I learned something today!

(This is the commercial break of my blog if you need to go to the bathroom or get a snack.) I learned today that Apple makes a very good product. Those little ipods are tough customers. The pictures show you what happens to an ipod that hits the asphalt from a motorcycle going about 50 mph. Four of us were heading to Meridian and I had my ipod clipped on my front pocket as I do on every trip of any distance at all. Well, today I moved my arm to check something and my hand bumped my ipod and knocked it right off my pocket. My first thought was "Oooh, I really wanted one of those new little nanos anyway." Then I thought I hope it didn't hit Greg or Dad's bike (which Greg was riding directly behind me). My mirror showed me that they were fine and then I saw the car behind him. I then thought, "I bet that car ran right over it and I can't afford a new ipod right now." There were a few "choice" words that passed through my mind and about a quarter mile from the mishap I found a place to turn around and see if I could find it. I returned to the scene of the accident and Greg had my back of course. I saw the ipod on the side of the road and then found another place to turn around, so I could go back and check it. I pulled over and picked it up. I plugged the earphones back in and it literally picked up right where it had paused because the earphones had been unplugged. I couldn't believe it. Now it does look at little worse for the wear and I did lose my plastic holder with the clip on it, but it works fine still. It just earned a little road rash. Doesn't look like I'll be shopping for a new nano yet, but you better believe when I'm ready to, I'll be looking at Apple products.