Epinions Recent Reviews for Valpal

8000N Fast printer

Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:34:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - The HP LaserJet 8000N is a great office printer. It is very fast and flexible.

It is a 24 page per minute printer (standard 8.5 by 11). The quality is good (1200 dpi) and steady. It can handle multiple paper sizes (3 tray options) as well many...

Typical Big Bank

Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:24:20 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Wells Fargo is a very typical big bank. They offer a wide range of products. Savings accounts, checking accounts, insurance, investing, mortgages and so on.

If security or a wide range of options is what what you are looking for in a bank,...

Good phone

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:54:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - We decided to buy a simple and somewhat inexpensive cordless phone. After reviewing the various brands we decided on the Panasonic KC-TX1800B aka Soundcharger plus.

The hardcore facts about this phone is that it runs about $70. It has speed...

eBay: World's Garage Sale

Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:15:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - E-Bay is the largest garage sale in the history of the world. A giant flea market so to speak.

And I love it.

From the selling side, this is simple and easy. The basic premise is that you need a login, and a credit card. The...

Muppets at their finest

Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:05:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - The Muppet Classic Theater is a videotape "where 6 Fairy Tales take a Wacky Twist" or says the cover.

And you know what? The cover is right.

The muppets and Jim Henson productions do a Muppet interpretation of 6 fairy tales - 3...

Genny

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:49:25 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Genesee Beer is a weak tasting pilsner. That is not to say that it is a bad beer, but merely when it is ranked it is best to look at this in terms of Bud light, Miller light or Coors Light.

This is kind of unusual for a beer that is billed as a...

3 Kings not a winning hand.

Sun, 3 Dec 2000 00:52:09 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Count me in the minority that found this movie to be only so-so. George Clooney, Spike Jonze, Ice Cube and Mark Wahlberg star as a group of 4, yes 4 soldiers that are trying to get the Kuwaiti gold.

This movie is a really high action and high...

Tough read

Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:07:53 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - This book deals with a family of 3 bunnies. The author refers to them as the dumb bunnies. And dumb they are.

They decide to go the Museum and end up the zoo. The think the animals are the ones on the signs. The three of them buy tickets for...

Bears and the neighbors

Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:41:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - The house across the street is for sale.

And thus begins the Berenstain bear book. As is similar of these families of books, children are fascinated. This particular book deals with the house across the street being empty and then sold.
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It's a lengthy voyage

Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:17:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Ship of Magic: The Liveship traders is a decent book. It is written under the name of Robin Hobb (so don't bother looking for a book by Megan Lindholm).

There are two key things about this book. The first, of course is the plot. The second is the...

The opposite is okay

Wed, 30 Aug 2000 19:54:45 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Christine Ricci stars in the movie "The Opposite of Sex". She plays a 16 year old girl from Louisiana who runs away from home (and her mother and now deceased step father) to live with her gay brother.

The movie is narrated by Ricci who...

Robin Williams as Jakob

Wed, 30 Aug 2000 19:47:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - A little off the beaten path lies the movie Jakob the Liar. This a World War II movie that is centered around Poland, German Occupation and the Jews in the Ghetto.

Robin Williams once again stretches himself away from the many voiced comedic actor...

This girl is good

Sat, 19 Aug 2000 23:06:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Try this beer.

It is really that simple. Go out and buy some of the distinctive green bottled St. Pauli Girl lager at your local liquor store. St. Pauli Girl Lager is a good full bodied lager. It is a bit pricey ($6.50 for a 6 pack) but inline with...

Stop that whistling!

Sat, 19 Aug 2000 19:05:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Yes indeed. The movie is still considered a decent film. At 163 minutes it is a bit long. And frankly could due with some editing.

The basic plot here is that it is World War 2. The Japanese are building a bridge over the river Kwai. They use...

Barney's Book of Trains: Barney knows his trains

Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:30:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Here is another offering from the big purple guy. Barney's book of trains.

As is typical of all Barney books it tends to want to focus on a specific idea and help the child learn to think in those ways. In this book it is all about trains and the...

Minty fresh...why?

Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:28:11 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Have you ever had one of those beers that you think "man, I have got to have that again sometime"?

Well that was my first experience with Pete's Winter Brew. And that is where I should have stopped.

This beer is different alright...

Cuba, Crows and C rating

Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:56:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Welcome to another thrilling yet mediocre movie. Oh wait, the trailer says thrilling I say mediocre.

This movie caught my eye because it starred Cuba Gooding (Jerry Maguire) and Tom Berenger (Major League). Both of these actors are good but...

A very good sing along tape

Sun, 13 Aug 2000 23:10:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - I have decided that I am an expert on Sing Along Tapes for kids. My expertise comes from the hard learned experience of being a parent. The proof of the expertise isn't the number of successful sing along tapes, but rather the opposite. The number of...

Max and Ruby at it again

Sat, 22 Jul 2000 16:43:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Max and Ruby are at it again. Here the two children are on the look out for a birthday gift. With a fixed budget, old Max has got to be careful.

But you know Max. The money slips away slowly on little things. Like things to eat, things to clean...

Misses the mark

Sat, 22 Jul 2000 16:35:39 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser are two very well written characters. Fritz Lieber has written a number of excellent adventures surrounding the adventures of these two. However he misses the mark here.

This book, like the others in the series, is a...

Bud Light Year

Sat, 15 Jul 2000 01:23:01 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - What do you look for in a beer? What type of taste are you after? Many people are looking for the full bodied exotic beer with some strange identifier about it (cool name, neat bottle, nice label etc). But doing this is an easy way to forget about...

Still Curious

Sat, 15 Jul 2000 01:03:21 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - Curious George was first published in the 1940's. At the time it was in the forefront of children's literature.

Fast forward to the year 2000 and George isn't anywhere close to the front line but is rather farther behind. Granted it is still a...

This is a good book for small kids.

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:50:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - I Was So Mad is written by Mercer Mayer. It is another book in the highly popular Little Critter series. This one deals with the little critter not getting his way. And he responding with "I was so mad".

The neat part of this book is...

The Patriot, first in a new trend

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:04:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Valpal - World War II. Private Ryan spawns a bunch of World War II films. The Civil War. Blue and the Gray, Gettysburg etc. And now, no doubt, the revolutionary war. Yup. The Patriot will be better known for starting a trend of movies than for being a...