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10-25-2011, 12:42 PM
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Rivet Master
2009 27' FB International
Los Angeles
, California
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 731
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Originally Posted by J5MM
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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Looks like we will need to rename our Airstream now. When we first got her and were on our first shopping sprees, Becky would ask "where are we going to put that". My response was "well, on the boat of course..." (yes, we are also boaters with a J/24 and a Coronado 15 that we actively race). So we just started referring to our AS as "The Boat". So now what should we call her... Hmmmm.
Well, since we take our dog Heidi on all of our trips, each time she wakes up she is in a new and exotic land... and the AS does seem larger on the inside than on the outside... Guess we will start referring to her as the "TARDIS".
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Scott, Becky & Heidi (our standard poodle and travel companion)
WBCCI #1215
Air #54601
Remember... No matter where you go, there you are...
2009 27FB International Ocean Breeze
2010 Toyota Tundra CrewMax, 5.7L V8, 4x4
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10-25-2011, 01:03 PM
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Rivet Master
1966 22' Safari
1954 22' Flying Cloud
Saline
, Michigan
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 854
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That's funny you'd say this...we had company over the other day and they ask us our Safari's name...
First, I digress, we name everything, that includes a doz chickens , 9 hawks in the propagation project, 3 dogs, a cat, a wild turkey turned tame,and there is the occasional garter snake that shows up in our garden and the neighborhood skunk.
So then, when we first went and looked at our so to be bought Safari, our grandkids wanted to know what it looked like... The wife quipped' Well it's silver and kind of looks like an Armadillo. That's what our our five year old granddaughter dubbed it... "The Silva-dilla" Dilly for short.
We are bad about naming things, we even named all four of our children!!!! In fact most of them have been called a lot of names over the years , but that's another story!!
Barry & Karen in Mich.
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10-25-2011, 02:01 PM
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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 Scott J-24
Looks like we will need to rename our Airstream now. When we first got her and were on our first shopping sprees, Becky would ask "where are we going to put that". My response was "well, on the boat of course..." (yes, we are also boaters with a J/24 and a Coronado 15 that we actively race). So we just started referring to our AS as "The Boat". So now what should we call her... Hmmmm.
Well, since we take our dog Heidi on all of our trips, each time she wakes up she is in a new and exotic land... and the AS does seem larger on the inside than on the outside... Guess we will start referring to her as the "TARDIS".
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MD who?
Bob
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10-25-2011, 02:06 PM
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Rivet Master
2020 30' Classic
Derwood
, Maryland
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,515
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Give it time, I'm sure it will name itself after some great adventure, mishap, etc.
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2020 30’ Airstream Classic
**I Love U.S.A.**
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10-25-2011, 03:14 PM
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Rivet Master
2009 27' FB International
Los Angeles
, California
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 731
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ROBERT CROSS
MD who?
Bob
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Busted.....
Yes, we are Whovians...
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Scott, Becky & Heidi (our standard poodle and travel companion)
WBCCI #1215
Air #54601
Remember... No matter where you go, there you are...
2009 27FB International Ocean Breeze
2010 Toyota Tundra CrewMax, 5.7L V8, 4x4
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10-25-2011, 03:20 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2004 28' International CCD
1948 22' Liner
1963 22' Safari
Oakland
, Florida
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 288
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Isn't it bad luck if you don't name your Airstream? Kinda like the bad luck from not naming a gnome when you get one. I started out calling mine the Silver Palace now it's . . .
The Silver Palace AKA "The Trailer Park Lounge"
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10-25-2011, 04:10 PM
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Rivet Master
Port Orchard
, Washington
Join Date: May 2009
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Actually I think it is kind of arrogant to go around assigning names to things that may well already have a perfectly good name that they prefer.
I figure if our trailer wants us to know its name it will tell us.
In the meantime, I figure if I take care of it, it will take care of me.
Ken
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10-25-2011, 04:37 PM
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1 Rivet Member
2012 27' FB International
Ashland
, Oregon
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 10
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This is msdixie, xo1rider's wife ... Bertha
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10-25-2011, 04:41 PM
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1 Rivet Member
2012 27' FB International
Ashland
, Oregon
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 10
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This is xo1rider's wife, msdixie ... Bertha
Sorry, new to this posting thing
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10-25-2011, 05:09 PM
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Rivet Master
2015 28' Flying Cloud
Durango
, Colorado
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 623
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We're surprised that we don't see many Airstreams with names displayed. We've always named our sailboats (required for documented vessels), and the new Airstream just fell into that paradigm. After living in Indonesia for three years, we had some favorite words that seemed to fit, although nobody ever knows what they mean until we explain. Our sailboat is named JAMU, Indonesian for various herbal tonics that restore whatever aspect of you that needs restoring or enhancing. Yes, that too The Airstream is named Jalan-Jalan, roughly translating to "a journey down the road". We had the name and 'home port' (Durango, CO) done to our design in vinyl lettering at a sign shop and applied it on each side near the bow of the Airstream. Looks good and starts a few conversations.
