Advantages: Comfortable and you can change the gullets
Disadvantages: Can be a bit expensive with the gullets

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Advantages: Get rid of vision problems without questionable laser eye surgery, totally FREE!
Disadvantages: Takes commitment and determination

...Do you think people who develop vision problems such as short or long sight are stuck with these problems for life? Do you think they are purely hereditary and just 'bad luck' on their part? Well, the good news is, you're wrong! And no I'm not talking about having your eye sliced opened and part of it burnt off (..laser surgery for those of you who didn't get what I meant!) The Bates Method for improving eyesight naturally is a method that was discovered at the beginning of the 20th century by Dr. W. H. Bates, M.D. (1865-1931). He was a prominent American ophthalmologist who developed a method whereby one was able to improve their sight and restore the natural habits of seeing which have been lost through strain, tension and the resulting misuse of the eyes. The aim of the method is to teach people with vision problems how to achieve... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful descriptions of everyday rural life
Disadvantages: Some may find it too old-fashioned and a little sexist

...I was brought up on rather an eclectic literary mix of Longfellow, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, A E Housman and H E Bates and still love the opportunity to dip back in to my childhood occasionally. H E Bates is probably best known as the author of The Darling Buds of May and the creator of the Larkins. For me, though, it is as a serious author that he is most appreciated. He has written a long list of books, mainly about the war and/or relationships with women, as well as a series of short stories. This particular book consists of a selection of 35 (hence the title) short stories spanning the 1920s through to the 1960s. As a fan of crime fiction, I do appreciate a nice, juicy murder mystery to get my teeth into. However, it is rare that an author of crime fiction is also a superb writer. As far as I am concerned... Read review

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Advantages: funny family movie
Disadvantages: acting isnt top notch

...a large body drier fitted to the wall which acted much like a hairdryer. As I have previously stated Brooke Shields character of Anne Jamieson had two young children Tess Jamieson (Genevieve Buechner) and Bates Jamieson (Benjamin B. Smith), whom both played very big parts in the film. I was actually very impressed with the acting from these youngsters as they portrayed their characters really well. In fact at times throughout the film I actually thought that their acting capabilities were a lot better than that I had seen from Tom Green and Brooke Shields. Between the two children I thought that Genevieve Buechner portrayed the character of a stroppy 11 year old rebellious pre teenager really well, as her emotion and moodiness was spot on and you also got the impression that the moody pre teen was all a front and that her character had... Read review

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Advantages: Charming, easy read, gentle humour
Disadvantages: None (unless the above is not to your taste)

...In Bates’ own preface to this collection of short stories he confirms that Uncle Silas truly existed in the shape of one Joseph Betts “born at the very beginning of the Hungry ’Forties, brought up to a church in which the serpent was still part of the Sunday morning orchestra, able to recall the news of the Crimea brought by a messenger from London on a white horse”. This was H E Bates’ great uncle. The tales he tells are real. The facts may be blurred, but the characters, the circumstances, the events: these are all real enough. If you are born and bred English, and come from a family with any leaning towards the tale, the yarn, the fireside ramble, you will recognise the style, maybe even some of the characters. There are certainly one or two far too close to home for me to admit to. Bates...