Keep a spare of this

Advantages: Witty, Dark and Poignant
Disadvantages: None, except it's strangeness.

...I read this book without any preconceptions, apart from one vague description as 'good, read it' from my father. This was the perfect way to start, as my expectations were relatively low, and was immediately drawn into the story. The story opens with our main character, Jack Randall, making his way with a group of frightened Spares in tow. We are not yet aware of why they are there, nor who he is, though we assume the spares are clones because of the blurb on the back. Very gradually, at times painfully gradually, the story reveals how he has reached this point. The story flashes back to times before, the two periods of time running as seperate sequences, parallel throughout the book. The effect is that as we read about Randall attempting to keep the spares safe in the present, at the same time we have the story of his life told in...

Billieuk 22.09.2006 (29.09.2006) · Read review
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Review of Spares - Michael Marshall Smith

Theres nothing spare about my ribs

Advantages: They taste exactly like spare ribs
Disadvantages: None that I know of

...have the keys to the shop that holds his prize of Walkers Great British Takeaways Crisps, there is a lot of dancing and happiness until Gary opens the door to the shop, locks it behind him and shrugs at his new wife whilst devouring a pack of the said crisps. Just when you thought that Gary could not go any lower. APPEARANCE They come in the all too familiar Walkers foil wrapped for freshness crisp bag the only difference is that the bag is brown and the flavour of the crisps has been cleverly written on a takeaway bag. SMELL On opening the bag there is a definate whiff of chinese spare ribs that just makes my mouth water. It does not smell at all artificial but in fact as if you had just cooked spare ribs yourself. THE TASTE These crisps are amazing. They are very crunchy and have a lovely strong (not overpowering) taste...

maz76 28.08.2003 · Read review
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Review of Walkers Chinese Spare Rib flavour crisps

Chinese Spare Ribs in a convenient bag!

Advantages: Nice, different flavour
Disadvantages: Fat and calorie content

...These new Walkers Great British Takeaways crsisp are everywhere at the moment aren’t they? This is clearly the latest thing from Walkers to make us all buy more crisps and obviously no new product from Walkers would quite seem right without a truly cheesy advert involving Gary Lineker and these are no exception! I like crisps a lot (as anyone who has read a few of my ops will know!) but I have to confess that I find normal Walkers crisps a little on the greasy side and I find their fat and calorie content scarily off putting. However, like anyone else, I sometimes get peckish, and it was in one of these moments that I decided to give the new Chinese Spare Rib flavour a try. In case you haven’t encountered the Walkers Great British Takeaways range yet, they are available in the following flavours: - Chinese Spare...

vickitomlinson 14.10.2003 · Read review
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The truth about people trafficking

Advantages: Good acting, clever presentation
Disadvantages: only that it's not for everyone

...The 2003 Slovenian film ?Spare Parts? managed to make it to a few UK independent cinemas, but, despite much celebration in its native country, the movie failed to make much of an impact internationally. Given the controversial theme, still highly topical some six years on, it?s surprising that ?Spare Parts? hasn?t garnered greater recognition. Ludvik Zajc is a former motorcycling champion who has recently suffered the death of his wife from cancer. Ludvik also has cancer. He lives in Krsk, a grimy town on the Slovenia-Croatia border, well known for its nuclear power station, a legacy from the Yugoslav days. Joined by a young ?apprentice? Rudi, Ludvik is a people trafficker, taking illegal immigrants to the Italian border where they break into the ?real Europe?. At first Rudi is shocked by the how the traffickers take advantage...

fizzytom 15.06.2009 (16.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Spare Parts (Subtitled) (DVD)

You filthy dirty biker, I suggest you Muc-Off

Advantages: Excusive products to MPS
Disadvantages: Priority order for next day delivery is expensive.

