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08-09-2011, 06:03 AM
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2 Rivet Member 
2004 19' Bambi
Fort Worth
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Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 22
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Airstream Hand Gesture?
Wondering if there was a way to salute my fellow 'streamers driving on the road when I'm sans trailer?....perhaps a 'W' with 3 fingers.
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08-09-2011, 06:05 AM
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one of those
2011 27 FB International
'03 F250 PSD
, Airstream summers, Catalac winters
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,091
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or just wave money?
could make it silver money...
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08-09-2011, 06:20 AM
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3 Rivet Member 
1961 16' Bambi
Las Cruces
, New Mexico
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 134
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CowtwnSilver
Wondering if there was a way to salute my fellow 'streamers driving on the road when I'm sans trailer?....perhaps a 'W' with 3 fingers.
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a thumbs up always works fof me
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08-09-2011, 06:40 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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Don your Beret, wave & flash your lights frantically... 
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08-09-2011, 06:52 AM
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1 Rivet Member 
1970 23' Safari
2007 25' International CCD
Fort Worth
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 11
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I think thats a great idea. You would be able to recognize fellow streamers and whats wrong with paying a little homage to Wally, the one who started it all.
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08-09-2011, 07:22 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1966 17' Caravel
salida
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 204
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great idea....although i think the three fingers idea could get you shot in certain cities
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08-09-2011, 08:30 AM
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Rivet Master 
Southwestern
, Ohio
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,671
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cojer
great idea....although i think the three fingers idea could get you shot in certain cities
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That, and the fact that people would probably think it meant "Winnebago"! 
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08-09-2011, 09:44 AM
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Rivet Master
1978 31' Sovereign
Oakley
, California
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,197
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Originally Posted by ROBERT CROSS
Don your Beret, wave & flash your lights frantically... |
Don a pith helmet and wear it at a jaunty angle atop your head, tip the brim with your three fingered salute?
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08-09-2011, 10:28 AM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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I already have a hand gesture I use for Airstreams that cut me off in traffic, it even involves one of the fingers mentioned above...
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08-09-2011, 10:34 AM
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Rivet Master
2011 25' FB Flying Cloud
Anywhere &
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,090
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Since half the time other Airstreamers don't acknowledge a wave or flashing lights even when you're both towing trailers why bother.
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08-09-2011, 12:17 PM
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Rivet Master
1967 24' Tradewind
Greenville
, South Carolina
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,107
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"Since half the time other Airstreamers don't acknowledge a wave or flashing lights even when you're both towing trailers why bother."
Something I wonder is if people are sticking their hands outside the vehicle to wave or gesture. If not windshield glare can prevent seeing in.
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08-09-2011, 12:28 PM
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Master of Universe
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Grand Junction
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 12,711
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In our experience, especially on highways with medians, the driver doesn't notice an Airstream coming the other way because there are a few other things to look at. Sometimes the passenger does see it if he or she isn't reading, sleeping, staring into space, looking somewhere else or putting CD's into the slot in the radio.
Waving may be going out of style anyway. In rural America people used to wave while driving at anyone on the road. Usually it was the one finger (index, not middle) wave while your hand is on the steering wheel. But that seems to be disappearing. It has gone the way of people saying hello to strangers on the street and counter checks. The trust and friendliness that I remember from decades ago is gone.
But I flash my lights when I see an Airstream is I see them in time. If we are not towing, they may think there's a speed trap up ahead or an accident, or we have an Airstream too.
Gene
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08-09-2011, 06:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CowtwnSilver
Wondering if there was a way to salute my fellow 'streamers driving on the road when I'm sans trailer?....perhaps a 'W' with 3 fingers.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by overlander63
I already have a hand gesture I use for Airstreams that cut me off in traffic, it even involves one of the fingers mentioned above...
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I get waves... 
No Wave Backs - Airstream Forums
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08-09-2011, 06:51 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,616
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Al - K4GLU
Since half the time other Airstreamers don't acknowledge a wave or flashing lights even when you're both towing trailers why bother.
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It's for the other half that do flash and wave...
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Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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08-09-2011, 06:56 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
2004 28' International CCD
Birmingham
, Alabama
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 323
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Originally Posted by azflycaster
It's for the other half that do flash and wave...
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Yes, this ^
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08-09-2011, 07:46 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1955 22' Flying Cloud
Centrally Located
, Wish you were here!
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 485
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuvite-F
That, and the fact that people would probably think it meant "Winnebago"!
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Win a Bagel? 
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08-09-2011, 08:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Byams55FlyCl
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Is that a blond joke? 
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08-09-2011, 08:37 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1996 34' Excella
Americus
, Georgia
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 317
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For the past 22 years that I have owned an Airstream flashing the light and a wave has worked and most of the time acknowledged unless traffic/highway did not permit. Happy trails.
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