Lending a Hand

Advantages: Great characters, story telling and funny
Disadvantages: None too many

...Imagine a young man on his way to a less than thirty second event - the loss of his left hand, long before he reached middle age... This is the doorway by which we meet Patrick Wallingford, John Irving's character in the book, firth published in 2001. Those of you who do not know, Mr Irving is the best-selling American author. Born in New Hampshire in 1942, John Winslow Irving is the author of more than ten novels, among them The Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp and A Widow for one Year. Irving is married to Janet and they have three sons. He lives in Toronto and in southern Vermont. I have been reading his works on and off for a long time now and never cease to be enthralled by his prose, narrative and general story-telling. His work is funny and moving, putting people in sometimes bizarre situations...

Borg 28.04.2003 (22.09.2009) · Read review
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My husband is RU

Advantages: Good for left handed People
Disadvantages: uncomfotable for ight handed people

...Are you left handed? Do you find using right handed scissors a trial? I have several left handed children at work and to make life easier for them we have some RU children's left handed scissors. These left handed scissors have been designed so that they are a reversal of right handed scissors They are easier to use by a left handed child. Young children can find it difficult to master cutting with scissor skills imagine the extra trials and difficulty if you are left handed using a right handed scissor. There are 2 types of RU scissors available. Childs scissors which have 5x 10 mm sections marked on the blade these cost £2.05. The school, scissor which has a stainless steel blade with blue plastic handles, one of the blades is sharp the other a rounded blunt one these cost £9.95. There is also another school scissor...

mumsymary 21.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of RU Left Handed Scissors

Left-Handed!!!!

Advantages: Making life a little easier for L/H people
Disadvantages: Some very daft items!!

...If (like my husband & son) you are left-handed you'll know what a pain it can be trying do something as easy as cutting with scissors, using a ruler, using a corkscrew or sharpening a pencil. Well I have come across a great site which has lots of useful gadets to make life easier for left-handed people. One of the obvious products is left-handed scissors. Another good one is the L/H corkscrew on which the thread is reversed so it can be turned anti-clockwise. There are many other useful products (as well as a few daft ones). Prices are reasonable. Delivery is usually sent within 48 hours but they say to allow upto 10 days. Delivery charges are £2.50 on orders up to £50. Free over £50.00. www.anythingleft-handed.com...

Ickle 14.07.2000 · Read review
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The Last House on the Left (2009)

Advantages: Great at building suspence, Brilliant Story, Great acting
Disadvantages: 1 intense scene, may not be suitable for all.

...I don?t often go into blockbuster and look at the new DVD releases and randomly select a film without knowing anything about it, but this time I did, I fact the only thing I knew about The Last House on the Left was that it was a thriller or horror (or both) simply by the look of its cover. Picking this film was possibly one of the better decisions I have ever made for a Halloween film (a film to watch on Halloween) unlike last year when I watched The Shining, but let?s not get off topic. I found that it is best going into this film not knowing what is going to happen or as little as possible about the storyline, so if you wish to watch this film and appreciate it whole glory and wisdom (well let?s not get crazy), watch the film as open minded as possible, expecting nothing and getting a hell lot more than you could have expected. So if...

Shellshocker 03.11.2009 · Read review
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So wait, I hold this in my left hand???

Advantages: You get one with the console, very light, durable and responsive
Disadvantages: For 4 players in a Nunchuk-required game, you need 4 of these bad boys.

...one that looks like a remote) in your right hand with a view to pointing it towards the screen as you would a normal TV remote. At the base of the remote there is a socket for attaching the Nunchuk device. THE NUNCHUK ITSELF The Nunchuk is then held in your left hand and consists of a moulded curved shape with an Analogue stick (or mini joystick) on the top, and a Trigger button (Called the Z button) and a small round button (Called the C button). The idea is that you hold it so that the Analogue stick is pointing upwards, and you will find that the shape of the Nunchuk allows for your thumb to comfortably control the Analogue, whilst the rest of your hand wraps around the base. Your index finger is then free to press either the Z or C buttons when needed. Attached to the chunky part of the Nunchuk is a wire with a connection...

