tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post6792984217341725076..comments2023-11-02T07:09:21.601-07:00Comments on Local or Express?: Collateral NoiseRobin Aronsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-90929897069354726272009-05-06T18:37:00.000-07:002009-05-06T18:37:00.000-07:00Maybe by the time my kids are old enough for iPods...Maybe by the time my kids are old enough for iPods they won't be cool anymore? I can't believe these kids in the library can hear ANYTHING, though.....you can often hear the noise from three tables away! awful. I'm glad you're with my on the library exception -- o nthe subway, really, what can you do, but the library- it's awful.Robin Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-40130669933950065122009-05-06T14:08:00.000-07:002009-05-06T14:08:00.000-07:00I think I was at least one of the people who told ...I think I was at least one of the people who told you to "calm down" about collateral noise (and I told you even though I know you hate all forms of the "calm down" command), but I am with you on the library exception: no collateral noise allowed there!!!Nicolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-41489459451755706262009-05-06T12:19:00.000-07:002009-05-06T12:19:00.000-07:00Actually, I do not think you should try to suppres...Actually, I do not think you should try to suppress your complaints about collateral noise (I'm glad to have something to call it). I think you should make a deal of it in an amusing small-kid-friendly way so that there's some hope your kids will catch on that it's unacceptable before they get their own iPods and earbuds and begin bombarding their eardrums so that you have to constantly say things like, "Hey . . . I can hear your music. Be careful, okay? Turn it down." This might, just possibly, if it works (which I acknowledge it might not), save you from having to worry that they'll need hearing aids before they're even out of their teens.Ananoreply@blogger.com