Epinions Recent Reviews for chazyouwin

Reasonably Inexpensive Hotel With Terrific Health Club

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:00:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - From February 2-6, 2008, I stayed at the Chicago City Centre Hotel and Sports Club (formerly known as the Navy Pier Holiday Inn) while attending to my mother who was a patient in the Northwestern University hospital. The hotel provided decent...

Slick upgrade for a cheap Dell

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:35:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - A few years ago, I made the mistake of buying a $400 Dell desktop with integrated graphics and only PCI slots for an office. I was forced to purchase, almost immediately, a 128MB Nvidia FX5500 FX card. That ultimately proved not capable. Today I...

Not ready even for beta time?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:49:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - Purchased this product (license for 3 computers) in late Nov. '07 at Staples. Installed and successfully activated on 2 networked computers in Jan. 08, replacing Kaspersky. First computer has intermittently crashed with stack overflow problems, program...

Used for two years, rusted and broke

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:18:20 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - This just died, somewhat beyond the warranty period. Sparked -- poof, then would no longer turn on. Within the warranty period, Cuisinart had already replaced some rusted internal parts. We used strictly as a toaster. Update: opened up, ceramic wire...

High Maintenance But Gorgeous Food Organizer

Wed, 30 May 2007 02:16:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - A few years ago, we redid our kitchen to include high end appliances. One of our choices was a "built-in" look refrigerator. My wife chose this Viking refrigerator-over-freezer over a competing and less expensive Sub Zero of roughly the same...

Any Given Sunday: A great YMCA rubber practice ball!

Sun, 30 Mar 2003 04:03:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - I chose this ball in the summer of 2002 to replace a collection of cheap bright orange balls which had accumulated in our garage but never felt right. I was looking for something simple, with the right feel. The Supreme has met my needs perfectly. It...

La Grande Viagra

Fri, 14 Mar 2003 01:38:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - When life is lonely and my 401k is getting me down I can always go downtown -- but I prefer to go out of town and take a spin around in my 2002 XL-7 Limited. We bought it in September 2002, and reviewed it here. Fast forward to March, 2003 -- no...

Lexmark Color JetPrinter Z53 Inkjet: Pocket picker!

Fri, 7 Mar 2003 02:34:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - I bought this printer a couple of years ago when it first came out to attach to my then three-year old son's inexpensive but new CompUSA 'puter. It is now connected to the same computer, running Windows 98 Second Edition, by way of a Dell deluxe...

Ice-Eater

Sun, 9 Feb 2003 01:40:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - Who needs studs? We sure don't. For four years, we have had four Yoko Guardex 600s on a 1991 four-cylinder rear wheel drive Volvo 240 Wagon.

Preliminarily, I should note that we have taken good care of them. Just before the first major...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Sun, 26 Jan 2003 02:37:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - Ouch! I've cut my hand on an interior door handle of this vehicle recently; and this was a replacement handle installed after our nanny suffered the same injury. So begins this review of our 4-door Honda Accord LX sedan, subtitled, Dr. Jekyll and Mr...

"Hot hatchback" that "kicks up its heels" (Revised 5/03)

Tue, 31 Dec 2002 03:34:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - The review title is a quote from the New York Times article of December 29, 2002, where noted automobile writer James G. Cobb included the Aerio SX as one of the dozen 2002 models that "left the most favorable impressions." He wrote that the Aerio SX is...

Rolling rock which gathers no rust

Sat, 21 Dec 2002 02:54:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - The 240 was a very basic, no frills model-- but that's part of the attraction for ascetics. We purchased a four cylinder 1991 with 73,000 miles in 1997. Now it has 133,000 miles.

It has served as my daily workhorse commuter car and still...

Will it be just a three-year passion?

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:05:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author chazyouwin - In marriage relationships, you learned a lot about someone in three years. We committed to the long term when we bought this vehicle new in 2002. Though the relationship started off highly charged and is still very committed, we look forward to the...