The Plug, Sheffield

Advantages: Good venue, excellent location
Disadvantages: Long queues, varied nights so each night won't appeal to everyone

...The Plug is located above a block of offices right in the heart of the city centre and since opening its doors a few years ago it has established itself as one of the most popular venues in the city. It is a large club split into three different rooms; cleverly called Live, Earth and Neutral. Live is the room where most of the live bands play and there is a stage and a room large enough to accommodate around 500 people standing. The other two rooms are usually used to play different styles of music but the design of the place means that it is possible to remove the false walls and create one large room with a capacity of around 1200. I seen a few live acts here including Jarvis Cocker and Glasvegas and on both of these occasions it was just one large room rather than the three smaller ones. There are different theme nights held...

micksheff 08.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Plug, Sheffield

Gives your holes a damn good plugging.

Advantages: Eliminate most noise, comfortable.
Disadvantages: Do not eliminate Irish mothers.

...and take to the streets. Now, I don't begrudge anyone a party but when the housing estate that backs onto my street have a massive bonfire, hire the kind of sound system that puts Glastonbury to shame and put out a call to arms for the most spectacularly stupid and uninspired DJ ever to lay his hand on the decks ('Alright lads! This is DJ Loyalist Larry from the Orange massive! Mark? Your Ma says you're to have your tea before you go to the bonfire. Right folks, let's burn the pope to the sounds of, erm, Amy Winehouse. Yeah!') and they're still going strong at 3 in the morning, ear plugs are called for. Aside, though, from the obvious 'helping you to get to sleep' benefits of ear plugs, they do have another, rather vital, use: without ear plugs it's likely that my mother and I would have come to blows long ago. The trick, I have...

tallulahbang 13.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Boots Soft Disposable Ear Plugs

Snore Calm Foam Ear Plugs

Advantages: Can be reused making them good value for money. They are comfy and work well.
Disadvantages: Do not eliminate loud noise.

...~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~ Allow me to paint a picture for you. I have lived in the comfort of my peaceful family home all my life until recently and I have moved out to go to university. Now, I am living in a building full of students with cardboard walls. OK, not quite cardboard but when you are trying to get to sleep it sure sounds like it. Anyway, there is always one - one person who can't talk quietly at one o'clock on the morning when I decide to have an early night. I am almost asleep and then all of a sudden, all I hear is talking. Firstly, I decide to lie and hope she "shuts up" soon. Like that was going to happen. So after a little while, it's time to get up and find those ear plugs! And on that note, brings us on nicely to the review. ~~~ WHAT ARE THEY? ~~~ Basically, these are things that go into the ear to prevent noise...

craigwstewart 02.10.2006 · Read review
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GA-7VTX Socket A Gigabyte dual bios motherboard.

Advantages: Dual bios and great stability
Disadvantages: Unnanounced conflicts and required settings

...GA-7VTX Socket A Gigabyte dual bios motherboard. Introduction; This Dual Bios motherboard designed to accept AMD/Duron/Athlon/XP processors,incorperates onboard sound,+4 USB,with DDR memorey and in innovative dual bios system. Having myself tried and tested this motherboard for 6 months in two machines,I am totally convinced of is usefulness and it's place in the market.Providing a very stable board and up to date technology,it has the added benefit of a system that protects your bios against viruses,power fluctuations,incorrect bios upgrades and bios chip failure. Its incorperated resources and features are good,and ample for a very respectable system.However there are a few factors to be considered when choosing a motherboard,and most of the conflicts and incompatibilty problems I have encountered are not documented...

babajane32 28.02.2003 · Read review
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Review of Gigabyte Socket A GA-7DXR - motherboard - ATX - AMD-761

A good safety product

Advantages: cheap, easy to use
Disadvantages: erm... not sure!

...The betterware socket guard is very simple to use and a very good way to keep your children's prying fingers safe for a very little price! It's different to other products on the market as instead of just slotting into the actual plug, this slots onto the entire socket so it will cover up both the plugs and the plugs inside are still usable so it's not taking up the plug space! It just comes in one standard size- the size of a general double plug socket which is 15x9 cm and is 3xcm wide so large enough to accomdate the plugs within. It is available in white, I haven't seen it in any stores or online stores in any other colour. I presume this is because the majority of sockets are white. You don't need any tools to put it onto the socket either, it's really simplea nd straight forward to clip on. I think it's a great product...

lorriellah 27.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Betterware Socket Guard

Help keep your child safe from the dangers of electricity.

