Advantages: Diamonds, tanzanite you name it!!
Disadvantages: Expensive

...and it was not diamond, it was Tanzanite and I can say I have never seen a stone as beautiful as that with a gorgeous rich purple colour and you could see the variety of colours that had been created from the Tanzanite, it was at this time that I started dropping major hints to my other half at how much I loved the rings and had never seen any as beautiful for the prices that were in the Diamond Works. What is Tanzanite and where did it come from? For those of you that have not come across Tanzanite as I hadn't before I visited the Diamond Works it is a rare violet-blue gemstone which was discovered in 1967 at the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro and as the tour guide advised this land was set alight by lightning leading to the transformation of the crystals into the violet-blue stones. It is extremely rare and is a diminishing resource which is predicted... Read review

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Advantages: convenient size, good brightness, extremely durable, water & shock resistant
Disadvantages: more expensive than comparable inferior models

...Most people who know me well are aware of my obsession with torches and flasks. There’s probably some deep and meaningful psychological reason for this but what causes it I don’t know. The results are an incapability to walk past a display without browsing, which frequently ends up with me buying. There is no doubt that in the event of an electrical failure I cold illuminate my street and keep its residents supplied with hot drinks! I have a lot of torches including little key ring ones, credit card style, forehead lamps to he more standard, traditional torch. I’ve got wind up, rechargeable, kinetically charged and battery powered ones and from this choice I’ve selected the MagLite Solitaire Key Ring Flashlight. MagLite are one of my favourite brands as they are so well made, so nicely presented ad somehow so sexy- yeah I know... Read review

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Advantages: Unique experiance, you can have exactly what you want
Disadvantages: none - well unless you need to travel a long way to London

.... As mentioned above we arrived around 9.30, and started making the rings about 10. We finished them at 2.00 ish. At that point the rings are almost complete. They are all buffed and shinny. We chose some small diamonds to be mounted around the ladies ring. The rings are then sent off to be hallmarked, I think they then mount the diamonds themselves. After hallmarking you can have a message engraved inside the ring all included in the price. The price you pay is based on the wieght of the ring, plus extra for diamonds etc. As a bonus they even buffed up the rings we were wearing on the day. Made the engagement ring look new again! It's the little touches like this that make it so memorable. 10 days later and the rings have arrived in a really nice wooden box. They also offer a design only service where they make the ring. But I think it's worth... Read review

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Advantages: Beat the insurance giants with just one call!
Disadvantages: None

...insurance at a much lower cost than anyone else. When I started driving my own car at 19, I did the mandatory phoning through every insurance company in the Yellow Pages. Time after time I was being quoted in excess of £1000 which is totally unacceptable. I spent that much on the car itself! I soon realised that it was going to be more expensive for me anyway as this was my first year driving, but there had to be something cheaper than £850 out there. Then I came across a little known company called Diamond, (I had stuck to ringing trusty big-name insurance companies until then), gave them a ring, and the staff there seemed ten times more friendly than any other company I had spoken to that day. They quoted me about £550 for 12 months fully comprehensive which was the best deal by far. Still expensive, but considering I was a first... Read review

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Advantages: 11 great new songs! A variety of styles. Fun and fresh. Haunting and heavy.
Disadvantages: 1 is a cover - no major problem.

...the album. I became a fan of Alice Cooper after hearing his 2000 and 2001 efforts, 'Brutal Planet' and 'Dragontown', which followed a heavy metal sound, which Alice proved himself to be really good at. I decided to stray in to Alice's back catalogue, and there are things that I do and do not like, however it is safe to say that overall he has a great collection with various styles throughout, and what rings true here is just that. This album holds garage styled rock (which the previous album, 2003's "The Eyes Of Alice Cooper" held throughout), country styled tracks and heavier songs. The album Dirty Diamonds isn't a concept album, like more recent albums, but basically holds a garage rock feel to it, such as the before mentioned 2003 album. Alice has been quoted saying that dirty Diamonds sounds like 'The Eyes Of Alice Cooper with more... Read review

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Advantages: It passes the time, it's a good version of a classic game
Disadvantages: It lacks a high score table, varied decks, and is a bit boring really!

