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Erm..this is just a guess - but you're not actually that well acquainted some of the more recent technologies, are you?
gwplf | 31.05.07 - 9:21 a.m. | #
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Hmm, I think you're painting an over-rosy picture of the recent past. Who hasn't been driven completely mad by the sound of someone's crappy music leaking out of their walkman headphones? Or even worse, the droning sound of someone singing to a tune that only they can hear?
disgruntled commuter | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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I've seen many a time where the staggering size of a ghetto blaster was no impediment to a bunch of kids playing one loudly on a bus. Or a transistor radio. Or leaky headphones.
No, the problem with mobile phones is that even if they're playing *good* music (unlikely), the phone's speaker is so godawful that it degenerates anything into irritating noise.
Chz | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 10:01 a.m. | #
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Yes, I was going to suggest the DG had the acuity of his hearing checked. Then I realised, as someone who hardly ever uses public transport, what do I know? For all I know, all kids switch off their leaky walkmans/ipods as they step onto buses.
Ham | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 10:13 a.m. | #
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As a former iPod'd commuter I can confirm that many people happily blast their own eardrums, and those of everyone in a 10 seat radius, with their own brand of noise.
On more than one occasion I have asked people to turn down THEIR headphones so I can hear what is playing on MINE (cos I'm considerate and don't like my ears bleeding).
A slightly rose-tinted post this one methinks!
Gordon | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 10:43 a.m. | #
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I do hate mobile phones playing other people's tunes. I've now got on the bus and blasted out Gustav Holst on more than one occassion to shut up some kids though...
Rhys | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 11:36 a.m. | #
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Yes, yes, yes, but wot no Big Brother?
Against my better judgement I even watched last night so I wouldn't feel totaly out of it for the next x weeks 
Blue Witch | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 11:40 a.m. | #
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Apple now selling DRM-free higher bitrate encoded AAC files.
And i have /green/ headphones for my iPod. I'm cool.
geofftech | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 1:58 p.m. | #
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Hmm. 2 Visitors Online as I write. Is this a new facility dg has cooked up for our browsing benefit, or is it something Google has just conferred on favoured bloggers this morning? (And, being Google, they know who we are.)
dg writes: Sorry, that's an annoying new utterly pointless Haloscan function that I can't turn off.
anne | 31.05.07 - 2:22 p.m. | #
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It's not the music that bothers me with Mobile Phones, but the very personal conversations people have. It's one thing to have a quick call like:'I'm on the 5.20 train, meet you in 30 mins', that's acceptable, but some people drone on for ages with all sorts of personal and private matters and you have to pretend you're not listening. They invade my space, and I wish I could zap them shut!
Commuter Tina | 31.05.07 - 2:41 p.m. | #
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Indeed this is the Age of Bad Manners. Or more like the Age Without Any Manners.
It used to be when I lived in NYC and saw someone walking down the street talking to themselves and gesticulating wildly that I knew they were just crazy. Now it's a toss up... crazy? Or just on the phone?
They actually do make little cell phone zappers that will static out the local area to block talking. But those gadgets cost a lot and I doubt it works on the music.
John | 31.05.07 - 4:09 p.m. | #
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I can get quite interested in the personal conversations.
It's the music I can't stand.
I might try the Holst option as above!
ChrisC | 31.05.07 - 4:13 p.m. | #
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I had a transistor radio that fitted into my pocket in the 60s - took it everywhere with me but dont think I played it on the bus.
I quite like listening to people's conversations on buses, it's surprising stuff they say in front of everyone!
mazz | 31.05.07 - 6:11 p.m. | #
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It's all Ken Livingstone's fault for allowing young teenagers to travel on the buses for free. They turned into mobile youth clubs. I use public transport constantly and it is by far the most annoying thing that people do on the bus. (Although I did once sit next to someone who was plucking her facial hair - that was a bit annoying too.)
ganching | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 6:34 p.m. | #
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This morning on the Northern Line I was lucky enough to listen to a couple of girls (very much in the Catherine Tate 'mould') singing along to the shared portable music device. From their emphatic but very poor style of singing I think that they were waiting for Simon Cowell to make an apperance on the tube and offer them both a recording contract.
That man has a lot to answer for!
Voicesfrom | Homepage | 31.05.07 - 7:10 p.m. | #
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Have to say ... recently put old Dire Straits on not-so-old iPod and it sounds v v good.
... hallelujah, here she comes, queen rollerball ...
bob | Homepage | 01.06.07 - 3:20 a.m. | #
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Apple now selling DRM-free higher bitrate encoded AAC files. With imbedded personal information about the buyer (just in case you're interested in that sort of thing).
Old Grouch | Homepage | 01.06.07 - 3:57 a.m. | #
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You forgot the ukelele. My dad used to take his everywhere.
Debster | 01.06.07 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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Please. Here in New York, everyone ('cept me) has little iPod earbuds stuck in their ears, and usually, the music is cranked up so high that there is a cacophony of music on the subways, buses and streets. I believe we will have an entire generation of deaf people within the next couple of years.
MaryB | Homepage | 01.06.07 - 2:57 p.m. | #
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