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Old Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:08pm
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I'm more likely to break a whistle than lose one.

I have enough whistles to (likely) last the rest of my career. I've used the same whistle for football now for the last 5 seasons.
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Old Tue Mar 20, 2012, 12:20am
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I go through several whistles in a year. I would never use the same whistle for years, that is just nasty to me. Eventually I would want something clean or more clean to use. With all the times you touch a whistle and a basketball (and in my case football as well) I really do not want to continue using that over that extended period of time.

BTW, I hate the CMG whistles and really do not like to use them.

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Old Tue Mar 20, 2012, 07:45am
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I go through several whistles in a year. I would never use the same whistle for years, that is just nasty to me. Eventually I would want something clean or more clean to use. With all the times you touch a whistle and a basketball (and in my case football as well) I really do not want to continue using that over that extended period of time.

BTW, I hate the CMG whistles and really do not like to use them.

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Umm, you know that whistles are really easy to clean. I like whistles with my teeth marks already in. Why would I get rid of a perfectly good whistle?
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Old Tue Mar 20, 2012, 08:24am
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I use a classic in basketball, I don't like the CMG in my mouth the whole time.

In football, I use a CMG but I don't keep the whistle in my mouth.
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Old Tue Mar 20, 2012, 08:30am
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Is that over in Mount Airy?

I think Marshall is asking about his patch, not being familiar with North Carolina Agricultural & Architectural
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Old Tue Mar 20, 2012, 11:24am
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Umm, you know that whistles are really easy to clean. I like whistles with my teeth marks already in. Why would I get rid of a perfectly good whistle?
You assume that a perfectly good whistle is an old whistle to me. Again, I probably use a whistle longer than many here that only work basketball. I use whistle during football too and those whistles deteriorate all the time. If you use the CMG, the plastic starts to come off and the little pieces start having to be spit out of my mouth. Then if you use the regular Fox 40 the plastic also deteriorates as well and groves in the plastic develops and they can break down as well. Now just like I would not use a plastic fork over and over again without at some point throwing it out and using another, the same goes for a whistle. They cost only about $5 or $6 dollars for the most part, using a couple during the season is not a big deal or investment. And yes I clean them off, but I would like a newer one every now and then. Is that OK with you?

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Old Tue Mar 20, 2012, 10:11am
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I have enough whistles to (likely) last the rest of my career. I've used the same whistle for football now for the last 5 seasons.
OK... um .... YUCK.
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Old Tue Mar 20, 2012, 05:05pm
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I have enough whistles to (likely) last the rest of my career. I've used the same whistle for football now for the last 5 seasons.
Great. Not everyone is the same.
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