+creagerstonefamily Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Hey guys 'n' gals, I think we should have an official Geocaching honk. There's a cache on the way to my wife's school that's right off of the road. We always scan to see if someone is wandering around staring at a GPS screen, so I just posted a note to the weblog for future searchers will know that it's me saying "Hi" if they hear: "honk-honk-hooooooooonk" or more accurately "beep-beep-honk" It's a soundalike for "gee-o-caaaaache" and not very obtrusive. (Actually, it's the soundalike that CodeQuick 2000 uses to teach the Morse code sound of the letter "U": "kiss a ewwwwe".) Since soundalikes work so incredibly well, I figure this will work for the non-HAM community, too. Why is it "official"? Because no one's thought of it before now. :-) So there you go. (Oh, and for those who think that geocaches are just litter, I'm sure you'll be happy to point out that we're now adding to NOISE pollution, too.) Quote Link to comment
Freelens Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Criminal: Back when I was swinging wrenches on the flight-line, yadda yadda ..trying to attract my attention. The teen here had some friends drop by, and instead of walking up and knocking on our door, they sat in the driveway and honked the horn. I says, "What the beep beep beep beep retarded or something!" Basically, I hate horn blowing for anything other than a traffic alerting method. Sorry... What makes you think that answering someones post with a string of faked epithets is appropriate? They posted as a family so I would assume they have kids who may be reading this. I guess your member name says it all as to your intelligence level. I can't believe you think you're being funny. Quote Link to comment
dboggny Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Freelens: quote:Originally posted by Criminal: Back when I was swinging wrenches on the flight-line, yadda yadda ..trying to attract my attention. The teen here had some friends drop by, and instead of walking up and knocking on our door, they sat in the driveway and honked the horn. I says, "What the beep beep beep beep retarded or something!" Basically, I hate horn blowing for anything other than a traffic alerting method. Sorry... What makes you think that answering someones post with a string of faked epithets is appropriate? They posted as a family so I would assume they have kids who may be reading this. I guess your member name says it all as to your intelligence level. I can't believe you think you're being funny. LETS GET IT ON! SR and dboggny. Quote Link to comment
+Jacksons Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 if you get a geocaching license plate holder you wont have to make rude noises by blowing you horn. when someone blows their horn I think Ive done something wrong,and I dont like that I'm a man and I can change if I have to,I guess. Quote Link to comment
+Freelens&Mosie Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 I don't like horns either. Maybe it's a geography thing. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Quote Link to comment
+creagerstonefamily Posted December 29, 2002 Author Share Posted December 29, 2002 Fine, Criminal. Feel free to ignore all vehicle horns since you're so crotchety and they're just a symbol of oppression. One of them might be to tell you to get the hell out of the way someday to save your life. The point of this, which I thought was pretty clearly stated, was to say "Hi" to someone who is actively caching and not driving another vehicle. I guess I could always chuck the license plate frame out the window at them. If it were me wandering around out there and someone driving by honked like that, I'd take a second to wave back to them and probably yell "howdy" if their window was down...but then again, that's just the way I was raised. If someone can't tell the difference between a friendly beep and a road rage inspired horn blasting, you have some serious problems. Wow, this has to be one of the shortest times to complete irrelevance for any forum post. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Don't mean to sound crotchety....to you anyway. I was merely expressing my opinion on horn honking. It means different things to different people. In some places it can even erupt into gunfire. Some people think it's rude to be honked at. You may not be one of them and that's good. It isn't universal though. The topic is a good one and more will chime in with their opinions too. It’s been kind of dead on the forums lately. Quote Link to comment
gm100guy Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Why don't you carry a frs radio and call them on channel 2 and see if they answer? Nothing more bugs me when I hear all those pages on my radio when it is on....... gm100guy http://members.rogers.com/gm100guy/cachepage.htm Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 I've got to take Criminal's side on this one. It might be normal in a small backwoods rural town to behave this way, but in the rest of the world, people have been killed for less. Besides, honking your horn in a non-emergency situation is just plain rude and most likely illegal too. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 If someone honked while I was caching I'd wonder what the heck they were honking at. Then If I saw them looking at me, I'd wonder what they thought I was doing wrong and I'd be thinking "So much for being inconspicouse" Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Maybe all geocachers should be required to carry a canned compressed air horn when leaving their vehicle, and instead of tipping their hats and exchanging pleasantries the way it has been done for years and years, they can just blast each others eardrums out. Quote Link to comment
