F-UnitMad Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I've been making a bit of progress with equipping some of my O scale locos with DCC sound. Yesterday afternoon I was doing a bit of CV tweaking, playing with the reverb for the horn on a Soundtraxx Tsunami. All of a sudden, the horn seemed to start blowing all by itself I had a quick panic, staring at the NCE Powercab & wondering what on earth was wrong. .... took me a few moments to realise it was my mobile phone going off.... my ringtone is an almost identical airhorn download.... D'oh!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I've done something very much along the same lines before, my text alert is a GP35 horn and i have one on my layout so when my phone went off, i thought my regular DC locos had magically jumped to DCC sound. Near on (Insert profanity here) myself when it went off aswell because of how loud it was! Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 10, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2014 If I had a train sound on my phone I would be lynched at work!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 REAL US modlelers don't have "mobiles". Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I have an air raid siren as my ring tone... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Dont have that go off in the docks near me Tim!!!! The siren for a bomb being found in a shipment is an old air raid siren! Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 REAL US modlelers don't have "mobiles". Andy Oh I'm far from being a REAL US modeller, trust me.... I've never even been to the USA, & never been a member of the NMRA, either.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I find that “D’oh!” moments preferable to “Oh, Sh!t!” moments by quite a long way...... Real US modelers get lost a lot - you come across their remains on the outskirts of Horseshoe Curve Park and other places of interest Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 I find that “D’oh!” moments preferable to “Oh, Sh!t!” moments by quite a long way...... Classic, Pete!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I spent ages once trying to sort out a bit of dodgy track at one spot that kept derailing. I thought if I laid my head on the board and looked along the track I could see exactly what was happening. A great idea - but it kept shorting out for some reason. After about 10 minutes I realised it was the metal frame of my glasses across the track that was causing the short. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Y'all gotta get your (actually now our) English right. Why use one word when two will do? Andy "Brit Speak - Ameri Speak" highly recommended for pre-visitor training. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2014 REAL US modlelers don't have "mobiles". Andy Yep, only yesterday had an email conversation with a friend in Nebraska that I hope to meet up with early next year and we we ralking about 'cell phones'!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjgardiner Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 REAL US modlelers don't have "mobiles". Andy It's true, my Cell Phone does however make Tardis noises when it goes off....... -Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Yep, only yesterday had an email conversation with a friend in Nebraska that I hope to meet up with early next year and we we ralking about 'cell phones'!! And more years ago than I would like to acknowlwdge I can remember quietly smirking to myself in a fast food joint in San Francisco as your namesake, Mr D, remonstrated with a somewhat confused server; "Why have you given me crisps with my burger when I asked for chips?" Truly a classic 'two countries divided by a common language' moment! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 REAL US modlelers don't have "mobiles". Andy As a "German" modeller, I have a 'Handy'! An all time classic D'oh moment was an Irish mate of mine who once rang himself and told himself off!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted September 12, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2014 I had that on one layout which had worked fine for some years till the PCB kept coming away from the baseboard so I dirlled it either side of the rails and pinned it. Result was a short which took some time to figure out until I remembered that there were a couple of PCB sleepers below the top one that hadnt had the gap in the copper cut in them!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Fortunately I'm trilingual. I can butcher English, American, and Canadian. Cell v mobile goes way back to the days when the olde worlde general service mobile phones were still around. These were basically radio phones that could reach a single mast. All inbound and outbound calls were handled by an operator. Cell was coined as a short cut for cellular which distinguished the new fangled gizmos that could move between towers (cells) and call in and out directly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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