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This scale is really a great buy. We bought two from Bed, Bath, and Beyond, and wound up returning them both. This scale has easy to read, large numbers, gives you the weight without tapping, and is nicely styled. I strongly recommend it!!
2x Digital Telephoto Professional

High Resolution 3 piece

I have this and ordered one for my kids. It arrived without the screws to hold it together. If it had arrived with all the parts I’m sure we would like it!
Christianity and Humanism From

If you’re looking for advice on a gaming system, I’ll tell you what a teenager told us. If you’re looking to buy for a younger child, say over 5 but younger than 14, then get the Wii. But, if you’re buying for a teenager, then they’re looking into the Xbox. So, there you have it, from the lips of a teen. So, off we went to get the Wii since we old folks could work out with it as well. It has been the best investment! We can use it with the Wii Sports, and the kids get to have a blast with it with the games. It’s so easy to use, the setup is easy (an 8-year-old did ours), and well, it’s just been a marvelous addition to the gametime in this house. A word of caution, however, be SURE you read the directions. There are warnings enclosed that state things like “Don’t play longer than 45 minutes at a time.” The Wii can cause seizures in people so be sure you pay attention to that stuff. Other than that, it’s great. Highly recommend!
A Friend is Forever

Where has this baby been all my life??? After exhaustive research I decided to get this unit to help with my triathlon training. What a difference! No more guessing how many miles I’ve done or being tied down to roads with mile markers. See your fitness improve with the heart rate monitor. Download it all to your computer and everything is graphed out for you (works almost flawlessly – at the beginning I sometimes would have to re-download from the unit, no biggie, takes seconds, but recently that’s no longer an issue – fixed itself!). No guessing, and A LOT less work. You can concentrate on the workout and let the computer track the rest. The feature set is amazing – this little puppy will do practically everything you could want! Because this is “older tech” (this unit’s been out a few years), don’t let it fool you – it’s amazingly useful and will save you hundreds over newer units. The only difference is satellite acquisition may take 2 mins rather than 30 secs – big deal! Also, the unit might seem large, but it is lighter than the diver’s watch I wear daily – I hardly know its there! It works, very well, plain and simple. And in a piece of training equipment what more could you want? I’m so glad I jumped on this incredible bargain before they are gone and I suggest you do the same. Definitely go for it, you won’t regret it!
Western Repeater Rifle Wood

I don’t want to end up repeating the other ecstatic reviews for the Wii so i’ll focus mainly on the ability to play gamecube games as well as download other previous nintendo titles from older consoles. I grew up playing mario bros 1, 2, 3, super mario world, legend of zelda, contra, etc… and its great to be able to play them on the Wii- you can just download games off of the wii store channel and more titles are being added every day. It really brings back the nostalgia and its great being reunited with all the old characters of my past. The ability to play older console titles, as well as the whole onslaught of great wii titles really makes this the best console in my opinion over the ps3 and xbox360.
Raising a Giant A

I admit, it took me a little while to warm up to this series, but now I’m hooked! The audiobook is an incredible performance, as well. Eoin Colfer creates a fascinating new universe that is peopled with equally fascinating characters. It would be a great read for preteens, but as an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed it as well. I also love the physical book – the cover is much nicer than shown here, and it has uneven, old-fashioned looking rag paper pages. It’s much higher quality material than you usually find in a hardback.
Beanbag Friction Dash Mount

It works fairly well so far. Picks up all that dust and lint quite nicely. Only complaints is that when you use the extension hose, the brush keeps spinning on the ground, so it kicks up dust through the uncovered hose connector. Kind of nasty so I found myself resistant to using hose while still on carpet…and there is not check bag indicator on this tempo model. But ya know it was under 70 bucks so…
Bike USA Titan Punisher

I’ve heard this card won’t last for the long haul, but I’ve had no issues with it what-so-ever with my camera. very happy
Variable Speed Switch Control

This might be a good book for teachers looking for material in their classes gamedesign or gamedevelopment. It may also be a good book for selfstudy, if you have the discipline to do the exercises. You need to have played a lot of the classic videogames though, otherwise you might not be able to do the exercises, which are mostly about thinking about gamedesigns and making little designs or design alterations on existing games.
Game Design Workshop Designing