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Subject: Hearing Protection
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 05:25:10 -0500
Seems I have a Habit of sharing my stupidity with your folks...

Cranked the race car up to set the timing back before we went to Maxton on
the 5th.... and after I put some heat in it I was raising the idle to set
the timing... obviously without ear plugs or protection.... in any case I
got my right ear.

Been bothering me for the last two weeks and I have an appointment on
Thrusday to see exactly what damage I did.... but I already know it ain't
good.

20 years of Flying helicopters and playing with Hot Rods... well my hearing
wasn't the greatest to start with.... and I knew better ... So the moral to
the story is to wear some hearing protection whenever you start these
things.... even if it's just for a Min.... much better then feeling
stupid.....

I think I am going to buy a case of those soft ear plugs and keep them with
me in the pits... that way I can actually help some others prevent what I
just did.

Keith.... huh?


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