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Originally Posted by humfrz
Oh, I never wore any ear protection, except when I was standing beside the M-60 tanks firing their main guns. I damn near learned that the hard way when I jumped when the 50 cal MG fired off and the tank commander suggested I take the empty .45 shell casing out of my ears and replace them with the ear plugs the Army issued me before he fired the main gun.
What's that ringing in my ears? - SPEAK UP if you wish to talk to me! - 
humfrz |
I actually got a story about hearing protection
So down in the engine rooms its standard fare to have those dumb orange and green foamies. So there's a box of them at every entrance and yada yada
anyways there are times legitimately you forget to take em out, especially on long days you get used to hearing things being muffled and you know talking to folks hand on shoulders speaking into ears
anyways one day I was running around doing somethin' I forget but I didnt take em out on my way out of the plant box. And while I was out I was wondering why I couldnt hear anyone speak. Well fast forward a few minutes and I headed back into the plant and went to grab a new set of foamies and as I tried to jamb one in my ear it met the first set I had in!
I had to take a moment to fully respect what happened. and made a mental note to check ears when I left again.
funny enough, we didnt have "double hearing protection" requirements but we had supplied ear muffs, you are supposed to use in conjunction with the foamies.
I think the skittles on the deck use em.