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10-25-2011, 07:02 AM
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4 Rivet Member
2012 27' FB International
Fremont
, California
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 268
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Name? Does my Airstream need a name?
I guess I'm a pretty boring old guy.
I've owned numerous cars, probably 30 bicycles including four or five recumbents, an airplane, a sailplane and now two RVs. I've never named any of them. As a matter of fact although my dog did have a name I'm probably the type of guy who would let the poor beast go nameless.
So now I've got this beautiful shiny Airstream but for the life of me I'm not sure if I will name it and if I did what I'd call it. For the time being I'm putting it in the lap of my wife.
How did the rest of you come up with a name and how many of you have left your shiny aluminum toy nameless?
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10-25-2011, 07:17 AM
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Rivet Master
1967 22' Safari
1960 Caravel
Edmonds
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,499
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xo1rider
I guess I'm a pretty boring old guy.
I've owned numerous cars, probably 30 bicycles including four or five recumbents, an airplane, a sailplane and now two RVs. I've never named any of them. As a matter of fact although my dog did have a name I'm probably the type of guy who would let the poor beast go nameless.
So now I've got this beautiful shiny Airstream but for the life of me I'm not sure if I will name it and if I did what I'd call it. For the time being I'm putting it in the lap of my wife.
How did the rest of you come up with a name and how many of you have left your shiny aluminum toy nameless?
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Some people name there Airstreams and some don't. I think most of the names come out of a characteristic or experience the owners have had with there Airstreams. Some good reading here. http://www.airforums.com/forums/f48/...ames-2442.html.
To name or not to name...
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1973 F-250 4X4 390
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10-25-2011, 07:25 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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"Cloudsplitter"....is a Native American translation for the Adirondack Mountain Region of NYS.
Somehow the word just fit...especially when camping there.
ps, we had a dog named J.D. Any guesses?
Bob
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10-25-2011, 07:38 AM
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Rivet Master
2006 25' Safari FB SE
Currently Looking...
Durango
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,112
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There was a "horse with no name", why not an Airstream?
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10-25-2011, 07:44 AM
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2 Rivet Member
2002 30' Classic
East Central
, Alabama
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 68
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One of my hobbies during my lifetime was blacksmithing, which is how my father started as a young man during the 20's. I inherited many of his tools and began also working with tin which I enjoy. I only fire up the forge during cool or cold weather now days for comfort.
Hence I use the name as "Tinman" and our Airstream is named the "Tincan".
As Paul Harvey would say - "and now you know the rest of the story".
Good Luck,
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10-25-2011, 08:18 AM
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Rivet Master
2011 28' International
Chatham
, Ontario
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,401
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My wife always refers to me as a "Toad", hopefully in a playful manner! We thought we'd call our baby Toad Hall from characters and places in A A Milne play Toad of Toad Hall, which in itself was derived from the Kenneth Grahame book The Wind In The Willows and the fact that I used to live in the village that Grahame lived in. Of course, this being a trailer and me having a propensity for using alternate meanings for words, we settled on Towed Haul; rather appropriate I thought! :~)
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10-25-2011, 08:26 AM
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Rivet Master
Airstream Dealer
Corona
, California
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 16,497
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xo1rider
I guess I'm a pretty boring old guy.
I've owned numerous cars, probably 30 bicycles including four or five recumbents, an airplane, a sailplane and now two RVs. I've never named any of them. As a matter of fact although my dog did have a name I'm probably the type of guy who would let the poor beast go nameless.
So now I've got this beautiful shiny Airstream but for the life of me I'm not sure if I will name it and if I did what I'd call it. For the time being I'm putting it in the lap of my wife.
How did the rest of you come up with a name and how many of you have left your shiny aluminum toy nameless?
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Usually, anything that humans "love", sooner or later "gets a name".
Andy
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10-25-2011, 08:51 AM
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Airstreamer
2012 27' FB International
Bellevue
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 291
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Just wait -- this happened to us. We tried to think of names and they never stuck and one day we started calling her "the Boat." It was a total slip on my part (our previous form of recreation involved our boat, which we no longer have) and ever since then, that has been her name.
You may just surprise yourself one day!
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10-25-2011, 08:54 AM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Corpus Christi
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 869
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Yes. It is a rule. You have to name it.
Ours is named after my wife's dad.
Bud
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10-25-2011, 09:02 AM
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Rivet Master
1978 Argosy Minuet 6.0 Metre
Currently Looking...
Wauwatosa
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 810
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ROBERT CROSS
ps, we had a dog named J.D. Any guesses?
Bob
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John Denver?
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10-25-2011, 09:06 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Safari
2015 27' Flying Cloud
Vintage Kin Owner
Conifer/Evergreen
, Colorado
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 12,702
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We've named both our Airstreams after their original owners...guess that doesn't work so well with a non-vintage trailer now does it!?
Shari
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10-25-2011, 09:07 AM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Corpus Christi
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 869
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Just dog?
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Rock and Roll Will Never Die!
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10-25-2011, 09:11 AM
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Holly Lake Ranch
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,794
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We were both born in the year of the rabbit and there were already a bunch of Bambis running around, so we decided on Thumper.... feisty, great sense of humor.... able to scamper on down the forest trails. And its the first thing we've named in 37 years of marriage... well aside from the kids and the dogs because kids just have to have a name and all we ever got were blank stares when we leaned out the back door and yelled "hey you, black dog with the silver collar."
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10-25-2011, 09:44 AM
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Airstreamer
2012 27' FB International
Bellevue
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 291
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ROBERT CROSS
ps, we had a dog named J.D. Any guesses?
Bob
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John Doe?
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10-25-2011, 09:51 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 27' Overlander
Currently Looking...
Jupiter
, Florida
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,060
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Jack Daniels.
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The days are short and the night is long and the stars go tumbling by.. . ~Airstream~
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10-25-2011, 10:02 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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J.d.
Quote:
Originally Posted by tiger
John Denver?
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"Jack Daniels"
Nope...
Bob
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10-25-2011, 10:05 AM
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"Cloudsplitter"
2003 25' Classic
Houstatlantavegas
, Malebolgia
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 20,000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by casa3805
Just dog?
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And the winner is!!!!
Bob
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10-25-2011, 10:06 AM
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Rivet Master
Port Orchard
, Washington
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 4,463
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Wabbiteer
Jack Daniels.
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A few years ago, my wife and I were walking along the sidewalk in Whitefish, Montana. As we passed in front of a old frontier looking saloon we noticed a terrier sitting behind the wheel of a pickup parked at the curb. My wife (I swear she was not trying to make a joke) said, " Oh look, a Jack Daniels terrier." I wish now that I had take a picture of him.
To keep this on topic: Once I grew up and stopped naming stuffed animals, I do not name inanimate objects. In fact, even though I grew up very involved in boats and spent 5 years in the Navy, I did not fall for the brain washing. A boat or a ship (or a trailer) is an it not a she.
Ken
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10-25-2011, 11:51 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 27' Overlander
Currently Looking...
Jupiter
, Florida
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,060
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Just Dog... You want maybe the world believe your dog fair and impartial, beholden to none against enemies domestic and foreign, with liberty and justice for all? That's an awesome Dog!
I'm with w7ts on christening inanimate objects unless required legally - though in my case its probably because I'm not clever enough to pull it off...
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The days are short and the night is long and the stars go tumbling by.. . ~Airstream~
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10-25-2011, 11:57 AM
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Rivet Master
1961 24' Tradewind
1969 29' Ambassador
1970 21' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Tennessee
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Guess we have no imagination. never named a trailer and the pets are usually called dog, cat , horse, and other horse
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