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Here's a selection of e-mails from listeners during the "Overheard in New York" and the "Ipod Obsolescence" sections of today's show:

Overheard in Queens, walking down the street.
A car making a u-turn drives up on the sidewalk and a cop standing there says:
”What are you doing?” The lady says “I’m not from around here” and the cop says, “So what, where you come from they drive on the sidewalk?” in perfect deadpan. It was a perfect NY moment.

Overheard on Grand Central to Time Sq Shuttle
St Patrick's Day 15+ years ago. A group of nurses who had marched in the parade. One nurse said to the group. Get off at the first stop.

How's this for a transition?
I decided not to even get on the ipod boat and have saved myself from what I'm hearing thousands of dollars. I tried my girlfriend's and had to jack the volume up so high to drown out the subway that I feared for my hearing. After one day I realized that what one of the things I enjoyed most about the transit system was listening in on other peoples conversations, something the ipod obliterates.

Opposing views on ipods
When I went to purchase an ipod mini when they first came out at a major electronics retailer, several clerks refused to sell it to me. They all said they had complaints from multiple customers about battery failure. . . . The clerks at the reailer suggested a good mp3 with replaceable AAA batteries.

and

I've had four different versions of iPods and never had one break down on me. I believe they last as long as you treat them well!

A last word
If my iPod lasted at least until it was stolen on the subway, I'd be happy.