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From: Noddy on 11 Aug 2010 07:54

"D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message
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> Dvd screens and other entertainment systems didn't exist when my boys were
> young and they seemed to have survived ok.

How many back-handers did they get? :)

> There are plenty of better ways to occupy kids when driving long distance
> than them looking a screen.

There is, but then there's nothing wrong with a screen either.

I've got a roof mounted DVD player in both the Terry and the ute and they're
great. Keeps the kids happy on those times when the trip is as boring as
batshit, and the odd adult doesn't mind them either.

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From: Bernd Felsche on 11 Aug 2010 08:28
"Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote:
>"D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote:

>> Dvd screens and other entertainment systems didn't exist when my boys were
>> young and they seemed to have survived ok.

>How many back-handers did they get? :)

Cough-syrup sedation?

>> There are plenty of better ways to occupy kids when driving long distance
>> than them looking a screen.

>There is, but then there's nothing wrong with a screen either.

>I've got a roof mounted DVD player in both the Terry and the ute and they're
>great. Keeps the kids happy on those times when the trip is as boring as
>batshit, and the odd adult doesn't mind them either.

Roof-mounted, eh? Do they have a periscope or do they hang onto the
roof rack? :-)
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From: Noddy on 11 Aug 2010 08:43

"Bernd Felsche" <berfel(a)innovative.iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Roof-mounted, eh? Do they have a periscope or do they hang onto the
> roof rack? :-)

They'd have to be in (or on) the car for that. I make them run behind :)

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Noddy.


From: F Murtz on 11 Aug 2010 09:03
Kev wrote:
> Clocky wrote:
>> "PHATRS"<stoptryingtosp(a)m.me> wrote in message
>> news:i3nhfs$v1$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I got an iPad as a toy, mainly for watching videos and listening to
>>> music,
>>> and reading a bit of news, all of which it does far far better than my
>>> netbook.
>>>
>>> Then I got around to trying to mount it in my car and now I have a
>>> prototype that could use some improvement.
>>>
>>
>> Here's an improvement...
>>
>> http://www.smashmyipad.com/
>>
>>
>
>
> Was in JB HiFi the other day and they are selling the iPAD with the
> typical over hyped display and at the end they had some Chinese knock
> offs running some type of Linux for 1/4 the price. was funny watching
> the "Apple Expert" running about hyping up the iPAD to people only to
> have them pay $200 for the Chinese version
>
>
> Kev
Small epad runs android Does not have built in gps.
From: D Walford on 11 Aug 2010 09:31
On 11/08/2010 9:54 PM, Noddy wrote:
> "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message
> news:4c62110d$0$28651$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
>
>> Dvd screens and other entertainment systems didn't exist when my boys were
>> young and they seemed to have survived ok.
>
> How many back-handers did they get? :)

None and just as well because they are now big enough to return the
favour:-)
Remember you have to be good to your kids because they get to choose
your nursing home:-)
>
>> There are plenty of better ways to occupy kids when driving long distance
>> than them looking a screen.
>
> There is, but then there's nothing wrong with a screen either.

As long as it isn't the only method of keeping them occupied.


Daryl
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