Those squishy orange ear plugs have more than one use.

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    Sitting at the dinner table my girlfriend has friends over, they have had a bit of wine and as consumption increases so does the volume of their voices. Ive slid out of the area and inserted those little ear plugs and have a carhart wool hat on over my ears. The screeches of 20 something women drinking wine is now bearable. I want to tell them because i think its hilarious. But i think ill keep this idea for myself on these occasions. Bars? Ear plugs. Ladies night? Ear plugs. Dinner with potential mother in law? Ear plugs.
     

    oldpink

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    I used to work in a plant that required the orange ear plugs, and we also used air hoses hooked to air guns with a steel tube that just so happened to have the perfect inside diameter for the plugs when rolled up tightly to fit.
    Whenever the tow-motor driver would go by, he never knew which guy would launch an earplug at extreme muzzle velocity at his neck. :whistle:
     

    Bigtanker

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    I used them for sleeping when I was trucking.

    I was the opposite. Before I started driving a truck, I needed it very quiet. But after 2 weeks pulling a refer while training, I got over that very quickly. Now, it really doesn't matter. I can sleep in quiet or with noise.
     

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    I used to work in a plant that required the orange ear plugs, and we also used air hoses hooked to air guns with a steel tube that just so happened to have the perfect inside diameter for the plugs when rolled up tightly to fit.
    Whenever the tow-motor driver would go by, he never knew which guy would launch an earplug at extreme muzzle velocity at his neck. :whistle:
    Electrical butt splice connectors will penetrate drywall with the airhose rig.
     

    EyeCarry

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    I used to work in a plant that required the orange ear plugs, and we also used air hoses hooked to air guns with a steel tube that just so happened to have the perfect inside diameter for the plugs when rolled up tightly to fit.
    Whenever the tow-motor driver would go by, he never knew which guy would launch an earplug at extreme muzzle velocity at his neck. :whistle:
    Almost the same experience here. We would insert a sharpened, small diameter wire through the yellow foam ear plugs and fire them at a target on plywood. Amazing how far the little buggers will go and still stick.
     

    HubertGummer

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    As funny as I found your story, oldpink, there are more important matters at hand. What happened with the drunk group of 20 something females?


    And how did this thread turn into a discussion of sleeping?:dunno:
     

    Rookie

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    We've done the same thing with air guns. I was on the receiving end of beeswax shot out of an air gun - that hurt! My wrist was black and blue for a week.
     

    thunderchicken

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    Ahh yes shot lots of things from an air hose...butt connectors(as previously stated will penetrate drywall), pop rivets, ear plug darts, pencil erasers with tumb tack tips, and took a 3/4id hose @10ft long filled with brake clean sprayed over a butane torch to shoot fireballs that would stop traffic, and used air tool nipples in the cap of antifreeze jugs to create small explosions. Good times
     

    thunderchicken

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    Oh and we shot off a flare gun once, cops showed up for report of someone sky diving. Shot spud guns across the parking lot. Oh and someone once aquired a flash bang...some jobs were lost over that though
     

    oldpink

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    I hope when you grow up you'll realize just how freakin' stupid some of this **** is.
    I wanna party with you guys. Warped minds know how to have fun.

    Lee Harvey...you madman!
    Remember When you stole that cow...and your friends tried to make it with the cow?
    I want to party with you, cowboy.
    The two of us together, though...forget it.
     
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