© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-swoeste Recent reviews written by member swoeste en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_469186743940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste -      This will be an uncharacteristically short review for me, but it will quite factual.  First, in a nutshell, while the 100 LED flashlight I bought is very bright, it is low quality, and it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469186743940 Sun, 3 May 2009 23:02:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469186743940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424497483396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I recently posted a review about the Dorcy 6-Watt LED flashlight. If you're trying to decide (as I was) if you want the 6-Watt or the 3.85-Watt version, reading both reviews may be useful to you. Simply put, while they're both good flashlights,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424497483396 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:52:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424497483396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424409599620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I've been using the Dorcy 6-Watt LED flashlight for about 2 months, and generally I'm very pleased. Now, while the flashlight has its drawbacks, I wasn't surprised by them, since I read various reviews about the product on Amazon.com. While I'll touch on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424409599620 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:02:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424409599620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416309087876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I will qualify this review first by saying the brand that I purchased, while apparently identical to the Aervoe brand here, is name "Athena". Otherwise, the lanterns I bought are the same height, design, appearance, cost, etc. I imagine the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416309087876 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:50:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416309087876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412049313412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I'll start my review with something seemingly unrelated; Peak Oil. Basically, Peak Oil is the concept that there is a finite (though very large) amount of oil in the earth, and at some point half of it will be used up. There is fair agreement... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412049313412 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:37:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412049313412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412005666436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I recently bought a large batch of these LED lanterns (I bought over 100 of them) from Overstock.com. The price, including delivery, per lantern was decent, about $12 each. That certainly beats what Amazon.com or just about anybody else sells them... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412005666436 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:51:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412005666436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_216752492164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I bought a 4-book series recently called The Walking Dead, in part, because I've been going through an on again, off again, zombie kick, and in part because of a good review I read on Amazon.com. While I won't give my opinion here of all 4... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~216752492164 Fri, 6 Jan 2006 06:43:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_216752492164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_182856617604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - The Long Emergency, by Kunstler, is one of a series of recently published books about the likely effects of a worsening, world-wide oil shortage. In short, the phenomenon known as "peak oil", or when world oil production reaches a maximum,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~182856617604 Wed, 11 May 2005 03:54:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_182856617604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_158705749636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - What do the collapse of industrial civilization, paranoia, profit motive, and obsessive-compulsive behavior have in common? Coin collecting. At least, they do in me, and how I practice collecting coins. How could I explain the unusual... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~158705749636 Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:14:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_158705749636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_145910369924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I guess you can tell from the title of my review that I wasn't overly thrilled with The Taking, and I'm not. Even so, I won't say I was completely surprised; I've been less than thrilled with some of Koontz's other books. The Taking... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~145910369924 Thu, 1 Jul 2004 02:10:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_145910369924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_144722071172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I recently bought all three books of a zombie series; the three books were each collections of zombie short stories. The first book (reviewed earlier) was not very good. This book, The Book Of Final Flesh had some decent to good entries,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~144722071172 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:37:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_144722071172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_142533627524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - This is another review of one of my current fixations; the last days of The Third Reich. Why my fixation? In part, failure on a massive scale fascinates me. In part, the sustained fanaticism to fight a hopeless war to the bitter end, even when... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~142533627524 Fri, 4 Jun 2004 04:06:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_142533627524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_140573314692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - This review is on the 1976 Buick Electra, not the 1986. The 1976 Buick Electra (Limited) is the car I own, and nothing would ever make me trade it in for a 1986 model. The 1976 Electra is everything the 1986 Electra is not, and that's the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~140573314692 Wed, 19 May 2004 04:43:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_140573314692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_139930734212?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - First, an atypical and somewhat tedious introduction. Typical Epinions.com. I'm reviewing this book (The Dead), and yet I'm not quite sure this is the right place to post the review. Why? The titles match. The authors sort of match... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~139930734212 Thu, 13 May 2004 05:17:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_139930734212?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_136832716420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - Why the title for my review of The Book Of All Flesh? It's another one of those books where you get a lot for your money, but it's a lot of quantity, not quality. I was hoping for much better when I bought the book, especially after reading... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~136832716420 Thu, 15 Apr 2004 04:57:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_136832716420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_136596786820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I'd already read some of Harry Turtledove's novels before trying The Guns Of The South, so I was able to make an informed decision about buying the book, instead of just "flying blind" into the choice. My previous experience has been with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~136596786820 Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:34:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_136596786820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_136174800516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I get stuck on things from time to time, including what I like to read. A few months ago, I got stuck on the fall of the Third Reich, and I'm still working my way through that. Just a few weeks ago, I got stuck on zombie stories, and one of the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~136174800516 Fri, 9 Apr 2004 03:45:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_136174800516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_134853594756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - Stalingrad is an excellent account of the German army's drive into Russia in 1942, and the attempt to take the city of Stalingrad. As historians and military analysts have noted, this was the turning point of the war in Russia against the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~134853594756 Mon, 29 Mar 2004 03:19:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_134853594756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128839421572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I'd heard of the book The Last Battle years ago, but had never read it until recently. I thought I would know what it would be about; a dry and factual account of the last days of the Third Reich. While it is about the end of the Nazi... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128839421572 Fri, 6 Feb 2004 05:48:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128839421572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128150703748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - I used to see a lot of movies in the theatres, until about five to six years ago, when movie ticket prices started reaching towards $10, and when movies also started becoming available affordably for my PC. So, when Terminator 3 was released, I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128150703748 Sat, 31 Jan 2004 02:44:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128150703748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_128145788548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - 1901 is another alternate-history novel, this one about an invasion of New York in 1901 by the Germans. The premise is interesting, since there seems to have been some discussion of actually doing this by the German military around the turn... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~128145788548 Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:41:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_128145788548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_126639902340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - Who would have ever thought that Epinions.com, or any other web site, would have a product like a light bulb posted for writing reviews? Yes, it's a fluorescent light bulb, but it's still a light bulb, isn't it? Actually, no. The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~126639902340 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:59:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_126639902340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_126407118468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - This is the second of two reviews I've written on major appliances recently, the other one was for a dryer. The freezer, however, was purchased for a completely different reason; where the dryer had failed, the old freezer worked fine, it was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~126407118468 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 22:52:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_126407118468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_126322970244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - The dryer we had been using for over 30 years finally packed it in, after limping along for a year or so. The dryer's actual age was 33 years; you couldn't have asked for longer, more reliable service. Could replacing the old, pre-disco model be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~126322970244 Sat, 17 Jan 2004 02:35:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_126322970244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_121894506116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swoeste - December 12 marked a new event for me; I finally had an amount of alcohol larger than the few fractions of an ounce I'd had at one time or other over the years. Despite being of German descent (3 generations removed from my great-grandparents in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~121894506116 Mon, 15 Dec 2003 01:12:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_121894506116?linkin_id=8003929