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Digipower BP-OL-40B Replacement Li-Ion Battery for Olympus Li-40B
$39.99
Re: Digipower BP-OL-40B Replacement Li-Ion Battery for Olympus Li-40B
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I bought not one but two of these in anticipation of a long trip without electricity, thinking, from the Amazon info, it would be more or less the same as what came with the olympus camera. Big mistake. First, doesn't even look like the Amazon picture but is black, feels as if it is covered in a shellaced-on label, SAYS Digipower whatever that is supposed to assure, but here was the real test. I charged up each -- neither took even an hour to charge fully, compared with the Olympus which on the same charger takes a least a couple hours. I am believing that quick charge means quick dissipation. I want one like the Olympus, which these are most definitely not! So this very day, went to the Olympus America website and ordered theirs. Costs more, but rather have one that lasts than cheap stuff that doesn't. Disappointed that amazon shows a picture of a different product than what amazon itself sent me --and I am one of their longest customers. Will be returning it.

My Ol' Man (Picture Books)
$6.99
Enjoyable, realistic. Ms. Polacco has drawn upon her own childhood once again to create another wonderful piece of children's fiction. The actual photographs of the author and her father add to the realism and help children to realize that author's are real people too.

Frank Sinatra - Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
$19.98
Despite the excellence of his movie roles and recordings (especially the Sinatra-Riddle Capitol "concept" albums), Sinatra was rarely at his best on television--his was not the "cozy" personality the little tube seemed best suited for--the Perry Como, Andy Williams, even Dean Martin and certainly Fred Rogers comfortable type. So a viewer has to choose from the limited Sinatra TV videography with care. Avoid the compilations (numerous quickly-assembled collections, poorly documented, with inferior production values). Place the Sinatra special with Ella and Jobim ("A Man and His Music") at the very top of the list. The second is probably the newly released "Sinatra at the Sands '78", available only on the five-disc set "Sinatra-Vegas." "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back" belongs no higher than third. It clearly offers better music than his "official" coming out of retirement at Madison Square Garden in 1974 ("The Main Event"), which was, truth be told, not an artistic triumph. Sinatra was, as happens to all singers, not in good voice on the two nights during which the event was held (especially the second, a "live" Sunday night telecast that was "painful" for some of us to listen to-- twice, when the Monday morning detractors at work began "piling on." Some of us even questioned if he was not overly hasty in his decision to come back).

But Sinatra was truly back, and would soon convincingly validate a fan's belief in his exclusive right to the titles of America's greatest singer and entertainer, the Master Storyteller, American's favorite swinger and saloon singer, the Chairman of the Board, the "Voice" of the century. This DVD can be unreservedly recommended to Sinatra die-hards like me. To those not as yet convinced, start with a collection of his '40s Columbias, then to the '50s Capitols, finally to the '60s Reprises, then to the aforementioned two DVDs, and finally to this DVD. His was a career lasting over 60 years! His musicianship should not be judged based upon a single performance.

Grand Ol' Gang 500 pc
$11.49
was a real challange. forgot how hard puzzles were with that many pieces. good family fun.