The Mighty Mars Bar

Advantages: Classic chocolate bar
Disadvantages: They changed the nougat filling

...This is perhaps the most classic chocolate bar from my childhood. It has long been my favourite as a kid and I sort of have to say it still is so as not to feel as if I have disowned it (sorry Mars Bar but I have found other favourites - I still love you though!). 'A Mars a day helps you work rest and play' - this was the little catchphrase that was associated with Mars Bar. Funny really; it's like saying a chocolate bar a day is good for you. The slogan has now changed to 'Pleasure you can't measure' which definitely seems more appropriate. A standard Mars bar comes at 58g, about 11cm long and 1.8cm high. You'll pay about 32p for this bar in supermarkets which is well below the norm of 50p. They used to be more expensive but in recent years, the classic nougat and caramel filling has obviously lost its appeal as new and more...

LaceyR26 07.06.2009 · Read review
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Home Alone

Advantages: Comdey none stop
Disadvantages: None

...Home Alone, was a classic hit comedy film that was first released in 1991. Even in my adulthood, I am more than happy to watch the film again, and when I was a kid I use to remember watching this film a hundred times during the Christmas holidays and summer holidays. It was such a feel good family fun film; it was the sort of film that even if you?ve watched it once you would never gets bored watching it over and over again. Plot: The film opens with the entire McCallister family packing for their Christmas vacation to France. The family is exceptionally big, some 30 plus including adults. Kevin McCallister the youngest in the family needs help packing his luggage, the older kids simply don?t have the time or the patience to help him, he feels left out and unwanted, just like most teenagers. A patrol police man Harry played by Joe...

jaygami1986 06.08.2009 · Read review
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  Bargains For Your Home

Advantages: Can save you money on your normal shop
Disadvantages: You pick things up you wouldn't normally. Items change regularly.

...I've done a number of reviews on items that I've picked up cheaply from Home Bargains, so I thought why not do a review on the shop itself? Home Bargains is owned by a company called TJ Morris Ltd and the stores are currently popping up all over the country. I am lucky to have 2 different stores nearby which stock some of the same stuff and some different, so it does go to show that some different products are available at different stores. What things do they sell? You can pick up loads of different things off of your main shopping list in Home Bargains. It is not like a pound shop, which are normally just full of tat and the odd bargain. Home Bargains sell products that you would find in your local supermarket, just at a much lower price. Health and Beauty In my most local store, the first aisle that...

lizngaz 11.08.2008 · Read review
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Cookie bars????

Advantages: got 8 free
Disadvantages: not quite there

...I bought a pack of these as it was 100% extra - 16 bars for the price of 8 and the fact that I thought they would be a treat for my daughter in her lunch box. She sometimes moans that she has too much fruit! I can't remember how much I paid for them, I could guess but I won't bother as I could be way out. I was feeling a little bit peckish one afternoon so I though I would try one, they are all individually wrapped when you open the main packet . 'Cookie bars' what does that mean to you?? Or what do you expect?? To me it means moist crumbly biscuit with lots of chocolate chips in. I opened the wrapper and inside was quite a thick rectangular biscuit I don't know why, but it didn't quite look like I expected it to. Upon tasting it I thought it was a bit dry. Then I realised it's an oaty cookie which was probably why I thought...

rojm 24.02.2009 · Read review
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Take this Home for Christmas!

Advantages: Lovely story, festive, well written
Disadvantages: Short

...Alison Dunwoody thought she had it all - a great job, good salary and a great life in New York City. But when the recession hits, Alison is shocked to find that she's lost her job. She's too embarassed to tell her family, and instead decides to fly home to Ireland and have Christmas with her parents, sister and 3 gorgeous nieces. Alison loves the feeling of being back home, but misses her new friend Jack from New York - he knows about her job loss and she can confide in him. Will Alison be able to keep her secret away from her family for her holiday? Or is Coming Home exactly what Alison needs to make her feel happy again? I have enjoyed a few Patricia Scanlan novels in the past, but I haven't read anything by her in a while now. I am a bit partial to anything festive so when I saw that her latest book was going to be based...

mummy2harry 13.11.2009 · Read review
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A Mars Bar A Day...

