Oor Sandy

Advantages: Immensely likeable golfer
Disadvantages: Not showing his best from

...A popular Scot (who was actually born in Shrewsbury) Sandy Lyle has won 2 majors. His first was the Open Championship in 1985 at Sandwich but perhaps his greatest triumph was the 1988 US Masters when he was the first Briton ever to win the Masters. Whether the Americans were so pleased is another matter for he chose haggis as the dinner for the following years Masters. In the same year (1988) he was also the World Match Play Champion. Lyle was always destined to be a golfer. We have become familiar with the early footage of Tiger Woods hitting the ball as a toddler but it was the same for Sandy Lyle. He was a successful amateur before turning professional and was Rookie of The Year in 1978 and led the Order of Merit a year later. Sadly since his annus marvellous in 1988 he has somewhat lost his way. Lyle has won many other...

polydeuces 06.06.2001 · Read review
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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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Sandy Balls, here I come.

Advantages: Peaceful, plenty of space, lovely place to spend time
Disadvantages: It rained a bit.

...Sandy Balls Holiday Centre ? New Forest ? Hampshire. Updated 10th April 2005 Location, Sandy Balls is situated at the western end of Godshill village, a little more than a mile from Fordingbridge on the B3078. From the east, leave the M27 at Junction 1 signposted New Forest/ Lyndhurst/Cadnam A337 and at the end of the slip road, take the third exit B3078 to Fordingbridge. From the west, follow the A31 to Ringwood until the turning onto the A338 to Salisbury, and then take the B3078 for about 11/2 miles. From the north, follow the A338 through Salisbury to Fordingbridge and then take the B3078 to Godshill. The above information has been taken from the Sandy Balls Website. The rest of this review is all my own. I am off to Sandy Balls again, supporting someone who has Downs Syndrome, and quite severe...

solamarie 03.07.2004 (10.04.2005) · 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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I really can't get enough of Sandy Balls!

Advantages: Fantastic
Disadvantages: Didn't want to leave

...Now that I have your attention. I don't mean the kind that you lot are thinking of but come to mention it though? Hmmmmmmmmm........ No. Stop it at once Shirley! I mean Sandy Balls Holiday Centre on the edge of the picturesque New Forest in Hampshire. It's like a small one off Center parcs. You can choose to stay in a ready tent, mobile home type place or lord it up in a lodge or superior lodge. The things is once you are there you get peace and quiet and relaxation. And yes it is geared up for families! The most impressive thing for me about the place was the staff. They actually care! Quite a mean feat these days, me thinks. They are friendly, efficient and get on with their task as soon as asked. The second thing were the facilities. Two swimming pools, one in and one outdoors. Two toddler pools, a jacuzzi and a sauna too...

Harryslarry 19.06.2006 · Read review
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Sandi iv apartments

Advantages: Access to slopes
Disadvantages: Large deposit

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A Sandy Beach

Advantages: Just delicious
Disadvantages: absolutely none

...The sun has in the last few days kindly popped her head out of the dark dreary grey clouds which have hovered ominously above. She has reminded us that shortly temperatures will rise and summer will finally have arrived, and with it the delights that can only best be enjoyed in such glorious conditions. Ice Creams, and other delicious summer goodies will be on display and offer to tempt us into the vast array of confectionery delights for which a scorching summers day was made for. The casual stroll along the hot dusty sandy beach can only really be enjoyed to the full if one hand has the customary Ice firmly in its grip. There are many delights on offer and everyone no doubt has their own particular favourite, but I suspect that the one which I am reviewing today is very high on most peoples list being that it is not just Ice...

donf18 07.05.2007 · Read review
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Sunny Sandy Scarborough

Advantages: nice seaside destination
Disadvantages: very busy in the summer holidays

...I've been to Scarborough a couple of times with friends and enjoyed the time I spent there. It's a stereotypical British seaside resort, complete with donkey rides on the beach. I think it's a great place to visit for a day, maybe two, but I wouldn't want to spend the week there. ~ The Beaches ~ Scarborough has two bays, the north and south. Both of these have long, sandy beaches perfect for sandcastles, paddling, sunbathing and everything else you'd expect of a beach. If you go on the weekend in the middle of summer though you can expect these beaches to be packed. The north beach tends to be quieter, but that might be because there's less there. You'll find a couple of little shops selling ice creams and bucket and spades, but not a lot else at the north bay. If you want a beach with more room to spread out for a game...

87degrees 18.05.2009 · Read review
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STAY A WHILE WITH ME.

Advantages: A step back in time.
Disadvantages: Not known enough today.

...Folk Rock probably takes me back to my roots, to the music that made a difference to my youth, and in this genre, one of the saddest moments for me personally was when Sandy Denny left the group "The Strawbs" after only one recording, and a six month stint, taking the place of Judy Dyble in a group called Fairport Convention, a well known folk band with an enormous following both in the UK and worldwide. What saddened me was that the album she made with the Strawbs got lost amidst the more commercial work that she produced with Fairport Convention, and somehow never quite made it to huge popularity, although it is probably one of my favourite albums. At the time of joining the Band, Sandy was going through college for a nursing career, and the popularity of her voice and style pursuaded her to give up her college work and begin what...

thingywhatsit 16.06.2006 · Read review
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The canary that would not be caged

Advantages: baased on true story, well written, enjoyable
Disadvantages: Not available in paperback until May

...When it comes to wartime history it is the ordinary person’s story that I am interested in. I have read the stories of many people affected by the Second World War from British evacuees, to Polish resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors and have been fascinated by the tales they tell. However I had very little knowledge of the war in the Nordic countries. This was rectified when I read Hitler’s Canary by Sandi Toksvig. Hitler’s Canary by Sandi Toksvig is a delightful children’s novel based on her father’s experiences during the German occupation of Denmark. Bamse is an ordinary nine-year-old boy with an extraordinary family when the Germans invade Denmark in 1940. His father is an artist and political cartoonist whilst his mother is one of Denmark’s leading theatre actresses...

duskmaiden 26.12.2005 · Read review
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