+Team Tayjam Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 I'm just wondering if others give their gps's a "name." I just got a new gps today. Of course I haven't had a chance to play with it yet. I can't really name it until I use it for awhile and get to know its "personality." I'm just wondering if any of you all have named your gps's and if so, what are their names and why did you choose that name? Quote
+Sonoran Privateers Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 NO, I don't name my unit...I leave that to the ladies. Quote
+fishingfools Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 My GPS's name is Charlene! There are many like it but this one is mine! With me, my GPS is useless, without my GPS, I am useless! /Full metal GPS Quote
+PlasteredDragon Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 Er. No. Unless you count "freakin' thing" as a name. On the other hand I did name my automobile (and write love poetry about it) so perhaps I've got no call thinking someone naming their GPS unit is weird. Quote
+bigdog999 Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 nope, although I have called it a few names when I've lost signal in the middle of the woods. Quote
+cache_test_dummies Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 No, but you gave me a great idea - I can sell off the naming rights to my GPSr! I'll use the proceeds to pay for gas and ammo cans. Quote
+Team Perks Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 Mine is usually "No-good friggin' piece of @$#&"... Quote
+reveritt Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 Well, my handheld GPSr does not have a name (other than Magellan), but the dash-mounted GPS in my Jeep, which has a seductive female voice, is named "Dearie." Dearie talks to me when I am driving. "Exit left in one-quarter mile", she says in her lilting, velvety way. "Exit left--then immediate left turn", she croons, but with a slight hesitation, as though she were having second thoughts. "Drive 3.7 miles", she says, with complete self-assurance, but just a hint of regret. "Follow the signs for 138 west", she reminds me unnecessarily, with a touch of condescension. Then I hit the road construction, and a detour. "Off route", she says, petulantly. "Make an immediate U-turn, if possible", she orders, with obvious irritation. "Why don't we ever go where I want to go", she asks rhetorically and with a suggestion of adolescent angst, "it's always about you!" NAV-->ROUTE-->CANCEL. I have been here before, and know the way home. Quote
+Yamahammer Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 My balony has a first name, It's O-S-C-A-R. My Baloney has a second name, It's M-E-Y-E-R. Blah blah blah, something something, etc etc. But no, my GPS'r does not have a first nor second name. Quote
+AuntieWeasel Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 "Crybaby." When it says "lost satellite signal" and then I say, "oh, no you didn't, you crybaby!" This happens several times per mile in Summer. Quote
+Harry Dolphin Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Guppus. How else would you pronounce GPS? Quote
+glowstick Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 If I ever call my GPS anything its probally not good. Quote
+tabulator32 Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 (edited) I named mine after my boss. It is always trying to tell me whereI can go and it is constantly changing its position on things. Edited June 22, 2005 by tabulator32 Quote
+Joypa Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Unit sounds good. Yeah, I'll call my GPSr "unit". Quote
+tanisdad Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Mine has two names one for when the kids are with me and one for when they are not. Quote
+Ambrosia Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Ours talks to us while we drive. It's always telling us where we are supposed to go and at what time, so we call it Moneypenny. My husband's PDA reminded us of a butler, so we named it Nestor, after the butler in Tintin. Quote
+The Saints Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 (edited) Yes, our 276cs talks to us too much while driving so we call her Gabby. Our 60cs is named Marcell because it is quiet, and our palm T5 is called Rosie, just because. Edited June 22, 2005 by The Saints Quote
+Prying Pandora Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 I call the Etrex "Little yellow", but my 60CS is "My Prrrrrecious" Quote
WH Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 If I find the cache, I call it sweetie. If I dont, I call it little f****r. Quote
+Tzoid Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 If I find the cache, I call it sweetie. If I dont, I call it little f****r. Don't you find 'fstarstarstarstarr' a little hard to pronounce? Quote
+Robespierre Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Call it Junior...........er, No, I mean..... just Vista. Quote