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Joe & Joan Donnaway
Durango, CO
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10-25-2011, 05:15 PM
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Rivet Master
1968 30' Sovereign
1959 18' "Footer"
1954 22' Flying Cloud
Brussels
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 615
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May not be a name
I call mine all kinds of things:
That @1$%ing thing
That piece of #x&q$
What the *#!l is that
I can go on and on....................
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54 Flying Cloud
59 Traveler
68 Sovereign
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10-25-2011, 05:30 PM
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Chicago
, Illinois
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 530
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Our old gal is named Belle because she just looks like a "Belle" I think it may have something to do with the Christmas song "Silver Bells" too.
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10-25-2011, 05:35 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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, At Large
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Msdixie
This is xo1rider's wife, msdixie ... Bertha
Sorry, new to this posting thing
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Hmm... Ours is named Bertha, which is a natural progression from a couple of our older Airstreams. I was going to name this one "Rio Dinero" about the time it consumed $12,000 in parts, but I was overruled. Bertha it is.
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10-25-2011, 05:39 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2003 30' Classic
Stratford
, Prince Edward Island
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 259
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we called our AS--Southern Belle. I bought her in Georgia and hauled her home to Eastern Canada--in December. Because originally she came from Arizona, Southern just worked for me and Belle--- has a nice ring to it.
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Prince Edward Island
Canada
WBCCI #4782
"Southern Belle"
'03 Classic 30'
'10 Toyota CrewMax
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10-25-2011, 05:47 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Corpus Christi
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 869
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JamuJoe
We're surprised that we don't see many Airstreams with names displayed.... We had the name and 'home port' (Durango, CO) done to our design in vinyl lettering at a sign shop and applied it on each side near the bow of the Airstream. Looks good and starts a few conversations.
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Have you got a pic of the name and lettering? I want some vinyl lettering done myself. We did add the name to the license plate. Bud, my wife's dad, was 99 when he passed away, thus the plate...
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Rock and Roll Will Never Die!
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10-25-2011, 07:28 PM
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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 Msdixie
This is xo1rider's wife, msdixie ... Bertha
Sorry, new to this posting thing
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Our Ford "Bertha"....with Bertha, the original owner. DW's Maternal Grandmother.
Good names are important.
Bob
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10-25-2011, 07:35 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1956 26' Cruiser/Overlander
1957 26' Overlander
Alva
, Oklahoma
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 45
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I have an uncle that didn't have a name till he was in the 1st grade. My Grand Parents couldn't come up with something they liked so they called him Baby Brother for a while thinking they would settle on something. As he got older they started calling him Sonny cause he had issues with Baby Brother. When he started school in the first grade the teacher ask him his name, he said Donald Duck. She finally got him to tell her he didn't have a name and was embarrassed so he just said Donald Duck. His Dad showed up to pick him up and the teacher said don't you think it's about time to give your son a name? He ask if she had any suggestions, she said how about Larry. He said Sonny what do you think about Larry. They all three agreed on Larry on the spot. Much later in his life after Larry married he and his wife decided to get his birth certificate changed from Baby Brother to Larry. He worked 30 some years for the US Forrest Service and was never ask to see his birth certificate.
I also have not been able to decide on a name for our trailer. Maybe I should call it Donald Duck!!
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10-25-2011, 07:49 PM
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Rivet Master
1989 34.5' Airstream 345
Saint Petersburg
, Florida
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,702
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mmmmm, I had a name for my Airstream Motorhome even before I found it to purchase. Bit to racy to publish here, PM me if you'd like a good laugh! Derek
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10-25-2011, 09:42 PM
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New Member
1977 31' Sovereign
South Wilmington
, Illinois
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 4
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My new to me '77 Soveriegn had a terrible black tank stench so I called her what she smelled like, The Tin Turd!! The kids thought it was hilarious so the name stuck!
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10-26-2011, 03:20 AM
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Restorations done right
Commercial Member
1962 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Vintage Kin Owner
Currently Looking...
Baltimore
, Maryland
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,545
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When we got her, my wife Beth thought I had a new mistress because I spent all my time with her. I began telling her "going out to make love to my mistress" Then I just started saying "going out to show Anna how much I love her" Everyone in our house calls her Anna. We all love her and feel she rounds out our life.
Anna turns 50 this year and we plan to throw her one hell of a party.
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