Too boring for a signature Item? Need your opinions.

[+HearingTurtle]

I am an audiologist & do presentations about noise exposure & protecting your hearing etc.

 

I was thinking of having my signature item a pair of foam earplugs with a little information on hearing loss & protecting your hearing.

 

My question for you is if you saw this item in a geocache would it interest you?

 

[This message was edited by HearingTurtle on August 08, 2003 at 08:11 AM.]

[+Criminal]

As a former Jet Engine Mech, Flight Engineer, and shooter, I think it's a great idea.

 

http://fp1.centurytel.net/Criminal_Page/

[+Breaktrack]

As a former Tank driver, loader, gunner and tank commander, (and shooter also) I agree with Criminal, it's a great idea...lol.

 

Of course, I already have a bunch of these silly things around the house (waaaaaay too many trips in C-130s) so I'd probably take something else.

 

"Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life.

[+Og's outfit]

ZZzzzzzz........

Huh? What? Oh, Sure I'd take it!

 

Sounds like a great sig. item. (no pun intended) As a former aircraft welder, who's worked in many a noisy shop, I've come to appreciate the value of a good pair of ear plugs. I use them now when I mow and weed-eat.

 

OG

 

Prophetically Challenged (or is that Pathetically?)

[+DapperDanMan]

As a former Hitman, I think this is a great idea.

[+The Gowen Family]

I would take them, we use them when we are out working in the yard and sometimes when we have headaces and don't want to much noise bothering us. We were tempted to use a pair last night to drown out the kids, they were unusually loud last night. Must of been because of the storm that blew thru.

[mckee]

I have a whole pocketful of used ones that I've been wondering what to do with. Great idea!

 

[mckee]

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Originally posted by The Gowen Family:

I would take them, we use them when we are out working in the yard and sometimes when we have headaces and don't want to much noise bothering us. We were tempted to use a pair last night to drown out the kids, they were unusually loud last night. Must of been because of the storm that blew thru.

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Water works better if your goal is to drown someone. They merely choke on earplugs, so the results aren't as dramatic.

 

[+O'Clan]

What? Did somebody say somethin'

[+HearingTurtle]

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Originally posted by O'Clan:

What? Did somebody say somethin'

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I fall for that every time. D'OH!

[+Renegade Knight]

As a former fighter pilot wannabe and current plinker and current idiot who never has earplugs near heavey construction I collect the things in hopes that someday I'll have a pair in every glovebox and fanny pack in hopes that finally when I need a pair they will be there.

[+WildcatRegi]

I'd take it - my wife's been made at me lately

 

"The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

[+Team GPSaxophone]

While it is a very useful item for many people and I would probably take a pair myself, I have to wonder about what it is you are advertising. This could be viewed as a commercial item by some people and that would be a no-no for geocaching. If you put a generic statement on it like, "Help prevent hearing loss" then you aren't advertising. It's when you put your firm's name and phone number on it that it becomes commercial. How is this different from a McDonald's toy? The line is blurred here. There have been many discussions about commercial items and I have no simple answer.

When I leave a McDonald's toy in a cache, I'm telling someone that they don't have to go there to get one. When you place earplugs in a cache, you are saying, "Pay me a visit so I can check your ears."

Every trade item comes from somewhere, most I've seen are stamped with a business name and/or logo. I don't have a problem with what you are trying to do with the earplugs. Just don't make your advert too blatant, I guess.

 

Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness

[GrandpaCannon]

What makes a signature item interesting to me is that it is identified with the cacher that left it. I agree, if this is an ad I will get irritated. But if you leave a pair of earplugs with your cacher name and a little blurb on hearing loss I think that is a great signature item. My rule of thumb for commerical items is if it contains your address and/or phone number you are pushing the line. Just my two cents.

[+The Leprechauns]

As a lawyer, I think it's a great idea.

 

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Next time, instead of getting married, I think I'll just find a woman I don't like and buy her a house.

[+HearingTurtle]

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Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone:

When you place earplugs in a cache, you are saying, "Pay me a visit so I can check your ears."

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This may be true for some. I work for a non-profit children's center. We only service low-income families. Only bill medicaid or write it off. So, in my situation this isn't the case.

 

If you're curious this is what I made up:HearingTurtle's signature Item & I attached a pair of earplugs.

