What do you call yours?

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by abeck99 » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:53 pm

I call it "The Machine" - but only in an ominous booming voice, that's part of the name.

Once I referred to it as "The Machine", and my wife didn't know what I was talking about until I said it like the narrator in a cheezy b-movie. It stuck.

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by jilliansue » Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:47 pm

I call mine Breathie.

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by chunkyfrog » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:34 pm

New machine, this one is the "Sleep Crutch".

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by OffroadToy » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:52 pm

The Black Box
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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by Logies101 » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:30 pm

I haven't named mine yet but my cousin calls his 'the iron lung'. That's a little heavy for me

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by palerider » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:49 pm

a friend of mine named his first one zephyr, and the second mistral (a french wind) hasn't named his adapt yet.

names his cars too.

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by Neecerie » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:58 pm

palerider wrote:a friend of mine named his first one zephyr, and the second mistral (a french wind) hasn't named his adapt yet.

names his cars too.

suggest Sirocco....

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by LSAT » Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:27 pm

Who the heck reincarnated this old post?

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by palerider » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:01 pm

LSAT wrote:Who the heck reincarnated this old post?
your blanket, it's wet! tsk.

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by Thatgirl » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:05 pm

LSAT wrote:Who the heck reincarnated this old post?
Me, but it's not my fault- I swear! Someone else linked to it in another thread.

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by Wulfman... » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:10 pm

LSAT wrote:Who the heck reincarnated this old post?
What I'd like to know is where so many of the people who posted in this thread went?

I've never been one to "name" stuff. But, I put labels on the top of my machines with the model and firmware level.
This is the list in the order of acquisition.

"Pro 2 - 2.7" (originally 2.5)
"Auto - 2.5"
"Auto - 2.7"
"Auto - 2.8"
"Auto - 2.6"
"Pro 2 - 2.6"
"Pro 2 - 2.5 #1"
"Pro 2 - 2.5 #2"
"Pro 2 - 2.5 #3"
"Pro 2 - 2.5 #4"


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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by chunkyfrog » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:12 pm

Guilty! Just trying to help someone feel connected to his/her "monstrosity".

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by palerider » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:14 pm

chunkyfrog wrote:Guilty! Just trying to help someone feel connected to his/her "monstrosity".
see? this resurrection has little froggy prints all over it, so it's all good

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by chunkyfrog » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:17 pm

I just didn't want to see PR get thrown under the bed, errr, bus!

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Re: What do you call yours?

Post by palerider » Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:40 pm

chunkyfrog wrote:I just didn't want to see PR get thrown under the bed, errr, bus!
thanks! I've already been thrown under the bed, bus, truck, something once this week, and it's only monday!!!

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