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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-auntieruth Recent reviews written by member auntieruth en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_471879618180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Processor:  intel (R) Pentium (5) Dual CPU T3200 @2.00 Ghz 2.00 GHzMemory: RAM 3.00 GBSystem Type: 32 bit operating SystemUsing Vista Home Basic.DVD/CD ROMDell Wireles 1395 WLAN Minicard4 USB devicesSD/MMC card... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471879618180 Wed, 27 May 2009 16:55:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471879618180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_438594408068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Many years ago an eminent historian suggested that the American idea of freedom emerged out of the concept of slavery, thus historically linking hereditary slavery with hereditary freedom. Since then, historians have explored the linked origins of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~438594408068 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:07:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_438594408068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437734248068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Hodgson Mill makes several Bread Machine Ready Box mixes. My favorite is the 9 Grain version. Although making Bread machine bread is fundamentally easy (add ingredients, program machine, remove when finished), this is ridiculously easy. The box... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437734248068 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:12:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437734248068?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_432018263684?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Although most of us are familiar with Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl, few except the most dedicated diary readers have delved beyond Anne's story into other first hand accounts of an adolescence in wartime. Zlata Filipovic's diary of her... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~432018263684 Fri, 30 May 2008 15:13:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_432018263684?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_431045381764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - If you've read my other reviews of Dr. Oetker's products, you'll remember that I'm a fan of the organics line. While the Organic cake, in particular the chocolate one, is among my favorite desserts, and quick to prepare, I'm less of a fan of the icing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431045381764 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:49:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431045381764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430530006660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Anyone who has spent some time in Germany in the last 20 years will probably remember the wonderful cakes and desserts available at most meals in private homes. While many Germans still bake "from scratch" many more use the readily available cake and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430530006660 Sun, 18 May 2008 17:35:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430530006660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_430512967300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - I bought the Smart Nozzle Clean and Rinse handle system Long Handled Brush by Carrand about 3 weeks ago. I had a good experience with it, so today I went back to the Busy Beaver (a regional home goods store, similar to a small Home Despot) and bought the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430512967300 Sun, 18 May 2008 14:46:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430512967300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427903258244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - For anyone starting out in knitting, this is a good basic book to have. Spiral bound, small, and [relatively] light, it is easily kept in the bottom of the knitting bag, for ready reference throughout a knitting project. Vicki Square starts out... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427903258244 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:23:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427903258244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427898080900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Call me a sucker for borders. They can make or break a project. Yes, we've all seen, tried, worn, or whatever the Knit Purl ribbing border, tried and true, and fail safe, when a border is called for. But there are other options, oh so many other... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427898080900 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:46:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427898080900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427891920516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Sometimes we want to make something with more than the stockinette stitch. For me, most times I want to do it. Stockinette is great (knit a row, purl the next row), but it can become tedious, and if I'm using a recycled yarn (one that I've claimed from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427891920516 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:28:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427891920516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427887529604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Okay, so some knitters cannot stop knitting. Elizabeth Zimmermann was known for knitting on the back of her husband's motorcycle, I hear. This book of patterns is designed for knitting , every day, every month, all year long. Sometimes knitting is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427887529604 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:59:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427887529604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426587295364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - The well knit wardrobe doesn't have to be sweaters and shawls, coats and dresses. Accessories matter, and who can have enough scarves, anyway? Gina Macris' The Elegant Knitter: Simple Techniques for Beautiful Results offers a variety of easy to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426587295364 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:41:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426587295364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426568224388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Earlier today I reviewed a book on vintage styles adapted to modern look, and my main gripe with the book was its lack of sizing choices (the largest being, usually, a 36 inch finished bust). (see my review at:... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426568224388 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:30:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426568224388?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426538208900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - When it comes to knitting I'm an incurable thief and adapter of patterns to other patterns. So when I found this book, and fell in love with all the lovely patterns I remember my babysitter knitting in the 1950s, I decided to get it when I had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426538208900 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:06:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426538208900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426161507972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Many knitters hate sewing the pieces together. I have a friend who has five unfinished sweaters, all in separate bags with notations on needle sizes, etc., but that will probably never be sewn together (unless I do it for her) because she... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426161507972 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:34:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426161507972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425648426628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Imagine sitting by the fireside with a knowledgeable historian, who then tells you the story of the early Enlightenment, as a story teller would, conversationally. This is reading Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach meets Frederick the Great in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425648426628 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425648426628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425641741956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Not often does one find a mesmerizing book such as this. Subtitled "Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War," Robb reminds us that the process of time changes not only people, but also the landscape. And it changes geographic... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425641741956 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:49:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425641741956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425383726724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - If the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era have been studied more than any other period in human history, Owen Connelly explains that this is due to its incomparable drama. This drama loses nothing in Connelly's retelling of the story. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425383726724 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:08:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425383726724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425378811524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - For William Le Queux, spies lived everywhere. Under every rock, behind every tree, lurked a German spy, ready to sabotage the rights of Englishmen and send every good Englishman, his wife, his mother, his daughter, his aunt, his sister, into slavery... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425378811524 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:31:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425378811524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425370422916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Napoleon's reputation for invincibility suffered after the Russian campaign, but the disaster of Russia could still have been seen as a "fluke" ... in part by its operational impossibilities, partly by the separation of command necessary to move nearly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425370422916 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:19:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425370422916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424890437252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - Two dogs live here, and their idea of the priorities are petting, eating and going for walks. In the search for the perfect dog food, I sometimes will try something new on the pooches, each of which have different tastes when it comes to food. Thorin,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424890437252 Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:25:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424890437252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424886439556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - I was hooked on this product while living in Germany. It's a nice, sweet cheerful after dinner liquor, readily available in the US. I bought it initially because I needed an after dinner "tummy-settler" (following a gargantuan meal). Although I don't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424886439556 Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:01:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424886439556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424188481156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - As I have mentioned in my other reviews of Garnier Fructis products, I am plagued with thick, frizzy, stubborn hair. The slightest hint of humidity causes it to stand straight on end. There are days when despite my best effort at styling I look like I've... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424188481156 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:15:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424188481156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424184942212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - I am plagued with thick, frizzy, stubborn hair. The slightest hint of humidity causes it to stand straight on end. There are days when despite my best effort at styling I look like I've stuck my finger in an electric socket. You remember the old... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424184942212 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:07:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424184942212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424182976132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author auntieruth - In the mid-15th century, Incan armies invaded the Andean autonomous communities, conquered them, and expropriated the land and means of production. They extracted tribute from the local farmers, and in returned promised some protection. In the course... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424182976132 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:54:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424182976132?linkin_id=8003929