tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post5511546557152747446..comments2024-03-14T16:57:29.045-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Whither The Walkman?dpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-11821091093189162322009-07-26T17:42:39.999-04:002009-07-26T17:42:39.999-04:00Stumbled on this and was amused, a little while ag...Stumbled on <a href="http://fivefingertees.com/nefotat.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> and was amused, a little while ago — a couple of impulse-click steps away from gmail.paul bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409615610994443652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-42167798954104070242009-07-07T12:55:26.505-04:002009-07-07T12:55:26.505-04:00Then might it have been you taking that stroll thr...Then might it have been you <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/07/michael-jacksons-ghost.html" rel="nofollow">taking that stroll</a> through Neverland? It would explain so much, particularly the grumpy slouch in the shoulders.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-64279235287163879282009-07-07T08:05:25.902-04:002009-07-07T08:05:25.902-04:00WP, I am in eager anticipation of my Darwin Award ...<b>WP</b>, I am in eager anticipation of my Darwin Award and, yes, I am even now still stunned I wasn't recepient back in my Walkman days. Unless, of course, since the Darwins are always granted posthumously, I <b>have</b> received it and am living in an alternative universe where the more things change, the more they stay the same so I haven't yet realized I'm simply compost.<br />Here, let me pinch me.<br />Hmmmm.<br />Don't feel a thing...DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-38869110742168340102009-07-07T07:10:00.916-04:002009-07-07T07:10:00.916-04:00I'm astonished you survived your Walkman years...I'm astonished you survived your Walkman years, <b>DV</b>. At the time, cycling with headphones on would have been a temptation for me, too. These days when I see adults my age and older with iPod buds crammed into their ears as they cycle, jog or drive the car I have to wonder what next, surer distraction is finally going to qualify them for the Darwin Award.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-12174912702939131902009-07-06T10:50:36.442-04:002009-07-06T10:50:36.442-04:00..Oh, and I got my first (of two) Walkmans when I .....Oh, and I got my first (of two) Walkmans when I rec'd a promotion from a company in Jersey to help run their Canadian division in Montreal. I loved it. Biking up and around Mount Royal and skiing in the Laurentians hooked up to tunes was exhilirirating.....<br />....and <b>stupid</b>. Don't know how many times I almost got run over by cars or skiers because I was in tune but out of touch with my surroundings.<br /><br />What an idiot! I concluded that God had some more important plans in store for me. Unfortunately, as I am not a big fan of iPod, He hasn't been ableto get in touch with me digitally.<br />That first Walkman lasted longer than my first (and only) iPod.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-21158630055308390872009-07-06T10:44:58.938-04:002009-07-06T10:44:58.938-04:00Prescient, Sir. You are quite prescient.
Read it...Prescient, Sir. You are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/weekinreview/05barry.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=OPinion%20Walkman%20July%205,2009&st=cse" rel="nofollow">quite prescient.</a><br /><br />Read it First! Go to <a href="http://whiskyprajer.blogspot.com/2009/06/whither-walkman.html" rel="nofollow">Whisky</a> first.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-3091966044201124192009-07-03T01:24:59.890-04:002009-07-03T01:24:59.890-04:00Not new cassettes, but blank cassettes for dubbing...Not new cassettes, but blank cassettes for dubbing purposes are common enough.<br /><br />My first car in Japan only had a tape player. There was no radio in the countryside, so after a few months of just singing to myself in the car I started putting together mixed tapes. I would get sick of one mixed tape within a couple of days, so I started making lots of them and working out a rotation.<br /><br />After all that work with mixed tapes, I'm reluctant to change technology now. All my travelling music is on tapes, and I have a walkman for on foot. Not high tech, but no complaints.Joel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-46370069570586220272009-07-02T06:57:12.510-04:002009-07-02T06:57:12.510-04:00Really?! You'll have to post a picture of that...Really?! You'll have to post a picture of that thing. Are cassettes still popular in Japan?Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-63901396410972537492009-06-30T23:01:29.252-04:002009-06-30T23:01:29.252-04:00Still using mine. No complaints yet, and no reaso...Still using mine. No complaints yet, and no reason to upgrade. (One tape or two tapes per walk is usually plenty for me.)Joel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.com