Go up the ramp and stop

Advantages: good addition to a wooden railway
Disadvantages: none

...BRIO Stop and Ramp Tracks can be bought at the toy store http://www.woodentoystore.co.uk/brio.php for only £4.95p you can purchase it from this store via Amazon or direct from the store. Amazon say the RRP Iis £12.71 My 6 year old grandson has quite a lot of brio track including this stop and ramp track; he has had this train set since he was 3. He is not playing with it as much as he was but his little sister plays with it now. Brio train sets are fantastic the wooden trains and tracks well made will last a long time. When my grandchildren have finished playing with them, I expect my daughter will sell them on for a good price, or most likely keep them for the next generation in nearly mint condition although they have been played with for many hours. The brio stop and ramp track just adds a little more interest to the track...

mumsymary 06.02.2009 · Read review
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Stops Ants In Their Tracks

Advantages: effective Ant Bait Station which kills Ants and bait is carried to the nest
Disadvantages: none

...It is that time of year again, we have a little bit of sunshine and the ants decide to come out to play. Having recently sorted the garden out I must have disturbed a nest and found that I had an army of ants walking not only outside my front door but also in a line across my living room. I found that they were coming into the house through a tiny crack by the front door, so needed an ant killer that would work fast. I didn't fancy sprinkling ant powder as this would have had to be put inside the porch and didn't want it to make a mess, so I bought Ant Stop! Bait Station from Tesco. It is available in a pack of two Bait Stations from the Gardening section and costs £2.34. Ant Stop! Bait Station is a round black circle about the site of the top of a Jam jar, with 4 holes for the ants to enter. The Bait Stations are filled...

sweetdaisy 08.09.2008 · Read review
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Stop & Grow - Dont Bother!

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Tastes Terrible

...Stop and Grow, it's a great idea if it worked! The packaging is a bottle with brush, same set up as a nail varnish. The fluid is clear and smells really bad, a bit like nail varnish remover. This small bottle should last you as a little goes a long way and can be purchased from most chemists. The bottle costs around £3- £4. Each day you are meant to put a small amount on each nail and allow it to dry in. As its completely clear you wont be able to tell there's anything on your nails so suited for men too. Each time you put your fingers or nails in your mouth your met with a vile taste. In theory this is meant to help you stop biting your nails and give them a chance to grow and strengthen up. However I have bitten my nails since I can remember and I have tried this several times and it has never worked for me cause I eat through it...

Colz2009 08.11.2009 · Read review
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When Your Heart Stops Beating

Advantages: A couple of decent tracks
Disadvantages: The album lacks consistency, a lot of fillers are evident here

...and 'When Your Heart Stops Beating' is therefore a much better offering than what we had from Mr DeLonge. Whereas after the demise of Blink 182, Tom DeLonge took the route of taking himself far too seriously and becoming a complete egotist, +44 are far more light-hearted, and although their music is at times a far cry from that of what they were producing as Blink 182; a lot of the time the tracks here sound like cast off's from Blink 182's self titled release. 'When Your Heart Stops Beating' starts off promisingly with 'Lycanthrope', a track which is fairly pacey and keeps your interest for the 4 minutes that it runs for. Although this track is pacey with strong drum beats and guitars, it's never really anything spectacular and although starts the album nicely enough it will never leave you gasping in awe of what you have just listened to...

RazzaLazza 15.01.2008 · Read review
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Stop the train , then let it go again.

Advantages: Adds play opportunities to the brio train set
Disadvantages: none

...Adrian was 4 years old in November and he was given a brio stop and go station. Adrian already has several brio trains and some wooden train track. .The Tesco wooden trains and track are compatible with the brio system I am led to believe the early learning wooden train set is also compatible. What this station looks like what it does? This stop and go station is a wooden station building a red central tower with two seats for toy people (brio does some, but Lego figures, plan family or play people figures fit well). It is this central section that the stop and go signal are fitted. The roof to the station is green. The walls of the open station are wood colour. The station has a section of train track attached to it. This is the section that is sensitive to a train being on it and when the signal is red any battery powered...

mumsymary 16.12.2006 (19.12.2006) · Read review
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Pot Stop

