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PatDaRat <pat.@rat.com.au> wrote in news:402700A7.565D4706@rat.com.au:

> "Lucas, Peter" wrote:
>> 
>> PatDaRat <pat.@rat.com.au> wrote in 
news:4026FB10.BFC1140D@rat.com.au:
>> 
>> > "Lucas, Peter" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> PatDaRat <pat.@rat.com.au> wrote in
>> news:4026F5B2.94C5BE8C@rat.com.au:
>> >>
>> >> > "Lucas, Peter" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> PatDaRat <pat.@rat.com.au> wrote in news:4026F2B7.82F7A13
>> @rat.com.au:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > "Lucas, Peter" wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Paul Benards <paulb@work> wrote in
>> >> >> >> news:b8e458d2e267107fda659c5f417bed2a@news.teranews.com:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > Hi again,
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Replying to my own email :-)
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Just found these:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > http://www.hometheatre.net.au/rs430c.htm
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> You can get the same sort of setup from Hardly Normals for
>> about
>> >> $50
>> >> >> >> (IIRC)
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I've used them before and they are quite good. I don't use 
them
>> >> >> anymore
>> >> >> >> mainly due to the security aspect. You can't hear what's 
going
>> on
>> >> >> around
>> >> >> >> you when they are on :-)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > That's what body-guards are for.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I still like to hear what's going on around me :-)
>> >> >
>> >> > Sorry, but I disagree.  What if your body guard hits some dude, 
and
>> >> the
>> >> > dude is piss-weak like Hooksey and drops down dead?  You are 
better
>> >> off
>> >> > not hearing or seeing anything.  Just let the body guard fry and
>> get
>> >> > another one.  You don't want to be tied up giving evidence in 
court
>> do
>> >> > you?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Hmmmm, you could be right there!!
>> >>
>> >> And what it........ a meteor was screaming down to land on your
>> >> house/head and you didn't have time to get out of it's way... you
>> >> wouldn't want to know it was going to happen, would you?
>> >
>> > If you were inside your house watching tv, you may hear the meteor,
>> but
>> > you wouldn't have any idea where it was going to land - so you
>> wouldn't
>> > know how to get out of its way.   Besides, that argument is flawed.
>> > Meteors don't make a sound
>> 
>> Didn't you watch "Armegeddon"?? They make *lots* of sound!!
>> 
>> >- the only sound you would hear would be the
>> > sound of the movement of air around the meteor - which would be 
some
>> > significant seconds behind the meteor.  You do remember that sound
>> > travels much slower than light?  Besides, surely the body guard 
could
>> be
>> > trained to alert you to such things as a meteor shower?  (at extra
>> cost
>> > of course).
>> 
>> But if he was watching the sky, he wouldn't see the 'dude' coming at
>> him!!
> 
> I don't know if you are just being difficult or not?  You are saying
> that you don't use headphones because you like to hear what's around
> you.  You only have 1 set of ears I assume.  So you can only hear 
what's
> around you.  If you hire a body guard (and shit, lets face it, who
> doesn't need one these days) the guard can act as your set of ears.  
If
> he is with you 24/7, then you are covered.  You can use your 
headphones,
> satisfied that if anything should happen, he/she will alert you.  
Plus,
> you get the added bonus of having a friend on call 24/7.  It's a win 
win
> situation.
> 


I want to hear what the body guard is up to, as well!!



-- 
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

You have to learn how to die, before you can learn how to live.