See, saulgoldie, it's not just you. And it's me, too! Sometimes I think I'm the only member of my generation who didn't ruin her hearing by listening to loud rock music. A few days ago I was complaining on another thread about the loud music in evening exercise classes at my local Y. I, too, hate it when the music from another car is so loud that my car shakes. Sometimes I go to a folk concert where the musicians are folk-rock types who are too loud for me. I try to sit as far away from the speakers as possible.