It's a ring! It's a slide whistle! It's both!

Whistle
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http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1075207053

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Oh no!
Not another mystery whistle…

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Open another box of Ralstons, Mom, I just need three more box tops!

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Wow, apparently it’s not one of a kind either. Does anyone know what “Tom Mix” refers to?

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1075223052
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1076590557 (closed)

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$35 for a dog whistle ??

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You’re gonna make some of us date ourselves. Tom Mix was a cowboy star of the early talkies days - pre 1940, I believe as well as a radio show that lasted longer. The ring involved is a collectible premium a kid could get by sending in something like cereal box lids (“Ralstons” in Mack’s previous post) or bottle caps or the like. In the condition its in, it’ll go a lot higher than the current $38 by the time the bidding closes tomorrow morning.


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Nothing salves a weary soul like a cheap whistle.

[ This Message was edited by: Chuck_Clark on 2002-02-23 23:37 ]

[ This Message was edited by: Chuck_Clark on 2002-02-23 23:39 ]

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Thanks Chuck! I didn’t know whether to take this one (not wanting to date myself).
Mack

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Oh wow…That takes me back. Ummm errr sigh
Ok…I used to have one of those. Waited like forever for that mailman to come

Dan

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What next? Nose flutes?

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Nose Flutes.

Well there is such a thing.

I have heard a wonderful rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” done on them by some clever if not tallented foursome group at a dulcimer festival.

The only draw back about them is you do not want to play them with a cold… eeoooooo!

Laura

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you want nose flutes ???
Lark in the Morning has them…
http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/LarkNet/Kids
1/3 of the way down the page, just below the plastic toy saxophone. For $1 each. If you want to get serious about your nose flute… there’s the metal model, at a mere $39.95
http://www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/LarkNet/SambaWhistles
1/2 way down the page.

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Hey Tony,

Neat links thanks! I just love gadgets.
I never would include my gadgets on my list of acquisitions. Too many gadgets.

I enjoy using my gadgets for Vaction Bible School, and going into the classrooms. My latest was when I did an acoustic ecology class. Gadgets are fun!!!

Have you ever heard of Boom Wackers?

They a cylindrical tubes of various lengths that produce a pitch or note. Kids tend to get are little carried away with them banging each other on the head with them.

And you can play them with a cold. A headache might not be good though. :slight_smile:

Laura

[ This Message was edited by: hillfolk22 on 2002-02-24 12:25 ]