Advantages: Suitable for vegetarians, low fat, the raised bumps for better grip
Disadvantages: Pot labels, artificial looking colour of sauce

..., leaving me neither with stomach ache nor with cravings for more food. Their normal sized pots might be more suited to obliging my snackish tendencies, however (as they are after all supposed to be a snack). At 78p from Tesco.com, I feel that the Snack Stop (Spicy!) Sweet n Sour Noodles provide good value for money. While they might not be the most inspired or taste-blessed meal (or snack) in the world they are really quick and easy to prepare and ideal for grabbing when you're in a rush. And they don't taste half bad either!...

tiggerishone 18.07.2003 · Read review
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Penguins Should Have Stopped the Writing, Too!

Advantages: A beautifully written ending
Disadvantages: Pretty much everything that went before it

...Penguins Should Have Stopped the Writing, Too! (Penguins Stopped Play - Harry Thompson) IainWear Name: IainWear Product: Penguins Stopped Play - Harry Thompson Date: 23/02/09 (81 review reads) Rating: Advantages: A beautifully written ending Disadvantages: Everything that went before it I wouldn't exactly call myself a cricket fan as such, but it's a game I do have some experience of. I was at school with Minal Patel, who had a long career as a professional with Kent and even won a few England caps. My old hockey club was based at a cricket club where Middlesex played occasionally and I once found myself at the bar discussing the football results with former England captain Mike Gatting. I even played a game once, getting out for 0 when batting before getting heatstroke in the field later on in the day. Whilst I've enjoyed Kent...

Soho_Black 11.03.2009 · Read review
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Stop Making Sense

Advantages: The ultimate "in-concert" film
Disadvantages: Makes you depressed that you weren't actually at the gig(s) in question

...All the useless, pedestrian "in-concert" films you've ever seen are comprehensively embarrassed by this, the masterpiece of the genre. Indeed, Talking Heads (or at least David Byrne) felt they couldn't top it, and never toured again. Refusing to use the hyperkinetic jump-cuts that most concert films and music vids seem to consider de rigeur, and by almost totally ignoring the crowd until the last song, you can totally appreciate the most important thing; the music. By this stage in their careers, Talking Heads were on the back of years of solid critical success, and had released several lionised albums. Emerging from a bizarre combination of the Providence art school circuit and the roughest sections of the New York punk scene, they'd gradually evolved into a hugely funky, sonically busy ensemble. "Stop Making Sense" caught them...

greenierexyboy 27.10.2007 (25.11.2007) · Read review
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stop i need a snack

Advantages: low in fat, and has a nice full flavour
Disadvantages: you cant put special characters in the title

...Having next to no money, until payday, I realised that my overspending is on food. At work, we have a subsidised canteen, and when I say subsidised, I mean heavily subsidised. You need a 'Cardinal' card to pay for food, and stuff from the vending machines, but drinks are free. But me being me, I lost my card, and Tesco seem to be incapable of getting me a new one. So I have to get my dinner from the shop floor or the 'dredded downstairs' and this costs me around £4 a go. So when I went to Asda with my dad lastnight, I decided to get a Pot Noodle to take to work. And that was when I saw 'Crosse&Blackwell Snack Stop' on the shelf. I have never seen these before and decided to try one. ---THE PRICE--- This set me back, or should I say set my parents back around 60p, so I was quite happy to pay this. A pot noodle is around...

micjb 15.05.2003 · Read review
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One Time in One Stop is enough for life

Advantages: Easily accessible, all the basic shops.
Disadvantages: All the same old shops, boring.

...Next week I move to the other side of town, where my nearest shopping area (apart from corner shops and take aways) will be the One Stop shopping centre in Perry Barr. This is in North Birmingham, about 3 miles away from the city centre and easily accessible on buses including the 11 and 51. There?s a huge row of bus stops in front of the shopping centre, which have lots of rubbish and are not the nicest place to hang around. Most of the shopping centre is in an inside mall on one level, but there are also some larger stores outside, surrounding the car park. Access is easy, with lots of free parking spaces, no stairs and a sloped travelator upon going through the main entrance. The malls are wide, although there are a number of stalls in the middle making it a bit crowded at busy times. The stalls offer hair weaving, manicures...

MissDirect 24.08.2002 · Read review
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