Ah rede--- I was the proud owner of a so-called portable radio so heavy because of the enormous battery that it needed 2 strong hands to lift it!!! before staggering about 100 yards (this was well before metres). But it did not need to be plugged in and we could listen to it OUTDOORS provided we angled it towards the signal and we weren't too far away. I was so proud of it.

I have just bought an i-pod/MP3 thing and I made my daughter put the music on it. Although it took a while, I now hope to live long enough to hear all of it. Who has time to listen to so much stuff? There's hours and hours of it!! Possibly weeks.