Advantages: Chewy, Moreish, Classic, Fulfilling, Delicious, Indulgent
Disadvantages: High Calorie/Sugar, Sickly

...So here it is, the review on maybe the best loved British confectionary bar. Will I live up to it? Probably not, but I?ll try my best. I got this in my local newsagents, but you could basically buy these just about anywhere, I saw one in a clothes shop the other day! It?s a chunky 58g bar and my god was I looking forward to this review. I?ll start by stating that I believe Mars are a magnificent company and really have some of the best chocolate treats out there. This Mars Bar however, may be what they are best know for. The wrapper is so simple, yet so enticing. As it is such a bold black it does stand out amongst the many browns, reds and blues you gat in other chocolates available. The red text stands out boldly amongst the black background, with the curved cartoony text somehow giving a smooth feel already. I didn?t want to...

Sexy-Jams 15.12.2009 · Read review
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Daim Bar Education

Advantages: Sweet and crunchy chocolate covered bar
Disadvantages: Cost and calories

...Welcome to the school of Daim bars! School days appear to be getting shorter and much more fun than when I was a girl, so I hope you enjoy my review. Art and Design 6/10 ***************** The brightly coloured wrapper uses recyclable plastic type of paper in 2 primary colours red and blue, with white highlighting behind the name ?DAIM?. On my packets a bold yellow ?35P? is shown as the RRP. A few rays of sunshine are behind the name and a few pieces of broken chocolate bar complete the packet. Teachers comment ? design could be improved. English 7/10 ********* On the back is a list of ingredients, informing us that the bar contains 42% milk chocolate with a Crunchy Almond Caramel Centre. Teachers comment ? good use of descriptive words, but could write more! Geography 7/10 ************* This product is...

jo145 24.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Dime Bar

Disappointed By A Dime Bar!

Advantages: Some People Seem To Like Them
Disadvantages: High In Calories, Poor Value For Money

...It's been a long time since I last had a Dime Bar but today I found myself buying one on my way home from work when I picked up the evening paper. Since I haven't actually eaten it yet I have decided to be kind to you all and share the experience of its demise with you. THE BACKGROUND Dime Bars are made by Kraft Foods Ltd and are particularly popular in Scandinavia where they are known as Daim Bars. They are also popular elsewhere in Europe with the major markets being in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the UK and Ireland. THE PRODUCT Dime Bars are described as a Milk Chocolate Bar with a crunchy Almond and Caramel centre. Some of you will probably remember the bizarre TV adverts with Harry Enfield from a few years ago where they were compared with Armadillo's and described as being " Smooth...

micksheff 01.11.2005 · Read review
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A useful replacement for the Wii sensor bar

Advantages: A relatively cheap spare sensor bar. Good for a second TV or a quick replacement.
Disadvantages: The cable is still flimsy. Other sensor bars are even cheaper.

...The Wii might have been the best thing to happen to console gaming since, well, at least the Xbox 360, but the need to install the sensor bar rather ties you to a particular television. It works via two infra-red LEDs which send out signals that are picked up by the Wii-mote which calculates its position via triangulation; accelerometers in the Wii-mote allow it to recalculate its position when out of sight. Since all the complicated electronics are in the Wii-mote and the console, the sensor bar is a relatively simple bit of kit; it is, however, crucial to the operation of the console as a whole. Wii-motes will just about work without it for a while, but will regularly cut-out and drift off-target. If you're the sort of person with multiple TVs in the household and want to move your Wii around you've got to remove and re...

Phantom_Wombat 04.04.2009 · Read review
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MARS BAR - 'DUSTBIN ITEM OR MUSEUM PIECE'?

Advantages: Helps you work rest and play!
Disadvantages: Read on...

...Come on now, you didn't expect a straight review of a Mars Bar from me did you? This review was inspired by LOBSTERQUADRILL and to her it is therefore dedicated! Whilst strictly speaking you are going to feel that this review is either off topic, or posted in the wrong place, i.e should be in the café section, I do hope to offer you enough information to assist in your purchase of not one, but two Mars Bars! Let it never be said that RICHADA fails to give you value for money in his reviews! OK, thanks to LQ up there I am actually writing this review now, but how come I am posing the question "Mars Bar - Dustbin Item or Museum Piece?"? Well step back a couple of weeks in time and join me in an extraordinary rare "free" half hour at work! Due to a series of financial cut-backs and staff rationalisations (that is...

RICHADA 20.09.2005 · Read review
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