>Well at least you're not deaf because of your 'mistake'. My husband's computer is down and he uses mine (I think he likes my DSL and doesn't want to get his own running again at 56K). He ALWAYS turns the sound way up, and every morning I'm blasted out of my chair by ICQ or incoming EMail.

LOL, I hate when that happens. I listen to the radio in the car on the way to work and mostly the DJ talking, so I turn the volume up. The I get in it at lunch to the music blasting. Ack!