Short and curvy

Advantages: good size
Disadvantages: none

...Brio short curved tracks. My grandson has had his Brio train set for several years now. We bought it for him for his 3rd Christmas. We have added several pieces to it since. This set of 4 pieces of short curved rail is very useful. Each of these wooden curves measure 3 ½ inches long width 1 ½. You will need 4 of these sets to make a circle. These tracks are ideal to add to a train set they will give you the ability to turn corners will add more interest to a set. This train track is double sided There are grooves for the train to run smoothly on. Each piece will fit into the next with a male and female connector a bit like a jigsaw Brio is made from Beech or Birch wood, this wood are free from toxic chemicals was grown not using insecticides. These 4 pieces of track should last a long time they are very strong Brio...

mumsymary 16.05.2009 · Read review
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Who you calling Short?

Advantages: cute, good cause, quite cheap
Disadvantages: /

...Children in Need comes but once a year, and with it comes great Pudsey cheer. I love Children in Need - it's the single thing that makes November extremely exciting, bridging the dire gap between Halloween and Christmas. Better still, it's all for a great cause! I presented a fashion show this year at my old secondary school in aid of the little yellow bear, and one of the models decided to walk on stage with a large Pudsey bear which came from the Bear Factory (now known as the Build a Bear Workshop). From that moment I fell in love with the 15" Pudsey and had to go investigating! Not only could you buy Pudsey from the Bear Factory, but you can buy him a set of clothes too. To match the Pudsey top, you will also find a pair of shorts. Now these can be found in the 'male' section of the clothes and accessories in the store, and are...

Amy69 04.12.2009 · Read review
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Short And To The Point

Advantages: Very interesting, good value for money, well written and useful.
Disadvantages: Might be too short for some.

...how anti-Semitism was brought against the Jewish people and are made aware of people's intolerance. The Jewish people were tortured a lot and many were burned and persecuted for their religious beliefs. The book goes on to talk about Martin Luther and how he influenced the Church. Tomkins deals with the well-known (Augustine, Martin Luther), the unique (Simeon Stylites, the people's crusade, the Muggletonians), and the recent (Karl Barth, John Paul II, the Toronto blessing). It talks about scientific change and the changes of peoples attitudes towards science. Tomkins looks at the Church growth in third world Countries. As Tomkins guides the reader through the last 2,000 years in his book "A Short History of Christianity" I do feel that he has succeeded in making the Bible easier to understand. I feel that the name of the book...

Mickie26 22.11.2006 · Read review
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A short story collection + Owl and the Weasel 2.

Advantages: 4 short stories and the second part to the Owl and the Weasel.
Disadvantages: Almost definitely not to everyone's tastes!

...Below is a bit of a collection of the short stories I've written over the last four weeks or so - they're all just the result of a couple hours spare and a hefty portion of boredom, or the space in between reviews/coursework/lectures etc. The styles and themes are all reasonably different to one another - not really through conscious effort but rather because I have trouble concentrating on one style or genre for too long, it seems! Lastly, the second part to the 'Owl and the Weasel' is included at the end of the op. Thanks, in advance, for reading. 1. Me and Stevie. 'Stevie is a retard' - my dad's words. No one knew much about it in the fifties, and to be honest, the word wasn't much worse than the rest of them that have come up between then and now. Simpleton. Feeb. Spastic. You get used to hearing them after a while...

Sam_Garland 30.01.2007 · Read review
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Silent - A short story

Advantages: N/A
Disadvantages: N/A

...certainly could have given her a run for her money. And I was the outcome of her indecency. A bastard boy who?s father was never to be known. If she did know, she certainly wasn?t for telling, and if she didn?t I was indeed the product of a glorious scandal. Pictures of my mother adorned the cathedral halls. She had been beautiful when she was young. There was one particular picture of her that I did like. She was pictured sitting at a desk, wearing a long satin gown staring, like she did now, out of a window. Her Short blonde hair seemed to glow in the gentle light that cascaded down her left-hand side of her body, the right was in a soft eclipse. She wasn?t wearing any smutty smiles; she looked troubled, yet subdued at the same time. My mother told me, that picture was taken the day she found out she was pregnant with me. But that was all...

Sarcasm101 21.11.2004 (22.11.2004) · Read review
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Great for short thin hair

Advantages: Heat very quickly
Disadvantages: Unable to cope with my thick hair

...I bought these recently as I cannot live without my older larger plated GHD's and thought that these would be a handy alternative. They do heat in under 3 seconds and have the same excellent ceramic plates as the larger version, however I found them very time consuming. I have very thick hair about shoulder length and unlike their larger cousins they were unable to straighten as effectively . On saying that they were brilliant on my fringe. I would recommend these to anyone with shorter or thin hair. A fashion conscientious male friend of mine used these and loved them and were perfect for his short hair. I would recommend using the straightening oil with these as they are very hot and I did find a few burnt strands of hair ....

uistcr 14.08.2009 · Read review
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My Short Story. ''Arriving In Paris''

Advantages: It's short!
Disadvantages: ---

...This is the first time i have ever 'published' if ya like, one of my short stories on ciao. This year at school in english has involved a lot of story writing and i'm going to post one of my shorter stories on here. **Arriving In Paris** After leaving Waterloo an hour and a half ago, i arrived at Paris Eurostar Station, full of excitement and curiosity about the adventure that lies ahead of me. I checked out of the station and exited to the taxi pick-up zone but my enthusiasm seemed to have stayed on the train after i caught my first glimse of the city which could easily be compared to a junk yard with a gigantic pile of rust and debris. After I had got over my bad first impression of what looked like it was going to be a bad holiday, I stumbled into one of the taxi pick up zones. The taxi almost refused to start though making...

james564 22.03.2005 · Read review
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how to get your short stories published

Advantages: getting published, getting paid
Disadvantages: those rejection slips

...Several years ago, I was a freelance fiction writer and was published in many magazines, including Take a Break, TV Quick, Just 17, Annabel, My Weekly and others. I also won the SHE magazine/Penguin Books national short story award in 1996 and had published a short romance novel. I did not make a living at writing, but made decent lumps of money several times a year. Getting there was no easy ride, but I learnt an awful lot along the way which I hope will help ciao writing enthusiasts. Know your Audience Study the magazine. What age of readers does it appeal to? What style and tone is taken in the magazine - is it homely, funny, contemporary, sexy? What kinds of issues do readers write to the problem page about? Importantly, study the style, content and length of other fiction in the magazine. If you're writing for a teen...

sandrabarber 24.04.2001 · Read review
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Am I too old for furry shorts?

Advantages: Side splitting funny book.
Disadvantages: Lack of 'street cred' as it supposed to be for kids!!

...'...Startled by His Furry Shorts!' by Louise Rennison This book is the seventh in the series of the best-selling books 'Confessions of Georgia Nicolson'. This series - aimed at teenagers - are basically the diaries and exploits of a teenage girl , Georgia Nicolson, and her best friends, the Ace Gang. The author - Louise Rennison - is both an author and comedian; parts of the books are based on her own childhood in Leeds, and some of the characters are also based on real life The full list of books in this series are :- Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging It's OK, I'm wearing really big knickers Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas Dancing in my Nuddy-Pants And that's when it fell off in my hand Then He Ate my Boy Entrancers Startled by His Furry Shorts Let the Snog Fest Begin!: Georgia Nicolson's Guide...

oldchem 01.07.2009 · Read review
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Short Circuit

Advantages: great family fun
Disadvantages: none

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blissman70 18.06.2008 · Read review
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