flight the flight home from c-lazy-u ranch was okay. except for one small thing. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE REALLY FUCKING LOUD! like painfully loud. i put my fleece shirt over the speaker. the nice flight attendant told me to stop. i didn't. i stated it was painfully loud. and asked if they could turn it down to a less painful level. she stated the other passengers needed to be able to hear the announcements. apparently me ineffectually damping my speaker somehow reduced the other speakers to inaudible levels. i stared at her like she had just said something really stupid and i was trying hard to be polite. she told me there was a federal regulation that requires a certain volume. i looked it up. there's no such thing the federal aviation regulations. there is a generic one that says i must comply with the instructions of the flight crew. so yeah, she could have had me arrested when we landed for failing to comply. go for it. i'm pretty sure the legal definition of assault includes causing pain. course i didn't have any solid evidence that the noise level was above 125db. and potentially causing permanent damage to my hearing. when i got home i downloaded a decibel app for my iphone so i can actually measure how fucking loud the announcements are. but for the rest of the flight i didn't cover the speaker with my shirt. i leaned into the aisle and stared at the flight attendants. i didn't have any trouble hearing the announcements with my fingers stuck firmly in my ears.  ¶ 8:00 AM