I caught the iPod bug quite a while ago. I got my first one (1st Generation) back when they were HUGE (and by "huge," I mean several ounces). The thing could never maintain a charge and the screen ended up getting pretty beat up. I wasn't all that impressed.
But then came the Nano! It was my birthday and I had just started LATI. I just had to have it. It was pretty short lived though, because not less than a month or so after I got mine the 5th Generation, iPod Video made it's debut!
While I know that this whole thing is just a rip-off, it's really hard to not want one. And luckily, Apple has made getting them a lot easier (less expensive). My first iPod cost about $400.00--the newer models are literally a fraction of that! Apple even sells discounted refurbished ipods. Which answers the question: "where do old ipods go to retire?"
I've started my own "process" for the retiring of iPods: I only buy the refurbished ones (why pay full price, if you don't have to?) and then I give my old one to my youngest brother; who eventually loses them!
It has it's kinks, but at least it's a process!
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I love my ipod, too! I'm relaly into listening to podcasts as well as to my playlists of my music. Glad you're enjoying the program.
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I just got an MP3 player called a Sansa... it goes with a Rhapsody account and I love it. I think you pay 14.95 for the account and you can download all these full legnth cd's. You can't burn them, just listen to them but it is like a lending library and you can try new music and see what you like. If you hate it (take that, Justin Timberlake!) you can delete it and never listen to it again. I have recently downloaded the new Rufus Wainwright and the new Erasure, among others. But I also have an Ipod.. it is a heavy thing but I keep it in the car because my car stereo has a cord. So much music, so little time.
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1. I (used) to collect tacky snowglobes. I have about 125.
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4. I used to work with Howard Stern.
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