On May 9, 10:23=A0am, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> Martin wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 May 2008 12:53:06 +0100, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the=
_
> > chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> > >Tim C. wrote:
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> > >> On Thu, 8 May 2008 07:58:05 +0100, d4g...@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _th=
e_
> > >> chancellor wrote:
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> > >> > And being disturbed by another driver tanking it past you. Yup.
>
> > >> The motoring equivalent of the twat sitting next to you in the train =
with
> > >> his/her PC/MAC beeping all the bloody time. or the tss tsst tss of mu=
sic
> > >> from walkman headphones.
>
> > >The quiet coaches here are generally fine. I usually sit in them.
>
> > Nothing is perfect :)
>
> One problem is that a lot of newer headsets are very leaky- particularly
> the ones with apple ipods I've noticed. Of course, if someone's
> headphone noise bothers you, it's likely it's far too loud- a lot of
> people listen to their music at dangerously loud levels- and given how
> loud it can be, I think it's a fair assumption that many of them have
> already damaged their hearing.
Unfortunately, they're not going deaf fast enough for others to learn
from it. |