Advantages: read op
Disadvantages: read op

...For a man to be remembered due to his writings after more than 1000 years is a noteworthy occurrence. There must be something truly remarkable about this person and surely deserves the time and effort spent in a closer look at his work. The person I am referring to is of course Bede, or the Venerable Bede to give him his correct title. The definitions of venerable in the dictionary are, respected, esteemed, and honoured. After his death, his friends were lavish in their praise of this amazing man. It comes across quite clearly that he was a “nice” person, a gentleman, and a truly ‘venerable’ man. He was born about 672 or 673 A.D. in Northumbria. At seven years of age, his family delivered him to the monastery at Wearmouth, which was located at the mouth of the river Wear. There he was introduced to... Read review

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Advantages: Really great and well written ideas
Disadvantages: No movie, and the sad news of Douglas Adams’s death

...I wouldn’t say Douglas Adams was a hero of mine but he is someone I admired a great deal. I love the way he wrote and the ideas he came up with, it wasn’t until his death a year ago that it really came home to me of how much a part he played in my life, he will be very missed. I have written a couple of opinions about Douglas Adams’s lately, and have done several, most of the following I wrote but left out due to the length of those ops. So seeing as a new revised edition of what is essentially a biography of Douglas Adams has just come out and been read by this fan I thought I’d include it here. ~~Don’t Panic - Douglas Adams & The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy~~ Written by Neil Gaiman and originally came out as ‘Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Companion’, in 1987. It was revised by David K... Read review

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Advantages: Kate Hudson
Disadvantages: Stuart Townsend's character, Adam

...If you were flicking through your TV guide in March you might have come across a film on BBC2 called About Adam. Described as a romantic comedy featuring Kate Hudson, I figured it was my kind of thing so I recorded it for later viewing. The following afternoon I was at a loose end so I settled down on the sofa and started to watch the film. The film started off so well - it made me think "Yes, this is my kind of film" and "Ooh I'd marry him if he did that". Later I wanted to kick the screen, more specifically Townsend's character, Adam. THE PLOT Dublin girl Lucy Owens (Kate Hudson) works in a restaurant where she meets her latest conquest, a quiet seemingly shy man called Adam. Frustrated with waiting for him to make a move, Lucy asks to see him again. Adam (Stuart Townsend) is unlike anyone Lucy has dated - he is shy... Read review

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Advantages: good price`s
Disadvantages: small shop`s

...I have shopped in Adam`s for cloth`s for my daughter for about a year now. I find Adam`s great value for money and the cloth`s that i have purchased have all been good qaulity and take alot of ware before looking old. This is one of my hate`s about bying baby clothe`s,the amount of money that i can spend on expensive cloth`s for her,and they end up old very quick. Adam`s has a good selection of cloth`s for both girl`s and boy`s,they sell socks,underware,pj`s,jacket`s,school,casuall and dress cloth`s. they also sell premature and newborn cloth`s,soft pram toy`s,blanket`s etc: I find this a great shop for shoes. I had problems finding baby size2 shoes that were hard sole,when my daughter started to walk. It would be worth your while,to take a look at any Adam`s sale,you can buy their clothes for virtually nothing. Also... Read review

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Advantages: Special offers and Sales! Friendly Staff.
Disadvantages: Those damned coin operated toys that children ride on!

...Adams Adams is a children's clothing shop, there is bound to be one in most large towns and cities throughout the UK and now stores are popping up in Europe and Asia! There are now over 400 stores in total with over 300 of those in UK alone. A far cry from the days when Amy Adams opened her terraced house in Birmingham selling baby clothes way back in 1933! Amy opened up 3 stores shortly afterwards and 40 yrs later she joins in partnership with Foster Brothers and a further 30 stores open within a couple of years. The business continues to grow today, going from strength to strength. Adams sells children's clothing from babies to 10 yr olds. The shops are usually well laid out with a section dedicated to each age group 0-12mths 1-3 yrs and 4-10yrs and also separated into girls and boys wear. My local Adams is a very small... Read review

