i have the cheapest portable cd player i could find and headphones that the foam is coming off of. i used to listen to music while i rode the metro or buses in DC, and i wore sunglasses all the time too. kept people from bothering me. i almost never use it now that i'm out of skool.
i saw a kid skateboarding today with headphones on, that has always looked stupid to me. what if while cutting across traffic he's hit by a car he didn't notice, because he couldn't hear it coming? i was always taught that if you were biking, walking or whatever near a road or other people doing the same, you kept your ears free so you could hear signals, whistles, horns, sirens...all that stuff that prevents you from crashing into another cyclist or being hit by a car.
i will buy some mp3 thing eventually - the cheapest one i can find, again.
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:07 am (UTC)i saw a kid skateboarding today with headphones on, that has always looked stupid to me. what if while cutting across traffic he's hit by a car he didn't notice, because he couldn't hear it coming? i was always taught that if you were biking, walking or whatever near a road or other people doing the same, you kept your ears free so you could hear signals, whistles, horns, sirens...all that stuff that prevents you from crashing into another cyclist or being hit by a car.
i will buy some mp3 thing eventually - the cheapest one i can find, again.