and beloved ones.", "In fact, it almost feels as if GRRM got sick of writing the story/characters he wrote during the first three books, and decided to change it up and make it a little unpredictable.", "Or, found something about the original situation didn't work, and couldn't quite figure out a way to paint himself out of that corner.", "Unfortunately, in trying to solve his problem (to put it in tv parlance) he jumped the shark.", "Moreover, the way this book developed, and the lack of any kind of closure (or even move toward closure) makes me seriously suspect that he doesn't really know how to end this series.", "Oh well.", "No hard feelings George.", "It happens.", "I get it.", "I'm moving on.", "Maybe IF the series is ever finished, and I hear enough glowing reviews from those who had the patience to stick with it, I may give it another go.", "Until then though, this whole series gets chucked to the bookcase of shame in my garage." ]

[ "coffee, is wifey and my favorite hobby we utilize most of the known ways of preparing it and we scour the net and shops for the perfect bean.", "i recognize that most of our likes come from what we grew up tasting and drinking, so our coffee tastes are compared to folgers or butternut, however we have made an effort to expand our coffee palettes over the years.", "that said i prepared the coffee using a Vietnamese coffee filter system and it was not drinkable, i tried using the chemex system which usually yields a mild result and still no good.", "french press, nope.", "next step is a cold brew which often makes the worst and cheapest beans drinkable, if that doesnt work, i'll give the can to my brother in law, he will hate it but not admit it because he thinks he is a sophisticated drinker of exotic coffees i give him all my nasty beans.", "lol.", "i watched a program put on by illy on creating good beans (actually my favorite espresso bean is lavazza super crema) anyway they talked about a bean they called a 'stinker' thats a bean that if it finds its way into the blend will ruin the blend.", "i have found beans like that they have a cheezy smell to them.", "it could be possible that my can of trung nguyen had many 'stinkers' oh well, do keep in mind that when it comes to taste, whether its food, recipes, or coffee and its infinite varieties of preparation, what makes me gag, may be another persons absolute favorite.", "try it for yourself, one can won't break you, if you don't like it you could use it to sepia stain your black and white photographs or i'll give you the address of my brother in law." ]

[ "Very upset that Viktor didn't explain to Samantha that the sex would cause them to be mated.", "In effect he mated her without her consent and she became very upset after finding out that she had thought she was consenting to some sexy fun, while he took for granted that they were now husband and wife.", "It seems he took the trouble to explain to his ex, Elise, but not Samantha...", "that was not cool.", "What further disappointed me was that Viktor agonises that he was taken in by his ex, Elise, and he's worried that he doesn't know anything about Samantha, about who she is and what she's like as a person.", "But the next second, he seems to conveniently forget that worry because he can't wait to get into her pants.", "He never took the time to get to know Samantha, and for me this is a big romantic fail.", "They did not have a single proper conversation before jumping into bed and getting \"mated\"...", "as I said earlier, he didn't even explain that the sex would bind her to him for all eternity (and turn her immortal!", ").", "He could have redeemed himself later by being tender and kind when Samantha freaks out, but he didn't do a good job of that, either.", "And then with hardly any conversation, Samantha decides she loves him, for no other reason that I can see other than that the sex is phenomenally good and she has the hots for him.", "Apart from being disappointed with the development of the \"romance\" between Viktor and Samantha (what romance???", "), I felt that Viktor's character was poorly written.", "His behaviour towards Samantha is inconsistent with someone who had last been out in the world a hundred years ago.", "On one hand, he's still so used to the morals of that time that he's horrified at the modern skimpy apparel and the fact that Samantha would be alone in her living room with another man sans chaperone.", "On the other hand, he's all over Samantha the moment he sees her, to the point that they come very close to having sex in a public place.", "If he really still subscribed to the values of that bygone era, he would have treated Samantha much more carefully, with a great deal more respect and consideration -- and he most definitely would have kept his hands to himself, especially in public.", "Also do not quite understand why the sex would have mated them for all eternity since he does mention that he and his brother caroused with many women in the past.", "So why is it that only with Samantha, having sex is some momentous life-changing event?", "Just because she is his destined mate?", "This part of the story was not explained clearly, and it is also not explained how a dragon would know or recognise his mate.", "If Viktor had come close to making a mistake before, obviously it isn't that easy to determine who one's mate should be, so how was he so sure that Samantha was it, especially when he had spent almost zero time with her?", "It seemed more like he tried to convince himself that she was his mate, since he was so randy (hadn't had sex in a hundred years) and lusted after her on sight.", "I won't be reading the other books in the series." ]

[ "WAY TOO SMALL\n\n I wear a 32 inch waist in jeans.", "I followed the advice of others on here and ordered two sizes up - so a 36 inch waist.", "I got them and cannot button the upper waist buttons on these at all and I know cotton duck shrinks when dried - so back they go.", "Revised December 4:\n\nI re-ordered.", "I ordered a 38 inch waist for my 32 inch waist and they fit.", "The tag in these overall says they are made in the United States.", "I hate to be cynical but I find it hard to believe that we cannot make a product for a man with a 32 inch waist that says \"32 inch waist\" on it.", "For some reason we make a product that says \"38 inch waist.", "\"\n\n If anyone is going to make America \"great again\" I hope they will start by learning how to read a tape measure.", "If I knew of an alternative to Carharts I would buy them but I don't know of any.", "I stopped buying clothes from L.", "L. Bean years ago for the same reason: nothing fits in a consistent way.", "It seems to me the trouble with men's clothing companies that specialize in workwear is that the people who are involved and the conception and production of the products do you not have calluses on their hands or sore backs at the end of the day.", "They are young marketing people and most of them have probably never worn a pair of overalls in their life.", "I imagine Carhart started as a company of people who had some farm experience and tried to make a better pair of overalls and they did that themselves knowing what overalls needed to be.", "It's a different world now where the end-user is completely divorced from the process geographically, logistically, spiritually.", "We are being left with and increasingly narrower field of empty products.", "I don't feel the confidence I used to feel when I put these things on.", "Instead I feel disappointed." ]