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By
Min Byong Chang “MBC”
, November 3, 2009

Adding this desk to my car’s steering wheel has been baby-Jesus awesome. I love e-mailing the highway patrol while I drive to let them know the tag numbers of cell-phone-using drivers. Lordy!

111 of 118 people found the following review helpful

Hate this thing

By
Anthony Tommasi
, October 27, 2009

I hate this thing. I’ve been using it for a while, but the other day I had to make an illegal U-turn and it knocked me out when it slapped me across the face. I just ended up giving it to my sister.

3.7 out of 5 stars

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How to Avoid Huge Ships

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     870334336

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$141.94

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1,933 of 1,973 people found the following review helpful

A Parent’s Review

By
Noel D. Hill
, February 20, 2011

As the father of two teenagers, I found this book invaluable. I’m sure other parents here can empathize when I say I shudder at the thought of the increasing presence of huge ships in the lives my children. I certainly remember the strain I caused so long ago for my own parents when I began experimenting with huge ships. The long intercontinental voyages that kept my mom and dad up all night with worry. Don’t even get me started on the international protocols when transporting perishable cargo. To think, I was even younger than my kids are now! Huge ships are everywhere, and it doesn’t help that the TV and movies make huge ships seem glamorous and cool. This book helped me really approach the subject of huge ships with my kids in an honest and nonjudgmental way. Because of the insights this book provided, I can sleep a little better and cope with the reality that I can’t always be there to protect my kids from huge ships, especially as they become adults. I’m confident that my teens, when confronted by a huge ship, are much better prepared to make wiser decisions than I did. At the very least, my children certainly know that they can always come to me if they have any concerns or questions or just need my support when it comes to the topic of huge ships.

2,023 of 2,174 people found the following review helpful

Caution: Check the title before purchase

By
Graham Thomas
, April 7, 2010

I live near a park and frequently walk around the local area. Given the amount of dog mess that is on the pavements, I thought this book would be the ideal read to stop me from having to scrape my shoes on the grass before going home. It was only after it arrived that I looked closely at the title and realized it said
How to Avoid Huge SHIPS
. A simple error that means I am still treading on massive examples of canine excrement. Having said that, I read the book anyway, and I’m pleased to say I’m not even having near misses with huge ships anymore. No sir, they ain’t getting anywhere near me!

807 of 861 people found the following review helpful

Wake Up, Haters

By
Madeleine B.
, December 13, 2010

I’m a little annoyed with the sarcastic “reviewers” of this book. You all seem to think it’s funny that some people would honestly like some expert advice on ways to avoid huge ships. What, you’ve never been traveling at a very, very slow speed straight toward something really, really big that you could see for miles and miles away, and wished you’d known what steps you could take to avoid crashing into it? Well, all I can say is, “Congratulations! What’s it like to be so perfect?” You haters just keep on enjoying your huge-ship-collision-free little fantasies. I for one am going to buy this book and learn something, because I live in the real world, where huge ships and the dangers they present to people like me are actually a serious issue.