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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-randallw Recent reviews written by member randallw en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_486884871812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I bought an icemaker from this company, for a family member.  The icemaker was a NewAir/Windchaser SNO 3-in-1 ( AI 300S ); the icemaker arrived in two days ( good ), with decent packaging for shipment ( good ), but it leaked a lot of water,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486884871812 Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:14:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486884871812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482723925636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - Normally I try to post my reviews in bunches, to take advantage of the Epinions bonus.  This product is bad enough to compel me to post it today, instead of waiting.This ice machine is supposed to turn water to cold, or soft forms of ice,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482723925636 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:40:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482723925636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420867182212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I bought a copy of Norton Antivirus 2008 this year, since my current antivirus ( McAfee ) had expired subscription time. Norton had a special offer, with 3 rebates of gift cards returning the sticker price of the product. I installed the program in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420867182212 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:44:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420867182212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416563498628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - Long Day's Journey Into War is like a time capsule of events meetings taking place in the 48 hour period surrounding the Japanese Navy's attack on American military forces at Hawaii. The attack is not the focus of the book, but rather serves as a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416563498628 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:22:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416563498628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415765597828?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I use kid's multivitamins instead of adult vitamins because adult vitamins have a horrible taste. I still can't believe some people manage to swallow adult vitamins without spitting them out. I have not settled on a specific brand of kids vitamin;... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415765597828 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:44:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415765597828?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415165025924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - Operation Barbarossa is a study of the early months of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union ( from June 1941 to early December 1941, along with prewar planning by both countries. Barbarossa was the name given by the Germans to their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415165025924 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:15:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415165025924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415105257092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - Beginning with Sum Of All Fears Tom Clancy novels started to have a feel of a disaster movie, with single moment calamities or plague-like sicknesses befalling America. Bear And The Dragon is a form of returning to the "war for resources"... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415105257092 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:19:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415105257092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415064297092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I bought this item at an Office Depot store on closeout for about $4-6 dollars. For this price it's a good value. Suggested/list price is more like $15+ ( the steel is not cheap ). The job of the can insulator/container is to keep a 16 ounce aluminum... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415064297092 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:23:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415064297092?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414856482436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I decided to review this movie since I had recently reviewed Crimson Tide; the movies are not copies of each other but were both made by the "Jerry Bruckheimer movie studio", which did swell business in the early to mid 1990's with summer popcorn movies... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414856482436 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:06:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414856482436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414354869892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - This movie was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, who was big in movies in the 1990's before branching out into television this decade. Bruckheimer movies tend to be popcorn movies released in the summer, and this movie fits in. The basic story of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414354869892 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:02:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414354869892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_414141877892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - This is the big-screen adaption of the Tom Clancy's first published novel, Hunt For Red October. Events of the book actually take place after Jack Ryan's dustup with the IRA in Patriot Games, though PG was both book-published and movie-released after... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~414141877892 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:57:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_414141877892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413748924036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - Patriot Games was the second Tom Clancy novel that was created into a major motion picture ( following Hunt For Red October ). As with most novels changes are made from the book; here a few characters are changed or eliminated, and some... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413748924036 Tue, 8 Jan 2008 01:49:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413748924036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_413716876932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - This is the second movie featuring the cast of the Star Trek: Next Generation series, though it is the first where they do not have to share it with anyone of the first series. For people who have never seen any Star Trek the storyline can be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~413716876932 Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:59:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_413716876932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412311850628?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - This movie was the third Tom Clancy novel to be adapted into a feature length movie. Much like Patriot Games there are major changes from the novel into the movie adaptation. The movie itself is solid entertainment, though it can be complicated... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412311850628 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:32:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412311850628?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412304838276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I read this book about three or four years ago; much of the storyline has faded from my memory, so I might fail to mention a lot of bits. The book almost serves as a forerunner to the Star Trek: First Contact movie, though it is not a prequel... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412304838276 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:45:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412304838276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412002324100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - Some of you may be wondering why i'm reviewing a non-recent movie on Christmas Day. Did I receive a copy for Christmas? No; i've had a copy of it for three or four years. What happened was that I had a hankering to see the movie again on Christmas... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412002324100 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:02:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412002324100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411467943556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I received one of these Turbo Hand Vac vacuum cleaners as a Christmas present in 2006, using it a modest amount since then. The motor is quite powerful; the advertising on the box claims it's the same power as a stand-up vac. When the vac is turned... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411467943556 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:00:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411467943556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_411292700292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - The modern version of Battlestar Galactica is basically a rewrite of the original version ( 1970's ); it is much darker ( both in lighting and mood ), built for an adult audience instead of a family audience ( original version ). Many characters have... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~411292700292 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:54:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_411292700292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410486083204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I have been a customer of United Commercial Bank ( sometimes they just use the initials 'UCB' ) since the late 1980's, back when it was known as United Savings Bank. My current investments are a checking account and a CD. The bank pays interest rates... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410486083204 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:49:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410486083204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410147917444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I was a Cal Fed ( California Federal Bank ) customer going back to the early 1990's; in March 2003 it was absorbed into Citibank. My current accounts are a money market fund ( with checking ), a standard checking account with interest, and some CDs... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410147917444 Sun, 9 Dec 2007 05:13:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410147917444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410136186500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I was a customer of Great Western Savings back in the late 1980's, which was taken in by Washington Mutual. My single account with Washington Mutual ( now calling itself 'WaMu' ) was closed out this year since the interest rate was poor. The account... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410136186500 Sun, 9 Dec 2007 02:41:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410136186500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410030018180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - I don't recall the exact year when I got this card; perhaps it was around 2003 or 2004. The appeal was that it earned a 3% rebate on certain purchases ( supermarkets and drug stores? ) for a short period ( was either three, six, or twelve months ) after... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410030018180 Sat, 8 Dec 2007 05:19:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410030018180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410023399044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - Author Max Hastings is one of the better known historians of our time. Hastings has perhaps one and a half dozen books about World War II, with a smaller amount covering other wars or internal strife of various countries. Hastings explains his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410023399044 Sat, 8 Dec 2007 03:20:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410023399044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_409849532036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - The amount of books written of the 1991 Gulf War is fairly small. I have browsed through just a few, since many of the others seem to have a prejudgement of events. The author, Rick Atkinson, was known for writing a book about a graduating class of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~409849532036 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:38:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_409849532036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_409597939332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author randallw - This is a very peculiar film, not quite 100% drama, not quite 100% comedy. At times I wait for some event to burst out but it doesn't quite happen. I've not seen nor heard of a film with a storyline like this one, so at the very least there was a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~409597939332 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 04:11:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_409597939332?linkin_id=8003929