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| From | "Farrar Hudkins" <fhudkins@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: questioning iPods |
| Date | Thu, 11 May 2006 13:48:41 -0500 |
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I fear for the ears of the kids who strap their iPods on for hours per
day. In line at the Subway just minutes ago a girl got a call on her
cell phone and unplugged one of her earbuds so that she could take the
call. In a voice loud enough for a rowdy mosh pit to hear she
carefully explained that she was getting lunch and her MRI wasn't
until three o'clock, and so the cat would be fed on time. After she
hung up, I hollered over at her "I hope you're planning on feeding the
cat *before* the MRI -- those things can take an awful lot longer than
expected." She was genuinely astonished that anyone overheard her end
of the conversation. And yet the entire restaurant did. This kind of
thing happens more and more frequently, and it's always late
teenagers/college aged kids who seem to have already lost significant
portions of hearing. I think it's the damn earbuds.
Anyone know some good hearing-aid manufacturers I could buy stock in?
Farrar Hudkins
WWNO FM, New Orleans
On 5/11/06, Career Records <eldeluxe@bridgeband.com> wrote:
> I've had a few friends who got iPods and gave up on them pretty fast. I think
> you have to enjoy data management and fussing with tiny devices. I don't much
> care for iTunes. I only use it as a cd player on my studio computer. It's
> handy for converting mp3s to AIFF so I can burn proper cds. I have a hard
> enough time keeping track of those burns, so the idea of mp3 cds with loads of
> songs just seems impossible. As for play lists... I dunno. I don't really want
> to hear the same music over and over, even on shuffle play.
>
> Might be different if I had to commute or worked in an office or something.
> for now the only play list is the stack of cds and vinyl next to the hifi. The
> only data management is moving the stack of stuff back down stairs and
> refiling it. The down side is I get stuck in the library looking at records...
>
> I kills me when we are out for a hike and some idiot walks by with an iPod
> strapped to his melon. Why would you want to be listening to some noise when
> you are in the great out doors? Those sounds are what I want to hear when I'm
> away from the office...
>
> just call me old fashion.
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