GeoFD Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Just wondering if anyone has named their GPSr Quote Link to comment
+Seamus Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Well, I don't know if they would count as nicknames, but I've called mine a few things that I can't repeat here in the forums... Quote Link to comment
+mattt Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 My kids call it 'the pointer'. It usually goes something like this: Emily: Dad, can I hold the pointer? Katie: I want to hold the pointer. Emily: I asked first. Katie: You held it last time. Emily: did not. Katie: did too. Emily: did not. (Katie pinches Emily) Emily: Dad, Katie pinched me. Katie: Did not. Emily: Did too. (Emily pinches Katie) etc... etc... Quote Link to comment
GeoFD Posted July 27, 2004 Author Share Posted July 27, 2004 (edited) I dont But I do refer to my Truck as "HER"! Edited July 27, 2004 by GeoFD Quote Link to comment
+greende Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 A "Legend" in it's own mind! And with a mind of it's own, I might add!!! Quote Link to comment
+JohnnyVegas Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Mine has gotten lots of names in the past like, &*&( and also *^^%^ and the ever popular &**((()^ ^^%^ &() I have used some of thses terms also while driving Or while trying off brand batteries to see if they are any good Or when dealing with non trained sales people in REI Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Geocacher, Geoblaster Quote Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 The dingus. But, then, that's what I call everything when I can't immediately remember its name because I'm old and I peaches. It's tuesday, I want my peaches. We always have peaches on tuesday. Zzzzzzzz. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Yes, but I can't print it here. It's a family friendly forum. Quote Link to comment
+CompuCash Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 funny you should ask - most of the time I call it the GuPSter my wife calls it the guppy - Quote Link to comment
+roveron Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I can't say because to reveal it's name would rob it of it's soul. Quote Link to comment
+tirediron Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 When it finds the 'cache: "Good boy" When it doesn't find the 'cache: "You miserable ****ing piece of **** " Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Tony Isn't he the little boy that lives inside your mouth (yelling, "redrum, redrum!")? Quote Link to comment
+Robespierre Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 The dingus. But, then, that's what I call everything when I can't immediately remember its name because I'm old and I peaches. It's tuesday, I want my peaches. We always have peaches on tuesday. Zzzzzzzz. Two little old ladies outside the Home: "Dear, let's get up and take a little walk down the hall." "Why, Honey, are you thirsty?" "Thursday, dear? No, it's Friday." Nope, none. Just gps, and frankly, I'm a little worried about some of you. Quote Link to comment
GeoFD Posted July 27, 2004 Author Share Posted July 27, 2004 I'm a little worried about some of you. Ya me too, I just wanted to see how many sick people there are out there! Quote Link to comment
+okpondlady/N5PNE Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 My GPS, since N5PNE obviously cannot read it correctly. Everytime he carries it we get LOST and end up spending an hour looking for a 1/1 in a place that isn't even the correct coordinates. But I do love him anyway I have control issues.........can you tell? Karen aka okpondlady/N5PNE Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 No nickname. But at variouse times it's been a hammer & tire stop, plus it helps confirm that the fish aren't biting. Quote Link to comment
+wvcoalcat Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Nope. Neither does my car, phone, chainsaw, or cat. Well, maybe the chainsaw. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 For me it's usually "Stupid piece of (expletive deleted)"... Quote Link to comment
+Team Teebow Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I usually call it "MINE" and that ticks off the rest of the family team. Team Teebow 1 Quote Link to comment
+GeoCamelCachers Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 (edited) I have not named mine but my wife once caled it a thingamajig. When I tripped and rolled down a hill she asked is the thingamajig ok? Edited July 27, 2004 by GeoCamelCachers Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Well, I suppose it depends on whether or not I find the cache . . . Find the cache - GPS = GPS Don't find the cache - GPS + *&%!, @#*^ and *$%! Happy caching and stuff! Quote Link to comment
+drat19 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 For me it's usually "Stupid piece of (expletive deleted)"... You stole my nickname for mine! (esp. when under heavy tree canopy!) -Dave R. Quote Link to comment
+4leafclover Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Wombat oh no, wait...that might be me..... Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 my GPSr does not have a name. nor does my car, my guitars, nor any of my bikes. i naturally regard with suspicion any person that names these things, and i am esecially suspicious of people who refer to them by these names conversationally. doubly so if they use terms like "the love of my life" to describe an object. my only exception to this rule was the one friend whose car ( an ancient gigantic white boat of a car) was named moby. Quote Link to comment
+Imajika Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 My car: Juanita My GPSr: Cuz (it's a 60cs and somehow my team mates translated CS into cuz. The name stuck). It's kind of funny to hear one of them shouting, "How far does cuz think the cache is?" Quote Link to comment
+CacheCreatures Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Butch...the Mapopolis man....come on you know he sounds like his name should be Butch. Quote Link to comment
+Scoobie10 Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Sometimes I call it "Brilliant" Sometimes I call it "Doofus" Scoob Quote Link to comment
+roveron Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 snipmy only exception to this rule was the one friend whose car ( an ancient gigantic white boat of a car) was named moby. I actually haven't named inanimate objects, but when Vermont issued me the license plate 6A666 (totally at random), my Land Rover was dubbed "The Antichrist" by my friends, and has retained that moniker for the last 18 years. I can't imagine naming my GPSr. Quote Link to comment
AC Student Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I call my geko "my geko". As in "Didn't find the cache. A nearby neighbor was staring at me over his back fence, clearly wondering why I was wandering around in the woods behind his house with my geko in my hand". Quote Link to comment
chemfed Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 While I was caching last Fri during the solar storms, it was called P.O.S. a few times. Quote Link to comment
+Robespierre Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I have not named mine but my wife once caled it a thingamajig.When I tripped and rolled down a hill she asked is the thingamajig ok? Sounds like maybe you need a new one.....wife, that is. Quote Link to comment
+nikcap Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Jips. I almost forgot about that one. My father dub our Magellan 2000 "Jips" many moons ago. Over the last year or so we've been calling the GPS, "The Device" Two weeks ago I went out caching with my niece and she called it the "Jips", we've since re-adopted that term. BTW, I'm glad to see so many cachers use curse and swear words for their GPS, all along I thought the missus was directing them towards me. Quote Link to comment
+GOT GPS? Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I have thought of calling my GPS the Liahona In a book somewhere The Liahona was a faith based Ancient GPS Navigation(GOD based), that would orient the people in the right direction for the promised land, and if they lost faith, it would not point in the right direction. In the book, the Liahona was a brass ball with a pointer. Sometimes I feel that way too, if my GPS is not leading me to the right spot because I have lost faith. Quote Link to comment
+Caraloopy Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Tee hee. I call mine 'my unit'. It gets an occasional laugh, from cachers and non-cachers alike. Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I affectionately call mine Boe-Boe. Quote Link to comment
+GeoKender Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 My daughter calls it... "treasure finder". Quote Link to comment
joeballs83 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 My daughter calls it... "treasure finder". When I take my friends kids or my mentally handicapped buddy out its the "treasure finder", other than that its my Tool.... Quote Link to comment
+TheDreadPirateRoberts&Crew Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 We call all of ours Gupus! Quote Link to comment
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