Hello Scott:
I would like to offer you my sincere apologies. I didn't mean to imply
that you were a person who would use music irresponsibly - you drive an MG.
I was referring to the stereotypical slack-jawed youth inhabiting a
tinted-window Honda Accord with the volume at 10 tenths. I have no quarrel
with a decent sound system, God knows my MG could use something which could
be heard over the wind/engine noise.
I do however, as a person who is trying to live with considerable hearing
loss, worry about the future of those who don't seem to understand the
direct relationship between certain noise and hearing damage. I should
point out that even driving our beloved LBCs contributes to hearing damage
if ear plugs are not used. As a motorcyclist, I know that wind noise is a
powerful source of hearing loss. I also realize that those of us who are
active in car restoration should sit down and examine whether we are taking
proper precautions in the shop.
The real enemies of hearing are often found in the commonest shop
activities, such as using air pressure to dry parts, operating grinders and
saws and hammering. How many of you have hearing protection muffs or ear
plugs handy and use them?
I'll get off the soap box now, and again, Scott, please accept my apology.
I have always assumed that you and the rest of the listers were too clever
to indulge in unsafe practices.
John McEwen
32 years teaching music
10 years singing rock
45 years driving noisy machinery
35 years restoring old cars
>> Hi Scott:
>>
>> I would think that instructors in American Sign Language will be pretty
>> much in demand over the next few years as the new generation of the
>> self-induced deaf makes its way from the loud car to a permanently silenced
>> world. I wonder if US social services will be able to cope with the
>> demand. Of course, we could look on the bright side; many of them will not
>> survive the roads because they can't hear the train, emergency vehicle or
>> semi which is about to turn them into a wet spot on a woofer. Imagine not
>> being able to hear the sound of an MG as it hits 3500 rpm flat out.
>>
>> John
>>
>John,
> Having a powerful stereo doesn't make a person an irresponsible
>listener any more than a fast car makes them an irresponsible
>driver. Most of the wattage in my stereo was for the subwoofers,
>which were almost subsonic, so no ear woes there. Also, I didn't
>have 600 watts so that I could keep it at max blast all the time. Do
>you drive your car 110 mph everywhere you go?
> I don't mind your opinion that I'll go deaf early. I am offended
>that you imply that there is a "bright side" -- my premature death.
>Scott
>
>Scott Gardner
>gardner@lwcomm.com
>www.lwcomm.com/~gardner
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