G'day Kat,

You wrote: "I don't get the ipod thing. If I have music on, I want it to fill the air AND I don't want my ears plugged by anything all day. I guess that's one reason why I never wound up with a walkman on my belt everyday, too. Sure they have their uses, place, and times, but not to the exclusion of all else. At least when I tune in and drop out it isn't such an isolated thing.:-)"

I guess I'm not all that bothered by the i-Pods crowded round me on the morning bus to work ... except the ones pumping out heavy bass ... so loud that the noise from the ear-buds of the person sitting beside me drowns out the music that is in my head ... sans i-Pod. (What it's like in their head I don't wish to imagine!).

My main gripe is the 'phone connection freaks who have to hold running commentaries, by mobile, on how far they still are from home ... but that seems to be mainly on the afternoon buses ... and I normally walk the 6 km home ... along the quietest streets and back lanes, by preference!

Regards,

Bob