I love to take naps, although I don't allow myself to do so very often. I feel guilty, like I'm a lazy bum. One of my favorite ways to nap on the weekends is to lay down on the sofa with a baseball game on the TV. The problem is when the TV commercials come on ---- the volume is so loud, not only does it wake me, but I wake-up startled with my heart thumping at twice it's normal speed.
But guess what? It looks like broadcasters and advertisers will no longer be able to do this, according to an article in Ethic Soup blog. Hallelujah! This has bothered me for years. If I'm not napping, but just sitting with a bowl of popcorn on my lap, come commercial time and the horrific sound level makes me jerk and the popcorn goes everywhere. And I just don't move fast enough to grab the remote to mute it before I'm startled and then I yelp and startle the cats and whoever else is in the room. You can learn about the new legislation to lower blasting commercial's sound at:
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I love to take naps, although I don't allow myself to do so very often. I feel guilty, like I'm a lazy bum. One of my favorite ways to nap on the weekends is to lay down on the sofa with a baseball game on the TV. The problem is when the TV commercials come on ---- the volume is so loud, not only does it wake me, but I wake-up startled with my heart thumping at twice it's normal speed.
But guess what? It looks like broadcasters and advertisers will no longer be able to do this, according to an article in Ethic Soup blog. Hallelujah! This has bothered me for years. If I'm not napping, but just sitting with a bowl of popcorn on my lap, come commercial time and the horrific sound level makes me jerk and the popcorn goes everywhere. And I just don't move fast enough to grab the remote to mute it before I'm startled and then I yelp and startle the cats and whoever else is in the room. You can learn about the new legislation to lower blasting commercial's sound at:
http://www.ethicsoup.com/2009/06/loud-tv-commericals-may-be-forced-to-a-lower-volume.html
July 31, 2009 - 1:48pmThis Comment
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