A free-for-all thread

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Matty_the_Emo_Slayer » Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:07 pm

i just use toilet paper tbh whenever i think its too loud
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby corrupt_toolbox » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:43 pm

Freyja wrote:I know this topic has cropped up a few times before, but I never really took note before. I've got an awful lot of all day gigs coming up in the next couple of months, and I'm thinking I need better ear protection than the usual foam earplugs I use. What effective but affordable (ie around the £10 mark) earplugs would people recommend?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&tag=f ... lla-search
These are very popular, and I'd recommend them. In a thread on another forum, almost everyone who used earplugs had these ones. I've never used any others though, so other people may have better suggestions.

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby GetToTheChoppar » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:45 pm

ER-20s are pretty good. Lost mine at Bloodstock so will have to get some more soon. >_>
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Freyja » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:48 pm

Ah nice one, I remember being recommended those by someone at uni too, but had forgotten the name of them. Cheers for the link :D
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Slayer-ov-orcs » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:58 pm

I use ER-20's and they are pretty good.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Twaddlefish » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:59 pm

ER-20s. Musician ear plugs that actually do more than just lower the volume.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Freyja » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:05 pm

Just bought some ER 20s. Cheers guys :)
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Slayer-ov-orcs » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:13 pm

Twaddlefish wrote:ER-20s. Musician ear plugs that actually do more than just lower the volume.

Yeah, they cut out lots of frequencys I believe?
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby keera_envenomed » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:20 pm

Considering investing in a pair of these to get me through the weekly fire alarm testing at work.......
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby fluffymoo » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:00 pm

I feel like having a drunken chat to random people, but none of my friends are on Skype or WoW :@
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Noodle » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:36 pm

Matty_the_Emo_Slayer wrote:i just use toilet paper tbh whenever i think its too loud

Which actually does very little.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby RedTeamWins » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:57 am

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby corrupt_toolbox » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:12 am

I entered my new address on eBay last night while I was very drunk, rather foolish I know, and put the wrong county, but everything else was correct. It should be fine, shouldn't it?

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Matty_the_Emo_Slayer » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:17 am

corrupt_toolbox wrote:I entered my new address on eBay last night while I was very drunk, rather foolish I know, and put the wrong county, but everything else was correct. It should be fine, shouldn't it?



you could you know, just go on ebay and change it?


A friend of mine did something similar last night. She booked a train ticket to Dublin on saturday and entered her student house postcode with her parent's address in Newcastle, so it's tossup which the voucher to redeem the ticket at the station will get posted to. Silly girl.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Jobdone » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:21 am

If you've got the right postcode, and first line, it'll generally get there alright.
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