"LOCKED" INN . . .

Advantages: lovely rooms, great food, good location, easily accessible
Disadvantages: could be noisy at night

...This week I stayed at the Holiday Inn Camden Lock for three nights while I was in London for work. My only previous trips to London have had me staying in the ExCel Novotel in Docklands so this was a new experience for me. LOCATION The hotel is located in Camden, next to (predictably!) Camden Lock. It is about a five minute walk from Camden Town tube station, which makes it fairly convenient if you?re having to use public transport to reach it. The website states that the hotel is also outwith the congestion zone, which I guess means you could drive down to the hotel and then use it as a base to get elsewhere using the tube or buses. (Although its worth noting that the website also states the car parking facility is 1km away!) As it is right off the main street, it is very handy for all the shops, restaurants and bars too. Which...

Pmshack99 23.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Holiday Inn London-Camden Lock, London

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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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...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Lock it up

Advantages: Locks cases
Disadvantages: Not high security

...Antler combination lock On a recent foray abroad, I decided that it was about time I started locking my trusty holdall.. just because it has served me well for about 20years, doesn?t mean that it will always remain tightly shut when I get it off that carousel. So, needing something simple, and not with a key, I settled on the combination lock. I realised early on that I would lose a key, or put it into the bag for safe keeping, but realised that I could probably remember numbers. ~~Product and Packaging~~ My combination lock is in orange, but I have seen the blue ones for sale. These type of locks are for zipped cases?ones which have zips which join together and can be fastened I assume. It is about 5cm in length and has 3 small dials at the side with a metal hook like contraption which snaps closed like other...

danielalong 20.08.2007 (18.08.2007) · Read review
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Review of Antler Identity Combination Lock

Lock, Stock and Two Thumbs Up!

Advantages: Great direction, acting, plot twists
Disadvantages: Bad lannguage and rather bloodthirsty - you have been warned!!

... LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS film only review Eddy: "They're armed." Soap: "Armed!? armed with what?" Eddy: "Err, bad breath, colourful language, feather duster... what do you think they're gonna be armed with? Guns, you tit!" Soap: "A minute ago this was the safest job in the world. Now it's turning into a bad day in Bosnia." In 1998 an unknown British film Director named Guy Ritchie set off to film a side of London that was rarely seen. A deep underground syndicate of crime, corruption, and power; but instead of documenting it, and sulking his viewers in darkness, he made it a damn good time. A surprising sketch of wonderful ideas, situations, and dialogue. In 1999 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was released world wide. It introduced the world to Ritchie's groovy stylized...

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Review of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (DVD)

Lock Up

Advantages: One of Stallone's "Better" Performances, The Score, Cast, Brutal Action
Disadvantages: Predictable, Unrealistic

...How much can a man take?, how far can he be pushed before he fights back? This is the premise of Lock Up: a jailhouse battle of wills movie that attempts to portray the harsh realities of the justice system, with enough blood and machoism to feed your blood thirst. Lock Up is perhaps a brutal version of Rocky: set in the very real Rahway Prison, East Jersey, Stallone plays the emotional nice guy Frank Leone who only wants to do the time for escaping his previous sentence to see his dying step dad. Unfortunately, the warden Drumgoole (Donald Sutherland) has other ideas: dragging Leone from his cell in the middle of night and transferring him to his maximum security prison, where he proceeds to beat him senseless via his corrupt dealings with the bad boy inmates. With little interest at the time of its release, Lock Up was lost...

andycarrington 10.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lock Up (DVD)

A rubbish way of locking your loo!

Advantages: ummm any?! no!
Disadvantages: Doesn't stick at all!

...I looked into buying this when I decided I needed to child proof my home! My baby isn't quite at the age yet where she's putting her hands down the toilet or trapping her fingers between the seat of the loo but my friend's toddlers are and it's yet another thing to think about- is another teddy going to be dropped down the loo again?! I saw this advertised in a magazine and thought it looked like a good idea. It's aim is to keep the toilet lid firmly shut so that children don't drop things down the loo or put their fingers into the unhygenic water. I guess it could also be used to stop dogs drinking out of it too! It sticks on with adhesive on the side of the lock. It's very easy to secure on and very easy to use- you just squeeze the side of it to open it when you want to lift the lid so very straight forward. However, what I...

lorriellah 27.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Clippasafe Adhesive Toilet Lock

Kensington Laptop Lock

Advantages: Increase in laptop security
Disadvantages: Not the ultimate solution, but that cant be helped.

...and walking away with it when your back is turned or when you aren?t there for a small amount of time (but to be honest, just don?t leave it alone in the first place!!!) WHAT IT DOESN?T DO -------------------------------- This goes without saying, and I hope that I have been careful in NOT giving the image that this will stop even the most determined thief. It won?t. The port that the lock attaches to isn?t indestructible by any means, and if you wrenched hard enough you could probably remove the lock end in the laptop. However if they did manage to get it out, it would probably cause considerable damage to the laptop chassis anyhow, reducing its usage and value. USABILITY --------------- Having had this lock for about a year, I can safely say that it really hasn?t been tested in the old ?please don?t nick my lovely expensive laptop...

JaYmEZ 08.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Kensington Microsaver Security Cable Lock

Threatening Behaviour with a D-Lock

Advantages: It is a Solid Chunk of metal
Disadvantages: No Guarantee in New Jersey

...Cycle security is something that is essential these days, especially when I live. So when choosing a lock you need to get something that is secure. This lock cost me 25 quid from my local bike shop, and if it is not stocked by yours then ask for advice. It is a D-Lock, which means that it is D shaped, obviously. It consists of a big u shaped metal tube coated in tough black plastic padlock that fits securely onto the lock. The best was to secure your bike is to find a suitable post or cycle stand. Then feed the lock through the rear wheel and the frame, this secures the rear wheel as well as the bike frame, the instructions are quite clear anyway. You can also attach a chain to secure the front wheel as well. Again the instructions show this very clearly. Once secured in this manner it would take a very persistent bike thief...

Champ666 02.04.2004 (14.09.2005) · Read review
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Review of Kryptonite New York M18 lock

Want to build and defend walls? Lock's Quest for the Nintendo DS

Advantages: Good gameplay, addictive
Disadvantages: Sound needs improving, bit too easy to complete

...This review is for the Nintendo DS game, Lock?s Quest, developed by Fifth Cell and published by THQ. The game is a puzzle type game where you have to defend your defensive walls from attackers. There are two different modes of play, the building mode and the battle mode. The aim of the game is to spend the first part of each level in the building mode, where you have a couple of minutes to build your defensive walls, and then the second part in battle mode, where you have to defend the wall and attempt to repair it for a fixed period of time, generally another couple of minutes. Learning to play the game is easy, as there is a comprehensive tutorial section which takes you through all of the different controls. The controls in the building mode mainly rely on using the d-pad, whereas the stylus is used more in the battle mode, as you...

julwhite 09.07.2009 · Read review
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