+Kealia Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 A few weeks ago I went caching with a group of people (mixed units of course) and heard one constantly referring to her Magellan as "Maggie". Any other nicknames out there that you use? Can't say that I have given my Magellan a nickname... Quote
+The Leprechauns Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 I don't have names for any of the three GPS receivers I own. What I *really* want a name for is that calm, monotone female voice from Garmin NRoute that speaks the turn-by-turn directions. "In five hundred feet, turn left." Whatever you say, dear. Anything beats "no! turn around you #*@!, you missed the park entrance! I meant your OTHER left!" Quote
+crystalndave Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 We call our the "jeeps" as in gps really fast.... Quote
+Kealia Posted July 25, 2006 Author Posted July 25, 2006 We call our the "jeeps" as in gps really fast.... Now that you mention it, I've also heard somebody refer to thier "gips". Quote
+Miragee Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 I call my Vista C a "Geepus." I've never quite figured out how you pronouce GPSr. Quote
+humanloofa Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 I can not list the names I have called mine due to the fact that this a family friendly site, and I wish to continue posting here. Quote
+Kealia Posted July 25, 2006 Author Posted July 25, 2006 I can not list the names I have called mine due to the fact that this a family friendly site, and I wish to continue posting here. Hehe......... Quote
+Foothills Drifter Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 (edited) Howdy...... P. O. S. ... Piece Of Scrap Vern... Edited July 25, 2006 by Foothills Drifter Quote
+StarBrand Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 A few weeks ago I went caching with a group of people (mixed units of course) and heard one constantly referring to her Magellan as "Maggie". Any other nicknames out there that you use? Can't say that I have given my Magellan a nickname... uh - no. Quote
+unicyclist Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 I can not list the names I have called mine due to the fact that this a family friendly site, and I wish to continue posting here. Let me guess, you have a Garmin?? I call mine MariGold, because its a Magellan Gold Quote
+humanloofa Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 I can not list the names I have called mine due to the fact that this a family friendly site, and I wish to continue posting here. Let me guess, you have a Garmin?? I call mine MariGold, because its a Magellan Gold Yes I do and I like it. My choice comments are reserved for the days when it can't make up it's mind where we are at, or when the batteries die on me. Not to get OT but if you know of a GPS that has never had problems bouncing let me know. ( I know Magellen have the same problem in heavy cloud cover and thick tree cover ) Quote
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 On our (dare I mention it?) world record run attempt in Texas we named our Garmin 60CSx with voice adapter 'Minerva' - for some reason the name just fit the voice. Quote
+Team Neos Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 My husband has gotten into the habit of asking me "What does Mr. Garmin say?" Quote
+ScoutingWV Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 After I bought my 76CSx, a fellow cacher heard me talking about all of the features. We started joking about the Swiss Army-like device and soon enough he had given it the designation XJKS 8000000 in one of his logs. The joking continued among several logs we've posted. This past weekend I was out with some other caching friends looking for a few local caches we hadn't yet discovered. When everyone else's eTrex lost signal (4 in all I believe), someone yelled out, "What's ScoutingWV's XJKS 8000000 say?" Looks like it stuck. Quote
+budd-rdc Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 eTrex: "Weak signal. Need clear view of sky" Lowrance: "Position Lost" Magellan: "No fix" If I called my units !@#$%^&* names in a deep forest and no one else heard, does that count? Quote
+sillygirl & jrr Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 We call our Etrex Legend "Lil' blue." Our new Map 60csx hasn't had a nickname that's stuck yet, but some times she's "Mappy" or "Miss P." Quote
+DaMoores Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 Our 2 palms are called Bill and Ted. The GPS is Bob. Quote
+horsegeeks Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 We haven't named any of our handhelds but our StreetPilot 2620's name was Esmeralda. Well....Esmeralda got ill and had to go to the Garmin Medical Center for treatment. She never came back to us but Zelda came in her place. Quote
+JegMag Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 Our Trex is Yellow -- not very original The GPS map is Cadillac Jack -- because he's got all the features. And our Street Pilot is Sweetie. We name everything! Quote
ParentsofSAM Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 We don't really have a name for the GPS. But our 2 yr old calls it Yellow GPS. It is a Explorist 200 and yellow. If we ask her to get it and we just call it GPS then she says...."You want Yellow GPS, yes?" Apparently it can not just be GPS. Quote
+lazylightning Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 I kinda like my Garmin Legend but I've never named it. I have called it some names before, but nothing I'd feel safe in mentioning. I also have a Magellan and a lot of us around these parts jokingly refer to them as YUGO's, after those junky cars. I'm sure some proud Magellan owners will take exception to that! Quote
+Team GetOffCouch Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 We have an eXplorist 210 that we call Gizmo. Just kind of stuck and now Gizmo has its own personality. We are trying to decide on a new name for the 60CSx we are drooling over. Wouldn't feel right to call it Gizmo 2. Quote
