We have been going thru domestic shredders every few years. Agree with other reviewers that this feels like a vast improvement on previous shredders, but we've only had it a month.
It seems to draw paper quite slowly, and I hesitate to go very near 11 sheet limit as most of our paper is 80-100gsm. But certainly pulls through 5-7 sheets very comfortably.
Will cut out after a spell, probably about 20 minutes, often mid sheet, and then kicks off again automatically to finish the sheets, so you know it's cooled off. As with all shredders, smarter to shred a little and often rather than build it up for a binge.
It started off being very quiet, but seems to have… Read more
Bought this for my father's 96th birthday. He has grown hydrangea's all his life. He was enthralled, and has hardly stopped talking about the details, even discovered that he has been using the wrong names for varieties that he had grown for many years. If you want deep knowledge about hydrangeas this seems to be a very good reference.
First bought the LP, and then the CD and finally the book. Initially, it's hard not to hear Ivor's voice reading in the Third Eye Centre. It's also strange to have the episodes in numerical order, without the Jungle Tips. Honeysett's drawings are a wonderful compensation.
Ivor had such an extraordinary view of life, and a vividly imaginative memory for what life might have been like when he was a child - three generations in a single room, and no facilities, indoor or out.
But it's his gift for economy of phrase that impresses most, to say so much with so few words, each episode barely two short pages. Although this is prose, the dense richness is close to… Read more
