Amazing Ally and her Girlfriend!!

Advantages: educational, nice friend for little girl
Disadvantages: she goes on and on and on.....

...I've seen Amazing Ally advertised a lot, but her RRP is £70. I think this is extortionate for a doll so was pleased to find her for just £25 on one of Tv's selling channels. Since I bought her, I've found her in several toyshops for £24.99. Amazing Ally is an inter-active doll, designed to be the childs best friend. You have to program in your childs birthday, favourite colour, animal, holiday as well as the current time and date. This information is stored in the doll unless you switch her off or her batteries run out. She'll count down to your childs birthday, telling them they must be very excited from about three months before the date. When Ally's batteries are running down, she'll ask you to change them and specify which ones have run out. She takes 3 AA batteries and 3 AAA batteries. They do last a long time though...

kerrith 03.06.2004 · Read review
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For Allie...

Advantages: see op
Disadvantages: see op

...To Allie… You are beautiful, You charm me with your smile, You don’t need a man, you know, To make you feel worthwhile. You’re there when I need you there, You save me from my tears, You hug me tight and make me tea, And quieten all my fears. You take me out on shopping trips When I just want to hide You know the right things to say When all I’ve done is cried You know I’m here for you as well I wish I could do more I’d pay your bills and find a bloke Who’s better than before You don’t deserve to cry so much Or think that you are fat You’re beautiful, you wear great clothes You’re worth much more than that. You’re lovely, warm and caring You are witty, clever, fun When I need a gossip or a moan It’s always to you I come. You...

KarenUK 12.07.2003 · Read review
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Review of Poetry

Assault by an Allie

Advantages: Very real looking and sounding game
Disadvantages: none

...I bought Medal of Honour: Allied Assault (2 discs) for my boyfriend the very first day it came out, as he had been ranting on about it for ages. He had already played the game on the playstation and loved it so I knew it would be a good buy. I payed 34.99 for it from Electronics Boutique and up to now I dont regret the buy at all as my boyfriend has been on it every single day and enjoying every minute of it (in fact he is playing on it right this minute). First of all I will tell you the minimum system requirements as there is no point in even buying the game if your PC is too slow: *OS: Windows 95/98/2000/ME/XP. *Processor: 450MHz (Intel pentium 2). *Memory: 128MB RAM. *Hard Drive: 1.2 GB. *CD-DVD: 8 Speed. *Graphics: 16MB. *3D Accelerator: OpenGL Compatible. *DirectX: Version 8.0. *Multiplayer: 1 CD per PC. *Network...

cuddlybear2002 03.03.2002 · Read review
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Review of Medal of Honor Allied Assault (PC)

Do not use Allied Pickford

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Competence of people that pack your goods is abysmal

...My husband & I have just moved from Australia to the U.S & used Allied Pickford. We had just been married six months prior & had substantial delicate wedding gifts. We chose Allied even though it was more expensive as we wrongly believed they would be the most capable in moving our things. We couldn't have been more wrong. The way they packed our items was shocking, to the point, where the Allied unpackers in the U.S asked us whether we had our packed the things ourselves because they had never seen items packed so terribly. We had a very expensive fine bone china dinner set which they put in a box with only paper around the outside. The plates were not individually wrapped so no surprises that they were all smashed. The most shockingly packed box was the one where they couldn't even be bothered wrapping our wine glasses & just laid them...

California76 19.11.2007 · Read review
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Allied Pickfords - the careless movers

Advantages: Same company at both ends
Disadvantages: Large organisation - chaotic

...I used Allied Pickfords to move my houshold belongings from Australia to the UK. The price quoted by Pickfords Australia was not the cheapest, but I choosed them because they would be the same company at both ends, and I thought Pickfords are 'careful movers'. (I had a quotation from an Australian company for less money, and for a full container.) After my belongings were taken away in Australia, I had a call from the salesmen for more money, because the volume was more than he estimated. He told me that if I don't pay, then the excess boxes would be returned to me. Hence, I had no choice but to pay him, except at a reduced fee of $550 after much debate. I was very unhappy, and wrote a letter of complaint to the salesman and his manager. The manager wrote back and informed me that the extra fee was justified. I then made an official...

synctime 15.06.2004 · Read review
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Allied Crowbar

Advantages: The only advantages are that the unit-linked life assurance is useful for companies who need life cover to increase in line with inflation
Disadvantages: High premiums, high policy fees, huge commission, inflexible products and poor customer service.

