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Title: You're Never Fully Dressed... Post by: John Holotko on February 05, 2006, 01:09:58 AM It seems like nowadays you're never fully dressed unless you wear your "ipod compatable jeans" . A vital part of today's wardrobe. This is unbelievabke. What will they try and sell next ??
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7212.cfm Title: Re: You're Never Fully Dressed... Post by: W1ATR on February 05, 2006, 11:06:43 AM Today's people want to walk around in some kind of music induced fantasy land for some reason. Listening at home and in the car is just not enough.
I came within inches of running some jackass down with the snow plow the last storm we had up here. He had a set of headphones on and just walked right off the sidewalk. Never even heard me coming, or looked for traffic. At least I was awake, or he'd be dead. Title: Re: You're Never Fully Dressed... Post by: John Holotko on February 05, 2006, 02:32:33 PM Today's people want to walk around in some kind of music induced fantasy land for some reason. Listening at home and in the car is just not enough. I came within inches of running some jackass down with the snow plow the last storm we had up here. He had a set of headphones on and just walked right off the sidewalk. Never even heard me coming, or looked for traffic. At least I was awake, or he'd be dead. One Christmas many years ago my parents gave to me a SONY Walkman portable casette player with earphones. They had justhit the market and it was great to have one. The next day I put a copy of my favorite music tape inside and went out walking.I never heard the car coming that wizzed by me and missed hitting me by only inches. I realized then and there how dangerous those music players are when walking in traffic. These days I sometimes carry a tiny digital mp3 player. It's a capsule shaped device no bigger than a small pill vial, runs all day on a single AAA battery, holds hours and hours of music, has a digital display, am /fm a USB interfasce to connect to a computer and it records. Really amazing small but powerful technology. But I am ultra careful walking in public and I turn the volume way down or even shut it off if I am in traffic. I'll never forget that first incident and near hit with that Walkman. Pretty scary. One thing for certain.I certainly don't need a pair of jeans designed to carry trendy consumer electronics. Title: Re: You're Never Fully Dressed... Post by: k3zrf on February 05, 2006, 03:23:09 PM It seems like nowadays you're never fully dressed unless you wear your "ipod compatable jeans" . A vital part of today's wardrobe. I see your point as I wouldn't recognize you sans the handgun 8) Title: Re: You're Never Fully Dressed... Post by: John Holotko on February 05, 2006, 10:02:24 PM It seems like nowadays you're never fully dressed unless you wear your "ipod compatable jeans" . A vital part of today's wardrobe. I see your point as I wouldn't recognize you sans the handgun 8) Heh he... I really should loose that hand gun already. Besides , it is bad manners to point..I have to see if I can dig up a friendlier avatar. |