Posted on 02/27/2005 10:07:01 PM PST by freedom44
"It's competition on the street, like when a guy in a truck passes by, he honks his horn, and I honk mine back," he said. "The next time I see him, he doesn't honk his, because he knows mine are bigger and louder."
There just are not any words to describe how idiotic and pointless this is.
When I was a kid, we would simply turn up the bass whenever we came up next to an old codger in a Cadillac. We used to blast boat horns at parties too.
Book 'em, Dano.
Leave the boys with their toys. Someday, lord willing, they will grow up...
Idiots on Parade, part 12973165854526523569874-333
The trial lawyers are gonna love this. Make a ton of $$$$$ too.
When I was in college, I knew guy who could imitate police and fire truck sirens. Quite a set of lungs that guy had. Schoolchildren would run to the fence to see the excitement, cars would pull over, and policemen would pull him over and fine-tooth comb his car to find the siren.
Find a good spot, stand these reprobates up in front of their own vehicles and give it to them loud and long - until they cry for mercy or are rendered permanently hard of hearing.
If that happens, make 'em move forward 15 feet and open up on 'em again.
Well, the guy got in trouble with the law and was not allowed to blow the horns in the city limits of Cincinatti, or across the river in Covington. The only place he could blow the horns was on the bridge on the state line.
Oh, did I mention this guy was an eccentric with money??
Something that loud could constitute assault since it could permanently damage a person's hearing.
But a locomotive horn on a turbine powered helieo courier aircraft, now that's something to talk about.
I saw the thing at the Oshkosh flyin this year, and EAA's Pilot magazine had a piece on it (can't find a link). In addition to the huge turbine, it has huge, and I mean HUGE landing gear with 4wd rock crawler tires. Nose gear is from an F101 Vodoo fighter jet. Two nose gear tires, natch. Fuselage belly is about 5 feet off the ground. Ladder to the door. Bigfoot with wings.
Horn is for scaring wildlife off the back country strips.
It also gets the neighbors wound up when they hear the train go over their house several times.
This is one of the funniest stories I've read in a while. I remember a friend back in high school who had a train horn in his pickup truck, and it was LOUD! Twenty-three years in the Corps didn't make me grow up completely, bacause I wish I had a train horn now...
You gotta be kidding!
These should never be allowed to be sold.
Jeez, must everything be "for sale".
Democrat voters?
Had a great night driving down the local Tulsa cruise (Peoria street, I think) cranking it in my 1967 Impala.
No, just kids having fun pissing off the adults.
I bet, ping me if you can find a pic
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