+Birdsong-n-Bud Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Guppus. How else would you pronounce GPS? ROFL! We call ours "Gypsy ." That's the closest we could pronounce GPS. Though, when Gypsy loses her signal, she becomes "why you little s***". Quote
+Bjorn74 Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 R2, my 60CS, makes little chirps at me all the time. He's even worse now that I've got City Select loaded. Chirp, Chirp -> Turn around you idiot! Duh duh Duuuuh! -> You're close enough that you'll never find it! BRRRRRRrrrrrrrr....... -> You remembered to charge the spares, right? Quote
+MAG315 Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 I have a Magellan Meridian Yellow I just call "Ol Yeller"............. Quote
+mcdefjef Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Guppus. How else would you pronounce GPS? Me too. Sometimes I refer to it as guppy. Quote
+Team Tayjam Posted June 22, 2005 Author Posted June 22, 2005 I'm still working on a name for this new one. I got it yesterday and went out and found 2 benchmarks and 2 new caches just to try it out. I stared geocaching with an antique Magellan 4000xl that I bought used on Ebay. That one was named The Find-o-Matic 4000. I'm just going to have to use this one a while longer before a name comes to me. Right now the only thing I can think of is "Lucille" as an homage to B.B. King's guitar. I'm enjoying reading your names and stories. Keep 'em coming! Quote
+Pioneer 'n' Tiff Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Tiff has been a bit off color lately, so in the afternoon I have started readying after she gets home. Couple of days ago she got home early and I started preparing my backpack. Her: Heading out again with "The Other Woman" are we? Me: After spending THAT much money of her, of course. Quote
+Ice_man Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Hmm, Oscillation Overthruster & Flux Capacitor are taken. I can't think of one. Quote
+Hoppingcrow Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Very uninspired, but I call my eTrex Summit unit "Summit." Seemed a little more dignified than plain ol' "GPS." Quote
ATMouse Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 I don't call it anything, but if it dies unexpectedly someday it will be from an electronic version of "shaken baby syndrome". My husband calls it my "walkie talkie" and no, there is no voice function on it. I dunno, maybe he thinks it whispers sweet nothings in my ear. Quote
+FatherPippy Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 I named mine after my boss. It is always trying to tell me whereI can go and it is constantly changing its position on things. Ouch. If I didn't know better, I'd say that we work for the same guy... Quote
Swordmaster7022 Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 Yeah I call mine You should have asked for directions Quote
+denali7 Posted June 24, 2005 Posted June 24, 2005 (edited) i always refer to him as garmin, but my daughter calls him gayman. p.s. thanks, tzoid, i just spit diet pepsi all over the keyboard!! Edited June 24, 2005 by denali7 Quote
+VegasCacheHounds Posted June 24, 2005 Posted June 24, 2005 Ziggy, after the computer from Quantum Leap (the TV show, not the cache ), because the screen started fading in and out or becoming scrambled, and a smack to the side of the unit would typically fix it. I recently got around to opening it up and fixing the problem, but the name stays. Quote
+beopots Posted June 24, 2005 Posted June 24, 2005 MegaMan (or Rockman before translation.) Cuz he's little and blue and he can shoot from his arm. Quote
+geognerd Posted June 24, 2005 Posted June 24, 2005 I use this name for pretty much every piece of electronics I come in contact with. Those who know Frank Barone are familiar with it: Stupid stinking hump. Quote
+planetrobert Posted June 24, 2005 Posted June 24, 2005 id post what i call my gps but the mods might censor me actually, i just call my gps "My GPS" and that implies whatever gps i am currently using. Quote
+Jhwk Posted June 24, 2005 Posted June 24, 2005 My wife kept calling it my geocaching machine, and that has kind of stuck. Quote
CacheMonkeez Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 This is the most ridiculous topic I've ever seen. Quote
+eaglespirit0 Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 I called it "Sir Walter" a week or two ago and the name has stuck. Don't know why; don't wanna know why. Quote
+TeamShamrock Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 Being "TeamShamrock", the wife and I dubbed our 60CS "the Leprechaun". After all, following the little guy is how we get to "the pot o' gold". Yeah, corny - we know! Quote
+joefrog Posted June 25, 2005 Posted June 25, 2005 MIne is occasionally "Simon." Because after all, "Simon says go that way..." and I do! Quote
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