The Giles Collection

Advantages: A Good Collection Of Episodes
Disadvantages: A Rather Pointless Disc

...The 'Giles' installment in 'The Slayer Collection'; a series of really good episodes, but on an entirely pointless DVD - four episodes taken from context completely and thrown onto a disc to make a bit more cash. Still, good episodes. 'The Dark Age' (Season Two) This episode focuses on a demon that can possess bodies coming to Sunnydale to track down anyone bearing a tattoo known as 'The Mark Of Eyghon'. The most recent death is of a man that Giles' knew, leading to a discovery by the gang of his rebellious past life. Ethan Rayne soon turns up and to add a bit of trouble to Giles' love life, the demon; Eyghon possesses Jenny Calendar, Giles' girlfriend. A perfectly chosen episode as it centers entirely around Giles (and his murky past). 'Passion' (Season Two) In this episode Angelus (previously Angel, having lost his...

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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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38 St Giles, Norwich - Easily The Best Place To Stay

Advantages: Amazing levels of service, brilliant breakfasts, comfortable high quality rooms. Central location
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...Tell some people that you?re staying in a ?B&B? and they?ll secretly conjure up mental images of Blackpool landladies locking you out after 9.30 pm. Mercifully, this now only happens on cartoon postcards. The B&B I?ve just spent two nights at, in the centre of Norwich fully deserves the accolade of ?best place I?ve stayed at in Britain in a very long while? ? not so much a lodgings as a luxury hotel with no dinner menu. Well, actually it?s better than that. How many luxury hotels would allocate one of the owners to look after you? I?m not alone in thinking this ? many accommodation and travel web-sites such as Tripadvisor now list reviews of the 38 St Giles B&B describing it as ?the best place to stay in Norwich?, and it?s not the most expensive by a considerable margin. Situated at 38, St Giles (the clue?s in the name...

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Fosters Flows Freely Forth For Thirsty Flagellants

Advantages: Inoffensive, wet, good TV ads
Disadvantages: More expensive than water

...There are many beer drinkers out there who don't care one little bit about subtle nuances in style and ingredients, they want a consistent flavour at a respectable price. FOSTERS LAGER, the most internationally recognised beer from Australia, fits that profile exactly. With the malt flavour lacking in any pronounced sweetness, balanced by some very subtle (to the point of non-existant) hop bitterness, it's not a beer that is taxing to the tastebuds. I had a little squint at the official Fosters website and gleaned a few bits and pieces of information. I came across some worrying facts to ponder over: "Foster's Lager is the third most widely distributed beer brand in the world and the fastest growing international lager. It's brewed in over 20 plants on four continents. Foster's is the largest selling beer in London...

proxam 09.02.2003 · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

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Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R.Tolkien

Advantages: Magical Story
Disadvantages: None

.... On Fairy Stories:Discusses the nature of fairy stories. Farmer Giles of Ham:The book I'm Reviewing. The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth:A moving lament for the death of Beorhtnoth at the battle of Maldon in the year 991. Smith of Wooton Major:Tells of the preparation of the great cake to mark the Feast of Good Children. The Father Christmas Letters. Roverandom:About a dog whos adventures take him to the moon and under the sea where he mets many fabulous and dangerous creatures. Mr Bliss. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil:A collection of songs and verses with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls. Old tom Bombadil was a merry fellow; bright blue his jacket was and his boots were yellow, green were his girdle and his breeches all of leather; he wore in his hat a swan-wing feather. He lived up under Hill, where the Withywindle...

debmercury 18.09.2008 · Read review
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Stay at St. Giles in style

Advantages: The cost of booking over the internet.
Disadvantages: The delays of staff response

...Hi all i have made a mistake with this review this is for the St. Giles hotel in bedford avenue London not the one that i have written the review for sorry for any inconvenience. Silly me The address is Bedford Avenue, Bloomsbury, Camden, London, WC1B 3AS My girlfriend and me stayed at the St. Giles hotel while visiting London as we were going to see the Backstreet boys, well I was dragged along. We looked everywhere over the Internet and the St. Giles was the nicest one we could find at a good price, well for London anyway. The hotel is just off Oxford Street and near Tottenham court road tube station. Therefore it is ideal for shopping and great for getting on the tube to other destinations. There is also a theatre where you can watch musicals just up the road about 100 meters away so you do not have to worry about taxi...

jonathanw3 06.01.2006 · Read review
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Fosters - It's Like Canoeing

Advantages: The Best Of The Bunch
Disadvantages: If It's Warm It's Muck

...Perplexed by the title? You will have to read my full opinion in order to understand the title. The Brand Fosters is Australia's largest brewing company. They had expanded into the UK in the 1990's, but have since divested most of their portfolio of UK beers, preferring to have an interest in the UK breweries, as opposed to owning them outright. Fosters in Australia now own some of Australia's premium wine brands, as research shows that Antipodean drinking habits are changing - they are consuming less beer, and drinking more wine. Fosters also supports major sports events - Formula 1 and The Melbourne Cup (horse racing) to name a few. The Beer The most common way to buy Fosters in the UK is in 440ml cans (or tinnies as Aussies call them). The alcohol percentage is 4%, and this beer is a lager, and is therefore a light...

Kezza88 10.08.2003 · Read review
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Fosters...Australian For Water

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...This is an Australian lager beer which seemed to be brewed in anywhere but Australia. I'm not sure that I could tell the difference if it was brewed In Oz, the Uk or Uzbekistan, but well if you see it over here then the chances are it was brewed here or somewhere close. What you get for your money is a light golden coloured lager with a small head which quickly dissipates. Upon drinking you are met with a sweet taste with a rough, 'smoky' undercurrent and a slightly bitter aftertaste although this is hardly perceptible. Drank cold this is passable, but definitely not one of the best beers on the market. There is nothing too offensive about it, just nothing to make it stand out from the rest either which is a shame - because its relatively inexpensive as hence rather popular around the student bars of the country. Basically Fosters...

wampyrii 28.10.2001 · Read review
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THE FOSTERING EXPERIENCE

Advantages: BEING ABLE TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK
Disadvantages: NOT BEING ABLE TO SAVE THEM ALL

...HELLO. We have been foster carers for 15 years. It has been an unforgettable experience and one we would not have missed for anything. We have fostered as many as 6 children at a time, when foster places have been in short supply and the only alternative was the children's home.We currently look after 2 boys and 1 girl. Ages from 9 to 14. Usually we have fostered older teenagers. I think for me the most rewarding part is seeing how the kids work so hard with a bit of help from us. We see them develop like emerging butterflies and they can really turn their lives around. They make us so proud. Some of their behaviour is challenging; they have all been hurt and it shows. But they all come back to visit after they move on and we have much laughter as they say 'Remember when I did that?' Nationally there is a terrible shortage...

canonmiser 27.04.2005 (07.05.2005) · Read review
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