Boyfriend-alert – A light based alert system

Re:Boyfriend-alert – A light based alert system by 11thEarlOfMar on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:32AM (#30147664)

My mom used a referee's whistle. There were 5 of us and the number of toots indicated which of the 5 she wanted (two toots for me). If we were outside playing in the neighborhood, we'd get alerted directly or indirectly from someone who was tired of hearing the whistle.

If it was dinner time and she needed us all, she'd blow 'Shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits'.

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Re:Boyfriend-alert – A light based alert system by Steltek on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:41AM (#30147740)

Was your Dad an Austrian naval captain by any chance?

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Re:Boyfriend-alert – A light based alert system by metabagel on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:22AM (#30149740)

My dad whistled between his teeth. He was a prodigious whistler. As I recall, it was two tones alternating. Too bad we never measured how far away we could hear him whistling, because now I’m wondering. I’d guess half a mile though.

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Re:Boyfriend-alert – A light based alert system by toss1 on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:59AM (#30147909)

My mom used a cowbell... hadn't thought of that in years

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Re:Boyfriend-alert – A light based alert system by youngbullind on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:52PM (#30152357)

My stepmum used to use a rape alarm to call us back from across the fields back in the 1980s

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Re:Boyfriend-alert – A light based alert system by dylan604 on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:51AM (#30149319)

We had a 6" bell hung next to the back door. The same type as in churches where a rope pulls to get the bongs. It could be heard from a looooong way off. If it rang and we couldn't hear it, we were too far away from what was allowed.

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