G'day, Bobdarlin'. I hadn't thought of that as our public transport leaves MUCH to be desired, so I am in a car all of the time when going somewhere. I can certainly understand how nice it would be to NOT have others' music intruding on my space and I know what you mean about the bass being turned up. They do that in the cars here to where 2-3 cars behind can feel their windows rattle!

The phone thing really drives me nuts, too, but mostly when people are driving and talking on them. I reminded my daughter back East, the other day, that a phone is a convenience and it is NOT imperative that she answer it 24/7! I like them for emergencies and to reach my Rog when he's at the grocery store, though.:-)

Beer/Adrien, maybe that's my problem. I catch myself humming or whistling throughout the day...:-o