...You know the scene – you're sitting there waiting for some long computer operation to finish, or you've got a lunch break at work. But if you're stuck in a big office building, what can you do? You can hardly bugger off or you'll get fired! In the first in a series of many, I’m going to look at how we pass the time at such inopportune moments. You know, those little games we play for 5 minutes and you wouldn’t catch us looking twice at if we had a copy of Half Life in our hands. - What’s this one then? Solitaire - the classic. If anyone’s ever played a game on PC, it’s likely to have been this. And if anyone wants to play a quick Windows game, then this will also be the first choice. It’s simple, easy to play, and, well, it’ll keep you amused for a few minutes at least. We’... Read review

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Advantages: Keeps you entertained for a long period of time and can cure your depression
Disadvantages: doesn't look the most exiting games to play You don't get much sleep

...Hello i'm Helen and have been a fan of solitaire for 10 years. The game looks dull, simple and boring but once you get into it it's like time stands still. Also i'd like to add that playing solitaire can take your mind off problems such as bad days at work, college and school etc.. Also when i was suffering depression i realized that playing these types of games such as Solitaire helped me. I will explaine the rules for those who don't know. You can't put the same colour cards on top of each other you have to have black red black, also if you have A red king and A red Queen you cant put the queen on the king as their both red. If you have A black king and A red queen you can put the red queen onto the black king. Also before you give up on the game thinking that there is no more cards to play with always look carfully as you... Read review

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Advantages: The return of Connery
Disadvantages: Too tongue in cheek for me

...After Sean Connery quit the role of James Bond, we saw George Lazenby give a performance as the agent in On Her Majesty's Secret Service that was true to Fleming's literary character: hard hitting and vulnerable, with a bit of a mean streak. While this was good to see from a die hard fan's point of view, it proved less entertaining, and for the next Bond film in 1971, Diamonds Are Forever, Mr. Charisma Sean Connery came back for one more film before passing the mantle over to Roger Moore. The Plot With revenge on the mind as much as stopping the international crime lord, James Bond once again faces his nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Anxious to stop a diamond smuggling ring, Bond is sent to Vegas to pose as a diamond dealer, where he faces the deadly pairing of killers Mr Wint and Mr Kidd, Blofeld's associates, as well as the two... Read review

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Advantages: 10 month policies
Disadvantages: nothing

..., that is also very easy to do, you do have to ring them up though as it can't be done online, when finding out a price for the other driver, if its half way through the policy they will tell you the amount they have left to pay and then they are simply added on ( so if there's four months left, they will only make you pay for the four months). Also if it's at the beginning of the policy i.e. when renewing they can tell you what each person needs to pay, which is good if the same person isn't paying for the whole policy, like me, I paid for my part and my dad paid for my brother's part of the policy (as the named driver), becasue it's no good splitting it down middle if that isn't what it would cost you to get insured. I think diamond are doing a brilliant job and the customer service people are friendly and professional. I have had no problems... Read review

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Advantages: 380 solitaire games. More then 90 original solitaire variations not found elsewhere. Modify rules for any game.
Disadvantages: No disadvantages.

...Unique variations of solitaire is one of the things a solitaire lover seeks! BVS Development Corporation has just released the BVS Solitaire Collection 5.2, and you have to see it to believe it! This challenging software offers an amazing collection of 380 unique solitaire games and includes many game variations you will not find anywhere else. You can modify rules of almost any of the included games, thus creating your own solitaire variation. After installation, I tried out "Topsy-Turvy Queens" and before I knew it, three hours had passed! I might add that those were three very enjoyable hours as I pitted my many (ahem) skills against the computer. I played a total of 33 games and I won...(whisper) 12. But don't think I have given up because I will continue to play and hone my now doubtful skills! Of course, "Topsy... Read review

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