A dangerous place to break down

Advantages: Inexpensive help from 44p a week
Disadvantages: Being stranded

...I often get asked, is breakdown cover worth having? My answer to that is very simply, yes, particularly if you do a lot of motorway driving. No matter who you are and where you live, a car will breakdown at the most inconvenient time and leave you totally stranded, even the most reliable cars breakdown. As a young apprentice mechanic running old bangers I wish I'd had breakdown cover then as my old bangers were always breaking down at the most awkward times & I had my fair share of them. On my way to a first date all dressed up & the clutch cable broke! Another car & another broken clutch cable this time on the main street in town at 5pm on double yellow lines & in a bus lane! A puncture at 4am in the morning in pouring rain, coming home from an important date! Oh, the joys of motoring! Breaking down on a motorway is probably...

ScottishWestie 11.06.2008 · Read review
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Breaking Dawn - spoken text

Advantages: easy to listen to, great story
Disadvantages: none

...For those of you who aren't familiar with the saga that is gripping the hearts of just about every teenage girl out there,The Twilight Saga is the story of a young girl, Bella, who is in her Junior/Senior year of high school, meets a boy and falls in love. But Edward is a vampire. When I first found out about the film which came out last year I decided to buy the book, then realising there were a series of books I brought them all. My collection is now stacked with everything to do with twilight, and being as old as I am I do realise that that is a little bit sad. BUT Twilight is well written - in this case, well heard, and very enjoyable. Breaking Dawn is the adult of the saga, being the final book it begins with the marriage of Bella and Edward, goes on to describe their honeymoon and the realization that Bella becomes pregnant. It...

kayleaf 18.11.2009 · Read review
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Have a break with Take a break!

Advantages: cheap, lots of stories and puzzles
Disadvantages: not high chances of winning the prizes due to amount of readers!

...I having been buying Take a Break for as long as I can remember. Every week I buy it with the intentions of doing the puzzles and sending the little form off but I often miss the deadline and end up thinking ''I'll do it with next weeks issue!'' However nowthe magazine have started allowing you to enter online - brilliant! Now I never miss an issue! I'ts an easy system to use simply by registering once and then every week to enter all you need to do is log in and select which issue you are entering and then inout the answers from all the quizzes into each little box provided and click submit! bob's your uncle! Anyway for those who aren't familiar with this weekly magazine let me give you an insight into it. The magazine was started in March 1990 so already has been around for a staggering 17 years and is edited by a Mr John...

frankiecesca 18.11.2007 · Read review
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Take a Break

Advantages: Good all round magazine
Disadvantages: I wish the real life stories were sometimes more uplifting

...I have to apologize in advance (lol, good start!!) as my review seems to have taken on, more of a 'how to make money from take a break' review but only since reading the smaller print have I noticed how much there is to be made. I have also included the regulars you can expect from take a break. Design --------- Front cover jam packed detailing mainly the real life stories with photo's to be featured in the issue, and usually displays the tempting amount of money that could be won, and in this particular issue stands at a total of £32,470 in the form of cars, cash and holidays. THE REGULARS Take a break St. ---------------------- The first double spread page, entitled 'Take a Break St.' is laiden with snippets and small accompanying photos sent in by readers of usually cute, funny or just unusual moments in their life...

Katy777 27.08.2009 · Read review
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People forget things in Emergencies

Advantages: Will keep you safe
Disadvantages: none

...an accident, the police will get the relevant services to you. If you want the police to call your mum to tell her you are going to be 3 hours late, they will do this or this is the perfect time to ring them on your own mobile. 6) Oh well I never thought my 60 year old car would break down, it has never done this before and I am not in an breakdown service, what do I do now. This causes immense problems and the police can either ring a relative who can come out to rescue you or if one of the breakdown services are not busy they will come out to you but you have to have a credit card as they ask you to join up straight away and it costs nearly £100. Alternatively the police can get out a rotary garage out to you but in their own rights they can keep the car until you pay up. This is also very expensive and can cost up to £150. 7) I have only...

BUBBLES171 09.01.2004 · Read review
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Break up with this!

Advantages: Better than the first book...
Disadvantages: But not by much.