MilkyMalky 02.02.2008 · Read review
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Left 4 Dead

Advantages: Great co-op, addictive play, scary at times.
Disadvantages: Poor versus multiplayer, can get

...Left 4 Dead is a First Person Shooter game created by the game studio Valve, the same people who brought us Portal, Team Fortress and the epic Half-Life series. Needless to say expectations of this game were extremely high... ------- Story ------- The events of Left 4 Dead are set in present day America, when a contagious virus has broken out and a zombie horde has spawned itself across the globe. It is your job as one of the four immune survivors to run away as fast as possible. The game has 4 different chapters, each with a different setting and each chapter is divided into 5 different acts; each act may take 10-20 minutes depending on the difficulty which you play on. The aim of each chapter is basically to get out of there with as many of the four survivors still alive as possible. ------------- Gameplay...

JamieJCO 10.03.2009 · Read review
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Hands up!

Advantages: kills 99.99% of bacteria
Disadvantages: none

...I?m not a fan of antibacterial staff in the kitchen, bathroom and everywhere but since I have little kids I have to take care of their health. When we go out to do the shopping I don?t get them out of the pushchair so we don?t use the hand hygiene gel but after playing in the playground I always clean their hands with the antibacterial gel. Package ------------- The Cuticura Hand Hygiene Gel comes in a transparent plastic bottle. Its size is perfect I can put it in my pocket or in my bag. I have a lot of them and I always have at least one with me. The bottle contains 100 ml transparent gel. The plastic bottle is recyclable and it doesn?t break if you let it fall (my sons tested it lol). It is available also in larger bottle of 250 ml. The transparent bottle is very practical because you can see how much gel remained in it. The cap...

D_i_a_n_e 03.11.2009 · Read review
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last house, I wish I left (alone.).

Advantages: none that I can think of.
Disadvantages: Too many to mention.

...everything imagineable (Salo.). As such, I have found myself on a crusade to watch as many of these 'banned' films as possible, to fulfill my bloodlust. I picked up a copy of the infamous, Wes Craven classic ' Last house on the left; on Ebay for about a quid, now that they have reduced P&P on dvd's to nothing! So, I slipped it into the DVD player with great anticipation. My palms were sweaty, and I was genuinely excited at the prospect of watching the film. But how would it turn out in the end? The truth is I don't know.... The end I mean.... I didn't see it. I couldn't stomach it. Not, rather unfortunately, because of the gore involved, or because of the way that it disturbs you. No, I was put off by the fact that the film was total and utter crap. I actually think that I deserve a medal for martyring through as far as I did. Two girls are...

giksy21 30.04.2009 · Read review
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The solution for damaged hands

Advantages: Brilliant
Disadvantages: None

...Burt?s Bees Hand Salve: Another one of my little Burt?s Bees product this hand salve is one my favourites. It comes in a cute 0.30oz tin as it?s a trial size; the full size tin is 0.60oz. The tin is silver in colour and has a yellow label featuring Burt himself. The tin is easy enough to open, it is so easy in fact that I was worried it would come open in my bag but this has never happened in several months of use. The smell is so lovely. It has a strong medicinal smell which I love. It?s no wonder it smells so great; it contains almond oil, olive oil, beeswax, Vitamin E, comfrey root extract, rosemary, lavender and eucalyptus! I have the tin in front of me and I just can?t stop sniffing it. The texture is waxy but soft enough to be able to apply easily. As soon as it meets the warmth of your skin it melts allowing it to soak into...

donnabroom 29.04.2009 · Read review
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This Left Feels Right To Me

Advantages: Some good acoustic tracks
Disadvantages: A couple of weak tracks

...Bon Jovi released 'This Left Feels Right' in 2003. I would describe it as an acoustic version of some of their greatest hits. Being a fan of Bon Jovi, I bought this album without hesitation, and was quite excited about listening to it. The album came about as the band thought about doing something different for the fans. They played an acoustic gig in Japan, lasting nearly four hours! The gig was recorded and was going to be released, but Jon Bon Jovi wasn't entirely happy with it. Still keen on making an acoustic record, the band brought in Pat Leonard who had worked on the 'Unplugged' albums with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, and as Jon said "it suddenly became a much bigger and much more interesting project". The album, from its inception in August, came together in just 23 days. The title 'This Left Feels Right' came from the band...

JEFFJEN 29.07.2009 (01.08.2009) · Read review
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