[Idyllchat] earplugs

[TSchlingel at aol.com]

You might be looking for the foam earplugs that sell in Walgreens and other  
pharmacies.  I've used them for 10+ years.  They come in little boxes  
containing about 10+.  You roll them into a small cylinder and insert into  the ear.  
I buy the ones with the greatest decibel rating.  They don't  cost very much, 
about $3-4 and are certainly much cheaper than the Bose,  Sony,.etc.  
Furthermore, they fit in your pocket and don't react to X-ray.  Be ready though to 
explain their use to any "newbie" TSA personnel who may look  at them with 
suspicion.  They are also reusable, can be washed in a small  laundry bag, air 
dried and used again and again. My current supply is  several years old.  I also 
use them at night to muffle dog snores, spouse  snores (no real reason for the 
order there except I no longer have the spouse  snores since I no longer have 
the spouses or is that "spice" since I don't know  the plural of spouse), late 
night neighbor parties, early Rhine River traffic,  trams running outside 
your window if you didn't get the garden side in the  Pension, night train noises 
if you are trying to get maximum usage from a day  with your Eurail pass, 
etc.  They will enable you to hear the sound of the  telephone albeit muffled and 
a really loud alarm clock.  On the plane, they  muffle a good amount of 
sound, yet will allow you to put on the plane  headphones and listen to the 
in-flight entertainment(???) if you  increase the volume.  If the entertainment is 
bad, use the headphones  without sound and you decrease further the sound of the 
blah, blah going on  around you.  However, you will have to keep your eyes 
open for the drink  and food cart or you may not hear the flight attendant 
asking what your  choices might be. You will also find them in a variety of colors. 
 I  get bright red.  It is a very clear indication to your seatmates that you 
 have no real reason to hear their opinions, life stories, etc. It also keeps 
 them from using the rest room excessively since they are certain you won't 
hear  if they ask if they can get buy. Stay alert though, if they get really  
fidgety, you will eventually have to move.  If your seatmate is your  spouse, 
this is that one opportunity to honestly say you didn't hear them since  they 
accuse you of having selective hearing at any other time.
I think that is all I can tell you.
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