While lazing on the beach with the grandkids, we were mildly
surprised when a couple parked themselves nearby and turned on a transistor
radio. Do people still do that? Although fairly loud, their music did not
create much of a disturbance. From where we were it was barely audible over the
roar of the surf.
To me it was an oddity in this digital age, but some
people seem to be uncomfortable if they venture outside without indoor props. I was reminded of a
comment made by my late aunt about fifty years ago. We were using a projector
to show some slides of our family holiday in Ardnamurchan. The remote beauty of
it came out well on the screen, but my aunt remarked that she found it scary.
All that empty landscape with not a person in sight. I’ve never forgotten how spooked
she was by our photos of all that lovely emptiness.
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but some people seem to be uncomfortable if they venture outside without indoor props
Don't they and how. The mobile fixed to the hand or ear, whatever.
My first question in a locale of that kind is what is it like in winter when you need to get the shopping done?
People who deliberately impose like that really irritate me - the irony being that they probably felt they were doing you a favour by importing some civilisation.
The worst example of the imposition on others of something unwanted has to be the knobheads who fit large amplifiers in their cars then having turned up the volume drive around with the windows open so that all and sundry have to endure their "music".
Perhaps someone can explain what that is all about, or is it simply the "look at me" generation in full flow.
James - if they could, I'm sure many would sit on the beach and watch the Olympics.
Demetrius - not good for winter shopping. Car needed.
Woodsy - it's odd how many people seem to think that their own taste in music should be the norm.
Wiggia - probably deaf knobheads in later life.
It is getting increasingly difficult to find a beach where the bars and cafes are not pumping out young persons' music at high volume. You were lucky just to get a tranny
Graeme - we find that distance from the car park is a crucial factor. People thin out very rapidly beyond a hundred yards or so, but only certain beaches can offer that possibility.
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