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Doctor Partner Keeps Up With The Queen; yes, he got an Ipod gizmo today
Topic Started: Jul 27 2010, 02:01 AM (162 Views)
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Since he isn't one for the radio in the car, he plays books all the time.
Now that he has one on Caesar that doesn't fit the 80 minute per cd format, he's been having fits trying to figure how to get it to cd if each track is 90 minutes.
I suggested a couple of ways but they are labor intensive and he has no patience to play/tape to cassette and then cassette to cd. Or edit in the computer with Media Player moving those 12 minutes around here and there, chopping and adding all the chapters...rebuilding it.

I told him months ago to get one of these iPod gadgets and he can plug it into the speakers on the radio in the van. No more carting 2 or 3 cds in the van, or running out in the middle of the story while on the road. He could not get the concept that he can put it on the player, listen, delete and archive the dvd or cd for reloading again in the future from the computer.

Now he has the book on it except the last two chapters (8 gig Wurlitzer) so I will look at the player and delete the music that came with it to make more room for the audio books. I hope it projects enough in the van to play loud enough for him...it's not obnoxiously loud in the earphones.

I mentioned to my boss he got this new toy. He said his roomie got one last year but can't figure out how to use it. Obviously more challenged than most :wall:

So Doctor Partner is certainly getting into the 21st century!
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good for him! :giggly:

am proud of you both!! :energ3: :energ3:

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I gotta get meself(yes I said "meself". I love the Scottish way of saying "myself" :biggrin: ) an ipod. I guess I gotta step into the 21st century too! I would have all of Murray Gold's music, The Beatles, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots, David Bowie, Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails' music on tap all the time! :biggrin:

Oh and I forgot: I would have Garbage's music on tap as well. Shirley Manson is my favorite female singer of all-time! :cloudnine:
"Look at the sky-it's not dark, and black, and without character. The black is in fact deep blue. And over there, lighter blue. And blowing through the blueness and the blackness, the wind swirling through the air-and then, shining, burning, bursting through the stars! Can't you see how they roar their light?Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes."

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:biggrin: well done dr partner glad you got the hang of it
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My father (a smart chap) was convinced that to get DVD players to work you had to cut down the trees around your house. I sometimes think that after sixty the "I am a guy and I am RIGHT despite all evidence to the contrary" gene kicks in.
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wombat,Jul 28 2010
04:29 PM
My father (a smart chap) was convinced that to get DVD players to work you had to cut down the trees around your house. I sometimes think that after sixty the "I am a guy and I am RIGHT despite all evidence to the contrary" gene kicks in.


Cutting down trees for dvd machines??

I've never heard of that before.
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:imfao: That's a funny story, Wombat! :biggrin:
"Look at the sky-it's not dark, and black, and without character. The black is in fact deep blue. And over there, lighter blue. And blowing through the blueness and the blackness, the wind swirling through the air-and then, shining, burning, bursting through the stars! Can't you see how they roar their light?Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes."

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:biggrin: cool
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bonnie,Jul 28 2010
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wombat,Jul 28 2010
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My father (a smart chap) was convinced that to get DVD players to work you had to cut down the trees around your house. I sometimes think that after sixty the "I am a guy and I am RIGHT despite all evidence to the contrary" gene kicks in.


Cutting down trees for dvd machines??

I've never heard of that before.

Yeah - I really didn't even know where to start explaining that trees had nothing to do with it. He was 110% convinced that this was true.
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Based on that note, I had hopes the computer connection to the net might clean up a bit. Nope. :wall:

And since Doctor Partner has found a program on line that lets him split his download into managable sizes for cds, he has made a present of Sansa device to me.

So I asked him...are you absolutely sure? Positive? Won't ask for it back??

Hey Marcello, it now has Murray Gold loaded in and I'm waiting for Season 5 suitable for iPod to finish beaming in.

Have to get my Harpersongs from Pern in there too.

Now to find where he put the earbuds. Too hot lately to wear a full headset and I have to keep an eye out for customers coming in.

And must wear something with a pocket tomorrow.

"We joked that in the future, when you were born you would be assigned a telephone number and if you didn't answer the phone, you were dead"

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Hi G.U. Now with Murray Gold on the iPod, your husband can now have action music as walks in public. It's always great to have a soundtrack to our daily routines. Now thru the power of the ear phones, he can. :biggrin:
"Look at the sky-it's not dark, and black, and without character. The black is in fact deep blue. And over there, lighter blue. And blowing through the blueness and the blackness, the wind swirling through the air-and then, shining, burning, bursting through the stars! Can't you see how they roar their light?Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes."

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'Vincent and the Doctor'
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Right now it's loaded up with Murray Gold, The Masterharper of Pern's music (love that Duty Song), Ravi Shankar albums, Irish drinking songs and whatever is left that came with it..need to zap those gone.

I've been working around the house humming bits of Martha's theme. Hasn't replaced completely Stowaway yet...one ear worm for another :imfao:

Definitely strange listening to the Duty Song whilst spraying RoundUp on the grass at my boss's house. Keeping the green away....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRusCoI2_V4

Here's "The Duty Song" ....Jaybee, considering the tats you have, you'd appreciate this one.
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08:18 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRusCoI2_V4

Here's "The Duty Song" ....Jaybee, considering the tats you have, you'd appreciate this one.

Thanks, GU.

I actually went looking after you mentioned it yesterday. Found it and a whole bunch more. Neat to listen to, but not something I'd want to be listening to a lot -- they're the kinds of tunes that don't get out of your head until you fall asleep at night and then they're back in the morning, driving you crazy once again. :imfao:
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One thing I do wish it would do...play the videos instead of just archiving for transfer elsewhere.

I would love to sit at noon while having lunch and watch 30 minutes worth of the Doctor! Even on the tiny screen - it would be fun.
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