As I settle in for week number 2, here in Hampton, VA, here is a question that I find myself muttering from time to time:<\/p>\n
Why do rental cars tend to have the audio systems set to “unlistenable,” when I receive them? Generally the treble is cranked to the max, and the balance is faded all the way to some corner or other. I worked for a while with the theory that the cleaning crew liked a consistent sound … but that doesn’t fit with the inconsistent and awful mix I usually inherit.<\/p>\n
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I simply must share this gem<\/a> from JWZ.<\/p>\n The deservedness of my reaction is a matter of some debate. It’s closely related to my frequent urge to grab people and shake them until they become smarter.<\/em><\/p>\n I know this feeling. I know it well.<\/p>\n — EDIT 2 —<\/p>\n OMFG. Some dude threw his shoes at Bush during a press conference in Iraq<\/a>. To the president’s credit, he simply faded out of the way of the shoes, and made it into a joke. For once, he actually looked pretty good. I mean, I *do* want my president (among other things) to be able to dodge a thrown shoe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I settle in for week number 2, here in Hampton, VA, here is a question that I find myself muttering from time to time:<\/p>\n Why do rental cars tend to have the audio systems set to “unlistenable,” when I receive them? Generally the treble is cranked to the max, and the balance is faded . . . → Read More: A Traveler’s Question<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}