Advantages: Cheap, 12 in a pack, blend in with my sisters plug sockets.
Disadvantages: None

...Baby & child safety should always be the main priority in any household and this is no exception in my sister's house with 4 children under the age of 14. 12 white socket covers are available from Mothercare for £4.99 and these are available online or in store. The covers are just white plastic covers which go in to 13 amp plug sockets and help to prevent little fingers from inserting their fingers in to a plug socket and giving themselves a potentially fatal electric shock. They are very easy to use and you little just plug them in, in the same way that you would a standard plug and to remove them may take a minute or two and you simply put your finger under the left or right edge and pull them out (make sure the plug socket is turned off first). This may be a little frustrating if you are in a hurry or just an impatient person...

katyeverett 04.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mothercare Socket Covers

Keep them Safe!

Advantages: Safety!
Disadvantages: None

...and so you should have no difficulty in placing the cover into the plug. To take them out is not difficult but sometimes it takes a while. All you have to do in theory is pull it out but because it fits so well this can sometimes be a little difficult. It certainly helps if you have nails and you can get a firm grip to pull the cover out. However, patience will help and it's not that hard. Getting them out is not difficult it just may take more than one attempt, I'm sure every parent is willing to spend that extra 5 seconds for the safety of their child. We never found a child who could get the socket covers out so they work well. When they are not in use they should be placed out of your child's reach to ensure the socket covers themselves do not become dangerous from your child putting them in their mouths. Should I buy some? A couple...

tiger645 26.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Mothercare Socket Covers

Switch off at the socket

Advantages: Saving money on your electricity bill
Disadvantages: none for you - but the electricity suppliers are not lining their pockets with your money

...having the clock on the microwave on uses more power a day than cooking a full meal in it. The Sky plus system get switched off but only onto standby, so it still records when you want it to. So use the standby button on your remote to turn the green light on your box to red. Even though it is on standby it is still not using as much power as when the green light is on. The electrical shower was on standby all day every day. Just pull your shower cord on or off before and after every use, it can be a pain to remember but once you get in the habit it becomes routine. If any thing has a light on it all day even when your not using it, it is wasting power and costing you money. Also if a plug feels warm it is using a lot of power. Switch your computer off at the plug after use, so your printer and screen are not left on. It does...

paulpry118 21.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Saving Money at Home

East fit smoke alarm

Advantages: No need to keep replacing batteries
Disadvantages: You need a suitable light fitting in the right place.

...larger particles of smoke produced by slow-burning fires, such as smouldering foam-filled upholstery and overheated PVC wiring. They are marginally less sensitive to free burning flaming fires. Alternatively there are combined smoke detectors on the market. It all sounded quite complicated to me and it would appear that to be fully safe you should either get one of each or a combined alarm. I was happy enough to have two the only problem being that I didn't want too many things fixed to the ceiling so I was quite pleased when I saw a Fire Angel Plug-in Smoke Alarm in a catalogue. About the Fire Angel Plug-in Smoke Alarm Basically this is an Ionisation Alarm that fits into a standard light fitting without any need for DIY skills. If you can change a light bulb you can fit one of these. It fits standard bayonet light...

laramax 15.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Fire Angel Plug-in Smoke Alarm

Give me one good reason why not to buy these!

Advantages: Could safe a life, hides an ugly feature, very affordable
Disadvantages: None - everyone should use these

...plastic sockets which fit into electric sockets that are not in use. This is to prevent children from poking things into them, such as their fingers or small objects such as straws, pens etc. The Mothercare socket covers come in a pack of 12 for just £3.99. What a bargain for something that could safe a life, covers an ugly feature and lasts a lifetime. They are white plastic socket shaped covers which easily fit into a standard 13amp electrical socket. They are shaped just like a normal plug but they are plastic. It doesn?t do the plastic sockets any harm if the switched is turned on by accident, however when you notice this switch it off. So why should everyone have socket covers? Surely it is just for those people with children? Well, no, do you have children visit your house, do you ever baby sit a relative or a friends child. As...

emilyo 22.01.2004 (24.01.2004) · Read review
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