OT - "Teen Ringtone" can other adults hear it?

"Zipadee" wrote in message
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http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3

I'm a 51 year old woman and I cannot hear it at all. I have no hearing
loss that I know of and rarely listened to music at high volumes
and went to very few concerts.

Both of my kids can hear it just fine (ages 18 and 16) and they've
probably listened to more loud music than I have.

I'm impressed that so many people over 30 here can still
hear it. All I hear is a 'click' at the beginning.

-- Zip



I'm 31 and I heard a high pitched whine but I'm not sure if that was what I
was meant to hear. My 13 and 15 year old brothers are coming to my house
for dinner later tonight so I'm going to see what they make of the noise.


--
Pip

My girls :
DD1 Jasmine - 5 weeks early - 21 March 02 -
"I'm a big girl cause I go to school kindy"

DD2 Abby - 8 weeks early - 3 Feb 05 -
Took her first steps on her 1st Birthday.

"Yes you can drive me insane just by talking to me!"

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:23:16 +1200, "Me Myself and I"
wrote:

"Zipadee" wrote in message
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http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3

I'm a 51 year old woman and I cannot hear it at all. I have no hearing
loss that I know of and rarely listened to music at high volumes
and went to very few concerts.

Both of my kids can hear it just fine (ages 18 and 16) and they've
probably listened to more loud music than I have.

I'm impressed that so many people over 30 here can still
hear it. All I hear is a 'click' at the beginning.

-- Zip



I'm 31 and I heard a high pitched whine but I'm not sure if that was what I
was meant to hear. My 13 and 15 year old brothers are coming to my house
for dinner later tonight so I'm going to see what they make of the noise.

I just played it with the speakers turned way up, to see if I could
hear it. Both my girls snapped their heads around to look for the
noise, but I couldn't hear a thing.
Fwiw, I'm 43.

Nan

Good! I hope it encouraged you to keep your crotch-nugget quiet.

"Cathy Weeks" wrote in message
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xkatx wrote:
I heard it fine, it annoyed me more than I thought a cell phone ring
could,
and I really would break someone's phone if I heard it while out and
about.

I wouldn't break someone's phone, but I would start shouting at them if
they didn't answer it quickly. I am shocked at how uncomfortable that
ring makes me.

Speaking of cell-violence, I witnessed a near-miss at a restaurant a
couple of years ago.

Three tables in close proximity, in a triangle-shaped configuration.
Table one had a young woman (I'm guessing in her late teens or early
20s) and her parents. Table two had my husband and I and then
2-year-old daughter. Table three had a couple that looked to be on a
date. They looked to be in their mid to late 20s.

The girl at table one's cell phone rang. It was a fairly annoying ring,
but she answered it promptly, and proceeded to have a conversation,
though it wasn't long. It was enough that it made my husband and I
roll our eyes slightly and wish she'd talk a little more quietly.

In short, her cell-ettiquette (or lackthereof) was roughly average.
I've seen far worse cell behavior, and far better.

The guy at the next table waited for her to put her cellphone away,
then told her that if it rang again, he'd smash it for her. I don't
remember the whole thing, but the girl's dad told him to back off, and
the young man basically told him that he'd think nothing of attacking
them over it. Things calmed down soon. The couple at table 3 looked
quite sour for the rest of their meal. The family at table 1 looked
ill-at-ease as well. And my husband and I were... flabbergasted. The
girl hadn't been *that* bad. My husband, though he hadn't appreciate
the cell-phone conversation either, told me later that he would have
stepped in - on the side of the girl's father, because he felt that the
young man was obnoxious - and crossed the line in threatening violence
without at least having *asked* her to turn it down, or off, of
whatever.

Ah, well...

Cathy Weeks




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