Comments on: Listen hard to the silence http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/ Rambles around the head of an Irish Grandad Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5336 Grandad Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:26:02 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5336 Sean - It's all down to one word - "ADVERTISING" Sean – It’s all down to one word – “ADVERTISING”

]]> By: Sean http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5322 Sean Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:22:31 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5322 the iphone and ipod thing is simple grandad its for people who think things make them better. so they spend thousands for overpriced gadgets in an effort to try to raise their self esteem but unfortunately all it means is they need to buy the next "it" thing to make themselves feel better By the way i have a crackberry, bare bones minimum one that nobody covets but it allows me to text message northern Ireland or did atleast when it mattered the iphone and ipod thing is simple grandad its for people who think things make them better. so they spend thousands for overpriced gadgets in an effort to try to raise their self esteem but unfortunately all it means is they need to buy the next “it” thing to make themselves feel better

By the way i have a crackberry, bare bones minimum one that nobody covets but it allows me to text message northern Ireland or did atleast when it mattered

]]> By: Baino http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5321 Baino Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:09:08 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5321 Ahh . . listen to you lot! We don't have the network for iPhone down here so not big deal although iPod are now selling teensy weensy ones with video screens . . .now I might want to shop on the internet but I don't want to watch telly on a postage stamp. They make a useful portable hard drive tho! Actually, I'm talking out of my *rse because I don't know how to use one. I'm one of those antiques who still buys CDs! Someone's got to keep the music industry afload! Ahh . . listen to you lot! We don’t have the network for iPhone down here so not big deal although iPod are now selling teensy weensy ones with video screens . . .now I might want to shop on the internet but I don’t want to watch telly on a postage stamp. They make a useful portable hard drive tho! Actually, I’m talking out of my *rse because I don’t know how to use one. I’m one of those antiques who still buys CDs! Someone’s got to keep the music industry afload!

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5335 Grandad Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:11:40 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5335 Marlys - Not only do they have to be plugged in all the time, but it has to be at full volume. I know I sound like an old fart now, but there is going to be a lot of people with severe hearing problems in the next twenty or thirty years. Marlys – Not only do they have to be plugged in all the time, but it has to be at full volume. I know I sound like an old fart now, but there is going to be a lot of people with severe hearing problems in the next twenty or thirty years.

]]> By: Marlys Styne http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5334 Marlys Styne Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:38:32 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5334 You're so right! Too many people, mostly young, seem to be "plugged in" to some device 99% of the time. When do they think, or do they? Besides, they get so engrossed in their conversations that they knock down little old ladies just walking along the street. You’re so right! Too many people, mostly young, seem to be “plugged in” to some device 99% of the time. When do they think, or do they? Besides, they get so engrossed in their conversations that they knock down little old ladies just walking along the street.

]]> By: steph http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5333 steph Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:36:05 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5333 'Nice' people don't have fun! ‘Nice’ people don’t have fun!

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5332 Grandad Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:19:04 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5332 Steph - That water bottle thing is part of the brainwashing from television. They see sports people and others do it on screen, and without even being told to, they start copying it. Pathetic. And don't call her Sue Dim-Wit. That is not nice!!! Steph – That water bottle thing is part of the brainwashing from television. They see sports people and others do it on screen, and without even being told to, they start copying it. Pathetic.

And don’t call her Sue Dim-Wit. That is not nice!!!

]]> By: steph http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5326 steph Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:03:39 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5326 p.s. I enjoyed your interview yesterday with Sue Dim-Wit! p.s. I enjoyed your interview yesterday with Sue Dim-Wit!

]]> By: steph http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5325 steph Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:45:28 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5325 Hear! Hear! Well voiced Grandad! The addiction to iPods reminds me of another habit we see so much of today - people who can't seem to go anywhere without clutching a bottle of water. See http://afortunateman.blogspot.com/2007/09/water.html btw - when the Blackberry first appeared it very quickly became known as a 'Crack'berry because of it's addictive qualities Hear! Hear! Well voiced Grandad! The addiction to iPods reminds me of another habit we see so much of today – people who can’t seem to go anywhere without clutching a bottle of water.

See http://afortunateman.blogspot.com/2007/09/water.html

btw – when the Blackberry first appeared it very quickly became known as a ‘Crack’berry because of it’s addictive qualities

]]> By: Grandad http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5324 Grandad Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:40:59 +0000 http://www.headrambles.com/2007/09/19/listen-hard-to-the-silence/#comment-5324 Just me. I don't know what they are doing in my shed. I daren't ask... Just me. I don’t know what they are doing in my shed. I daren’t ask…

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