Bic Biro

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...Bic Biro This product is surely something everyone has come across and it is a total favourite of mine. It has been around for many years and is popular with most school goers and workers alike. Bic has been the leading manufacturer in stationary products for many years and has been operating since 1950. This Bic Biro Cristal BallPoint pen was added to the collection at the Museum of Modern Art of New York. Which is pretty amazing to me. Bic sold its hundredth billion ballpoint pen in 2005, which must have generated some real income for them! Ok so this Bic biro is basically a clear plastic slightly hexagon shaped pen measuring around 12 cm with a gold coloured tip which is attached to the inside ink cartridge that is visible through the outer casing. There is a detachable lid with a air hole in the tip encase...

newby2 28.04.2007 · Read review
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The Old Bic

Advantages: Cheap, reliable and easy to use
Disadvantages: None

...The Bic Biro is possibly the most recognisable pen in the writing world. Simple, unique and classic. In 1945, Marcel Bich and Edouard Buffard bought a factory outside Paris and set up a business making parts for fountain pens and mechanical lead pencils. As the development of the ballpoint pen advances in the United States and Europe, Bich saw the potential for this new, innovative writing implement. Bich obtained the patent to a ball point pen created by a Hungarian inventor named Ladislao Biro. In 1950, Marcel Bich introduced his own ball pen, the reliable, affordable, Bic Cristal ballpoint pen. The Bic Biro is not a complicated pen, it is essentially a plastic hexagonal tube with a cap at the end containing another plastic tube with a writing nib at the top. This tube is filled with ink. The pen, when new anyway, has a plain...

shister_not 19.08.2008 · Read review
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Warlords of Atlantis.

Advantages: Doug McClure
Disadvantages: Same old same

...Warlords of Atlantis I can't help smiling when I see Doug McClures name on a movie thanks to the Simpsons taking the micky out of him. Anyhow here he is and to be honest he gives a decent performance We follow the incredibly smart, but slightly distracted, Professor Aitken and his son Charles and Charles friend Greg as they go off in search of yep you guessed it, The Lost City of Atlantis. They of course hire a very dubious and shifty looking crew who when they realise the untold wealth they may find decide to mutiny. Along the way there is the obligatory sea monster, which looks very plastic and the Alien inhabitants of, the now deep sea, Atlantis. Atlantis decides that it can take over the world and only Charles and Greg can stop them. They are helped by the very pretty Atlantian slave girl and soon they are...

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Atlantis: The Lost Empire - A great movie for all ages.

Advantages: Great voice-acting and plot.
Disadvantages: Some plot holes and predictable ending.

...Age Rating: U. Run Time: 92 minutes. Can be bought new for £5.98 on Amazon.co.uk and new and used for £5+ on Ebay.co.uk. I'm a big fan of the Disney cartoons, especially the movies with a bit of singing in them but I decided to watch Atlantis even though there wasn't a group of singing mice or Princesses in it. A cartoon about the lost city of Atlantis seemed too interesting to miss, especially since it was created by Disney. I wasn't disappointed either. The story begins with Milo Thatch, a young linguistic expert who is given the opportunity to search for the lost city of Atlantis. With the help of an ancient journal and a crew of explorers they begin their search for Atlantis, which they do discover (naturally, or else there wouldn't be a film). Milo and the team find the city still inhabited by a lost civilisation that...

Mistybrook 21.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Atlantis - The Lost Empire (Animated) (DVD)

Whats the Bic Idea?

Advantages: You can buy them every where
Disadvantages: You will lose it

...First off everybody knows about Bic Biros, as everybody must of used them sometime. Heres an amazing fact, Bic manufactures 22 million products........ every day around the world. That is just unbelivable. The history ************* In 1945 Marcel Bich and his business partner Edouard Buffard set up a factory making parts for fountain pens and mechanical lead pencils. This was when they noticed the potential of a ball point pen After Bich gained the patent to the Biro, invented by a gentleman called Ladislao Biro, Bich introduced the Bic Cristal to the world in december of 1950. What does it look like? *************************** See the pictures at the top of the page. What does it feel like to use? ********************************** As with any cheap pen the quality does vary, everybody has a favourite...

bisonhead 31.07.2006 (01.08.2006) · Read review
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Scuba wants to find Atlantis