[enfanta]

As an apartment dweller, I think this is a great idea.

 

Ode to a Pigeon: Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, You Lookin' at Me? YOU LOOKIN' AT ME?! (b. katt, 7/14/03)

[+Team GPSaxophone]

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Originally posted by HearingTurtle:

quote:

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Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone:

When you place earplugs in a cache, you are saying, "Pay me a visit so I can check your ears."

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This may be true for some. I work for a non-profit children's center. We only service low-income families. Only bill medicaid or write it off. So, in my situation this isn't the case.

 

If you're curious this is what I made up:http://hometown.aol.com/hearingturtle/page1.html & I attached a pair of earplugs.

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Excellent work! I'd have no problems with that in a cache.

 

Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness

[+AmericanSpirit]

As a telephone tech support guy there are times i would love a good pair of earplugs

 

There are 10 types of people in the world..those that understand binary and those that don't

[Mr. Big]

I can't heeeaaaare you! As a former punk rocker with recurring bouts of tinitis as a result, I love the idea. Frankly, as the current Dad of a 16-yr-old daughter, I could use a pair, come to think of it.

[+Renegade Knight]

I can think of a lot of things that could have adds on them. A pre-ban lower reciever for an AR-15 laser engraved with any business name would be very nice.

[+O'Clan]

Put something in there that you would want to find; that's the important part.

[+bigredmed]

I agree with the earlier comment that what makes a sig item cool is that it is attached somehow to the person that left it. We have a cacher in the area that makes a button as his sig item. Its simple, but its also unique. The button itself isnt valuable, but that he made it, makes it cool to find one. Sounds like a great idea, and as it seems this sport has a number of hearing impaired (or soon to be so) participants, probably a timely one as well.

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nebraskache/

[+Cat'N'Geo]

I think it'd be great, and any tips on tinnitus too would be nifty.

 

The noise NEVER stops...

 

They say this universe is bound to blow,

I say we crank up the Calypso Control!

~Jimmy Buffett

 

~Someday I Will~

[fat_cat]

Since you're designing the card (which looks nice) I think it would be amusing if you added how caching affects it -- put a line in for "geocaching in quiet woods", then maybe one at a higher level around busy street for "urban micros". And, in my case, a little higher level for "wife [me] complaining about the cost of a new GPS..."

[Swagger]

I'd take them to the range and use them. Great sig item.

 

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Pehmva!

 

Random quote:

[+HearingTurtle]

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Originally posted by fat_cat:

Since you're designing the card (which looks nice) I think it would be amusing if you added how caching affects it -- put a line in for "geocaching in quiet woods", then maybe one at a higher level around busy street for "urban micros". And, in my case, a little higher level for "wife [me] complaining about the cost of a new GPS..."

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Great idea. Thanks!

[+Hiemdahl]

They would be very useful doing urban caches. All of that distracting traffic noise while crossing the street looking down at the GPSr.

[mckee]

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Originally posted by Renegade Knight:

I can think of a lot of things that could have adds on them. A pre-ban lower reciever for an AR-15 laser engraved with any business name would be very nice.

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I'd grab it, even without the laser engraving.

 

[+joefrog]

I think it's a fine idea. Affordable, too. costs a lot less than my hearing aid batteries, I'll wager! (wish I was kidding)

 

Joel (joefrog)

 

"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for ye are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!"

[+trippy1976]

I don't think it matters. If it's your sig item, people will collect it

 

Sounds like a good one for you too. Something that is really a representation of you is always the coolest IMHO.

 

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trippy1976 - Team KKF2A

Saving geocaches - one golf ball at a time.

[+BlueDeuce]

In packing or a container? Yes.

A plug lying in the grime at the bottom? No.

[+Web-ling]

I'd probably take it if it is marked with your signature. If it's not identified as a signature item, I'd probably ignore it.

 

[+Squrl]

I fail my hearing teat everytime I take it, but if it was the last thing in there I would take it.

[+sept1c_tank]

I would take it only if I was on the way to a NASCAR race.

 

==============="If it feels good...do it"================

 

**(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")**

 

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[+GPS_Brian]

Would look at it, wouldn't take. I don't take anything from a cache that is intended for any orifice.

 

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