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Show and Tell

So my ipod is pretty new. It's not even 48 hours old actually, and I must say I am completely and totally in love with it. It's a 3rd generation 40 gigger, and as of right now, it's my most prized possession!! (Let's just try and forget that visa bill that's coming in the mail...oh lordy lol ) Ok, there is actually a story here: Today I took my ipod to campus, naturally, and I was listenig to it while studying. All of a sudden three of my friends walk in and sit down. My ipod is safely tucked away in my bookbag, but one of my friend recognizes the headphones and starts flipping out because he loves ipods too, although he doesen't have one. The other two guys start going crazy too,and they all wanna see it and mess around with it. I go to pull to out my ipod, and I start getting all worried about if they're going to be gentle with it, if their hands are clean, if ther're going to drop it etc. I hand my ipod very unwillingly and very afarid to one of my friends, and he's lookig at it, playing with the buttons, turning the backlight on and eating up valuable music time ( :) ) when all of a sudden, as he's handing it to someone else...IT SLIPS OUT OF HIS HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I was about to die people...DIE. I have never seen my motor skills react this good. I caught it!!! i caught it right before it hit the ground. Of course nothing happened to it, and I was still forced to watch in anquish as my ipod was continuted to be passed around, but wow, I took quite a scare !!! Does anyone else get that sinking feeling in their stomach when other people are messing around with their ipods? Just wanna make sure i'm not insane :)
[1735 byte] By [Starypie] at [2007-11-9 19:27:01]
# 1 Re: Show and Tell
Yeah man,

I got you there! I got my 3G 20 GB a few weeks ago and so far I have let one person touch it. I think I even said "be careful" before I gave to him.
My wife has yet to touch it - luckily she doesn't seem to give a **** about it...I am loathed to let anyone hold it - I just constantly think that I will get every penny from them if they break it. I wouldn't rest until I did!!!!

I know how you feel - so many clumsy freaks out there that cannot be entrusted with such an important possession.
murdomika at 2007-11-15 15:10:38 >
# 2 Re: Show and Tell
I'm not trying to be offensive, argumentative or just plain start #####, so please don't take it as such. I am beginning to see some of the points Adam and tombo 77 were talking about here. Is it just me?
baggss at 2007-11-15 15:11:40 >
# 3 Re: Show and Tell
Meaning what Baggss? Can you be a little clearer in what you are saying?
murdomika at 2007-11-15 15:12:38 >
# 4 Re: Show and Tell
Originally posted by baggss
I'm not trying to be offensive, argumentative or just plain start #####, so please don't take it as such. I am beginning to see some of the points Adam and tombo 77 were talking about here. Is it just me?

so far it's just you. Clarify yourself please?
iPotm at 2007-11-15 15:13:33 >
# 5 Re: Show and Tell
do not feed the trolls
StaticFish at 2007-11-15 15:14:43 >
# 6 Re: Show and Tell
Whoa now thats protective!
I let people hold it, play with it, and my friends often borrow it for lessons. Whats the point of having a beautiful iPod if you dont share it? :)
Sypher at 2007-11-15 15:15:42 >
# 7 Re: Show and Tell
yeah, friends only. You break, you buy, fairly easy as that. And if you can't afford it I'm going to sue your nuts off :cool:

nah seriously though, if one of my friends'd drop my pod, they are going to owe me for the rest of their life. Like in the movie Snatch, "You're in his pocket now."
iPotm at 2007-11-15 15:16:45 >
# 8 Re: Show and Tell
Originally posted by StaticFish
do not feed the trolls

Yes, I'm a troll with close to 300 posts!

Never mind about the comment, I suppose I should not have typed it. If anyone had read some the arguments going on a few weeks ago between tombo 77, myself, Jackonico and Adam, you would probably have figured it out. I apologize, no offense intended.
baggss at 2007-11-15 15:17:37 >
# 9 Re: Show and Tell
Yeah totally! I make people lie down when handling my iPod so it has less far to fall!

Seriously though, chill out.
Calculus at 2007-11-15 15:18:46 >
# 10 Re: Show and Tell
OK..here's an idea..

Hows about we turn this into a REAL show and tell thread!?

I'll start..

Here's my new shoes. I bought them in town today, they were ?25 from Next..not too bad!
Calculus at 2007-11-15 15:19:43 >
# 11 Re: Show and Tell
Nice shoes,
No worries Baggss, no offence taken.
I can't help it, maybe it is just coz it is brand new but i really can't let it out of my sight.
I don't think I would let anyone borrow it, even a friend. Just wouldn't want to sour our friendship if they went and broke it etc. Hope that I never have to deal with such a situation.
murdomika at 2007-11-15 15:20:41 >
# 12 Re: Show and Tell
I Got my 3G 40GB iPod for christmas and I still don't let people see it. I use it every day, This summer I'm going on a mountain bike trip in france but I was told that I can't bring my iPod!

Before my iPod I used a Riovolt MP3 player that I let get totally beat up but I didn't care because it was just an MP3 player...
Now I have my iPod and it is like a companion.

stupid trip planners
Penguin_Biker at 2007-11-15 15:21:50 >
# 13 Re: Show and Tell
You probably cant bring it because it wont work above 10000 feet. (Thats assuming there are mountains in your mountain bike trip.)
MetalMike at 2007-11-15 15:22:45 >
# 14 Re: Show and Tell
Hmn.... good point :rolleyes:
Penguin_Biker at 2007-11-15 15:23:51 >
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