Awareness Training by IPod

[Miggy]

Last week I finally succumbed and had to spend $500 on new tires for the truck ( all that money that could be used on a new gun darn it!). At the shop I asked how long it would take and I was informed that hopefuly and hour or so.
I did not relish the idea of a full hour of boredom so I retrieved my IPod and decided, against my rules, to spend the time listening to the GunTalk podcast. Here is what I found out:

1) It is amazing how much you use your ears to "see" what's behind you. The 6 O'Clock is anybody' weakest side but even more so with your ears somewhat blocked. I kept looking over my shoulder as I paced in and out of the shop.

2) I was paying more attention to detail than usual. Checking hands, bulges, body language & attitudes. I scanned more and often.

3) Unless I had a corner chair and I was facing the only way in, I could not sit still for long and still I did not like it. I kept moving, checking around blind spots, bushes, etc. I felt that I was never getting enough information about my surroundings and made me unconfortable.

I guess the amount of "ambience" information we get but not digest consciously is enormous.

Oh! BTW!
4) GunTalk is a great 3 hour radio show dedicated to guns! Tom Greshawn who also is the host & producer of Personal Defense TV.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[JD]

Is it a Podcast available on iTunes?

[Miggy]

yep. do a search for "gun" and it will show. I think it is the only one available & working.

[gpsxplr]

Tis my favorite show.
Here are some links:
website: http://www.guntalk.com/

edit: (hit enter to quick)
Podcast: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...t?id=190516844

[Ghettokracker71]

LOL,I got a kick out of this. Seeing as I'm typically that guy behind the counter of the tire shop saying "we can hopefully get it done in an hour" . lol interesting idea,thats why I've never been big on iPods,esp not at the gym. I can't stand when somebodys on their iPod on the gym and you need to get their attention.

[takurpic]

I am mostly deaf in my right ear (scar tissue on my ear drum) so I'm constantly looking over my shoulder, often making a complete circle in an effort to isolate the direction of a particular sound. The interesting thing is that my left ear is now hyper-sensitive. I wear an earplug when I drive to block the white noise.

I llisten to Guntalk too! I listened to an archived show Saturday on an MP3 player. The show had a guest host and featured a guest that wrote a book about the New Orleans gun grab after Katrina. There's a scarry topic!

The show is also braodcast a week later ('reloaded version') on 550AM, KFRM (KS,NE,OK). I catch it if I'm driving on Saturday afternoons, or working around the house then, otherwise it's MP3 and archives.

[Miggy]

LOL,I got a kick out of this. Seeing as I'm typically that guy behind the counter of the tire shop saying "we can hopefully get it done in an hour" . lol interesting idea,thats why I've never been big on iPods,esp not at the gym. I can't stand when somebodys on their iPod on the gym and you need to get their attention.

And I bet you had a darn good sale I missed 'cause I am not in the area


I love the show and it is my companion going back and forth to work. This is the link to the archive

[rangerman2003]

how does the Podcast work? do you have to resync every day or does it automatically sync to a new episode... I have never had a podcast before

[gpsxplr]

You can have it sync either way. I believe it defaults to checking
for new episodes when you start itunes.
Me I turned it off and sync manually (right-click select update), otherwise all my podcast don't fit on my ipod (should have got a bigger one, oh well, still love it).

I for one love listening at the gym, otherwise I'd be bored stiff.