+DocDiTTo Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 (edited) I call my Vista C a "Geepus." I've never quite figured out how you pronouce GPSr. Ok, I'll say it... Gee - pee - ess - are. I gotta admit first time I heard you refer to your "geepus" I had to think about it a moment, but I've actually found myself using that term from time to time. I guess that's one more thing I brought home from Cali. And yes, I do refer to Magellans as Maggie's on occasion, it's just shorter. As for my Garmins, I just call them "Legend" and "Vista". Pretty original there, I know.... The cute female voice of TomTom I just call "Dear". Usually in response to its prompts... "Turn left in 800 yards" - yes dear. "Turn right ahead" - yes dear. " "Make a U-Turn" Yes dear. "Make a U-Turn" - I heard you dear. "Turn round when possible" Shut up - I'm going this way!! I'm sure the fact that I talk to an inanimate object probably has psychological implications that, if I understood them, I wouldn't want to be sharing, but too late now... Edited July 26, 2006 by DocDiTTo Quote
+Teach2Learn Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 (edited) I've heard Maggie and Ferd(inand) for a local cacher's Magellan GPSr. In the recent "RV" movie, the auto-routing GPS (a Magellan) is called Lola by Robin Williams. Silly, often stupid and predictable movie, but I admit that I still found myself laughing frequently. Edited July 26, 2006 by Teach2Learn Quote
+Kealia Posted July 26, 2006 Author Posted July 26, 2006 Wow, more than I thought. Funny stuff! Quote
+Squarepegs Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 My 6 year old son just refers to it as the geocacher. Quote
+Tzoid Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 My Nüvi 350 is called Nora after the name of the norwegian TTS voice. My 60C is called 'gråtass', which roughly translates to 'little grey one'. Quote
+Harry Dolphin Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 I call my Vista C a "Geepus." I've never quite figured out how you pronouce GPSr. We call it Goopus. Quote
+pghlooking Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 Due to the large screen on my eXplorist XL, a few people have nicknamed it the Jimbotron. It has kinda stuck. Quote
+geos of the jungle Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 A few weeks ago I went caching with a group of people (mixed units of course) and heard one constantly referring to her Magellan as "Maggie". Any other nicknames out there that you use? Can't say that I have given my Magellan a nickname... Our GPSmap 60CS is "Bilbo" and our new 60CSx is "Frodo". Maybe we should name our compass "Smeagol"? Quote
+the hermit crabs Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 We currently have three, and they are referred to as "yours", "mine", and "the new one". Quote
+sbell111 Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 (edited) I do not name my GPSrs. However, I loaned my Quest to my wife for a week while she was out of town on business. When she returned, she advised me that the Quest's new name was 'Ginger', 'Ginger GPS'. Oh well. Edited July 26, 2006 by sbell111 Quote
+Jhwk Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 My GPSr's came with a name, but every so often I will refer to them as "damned thing!" Quote
+marc_54140 Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 My two units used to navigate the roads are Sheila and Nora. Other cachers in the area have Sylvia and Marie and Mabel. You know, the ladies are always telling us what to do, and we are not listening! No name for the handhelds. At least, not mine. Quote
+LDove Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Ours is referred to as "the Gypsy" since it shows us how to wander and kinda sounds like GPS all smeared together. Our daughter got our old blue legend and it is called "old blue." My husband also gets annoyed at the constant beeps to turn or U-turn, when he goes "his own way" with the new one. He never was one to ask for directions... Quote
+Red_Devil35 Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 My Etrex Legend is occasionally called 'that d*#n blue piece of c#@p!' Quote
+JohnnyVegas Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 I have owned several GPSRs from Magellan and Garmin, all of them have gotten names while looking for caches. However, those are names that could get be banned from the forums Quote
+sarhound Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 My iPAQ with Mapopolis is affectionately known as "HAL 9000." He gets most upset when I continue to foolishly go on my merry way, forcing him to recalculate his routes... At least he hasn't yet said, "You don't want to go there, Dave...." Even though my name isn't Dave. Quote
+Tharagleb Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 (edited) Okay since nobody else seems to have said this yet... My unit is called "Little Tharagleb", I have no nickname for my GPSr. [Edit to speel Tharagleb korrecktly] Edited July 27, 2006 by Tharagleb Quote
+Totem Clan Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 What do I call my unit? Well that a little personal but I call mine ....... Oh wait We're talking about GPSr here. My bad. No I don't have a name for mine. Quote
Trinity's Crew Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Okay since nobody else seems to have said this yet... My unit is called "Little Tharagleb", I have no nickname for my GPSr. [Edit to speel Tharagleb korrecktly] Little Tharagleb? Sorry to hear that. Quote
+The SuzyQs Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Still working on naming that nRoute feature that I hook my 60c too, that is one sexy voice. But my parents have a Garmin iQue 3600 that they have deemed "Edna" beacuse they say the voice sounds like their friend Edna. Quote
+Silny Jako Bek Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 I call my Garmin 2610, that speaks to me in a unchangable female voice, "the Dashbroad". Quote
+Trizumi Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 I call my GPSr "Mister Wizard". You want to know why? Every time I get lost, I say "Mister Wizard, I don't like this place no more. Please take me home". And darned if he isn't successful every time. Quote
+Tharagleb Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Okay since nobody else seems to have said this yet... My unit is called "Little Tharagleb", I have no nickname for my GPSr. [Edit to speel Tharagleb korrecktly] Little Tharagleb? Sorry to hear that. Congrats, you took the bait. Quote
+Red_Devil35 Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Okay since nobody else seems to have said this yet... My unit is called "Little Tharagleb", I have no nickname for my GPSr. [Edit to speel Tharagleb korrecktly] Little Tharagleb? Sorry to hear that. Congrats, you took the bait. You use Little Tharagleb for bait? Shame on you! Also, sorry it is so small... Quote
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