RE: "Earpeace" earplugs - 2

Zitat von paleolithictech im Beitrag #15

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The trick is getting them rolled up enough. I use my right hand to put one in the right ear, and reach over and pull the earlobe back with my left hand. Then you have to be right there with the plug still being rolled between two fingers and in it goes ..... Then I switch to the left hand for the left side and pull back the ear lobe with my right hand..... When you do this right they go right in ... Plus the added benefit of having small ear canals is you get even better protection, with a longer space being plugged compared to some one with large ear canals
We've had to teach this to people, in the construction trade as safety became more and more in your face if you will. At first they would let you order a pair ear muffs for your hard hat. But the decibel reduction is less and they started requiring the foam plugs and many of us would use both including me. If you fought it your employability would start to be questioned. There were a few hold outs that got doctors notes and had custom ones made. It's a real hassle to use the same ones over and over though. there is often no where to clean anything on a jobsite. But after a while there really was no one that didn't use the universal fit foam plug. You had to if you wanted to work.

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Well it's good thing you weren't in construction .... But in retirement your free to be as fussy as you want. I guess some custom plugs would be in order for you. Myself, I just wanted to protect my hearing, not necessarily to conform, if you pardon the pun. I was also very adamant about wearing dust masks, when most everyone still didn't. And hard hats as well, I do tend to hit my head a lot so I always wore my hardhat.
One time I was on a smaller job wearing my hard hat, the only one on the job .... this was before safety became weaponized if you will. One morning I was down in the basement and the tinners were rigging a heavy object to drop thru a hole cut in the floor, into the basement. I happened to walk under the hole right when they dropped a chain that they were using. It hit me in the head and shoulder, but didn't do to much harm. My shoulder was sore for a while. But everyone on the job was astonished that it hit the only one who was wearing a hard hat. Everyone wore a hard hat after that, for about a day .... lol. But they did stop trying to get me to not wear one like everyone else ..... just a funny story ....

No, I had a desk job. My brother-in-law is in construction and did a lot of work around asbestos, in the days before protection. He has about 2 years left before...I think you get the picture.

Well, considering that there are probably others watching this as well ...... When I'm pulling on the earlobe, with my opposite hand, I'm puling to the back, and out a little and down, not up. and even make a circular motion as it drops in. I also rest the base of my thumb against me head and just rotate my hand using the leverage to get good steady pressure on the lobe. This straightens out my very small S shaped ear canal and I do have to be carefull not to put it in too far, when you have it lined up right, truly ....

When I was out at DIA they were of course coating all the steel columns and beams with monocoat. At that time they were putting silica dust in the mono coat, which was very bad to breath. I was very well known for always having a dust mask on. The GC would often apply this stuff and of course it would end up all over the floor. And they simply refused to clean it up. Then they would drive fork lifts thru it back and forth, and it would turn to talc like dust. Needless to say many folks developed lung problems and the manufacturer had to stop putting in silica dust too. I've been around the newer stuff and you don't want to breath that either imo .... I seem to be ok, knock on wood, but many there, were part of a big lawsuit over the monocoat and still have lung problems to this day or are in fact deceased ... And in addition to that back in the day, to save costs, many buildings don't have a return air duct system, just supply ducting. Then the ceiling above the drop in ceiling was used to return air. The problem is that they spayed monocoat all over the ceilings in those building too. So many office workers are exposed to this hazard as well. Personally I couldn't believe they were doing this when I seen it myself. A good N-95 respirator will save you, and they are completely washable but somewhat spendy.

Well, I envy you. I once got a pair of foam earplugs in my ears, probably by accident. So I went for a ride. The seal started to fail, so I parked and took off my helmet and fiddled for 15 minutes trying to replicate the earlier "success". I gave up, because I simply could not get the plugs in. I figured this was no way to enjoy a ride, so I pulled out the custom plugs and put them in. I've heard you can get your ear canals widened, but that procedure sounds like overkill...and painful.

Speaking of dust...we've had a couple of neighbors put in decorative stone walls at the homes. The guys building them are sawing stone and raising clouds of stone dust, all without a single mask. Unbelievable...

Speaking of dust...we've had a couple of neighbors put in decorative stone walls at the homes. The guys building them are sawing stone and raising clouds of stone dust, all without a single mask. Unbelievable...

as stupid is as stupid does ......

Zitat von paleolithictech im Beitrag #21

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Speaking of dust...we've had a couple of neighbors put in decorative stone walls at the homes. The guys building them are sawing stone and raising clouds of stone dust, all without a single mask. Unbelievable...

as stupid is as stupid does ......

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Came across this on Amazon looking for disposable plugs for an upcoming trip. Intended for children.

https://www.amazon.com/MiniPlugs-Skin-Sa...256&sr=8-4&th=1

Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #23

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Came across this on Amazon looking for disposable plugs for an upcoming trip. Intended for children.

https://www.amazon.com/MiniPlugs-Skin-Sa...256&sr=8-4&th=1

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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #24

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My expectations regarding these are "zero", but for $14 I'll try them. After all, if we spend around $20K for a motorcycle, balking at $14 is counter-intuitive.

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Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #23

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Came across this on Amazon looking for disposable plugs for an upcoming trip. Intended for children.

https://www.amazon.com/MiniPlugs-Skin-Sa...256&sr=8-4&th=1

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