Monday, September 8, 2008

Loading Pops' MP3

Three years ago Santa brought RCA MP3 players for the kids. They were an instant hit with the older two and even though Robby wasn't as excited the older two loaded his and he listened to it a few times. I can honestly say that the older two got Santa's money's worth out of these as they used them constantly . Like everything, though they wore out. Cindy's stopped working a while back but with working and preparing to graduate and applying to and taking entrance exams for Nursing school, etc. She was really too busy to miss it. That is until she went to the oral surgeon and set a date to get her wisdom teeth out. Because she had to have Novocain instead of the general anesthetic which is usually given for removal of wisdom teeth fully impacted in bone the surgeon suggested that she bring an MP3 player with her to distract her from the procedure. This of course made the decision to replace her player.We debated on which model to get and how much to spend and in the end purchased one from Big Lots which will plug into her car and play through the speakers. Cindy is happy with this model so when Michael's quit being able to be programmed( for most kids this wouldn't matter as it still plays but Michael changes his programming almost daily which is probably why it quit in the first place)we went back to Big Lots. Unfortunately the model that Cindy got was out of stock but there was another that had a few less features for half the price. Michael was so involved in loading this new player that he talked about it to everyone he came in contact with. My Dad was so impressed that he asked questions. Dad then tryed the player and was more impressed that this little hunk of metal could play so clear, that he went to Big Lots and bought the same model for himself. Michael has been given the job of loading Pops' player, the only problem is that Pops wants music from 1950-1970's. Michael spent much of last night looking for said music ( most of which he never heard of so he wasn't even sure if he had found it when he did)Finally at bed time last night I agreed to look up some of these oldies myself.It is amazing what you can find on the Internet. Even songs to load a MP3 player to please a sixty three year old man who usually only listens to music from a record player !