Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!reed!kehoe From: kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (noise) Message-ID: <1938@reed.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 20:55:17 EDT Article-I.D.: reed.1938 Posted: Sat Sep 28 20:55:17 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 05:45:26 EDT References: <526@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 30 Foam earplugs! How can anyone live without them? Buy them 6 for a dollar at any safety store (such as Sanderson Safety Supply here in Portland). They're comfortable and real quiet (rated at 29 dB). I wore them everyday when I was working on a marketing contract with the local bus company and was riding buses 10, 12, 14 hours a day. Buses are much louder than my motorcycle. I tried "headphone" ear protectors (like they wear on jet runways); they're quiet, but not as comfortable. Anyway, I bought my Bell Star LTD helmet in part because it is much quieter than any other helmet I've worn. After 200 miles, I've had a *slight* roar in my ears, but only slight. That's without wearing earplugs -- I once tried wearing earplugs with the Star LTD and found I couldn't hear anything -- total silence. I felt very strange driving in traffic. It was like watching a movie with the sound off. It may not be so strange for long- distance freeway driving. Now for the important question: what kind of ear protection should I get for my sleeping housemates when I start my CB450 in the driveway at 7:00 in the morning? Please, don't suggest a new motorcycle. -- "Why my thoughts are my own, when they are in, but when they are out they are another's." -- Susanna Martin, executed for witchcraft. Dave Kehoe tektronix!reed!kehoe (503) 230-9454 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com