Ice Station Zebra -- unable to put it down

Advantages: A really entertaining read
Disadvantages: none

...First and foremost forget the film, it is unable to capture the humour and intensity fully. This is one of my favourite books, containing just the right mix of intrigue and humour, whilst running along at a great pace . We start off meeting the major characters very quickly, and a battle of wits starts immediately, between commander Swanson and crew of a US nuclear submarine and Dr Carpenter, sent from London to join the Sub on a special mission to trace a missing ice station named Zebra. (needless to say this may not be the whole truth) ! Now the story begins with lies, subterfuge, lies, sabbotage, lies, murder, lies,one of my favourite lines comes from this book and if you read it, its the one about I almost believed it myself. The story twists and turns with some great descriptives along the way to really bring you into the story...

iany 01.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Ice Station Zebra - Alistair MacLean

Fisher price bounce and spin zebra..... A bouncing spinning Zebra

Advantages: Keeps the little ones happy
Disadvantages: Annoying music, noisy..... but thats just us ;o) the kids will love it

...My little one had this for christmas last year and it's still going strong today so yes it is pretty durable and tough! It's a super cute bouncy spinning zebra, which plays (annoying ahhem*) music!! It came in a rather large, heavy box as I remember, but putting it together was a doddle (even for me!!!) The green base snaps together with each triange then forming a hexagon, it fits around the base of the zebra (I had to put his handles on too) and then thats pretty much it (there may have been some screws I can't remember). My little one has had hours of fun on it (so have the older two) but it seemed a lot smaller than I expected?? At £45 it wasn't cheap but it was one of his big presents so I didn't mind. I bought mine out of the christmas toy catalouge, but they are sold in argos and toysrus for roughly the same price. It...

jadiep890 11.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Fisher-Price Bounce And Spin Zebra

AC Nielsen Fact Finders

Advantages: Quick and easy to do. Good rewards.
Disadvantages: Small problem with redeeming reward points on-line.

...I have been scanning my shopping with Fact Finders for over a year now and have had no problems. The setting up of the wand at each scanning session is a bit of a bore as you have to go through the when,who and where bit for each shop but apart from that I enjoy scanning. It does not take long. The wand is easy to use and when not in use sits hidden away on a bottom shelf - I put it there because several people thought it was a phone! The Customer Service department is excellent and regularly get in touch to remind you to scan your top-up shopping and if there are any surveys to do. When an electrical storm killed my scanner there was a replacement within a couple of days and the old scanner was returned to Fact Finders where they managed to retrieve the data. I have not had any problems with the phone ringing in the middle...

Choosyjo 10.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Fact Finders

Interesting Facts

Advantages: Funny
Disadvantages: Its not my work

...I received this from a friend, and she gave me her blessing to pass it on.I laughed, and hopefully so will all who read. ***** Some strange but true facts! 1.A Shrimps heart is in its head 2.The 'Sixth sick sheick's sixth sheeps's sick' is said to be the hardest tongue twister in the world. 3.Rats multiply so quickly that in just 18 months,2 rats could have over a million descendents. 4.Wearing earphones for just 1 hour will inncrease the bacteria in your ear by 700 times its norm. 5.A duck quack does not echo, and no-one knows why. 6.Most lipstick contains fish scales 7.A preganant goldfish is called a twit. 8.It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 9.It is physically impossible for a person to lick their elbow. 10.Horses cant vomit 11.Butterflies taste with their feet. 12...

justme 02.10.2002 · Read review
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Review of Weird facts - Daft Stories

Some Random Facts

Advantages: ----
Disadvantages: ----

...These facts are all genuine and most of them may disturb you (mainly number 10.) (1) You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching tv. This is a weird one and unfortunatly i've got nothing to write about it because i don't know much about it so i'd just thought i'd stick it in to show you. (2) Licking a toilet seat is more hygenic than biting your nails. This will probably put people off biting your nails if you do! How this works is that all the bacteria and germs and crap builds up under your nails and that stuff contains viruses and diseases that you get from things like door handles. Think about it ~ you sneeze into your hand and all the germs stay on it, then you open a door or something and the germs stay on the door handle. Then the next person that opens that door gets your germs. (3) When flying, you are more...