+GeoSharks Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 quote:Originally posted by cachew nut:Besides, honking your horn in a non-emergency situation is just plain rude and most likely illegal too. I agree with this view 100%. Keep the honking for the emergency situations. Quote Link to comment
+Breaktrack Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Well, I have an understanding of both sides of this arguement. Although I sympathize with the original poster and the subject, unfortunately it is not a universal solution to the problem of being able to "greet" each other in the midst of our activities. I agree with having a universal greeting, but we should probably restrict it to something less intrusive that is interpreted byt different ways by different people in different places. In a rural small town setting a horn means something entirely different from downtown Houston, Texas, or even worse, in certain areas of Los Angeles, CA??? My universal greeting is pretty simple, I just wave with either the hand that has the GPS in it, or the hand that has the computer cache printout in it, works every time. LOL. "Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life. Quote Link to comment
+Sluggo Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 When I ran into logscaler while he was hunting "Tale of Two Sisters" I cupped my hands and yelled at him. He thought; "There's some fool yelling at me". Then I held up my GPSr and yelled at him, he thought; "There's some fool with a GPSr yelling at me". Then I turned around to show him the Groundspeak logo on my tee-shirt and yelled again, he thought; "There's some fool geocacher yelling at me". Red nodded her head in response. Unknown objects are operating under intelligent control... It is imperative that we learn where UFO's come from and what their purpose is... - -Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter Director, Central Intelligence Agency 1947-1950 Quote Link to comment
+oldfred Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Poor Cragerstone, He simply tried to post an Innocent suggestion being a friendly, open, family oriented cacher. quote:I think we should have an official Geocaching honk. BUT !!! The forum police caught him ! Here, let ME throw a stone too.How dare you post such a suggestion. FIE and POOEY on you. Cragerstone, If I come by you I WILL HONK. beep-beep-hoooooonk. and wave too ! OLDFRED Quote Link to comment
+Caching In Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 I think everybody here (with the exception of the obvious) is missing the point. I do not think that the actual "horn blowing" is currently the issue here. While I don't necessarily agree with "Family," I can definitely see the humor in their post. Although off-topic, it is the initial response from "Criminal" that got all this started. What you would do, or who could get killed, blah, blah from horn blowing is fine, but I think "Freelens" summed it up well. It is one thing to sit around yakking it up with your buddies regarding how your local football team is doing/not doing....quite another to reply to a specific thread knowing that it's originators while reading your response, are probably making it a family affair. Quote Link to comment
+sbukosky Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Being a ham, when I'd see another car with call plates, I'd honk out HI, which is didididit, didit. Used to be the other ham would recognize the code. Now if you do that to a no code ham, they're likely to think its road rage. How about doing some frat greeting like in Indiana Jones, Final Crusade? Steve Bukosky N9BGH Waukesha Wisconsin Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Jes' look at all the 'honkies' gettin' it on! "Speed and noise are the biggest problems of modern society." Anon. quote from an old lady. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Honking goes on here all the time. A neighbor, friend, family member, or just a nice guy or gal going along will honk and wave. I would certainly turn and wave to someone holding up their GPSr out the car window as they drove by. Must say that im sure glad we dont live where some of you do, I know it has to be hard on ya being so terrified of that rude honk! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 We're getting off the subject here. I'd like to suggest 3 quick toots, followed by a sustained 30 second blast, then 4 more quick toots followed by a 5 second blast. "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Brian-- just as long as they are TOOTS, not DOOTS, I'm fine with your suggestion. "All of us are standing in the mud, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde Quote Link to comment
+DirtRunner Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:We're getting off the subject here. I'd like to suggest 3 quick toots, followed by a sustained 30 second blast, then 4 more quick toots followed by a 5 second blast. Maybe something resembling the tune from close encounters… Doo Da Dee Doooo Daaaaa. Everyone! Quick! Run out to the nearest Pep Boys and get one of those ultra cool 5 tone horns installed. If someone honks at me, and I’m not even in my car, I also will wonder if he is a retard or something. Maybe he’s looking for some trouble… I’ll be their huckleberry… DirtRunner. Your not first...But you could be next. Quote Link to comment
