You heard it here first: decline in divorce rate predicted
Confession: now that I’m the proud owner of an ipod, I’ve been buying headsets like Imelda Marcos bought shoes. It’s a futile search for listening perfection of the noise-cancelling variety.
But I’m different from Imelda; I return all the pairs I don’t use.
And so I happened to find myself in Radio Shack the other day returning a headset. As I was leaving, a display of GPS navigators caught my eye. They were pricey although pretty tempting, so I’m happy to say I resisted.
It occurs to me that, once GPS systems become a commonplace technology in every car, you can expect the divorce rate to plummet. It will be the merciful end of those fascinating arguments about whether to stop for directions, or whose turn it might be to ask for them.
Remember, you heard it here first.
A good point. I THOUGHT you were going to say it would be the merciful end of suspicion about where a spouse actually was, as a GPS tracker would show where a spouse’s vehicle had travelled during the night. This would also make it more difficult for cheating spouses to rendezvous. Depressed opportunity + greater trust = less divorces!
Please excuse the diversion but…
Care to share your experience so far in your search? I assure you, that you are not alone in this quest.
After all these millenia, it will turn out that men were right all along. There is no need to ask.
Directions advice: 80% of males think of directions in terms of an overhead map. 80% of females think of directions in terms of landmarks. Learn if you are an exception to this rule, then receive your directions accordingly. Usually, men should give directions to men, women to women.
It doesn’t count if you are just generally clever and can “pretty much” go against type, following a map if you are not an Overhead, thinking at ground level if you are not a Landmark. You likely have a preference.
This does not remove all arguments. But it helps.
See, the new kind of argument will be whether to use the GPS…
Dan’l Boone, Jim Bridger, Kit Carson and Lewis and Clark didn’t need no stinkin directions, maps or GPS and neither do I.
As to headphones, I spent $300 on custom molded ones and love them. Before I got them, my Ipod sat unused.
Sorry, but “headphones” are not something you stick “in” your ear. And if the woman could read a map in the first place, I wouldn’t have to “figure out” where we’re going while driving at the same time. And continuing to shirk her duties as “navigator”, she will then shrill and shriek to ask “someone else” for directions. GPS HAD to be invented. Women aren’t going to do it. So, quit telling me we’re lost because I’M stubborn.
And at least GPS will offer directions with a “pleasant female voice” as opposed to “NAAAAH, NAAAAH, NAAAAAAHHHHH!”.
I enjoy perusing YouTube for “music/videos” from before MTV existed, but walking around with earphones on 24/7? Not so much — iPod would be dead on arrival if they depended on me.
As far as GPS goes, well yea it may be helpful at night for those that can’t read a map, but as a man that has never been lost, the shadows from the sun are a better navigator for me.
All that said, y’all best get ready for the tax bills that are coming based on your GPS trackable road usage, both by mileage and time of day, with special surcharges if you happen to stray past the CA border with a non-CA certified vehicle: “You’re in Cal-e-fornia now, pay up…”
the comments remind of recent brain research focusing on density of synapse connectivity in various parts of the brain. Researchers found males had denser synapse connectivity in areas relating to finding their way from one place to another. Females had denser synapse connectivity in areas relating to multitasking. Both traits could be evolutionary results.
I just came across a new variety of navigation system this weekend, OnStar Turn-by-Turn Navigation.
Push the button, tell the Onstar person where you want to go and follow the automated voice directions that are sent to your car by satellite. No ugly, distracting screen involved! Looks much nicer than the cheesy after market products or the ridiculously expensive factory installed systems that are not all that user friendly.
Neo,
Try some Sennheiser PX 100’s.
Lightweight and the sound is fabulous.
Better lost than bossed.
I haven’t tried the PX 100’s, but I really like my Shure E3c’s. They cost quite a bit more, but the sound quality is worth it.
I second Kwo. I have the Shure E3c. Great headphones, I live in nyc and they really keep out the subway noise. The E5c’s are supposed to be better but they cost about $500.
For $500, I better achieve orgasm from a set of headphones.