Hello Melodeonboy

I would much rather listen to piped music (played softly) then a rabble discussing loudly what they had for tea the previous day, how their boss is 'as thick as two short planks' or the size of the woman just walking along the road and the shops they were going past plus other mindless drivel.

I almost got off the bus but would have had to wait 30 minutes for the next one. Perhaps Mobile Phones should be handed to the driver when you get on the bus and then he gives them back when you get off.

And why do I always get the drunk sat next to me on the bus going home and he wants to talk and all you get from him is garbled and noxious. Probably one on the bus in half a hour when I go home.