...rate a book such, but Penny Smith's debut Coming Up Next was fully deserving of that rating. I only read until the end so I could review it and warn other people about it, so I'm not sure what I was thinking when I got the follow up to that book from the library, After The Break. Penny is a well-known TV personality, presenting the news and other features on breakfast TV show GMTV, and this is echoed in the book with the lead character Katie presenting her own breakfast time show. Clearly it's not an original idea and didn't need much inspiration but I was hoping that it was going to be better than the awful debut, although it wouldn't have taken much to beat that. As I said, the character of Katie was also the lead in Penny's first book, so if you haven't read that one first, well done. Honestly, you haven't missed that much if you...

mummy2harry 26.09.2009 · Read review
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Break Up To Make Up?

Advantages: Jennifer Aniston, very relatable
Disadvantages: Not for everyone, comedy falls flat.

...with neither prepared to admit they are wrong? is the apartment big enough for the both of them? This was one of the more anticipated movies of 2006 because of the striking similarities to Jennifer Aniston?s private life as only a year or so previous she had ended her seemingly perfect marriage to Brad Pitt therefore taking on the role of Brooke in this movie was undoubtedly a very conscious decision and one that she knew she would get a lot of money and publicity for. Sad as it is but I was one of those people that couldn?t wait to see this movie, I?m a huge fan of romantic comedies and will happily watch anything with Jennifer Aniston in it but wasn?t really sure what to expect from this movie. It had been pegged as a romantic comedy but how could a film about the break down of a relationship be romantic or funny? Well that remains to be seen...

Great_reviewer07 03.10.2009 · Read review
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Motorway breakdowns - Don't

Advantages: See opinion
Disadvantages: See opinion

...The first, and most important bit of advice I can offer you regarding breaking down on a motorway is quite simply - don't. Preparation is the key here, make sure that you and your vehicle are fit for travelling on the motorway. Has it been serviced at the recommended intervals? Are all your under bonnet fluids at the right levels as indicated in the handbook? Are your tyre pressures right (remember, many manufacturers recommend different pressures for heavily loaded vehicles or those with several passengers)? Do you have enough fuel? Try and fill up before the motorway if you can. Not only will this help avoid running out, but you can also avoid paying service station prices for fuel. So, what if you do break down? Well, getting to the hard shoulder is the key. If at all possible, try and avoid stopping in a running lane...

Pritch 03.10.2004 · Read review
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Breaking Benjamin Phobia

Advantages: Great consistency
Disadvantages: None really

...Breaking Benjamin: Phobia I was recommended this CD by a friend who is into all this G-Unit stuff so I wasn't so sure I would like this, But they lent me the CD anyway after I reluctantly agreed on giving them a try. I was shocked to begin with because this really isn't my friends type of music he is always saying bad stuff about the rock genre and I was impressed by the band. This is a wonderful CD to listen to personally I enjoyed it. Intro: Nice little instrumental to open the album with. I love the picking of the guitar it stays strong for the whole 1 min( estimate) of the track. Diary Of Jane: Probably my favourite track off the whole album including the acoustic version of this track. The band keep the rhythm going and use the lyrics well. The vocals are outstanding Breath: Another great track with a great rhythm, I...

rockchick2k7 21.02.2009 · Read review
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  ++++++TAKE A 2 DAY BREAK ++++++

Advantages: Really good real life stories & some fab recipes
Disadvantages: The chance of winning a competition is very low

...I work on average 6 days out of 7 and work some really strange shifts so when it comes down to my hour long break a day I really don't know what to do with myself. As a child I used to always get a copy of Shout magazine from my gran she used to buy me one from the local paper shop and give it to me every Tuesday when I stayed at her house but as I grew older I got really bored if it and wanted some thing new to focus my attention on so I started reading my mums Take a Break and I loved it! It was always full of competitions (which I loved) and real life stories that where really interesting. After that I became totally hooked and now I get my gran to get the magazine for me every Monday they night I now sleep round. HOW MUCH and WHERE FROM? You can pick up a copy of Take a Break from any decent newsagent or from anywhere that...

gemax2 06.11.2005 · Read review
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