Advantages: It might be nothing serious Disadvantages: Laser surgery might be necessary
One Monday morning early in October I was a little alarmed to find, on moving my eyes to one side or another, that I could see flashes of light in my right eye. It was something I had never experienced before, and I wondered if I had spent too much time reading and surfing the net over the weekend. There was no pain involved and it wasn't affecting my vision as a whole.
I carried on as normal over the next couple of days, still being aware of the flashes. I then began to be aware of floaters in my right eye as well - almost as if there were specks of dust there. I had had these before, but usually for short periods of time. By midday on Wednesday I thought perhaps I had better find out if anything was seriously wrong, and as I was due for an eye test anyway, I went along to Specsavers in Southsea during my lunch break. Luckily they ...
When I was younger my grandma and I always used to bake cakes at the weekend. My favourites were the Coffee cake or the Marble cake. We always seemed to make large, share sized cakes fitted for all, but never little fairy cakes or little cup cakes. Though now when I get the urge to bake on my own, I tend to make little single sized cakes which are fine for dishing out. To ice them, I always use Silver Spoon icing sugar, as I do feel it is the best around!
Packaging:
The icing sugar comes in a cardboard box. One thing that attracts me to it is its pretty pink colour - it may be sexist but I do think this is aimed at females more so. On the front there is a big spoon image, hence the name! When you open it up you will find a little cardboard style bag. Opening this a puff of white powder will come out so you need to be careful. It is ...
Advantages: Compact, cheap Disadvantages: not the closest cut, a bit slow
-- Background --
I have always been one for a wet shave, I've always believed the sharpness of a true razor gives much better cuts than the rotating blades of an electric shaver. I received the HQ 40 as a birthday present from the wife so I felt I had to give it a fair crack.
-- In the box --
The shaver comes in a nicely compacted box which simply contains the shaver, some instructions and perhaps surprisingly the two AA batteries that are required to operate the shaver. Fit the batteries into place and away you go. The shaver is no more than 4 or 5 inches in height so would be ideal for carrying around in a pocket if you ran out of time for your early morning shave. The contrast of the colours is also a nice feature, the front of the shaver is predominantly red with a touch of grey which then runs all down the rear ...