Advantages: decent read
Disadvantages: not the best

...Righty ho, back with the program now people, no more of those technology reviews back to reviews which relate to the ocean! In this book as with many others the characters embark on a journey to try and find the legendary city of Atlantis. In Davidf Gibbins story, we are introduced to firstly Solon the LawMaker, then after the prologue we are taken to the modern era. Here we meet our main characters Jack Howard and Costas Kazantzakis. The pair are aboard the Seaquest on a marine archaeology project as part of their duties for the International Marine University where Jack is a historian and Costas head of the technology dept. From a series of random and seeming unlinked discoveries both on land and at sea they find themselves on the trail of a great historical mystery, and ultimately on a dangerous quest to get to the end...

scuba_angel 20.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Atlantis - David Gibbins

The 'BOX' from Atlantis

Advantages: Duel opening, well made - fantastic space maker
Disadvantages: Large cog style nuts inside take up too much room

...I have borrowed this roof box off a friend a few times now, and have finally invested in a roof box of my own... But not the Atlantis! Let me tell you why....... Ok, I like the Atlantis, it is spacious and well made, but it has one big down side - The system used for attaching the box to the roof bars is very big and clumpy. Inside the box there are 4 large - and I do mean large - cog style keys that are used to tighten the claws that hold on to the bars. Ok, the claw design is fantasic, it gives you the flexibility to move the box very quickly, but the cogs inside the box take up far too much space. We tried to put a double pushchair and a travel cot in there and because of the cogs we couldn\'t get them to lay flat, so we ended up putting the cot in the boot for safety as we couldn\'t strap it down at an angle. That said...

fairyvimto 20.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Thule Atlantis

Ode to a Bic Biro

Advantages: Effortlessly practical
Disadvantages: Reinforces my pen chewing habit

...Everything's alright When I write Black, red or blue Line stays true No hint of pretension In this clear plastic shell Used to tell To compel Or to quell With the written word Affordable Portable Expendable Indispensable A ballpoint with ageless grace And a place In everyday use No matter where, when or how It's a neat trick Performed by this biro from Bic Ubiquity achieved From an idea conceived So simply So completely I sit down to write A letter A story Dare I say... An ode I don't reach for the fountain pen Though it exudes class I look past The pencil is high maintenance Never a sharp point The page to anoint But the Bic Biro is there Chewed end Battered lid Ready to send My thoughts into life Thank you Bic For being And for seeing The need for practicality Embracing...

blackpuddinonnabike 03.01.2008 · Read review
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Atlantis shaped goodness

Advantages: Some good stories, continuing a great series
Disadvantages: special effects went downhill a little

...doesnt seem to be anything else to do for the inhabitants of atlantis. So strike one for season two. My main hangup about season two is something im unsure about. The graphics. I might just be a nutcase, but it seems season two had their funding cut or something equally as heartbreaking, as the previously amazing cut scenes of the floating city or the ocean doing ocean like things are no longer as breath taking. Some of them, infact, had me thinking my glasses needed adjusting. They don't. Strike two atlantis! Bad season! Thankfully, in true stargatey style, it managed to pull its self out of my firing line just long enough for me to start enjoying it. The graphics improved by the end of the season and the scenes of anything in space were well up to scratch. The episodes themselfs (when they weren't focusing on that reocurring...

ryanando 04.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Stargate Atlantis - Series 2 Vol.2 (DVD)

Little Bic who sings like a Bird

Advantages: Easily accessible, light, beautiful voice
Disadvantages: Less quirky than her earlier work, too melancholy for some

...Bic (pronounced Bec) Runga is a teeny tiny singer from New Zealand and Birds is her third studio album. You may have heard her song "Sway" (from her first album Drive) on the American Pie soundtrack. The album I have is imported from New Zealand; the UK release is slightly different. This album cover isn't much to look at. You can see from the picture that it doesn't exactly reach out and grab your attention. The booklet itself, though, has some really beautiful black and white pictures of endemic New Zealand birds as well as another portrait of Bic, also in black and white. Other than that it simply has the thanks, contributors and details of booklet production - no lyrics (in case you're a singer-alonger). On the back cover is the track listing: 1) Winning Arrow 2) Say After Me 3) Listen 4) Birds 5) Ruby Nights 6) No Crying...

Pittypomm 18.04.2007 · Read review
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