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GoneOffShore

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39. What prompted my OP was the jerk driving down the street while I was napping

Reply to LeftinOH (Reply #31)

Mon Aug 11, 2014, 04:26 PM

Aug 2014

blasting "Happy" at window rattling volume.

I like the song, but not that loud.

I listen to anything (well, not a great fan of throat singing, but that's another discussion) from classical to The Roots to standards to Pink Floyd, so it's not the choice of music, but the volume.

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