...Having worked for Allied Dunbar and for an Independent Financial Adviser, I feel that I am in a position to comment objectively on the products and service offered by Allied Dunbar. Under no circumstances should anybody take out a policy with this company. The direct sales advisers are motivated purely and simply by commission and targets. The same may be said of all direct salespeople, but in this case, the incentives are massive. Advisers are offered trips to the Caribbean, Thailand and America for producing the highest figures in their region. In my own personal experience, one adviser was helped to falsely inflate his figures by his manager because managers are rewarded for branch production as well. This is what the policy charges pay for. Policy charges with all Allied Dunbar products are outrageously high compared...

daffydoos 29.01.2001 · Read review
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Ally, Ally, pride of my Ally

Advantages: damn good laugh
Disadvantages: not on as often as Coronation Street

...The only thing I would change about this program is the appearance of Vonda Shepherd, the songstress. It's not that she is a singer, it's just that I feel her interjections lend a trite air to the performance. Otherwise I rate this show very highly. Ally is my favourite character after Elaine. Is her surname 'Vassal' a joke because she is a PA? Anyway, apart from the fact that she dances exceedingly well and looks even better she is a scream. All of those wacky inventions, like the head bra and the inappropriate comments. Her most endearing aspect though is her constant eavesdropping, much to the chagrin of the eponymous heroine. The love of Ally's life, Billy, passed away after having gone slightly do-lally as the result of a brain tumour. Which was a great pity I thought as his character had been improving dramatically. He began...

oclumhain 24.02.2001 · Read review
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Review of Channel 4 - Ally McBeal

Best Ally McBeal Season, Robert Downey Jnr Rocks

Advantages: Rob Downey Jnr, Funny Scenes.
Disadvantages: Rob Downey Jnr getting kicked off the show.

...This is the best Ally McBeal season by far, I think the actors and the crew have finally worked out what goes, and how far they can push things. They're made Ally more naurotic in this season, and her 'fantasies' are much more funnier. But the thing for me that makes this season what it is, is the gorgeous bad boy Robert Downey Jnr. His portrayale as Larry Paul, a person Ally mistakes for a therapist even though he's a lawyer and then falls deeply in love with is fantastic. In every role I've ever seen him in, he's so smart and this shines through in Ally McBeal. He becomes a proper regular in episode 4 of the season, where he takes Ally's case when she's been sued. She's in the middle of dating two men, who are father and son (only Ally McBeal could pull that off) and he's dating her co-worker Nelle. My favourite episodes...

DixieChick10 19.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Ally McBeal - Season 4 (Box Set 1) (DVD)

Ally McBeal

Advantages: Characters, Storylines
Disadvantages: Not on enough!

...ALly McBeal is probably the most original programme I have ever seen. Shows like Friends and Trigger Happy are becoming a bit samey, new dramas on the BBC are generally shocking, but Ally keeps coming up trumps. I have been watching the new series on E4, and I absolutely love it. Considering the rather limited scope for the series - how many stories can you come up with about a law firm and its goings on? - the range and content of the stories, and the amazing subtulties of the characters, and the way the whole programme manages to weave itself together leave me shaking my head is disbelief every time. Despite the show's name, there is certainly no obvious central character. The episode I watched tonight was based entirely on John and Richard, and other shows have concentrated on the affairs of John, Richard and Elaine with hardly...

Dawson 07.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Channel 4 - Ally McBeal

Ally is the best!

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...What can you say about Ally Mcbeal? Well the show revolves around the title character Ally Mcbeal, whose a female laywer but also involves the lives (generally the sex lives) of her colleages. All the characters are highly unique and each hads there own funny little quirks which makes them highly entertaining and Ally's little fantasy/illusion sequences are something new and unique which always make me laugh. An excellent show which expresses what I think we all are big kids inside, except that Ally lets her inner child loose with crazy consequences. One of the best things on TV....

gayleb 02.08.2000 · Read review
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