By tarazkp on Skatehive
I forgot my ear buds. I normally carry a spare wired set in my laptop bag, but apparently I removed them when cleaning it out and forgot to put them in. That means that a couple hours on the train each way, plus the time waiting for the train at the other end, is going to be spent in relative silence. Because rather than listening to music, a podcast or a movie or something, what I did have in my bag is earplugs - actually, two sets of earplugs. Many years ago I bought some Aluminium plugs from FlareAudio and I still use them occasionally when travelling, or when needing a bit of peace and quite. These days, the noise-cancelling earbuds are generally good enough though, so I use these more when I need to sleep in a place there is a bit more noise. What was interesting to me, was that I realised that I didn't have my earbuds just before I got on the bus, kicking myself because I predicted I would do exactly that last night, forgetting them and only realising too late. I had already got