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Advantages: all the best bits on one disc, tons of extras
Disadvantages: n/a

...I bought the Adam and Joe DVD as a present for my boyfriend knowing he'd enjoyed watching it back in the day (the show ran from 1996 to 2001). Although I enjoyed watching the series I wasn't expecting too much from the DVD as there were a few sketches that were always a bit hit or miss. However the DVD is a condensed version of the four series' of "The Adam and Joe show" that were originally shown on channel 4. It contains all the "best bits" and is to summarize in one word- HILARIOUS, The show took the form of short sketches with links filmed in Adam and Joe's "bedsit" in London. 'Adam and Joe' are Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish, two friends who met at school and have been working together on comedy sketches and projects ever since. As I mentioned the show is sketch based, and the DVD is a compilation of all... Read review

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Advantages: Stuart Townsend-Thats it, I kid you not
Disadvantages: No plot, unconvincng accents, attempts to be arty

...Another of the long stream of DVD's I have recently rented from my Blockbuster online membership is 'About Adam.' When I rented this film, I did not have a clue what it was about, I had just heard the name and was curious. Because the movies only come in a slipcase, there was very little telling me what I was about to see, and so this may have something to do with what I thought…Utter tripe. I would warn you that there are plot spoilers coming up, but as there is no plot, and I strongly advise all of you not to bother with this film, we are safe to continue with me spoiling the decidedly-non-plot of this film ***"Storyline"*** *(note inverted commas) About Adam is set in Dublin, and stars Stuart Townsend (yes please) as Adam, a rather tasty young man who starts going out with Lucy, a very hyperactive Kate Hudson. She is utterly... Read review

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Advantages: Hits the ball a long way with a high degree of accuracy
Disadvantages: Quite expensive (But not the dearest on the market!)

...~ ~ Golf is a game of confidence. Once you’ve reached a certain level of proficiency and cobbled together a swing that you can feel reasonably sure will allow you to make a good contact with the wee white ball, then the game becomes more mental than physical. And what is more important than any other factor in inspiring that feeling of mental confidence is that you feel comfortable with your clubs. Simply put, that you feel “right” about the club, and that they give you the confidence that you’re going to strike the ball the direction and distance you want. ~ ~ I got that feeling the very first time I hefted an “Adams Tight Lies” fairway wood into my hands. Even before I hit a ball, I simply knew instinctively that this was a golf club that was going to do the business for me, and that I was going to play many great rounds of golf... Read review

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Advantages: A wonderful lyric based song
Disadvantages: most of the other songs on the album are crap

..."I never conquered, rarely came, tommorow holds such better days, days when i just feel alive, and i cant wait to get outside" Thats just part of the chorus of this masterpiece from Blink 182! Adam's song is a very sad song which is Track 7 on Enema of the State, an Album which saw Blink 182 come into the world as a very popular pop rock band. This song is the best song on the Album along with Going Away To College and a few others in this pop infested album. Adam's song is about a boy called Adam (naturally) who's teenage life is going wrong and everything is just a mess after he's split up with his girlfriend and he's contemplating suicide. The video for this song is pretty cool as it shows Blink 182 performing infront of a board full of pictures of happy memories with the camera zooming in on them and playing... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Boring, Same Old Songs Rehashed, Embarrassing Lyrics

...Bryan Adams is unfortunately clutching at straws with his eleventh album and its rather predictable title "eleven". In releasing another album featuring yet more of the same old songs, Adams' record company bosses seem to have had a bit of a panic. Being the eleventh album by Adams, and containing eleven tracks (purposely listing the technical twelfth track "Way of the World" as a "bonus"), Adams' will play it on his "eleven dates, eleven cities" tour this year. Perhaps if this album had any merits worth mentioning I could view this as a clever little marketing ploy; instead, I just have visions in my head of music executives sat round a table going "this sounds just like his last five albums, what are we supposed to do with it?" The first three tracks are sweet, melodic laid-back little ditties far too similar to songs that most... Read review

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