Epinions Recent Reviews for cujimmy

Just As Well It Doesn't Drink Red Bull!

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:16:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - I recently changed my taxi. (For the second time this year!) My old car was a BMW 525TDS which I'd run for about 3 years (and about 90,000 miles) practically trouble free, so my first choice of vehicle when looking about for a change of car...

Get A Grip!

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:37:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - I wasn't over enamored! The runner-up spot in a team competition last summer at my golf club won me a new pair of golf shoes. Problem was, they weren't the Footjoy brand that I normally wear and which have served me well down through the years, but a...

What's Your Life Worth?

Wed, 9 May 2007 22:00:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ The total ignorance of a lot of people when it comes down to choosing tyres for their cars never ceases to amaze me. They’ll go out and spend tens of thousands of Euros/Pounds to buy the latest model from their favourite car manufacturer, but when it...

DANGER - Big Cat On The Prowl

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:12:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - When it comes to cars the mad cabbies taste is for large vehicles. Don’t get me wrong; there are dozens of lovely, economical, and stylish wee cars on the market these days, many of which I have thoroughly enjoyed driving, and which make ideal family...

Snap Happy

Wed, 2 Mar 2005 07:21:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ My first venture into the world of digital photography was an unmitigated disaster. Back in June of last year (2004) I bought the Creative PC-CAM 880 in a local electrical superstore, for no good reason other than it was under 100 Euro in price, and...

Crash, Bang, Wallop (All In Dolby Digital)

Fri, 8 Oct 2004 19:41:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ Having been convinced of the many advantages of a DVD player over my old Philips VCR some years back, I decided at the beginning of last year (2003) that I wanted to upgrade my cheap Minolta DVD player to a ‘home cinema’ system with surround sound...

Point And Shoot = Hit And Miss

Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:40:32 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ The mad cabbie had been looking for an inexpensive digital camera for absolutely ages. I’d read sheaths of reviews here at Epinions and various other websites, and scoured the computer mags that give comparisons, prices, and ratings for different...

2004 Ford Focus Hatchback: Outstanding Oil Burner

Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:39:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ I might have known I wouldn’t get what I had asked for! What am I talking about? The seeming inability of car hire companies to give you the car you have booked with them. This year it was the turn of Budget Car Hire at Toulouse Airport in southern...

So Long It's Practically Indecent!

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:37:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ Golf’s a funny old game, so it is. The margins between success and failure are very tight, and the result of a competition can often hinge on a putt of no more than 2 or 3 feet. But there’s one thing of which you can be certain; if you can’t...

Is It Already Too Late?

Sat, 5 Jun 2004 19:28:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ The mad cabbie and daughter went to watch the latest in a long line of Hollywood ‘Armageddon’ movies last night, the new blockbuster “The Day After Tomorrow” (henceforth DAT) from Director Roland Emmerich, who also gave us such classics...

The Boys Are Back In Town

Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:28:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ The title for this opinion came to me as I was sitting in my ‘joe maxi’ (taxi) at a red light, and the song “The Boys Are Back In Town” by the old Belfast band Thin Lizzie came on the radio. I’ve been planning a review of the Irvine Welsh...

Old Father Time Takes His Toll

Sun, 9 May 2004 20:12:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ I suppose the day had to come! Old Father Time was beginning to take his toll on the mad cabbie just a little, and I was finding it harder and harder to hit good, pure shots with my old set of trusty ‘blade’ irons, a set of Wilson Staff Progressive...

Kill The Gopher

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:11:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ There aren’t too many comedy movies about golf. I suppose some folks would say that’s because there’s nothing particularly funny about golf. But (of course) they’d be mistaken! Some good ones that spring to mind are ‘Happy Gilmore’, and the more...

World To End In 2006?

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:47:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ The Bible contains a secret code (the ‘Bible Code’) which has accurately predicted many earth-changing events, among them the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler, the beginning of the last Gulf War, the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak...

A Wealth Of Knowledge

Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:29:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ You know, there wasn’t always “Google” (or similar search engines) to help us get the low-down on practically any topic or subject under the sun. Before everyone began to get hooked up to the old World Wide Web, folks actually used to use BOOKS for...

The Getaway for PlayStation 2: Are You Up For A Bit Of GBH?

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:12:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ A wee word of warning before I go any further with this review. If you are the sort who is opposed to gratuitous violence and loads of sweary words in video games, then this PS2 game, “The Getaway”, will most likely give you heart failure! ~ ~ Rig...

There's Nothing Worse Than Cold Wet Feet

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:11:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ One of my greatest pleasures in life is my beloved golf. I’m never happier or more content with my lot in life than when I am stepping onto the first tee of a golf course, and preparing to pit my skill (what I have left of it) and wit against the...

Maximum Value For Your Money With A Maxima

Tue, 1 Oct 2002 21:54:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ I suppose the sad day had to eventually come!

The ‘mad cabbie’ has had to part company with his much loved Nissan Bluebird Executive, (circa 1990) which has served him so well as his taxi since it was purchased for only £1500 (Sterling)...

St. Andrews - The Home Of Golf

Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:28:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ St. Andrew’s is the ‘home of golf’, where the game has its origins, going back as far as the 15th century.

Never mind the spurious claim by the Dutch that golf was actually an adaptation of a game called “Kolf”, that they played with on ice...

Flash - Bang - And A Very Big Wallop

Thu, 7 Mar 2002 19:18:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ Okay. I have to own up right at the start to being a big fan of John Travolta, especially when he’s playing “bad guys”, which he does to perfection in this latest offering from Director Dominic Sena, who was also responsible for Nicholas Cage’s last...

Land Of The Scotch And Heather

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:59:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ Scotland is a small country with a population of only around 5.5 million, roughly about 10% of the total population of the United Kingdom.

But for a country so small, Scotland and the Scots have had an extraordinary influence on the rest of the...

You Must Try The Ice Cream

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:40:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~Our families first choice as a holiday destination here in Europe simply has to be Italy, and more specifically, the Tuscany region, which we visited in both 1999 and 2000.

And one of our favourite small towns in this region is the one I’m going...

The Hibernian Hotel: Stylish and Refined

Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:22:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ The Hibernian Hotel used to be the nurses’ home for the old Baggot Street Hospital, until it was literally stripped back to the bare walls, and turned into one of the better hotels in Dublin in the early 1990’s.

It won the national award for...

I Beat 007 At Golf !!

Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:22:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ The third James Bond movie, Goldfinger, directed by Guy Hamilton, was released in December 1964, with our intrepid MI6 hero again being played to perfection by everybody’s favourite Scotsman, Sean Connery.

If any modern day director wants to...

Hit Tiger Wood's Balls

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:35:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cujimmy - ~ ~ Before he began to use Nike golf equipment, and to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in sponsorship for doing so, the Tiger used the more established Titleist golf ball.

Rumours have been rife ever since that he continues to use the same...