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>Breathe too loudly? I'd be happy if matronly women would manage to unwrap
>a cough drop in under five minutes.

OK.....

as a lurker who listens to classical music on CD but does not go to
concerts, let me say this attitude exemplifies why I stay home.  Why are
matronly women singled out? Because fat women are unwelcome? Then I should
definitely stay home.  Anyway, it seems to me that if you get that pissed
off about a little crowd noise, you shouldn't be there anyway.  or make
everyone else stay home and then the classical music industry will really
go to hell!

Someone make the case for me that with this attitude, there's "value added"
- obnoxious bureaucrat term - in going to a concert vs.  just buying the
CD, or listening to a live concert being broadcast over the radio.

sincerely,

(philistine) Mary