...Compared to many other motorcycle spares and accessories catalogues MPS offers far more in the way of products and service. The company was established in 1979 to offer the cheapest possible yet high quality products to other motorcyclists. Based in Newton Abbot they still offer a fast service and value for money 24 years later. Many of the products offered are exclusive to MPS only. Catalogue Layout The catalogue sections products like clothing, exhausts etc into alphabetical order from the front to the back of the catalogue. Products within each section are also listed alphabetically to make finding a product easy and simple. With 164 pages and over 20,000 products to look at you are bound to find a product that suits both you needs and your pocket. Detailed descriptions of the items along with colour photos on many items...

Night_Rider 30.11.2003 (13.06.2008) · Read review
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Review of MPS Motorcycle spares and accessories

A way to save money in difficult times

Advantages: Save money, savings can be spent on better things
Disadvantages: Time consuming

...& you can save a fortune. Gone are the days of grubby little bomb sites / scrap yards with some dodgy looking geezer using an old caravan as an office with a hungry Rottweiler chained to the front door. This is the 21st century & many dismantlers' yards are large warehouses with shelves stocked with fully working spare parts. Their inventories are computerised & the staff know their stuff, if you can't pick up a component, most will deliver locally or organise postal delivery. Why would you want used parts in the first place & are there risks? To answer that properly you need to know a little about how new & used parts are sold in the market place. If you want to save money running your car this is where you will save the largest amount. Look at the spare parts business in three sections, the new fast moving parts, new captive...

ScottishWestie 30.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Second-Hand Car Spares

Making a Bomb on the Spares

Advantages: Excellent quality razor and blades, excellent shave, great durability
Disadvantages: Blades are way to expensive, the blades dont last that long

...It has always been the game of big business. Sell the user the basic product at the cheapest possible price and then screw them in the spares that are necessary in order to continue to use that product. Many products fall into this catergory especially things like automobiles and electrical appliances and fixtures. Other similar examples are Game Consoles where the consoles are sold cheapily and the cream is made in the games. One product that certainly comes under this category and what this opinion is all about is the Gillette Sensor Excell Razor. Ever since I was a kid I have been using a type of razor made by Gillette. First it was the GII, then it was the Contour, then the Sensor and more recently the Sensor Excell. I really don’t know wether to be praising this product or venting my frustations. Okay lets get...

vinodgm 24.12.2002 · Read review
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Review of Gillette Sensor Excell

Spare me the technicalities, is it any good?

Advantages: Uber cool, ease of use, apps, multi-functionality
Disadvantages: Battery life, no vidoe recorder, no MMS, bad sound quality for iPod

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Aeris_Cloud 15.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Apple iPhone 3G

Best Sci-Fi I've read to date

Advantages: It's just excellent - Take it anywhere, read again and again
Disadvantages: None, unless you have no taste

...Imagine you had loads of dosh, and you happen to have a family. What better insurance could you take out to ensure the health of your child than to clone it ? If there was a spare to use, if, for example you kid was in a car accident and had to have a limb replaced or a kidney or anything else for that matter, the immune system wouldn't reject it if it came from the same chromosomes now would it? But now imagine, if, you were brought up like cattle, fed watered and washed down, just so that you functioned, your whole life dedicated to replaceing another human being piece by piece without knowing why. And imagine, if someone disturbed that process by teaching the spares the vague value of life and then tried to escape with them and bring them out into the real world. Surely someone would be upset. This is only...

Tessa 03.10.2000 · Read review
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Review of Spares - Michael Marshall Smith

Ideal spare carseat

Advantages: Light and easy to fit
Disadvantages: none have had no probs

...This is the second 13kg+ carseat i have purhased. My main one, which is in my parents car is the britax first class which in itself is very good, however it is very bulky and heavy therefore a pain in the backside to transfer to a different car. Therefore its preferable to keep it in the car and have a second spare carseat thats lighter and easier to store to use with my sisters car. The first thing that attracted me to the britax freeway carseat was the price, the usual price is around £70 but when i went to mothercare world they had the black and grey check design reduced to £55 due to the colour being discontinued which was a bonus considering i prefered it to the regular colour. I got the assistant to show me how to fit it in my sisters car and i have to say i knew instantly i wouldn't have a problem with getting it in and out...

mazparis 23.09.2004 · Read review
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