Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!

Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'


Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?

Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Katerina Bee - Feb 26, 2018 7:36:00 pm PST #3462 of 8218
Herding cats for fun

(((Nora))) it's always terrible to lose a fur friend.


aurelia - Feb 26, 2018 7:40:08 pm PST #3463 of 8218
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I'm so sorry, Nora. When I lost Petri he had been the only constant in my life for 10 years, so I can certainly empathize with what you are feeling. I can only echo what everyone else has said about the stoicism of cats.


Hil R. - Mar 01, 2018 10:27:28 am PST #3464 of 8218
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I'm so sorry, Nora.


Hil R. - Mar 01, 2018 10:29:04 am PST #3465 of 8218
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

PREACH! I really feel like Apple is missing a pretty good niche audience here. DW and I both have classic iPods with a ton of room and we will cry forever when they die.

My dad liked his classic iPod because he could connect it to his car speakers and use the controls by feel -- the edges of the wheel were clear enough that he could find where the different controls were without having to look at it while driving. With the new one, if he wants to skip a song or switch to a different playlist or something, he has to take his eyes off the road.


NoiseDesign - Mar 01, 2018 11:56:00 am PST #3466 of 8218
Our wings are not tired

I think it's just a much smaller market that consumes music this way now. By far the majority of the people I know have switched to streaming services like Spotify. I use the Apple Music streaming service, I used to adore my huge iPod, but I notice I don't need it any longer, between unlimited data and cloud based streaming of my collection.


DebetEsse - Mar 01, 2018 3:33:18 pm PST #3467 of 8218
Woe to the fucking wicked.

t mumbles grumpily about people living in places with consistent good mobile Internet


Atropa - Mar 01, 2018 4:20:17 pm PST #3468 of 8218
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

ND, did you hang on to any of your iPods? Are they in suspended animation anywhere?


Atropa - Mar 01, 2018 4:21:51 pm PST #3469 of 8218
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Also, for all that I work in tech, I don't want to keep my music in the cloud. Noooooo! I must have my precious on a back-up drive, and in an iPod!


Connie Neil - Mar 01, 2018 5:05:53 pm PST #3470 of 8218
brillig

I must have my precious on a back-up drive, and in an iPod!

I have several shelves with CDs.


Atropa - Mar 01, 2018 6:06:49 pm PST #3471 of 8218
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I have lidded storable tubs of CDs, because I needed the shelf space for books. Plus once I transferred the CDs to the iPod, I didn't need them immediately available.