Cache Canucks Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 quote:Originally posted by gm100guy:Why don't you carry a frs radio and call them on channel 2 and see if they answer? Nothing more bugs me when I hear all those pages on my radio when it is on....... gm100guy http://members.rogers.com/gm100guy/cachepage.htm ...what he said. Quote Link to comment
SampleSize Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 I've been working on a geofart, myself. It's quieter than a horn, and more distinctive. Quote Link to comment
+Big Tom Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 wooohoo geofarters rise up, we can have a meeting maybe at the "crack" of dawn or during the full "moon". As for the the use of the word retard I have always had a soft spot for the mentally handicapped and don't appreciate the use of it. Big Tom Quote Link to comment
+JoeCthulhu Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 If a friendly honk is recognizable as such in your domain, by all means - honk away. It has never been polite to honk at someone whereever I've lived, however. Quote Link to comment
+MacDaddy Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 You gotta' be careful you know... If a tired and distracted boat skipper is driving down the road, and he hears 6 blasts followed by one long blast, he may jump from his vehicle. That's an abandon ship signal. And maybe a military aircrewman may hear 6 followed by one and spontaneously egress from his vehicle. Or a frustrated gang banger may be stuck in traffic, fondling his "9", thinking about knocking off an ATM, hears your horn which was exactly what it took to trip him off line, and he blows your a** out of your car. Careful what signals you may be sending... Besides, being honked at while hunting a cache is distracting. And who needs distractions. Hey, what was that?? "There's no need to be afraid of strange noises in the night. Anything that intends you harm will stalk you silently." Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted January 2, 2003 Share Posted January 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by SampleSize:I've been working on a geofart, myself. Can you do that to "I've Been Workin' on the Railroad"? Quote Link to comment
AdirondakMud Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 If you blow your horn at me I'll just shoot back with my flare gun Quote Link to comment
+bartacus Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Cholo: quote:Originally posted by SampleSize:I've been working on a geofart, myself. Can you do that to "I've Been Workin' on the Railroad"? Will you settle for Beethoven's Fifth? It's my new form of locationless --- the smell-o-cache. Quote Link to comment
WoodsyFeller Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 ok sounds like the horn honking isnt going to well with the other cachers how about a salute like the coo coo coo coo coo coo coo cooooooo salute from that old movie"STRANGE BREW" now that couldnt be taken as threatning you might get some weird looks hollerin that out your window though.The salute sounds better in my head then written out i guess youll just have to rent the movie to under stand it. Quote Link to comment
GeoNutz Posted January 3, 2003 Share Posted January 3, 2003 I think it's a great idea if done to the right people or in the right place/town/area. But around here it's not really a good idea. I saw this bumper sticker on a car the other day. Honk If You've Never Seen An Uzi Fired From A Car Window. I have worked on a few cars that have been shot at for being in the place let alone being honked at. Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. Quote Link to comment
Chameleon Circuit Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 Carry an "oo-gah" horn like Harpo did to announce your presence. Maybe the Geostore could stock the curled up ones that cachers could wear around their necks. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by AdirondakMud:If you blow your horn at me I'll just shoot back with my flare gun I can play music with my horn. Don't shoot the band! Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted January 4, 2003 Share Posted January 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team GPSaxophone: I can play music with my horn. Don't shoot the band! Do you have one of those horns that plays "La cucaracha" or "I wish I were in Dixie"? Quote Link to comment
+MedicP1 Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 quote:Originally posted by MacDaddy:"There's no need to be afraid of strange noises in the night. Anything that intends you harm will stalk you silently." Unless they are a Geocacher and then they will be honking their horn like crazy!! LOL GPSr's...A step in the right direction! Quote Link to comment
Where's_North Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 On a side note I've always thought a secondary horn should be installed in cars. A quieter gentler horn that would be used by the one who makes a mistake in traffic. Sort of a "my bad" horn. As an aggresive driver I wouldn't be so upset with someone when they signified that they don't drive that way all the time and it was only a momentary lapse. Not that I go using my horn very often, only when what they are doing is clearly illegal. My road rage towards people traveling the speed limit and not seven miles over is my own problem to deal with. (Unless they cut me off on the highway to pass a row of semi trucks and they are only going 55.5 mph, then I just drive unreasonably close to them, weaving slighty back and forth to express my urgent displeasure.) Quote Link to comment
