Hi guys, It's been a while, no? Just around Christmas time I was at a bus stop, and was listening to my iPod which was in my pocket. I cannot remember now what exactly happened: it may have involved me trying to re-adjust the orientations of the testes, but anyway it ended up with the iPod falling out of my pocket and onto the ground. A lady who was also at the bus stop gasped in horror, possibly because of the iPod or possibly she was just appalled by my public scrotum antics. Either way, "Love is an arrow" by Aberfeldy was still going strong so I got on the bus. Then, just after the sweet guitar break and the chap was about to start the verse again, the iPod skipped to the next song, and the next, and the next, without actually playing any of them.. While I was glad that it skipped the Barry Manilow for me I took issues when it bypassed "The kids aren't alright". So I turned it off, to try and talk some sense into it. And, unfortunately I think Aberfeldy has become its swan song, as the iPod failed to start again in any meaningful way. So now I'm commuter-musicless. This is where I turn to you, my lovely sinisters, for advice. Should I.. A) spend a load of money on another mp3 player (but perhaps one that is more rugged than the iPod) B) get a new fangled mobile phone that plays mp3s, this seems the ideal option at the moment if I can get a good one for FREE. C) go OLD SKOOL, and get myself a cassette-tape walkman (it ain't gonna skip on me that's for sure!) D) read on my way to work instead of listening to toons. E) bring a guitar and sing on the bus to work F) get a girlfriend who will serenade me instead G) get a new iPod, and a girlfriend who will do future bodily adjustments for me while I hold the iPod firmly in my hands. H) quit work and listen to tunes at home all day. I) none of the above (other suggestions: ______________________________________) Any tips appreciated. Thanks, Ken P.S.: An update for those who follow my epic struggle to find a B+S ticket in either London, Glasgow, or Cambridge: I still don't have a ticket for either London, Glasgow (now past), nor Cambridge. However in a dramatic switch of fortunes, I do now have two tickets for Brighton, anyone want to come with, serenade me on my train journey down? ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and intended solely for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If this email was not intended for you please notify the UCLH Mail Administrator at mail.administrator@uclh.org. This footnote confirms that the email and attachments contained no viruses when they left UCLH. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+