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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:24am
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Do the old traditional pea whistles have any upside? Do people that ref higher level games still use them?
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:02am
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Do the old traditional pea whistles have any upside? Do people that ref higher level games still use them?
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:03am
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Do the old traditional pea whistles have any upside? Do people that ref higher level games still use them?
At least in football and basketball, the only place old, traditional pea whistles are used regularly are in commercials and movies (and apparently in Welpe's former corner part of Cali).
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:40am
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Do the old traditional pea whistles have any upside?
They have an undocumented feature of the pea getting stuck and making your whistle sound like a parakeet passing wind.

In otherwords, I don't think so though from attending hockey games they seem to still be the preferred whistle of AHL and by extension I would imagine NHL referees.
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:26am
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I have one of those NHL whistles. They have a deeper tone.
Compared to a Thunderer they are huge.

I gave it to my kid to pay with.
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 01:22pm
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I gave it to my kid to pay with.
Run out of beads and wampum?
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:41pm
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:21pm
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Run out of beads and wampum?
That's just their allowance.
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:34pm
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I have one of those NHL whistles. They have a deeper tone.
Compared to a Thunderer they are huge.

I gave it to my kid to pay with.
I bet the kid can't wait for NC to drop knickers and Northwestern striped socks so he'll get them...
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:58pm
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I bet the kid can't wait for NC to drop knickers and Northwestern striped socks so he'll get them...
I knew Jerry Sandusky, and NC is no Jerry Sandusky...
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2012, 07:04am
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Actually he was calling lines in AYSO. And if he doesn't mow the yard this weekend all he will get is beads.

He's got his first MS game today. Starting receiver, safety, KO return, & punt team.

I've spent the last week teaching "I'm ON/I'm OFF" vs. "am I good"
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