Northern-Lights Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Well, I guess after reading all this, that I won't give a friendly "toot" if I see a fellow cacher out and about.....I may end up with all kinds of knives, lighters, ammo and such thrown at me!! If God is your co-pilot, it's time to change seats!!! Quote Link to comment
+lightnsound Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Where's_North:On a side note I've always thought a secondary horn should be installed in cars. A quieter gentler horn that would be used by the one who makes a mistake in traffic. Sort of a "my bad" horn. I've always wanted an "Ah-Hem" cough type of horn. Just a polite little thing. For when the guy in front of me is looking at his map, but the light has changed to green seven seconds ago. No need to be rude, but I've got a cache to get to. On a tangent, did you ever notice how the guy farthest back from the light sees it green first. HOONNK!! It must be something with that wave/particle thing about light. I am not addicted to geocaching, really. Quote Link to comment
+Hiemdahl Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 What about just skipping the horn thing? We could all get duck calls and wander around the woods making quacking sounds. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 quote:What about just skipping the horn thing? We could all get duck calls and wander around the woods making quacking sounds. Not a good idea during duck season. "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 i'd like to suggest one long blast of 14 seconds duration foolowed by 17 short beeps. then you have to get out of your car and tapdance naked until the police arrive. it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 I change my original suggestion because I heard it was already used by the Clifton NJ Garden Club. My new one is three quick toots, a sustained 45 second blast, followed by 14 quick toots and a sustained 60 second blast. Afterwhich, you should stick your head out the window and yell (really lout) "He Haw, geocaching, gabba, gabba, hey, ootsnay, itsnay, geebble peep, tay!". "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues" -Abraham Lincoln Quote Link to comment
+Shychief Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 I don't like honking and not just because I think it's rude. You never know, there might be someone trying to sleep. Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Freelens&Mosie:I don't like horns either. I forgive you. - From the shallow end of the gene pool. - Quote Link to comment
+Planet Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 No excess noise in the world please. Just get out of the car and go say hi! My neighbor's have someone who stops by a lot to pick them up and can't be bothered to get out and knock, they just beep the horn and it's totally uncalled for. I vote no. Is there someplace to vote? However the secret geocaching hand signal worked for me when I met an out of town cacher at a hotel for the first time. I waited in the lobby for someone who looked like a cacher and put my hand on my chin with the index finger pointing, and it worked. He knew me right away and responded the same way. Cache you later, Planet So many caches, so little time. Quote Link to comment
Bender Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 How bout we just toss uncoded hams at each other while we are caching? no noise, no problem!! Bender Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 Any "official Geocaching honk" will bring about the appropriate "official Geocaching finger" response... Quote Link to comment
+Morock & Miss C Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Rude habit, no excuse. I've heard it is illegal here in Oregon. Never seen or heard of a ticket being issued. Give me that ticket book and there'd be some paper handed out. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I can’t believe this came back, regurgitated actually. My truck has, hidden under the hood, an air horn straight off the roof of a big-rig tractor-trailer. It spans almost the entire distance from the firewall to the radiator core support. There’s an air tank under the bed that’s fed by a small compressor under next to the horn. The compressor blows through a one-way check valve, tees off to a dual needle gauge in the cockpit, (one shows tank pressure and the other shows compressor pressure) and down to the tank. There’s another tee that goes to an electric solenoid valve to blow the horn. I also installed an unloading valve just downstream from the compressor to dump any pressure remaining after charging the tank. (You can’t re-start the compressor while there’s pressure in the outlet side of it.) When I press down on that button, it will rock your world. Many have rethought a stupid lane change due to a long blast from that horn. What’s really cool is that I connected it to the extra button on my car alarm. If I’m sitting in a restaurant and someone gets too close to the truck, I can give them a heart stopping ear shattering blast from over 100 yards away. Back to the topic, I still don’t think it’s a good idea to be honking horns at people unless it’s for a good reason. http://fp1.centurytel.net/Criminal_Page/ Quote Link to comment
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