james564 02.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of Top 10 Surprising Trivia Facts

No zebras were harmed in the making of this toy

Advantages: sweet rattle
Disadvantages: none

...Zebras, I've noticed play a fairly big part in little boys clothing. Before Scarlett was born we didn't know her gender so we brought some gender neutral clothes and some reduced blue sleep suits and vests, which featured zebras in various designs. Little girls are bunnies whilst little boys are zebras. Whilst looking round for Christmas presents for our little one we found this cute little zebra rattle. The zebra has blue and light blue stripes, small children must get a strange idea about animals! It has a smiley face and a playgro logo on the middle of it. It has a velvety, soft texture to it. Attached to the main body of the zebra is a clear plastic ring, with half of the ring showing and the other half in the zebra body. In the ring are six fairly large balls of the following colours, green,purple. Red, blue, orange and yellow...

ricci 06.07.2005 · Read review
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Review of Playgro Noah's Zebra Loop Rattle

Triviatastic Facts

Advantages: Might help pass time in work
Disadvantages: Might push useful info out of ur brain !

...Here are some top triva facts I have come across which might add to the extensive collection already on ciao !!! Americans eat 18 acres of pizza a day 4 people are killed a year by randomly falling vending machines. Women blink nearly twice as much as men There are more English speakers resident in China than in the USA It would take six years and 9 months of non-stop farting to produce enough gas to equal the power of an atomic bomb. There are 1,058 million acts of sex in Britain each year, resulting in the spillage of 3 million litres of semen. This is enough to fill six Olympic sized swimming pools! Lions can mate up to 50 times a day. The average bolt of lightening is 6 miles long. It's temperature can reach 50,000 °F - over four times that of the sun. By the time he or she is 18, a young Brit...

Groover 19.05.2003 · Read review
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Review of Top 10 Surprising Trivia Facts

50 OF THE MOST RANDOM FACTS! GREAT FUN TO READ!

Advantages: its fun
Disadvantages: none

...I absolutely love to learn about the most random of things and i therefore decided to write a review about it. I am going to write down a list of the most random fact. I will try and reach 50 but i cannot guarentee! I will use the internet and books to find these facts. I shall also include questions that i want answering about things i dont understand. oh and i promse that i wont put "noting rhymes with puple" in there as i think turtle does. OK SO HERE WE GO 1. An Elephant is the only mammal that cant jump. 2. Shrimps hearts are in their heads. 3. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. 4. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. 5. When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months. 6. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is. 7. The sound of E...

damob123 19.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Weird facts - Daft Stories

Fascinating Facts, Pop Pickers...

Advantages: Might make you smile
Disadvantages: You might have heard them before.

...wow, I just found this category and it tie's in with an email I received. These facts are fab. :o) In 1987 an American Airline saved $40,000 a year by removing one olive from the salads served in first class. A cow can be lead up a flight of stairs, however it cannot be lead down. The quack of a duck has no echo - no one knows why. Young coconuts contain a liquid that can be used as a replacement for blood plasma. Plane crashes kill less people each year than donkeys. It is impossible to fold a piece of paper more that seven times. Your body burns more calories while you are asleep, than when you are watching TV. It is only at the age of around 50 that an Oak tree will produce acorns In a pack of cards, there is only one king without a moustache - the King of Hearts. The Wright brother's first...

Fruity_Tart 16.07.2003 · Read review
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Review of Weird facts - Daft Stories

  ~~ Checking In After The Checkout  ~~

Advantages: Rewarded for doing Your Shopping
Disadvantages: Can be time consuming, online gift catalogue difficult to navigate.

...Imagine being rewarded for something most of us do at least once a week, I am of course, referring to shopping. Well this is what happens when you become a panel member of A C Nielson ? Fact Finders. I received an email invitation from Toluna at the beginning of November 2008, and after answering a few questions on my shopping habits, family members etc.. I was informed that I had qualified should I wish to do so, to become a panel member for fact finders, which would involve scanning the items I bought on each shopping trip. An email arrived a couple of days later from A C Nielson asking me to complete another short survey , mainly to confirm the details I had previously given, plus the names and addresses of the Supermarkets I frequented most. I was also asked to supply a landline number as a member of their customer service team...

tune57 09.03.2009 · Read review
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