Advantages: Excellent Story and Performances, Documentary Feel. Disadvantages: Slighlty weak sub-plot and ending
This is an excellent drama directed by Oliver Stone recurring around the New York Stock Exchange during the 80's and how stock brokers were able to achieve huge wealth through the buying and selling of options and shares. It follows Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), a young and ambitious broker who has his eye on working for WallStreet giant, Gorden Gecko (Oscar Winning Michael Douglas) but must first prove himself worthy in this cut throat business. In order to gain Gecko's interest and his foot in the door, Fox uses information he has on his own father's (Martin Sheen) airline to gain Geckos interest regarding a takeover. It follows Fox's rise and subsequent manipulation and corruption by Gecko. Fox struggles to live with himself, as he realises his wealth is at the expense of other peoples jobs and lives.
This is enjoyable for the great ...
Advantages: nice looking, easy to setup and cheap Disadvantages: either chip board or mdf
Have been looking around for a PC desk recently and needed something small but big enough for the usual PC equipment. Was going to buy a 2nd hand one until I seen this in ASDA and decided to buy it.
At £27 give or take a few pence I grabbed it and thought I'd take a chance and I'm glad I did. The PC desk has top shelf for monitor, middle shelf for keyboard, lower middle shelf for printer/scanner etc and a base shelf for whatever you want. Where does the PC unit go your thinking ! The desk has a side metal shelf that can be fitted either site for the desk that a tower case can fit. But I have a desktop case !!! I hear you say, no matter the base unit will fit on the bottom shelf and you can do away with the metal side shelf or use it as magazine/paper storage.
The desk itself has 4 wheels and the 2 front are locking ...
Advantages: Small, lightweight, hours of fun, cheap Disadvantages: Nothing!
My little boy Harry has been dragged around the shops with me since he was about 3 weeks old. Consequently, he rather loves sitting in the big supermarket trolley being Daddy's trolley helper when we do our weekly shop. So when it came to thinking of things for Father Christmas to bring Harry, we couldn't quite resist buying him this little trolley!
The trolley is made the company Smoby, who produce a large range of children's toys, available in toy shops and all across the internet. The trolley comes in the colours of light blue and a lime green, with fetching red wheels. The wheels are held on by plastic screws which are nice and sturdy and rotate smoothly, and squeak free! It also has a sticker on the side of the basket which reads "Let's Shop" in case us mummies and daddies forget what it's for! It is made of sturdy plastic ...
