Brass "ship's" bell, or a reasonable facsimile, mounted outside the back door at our house. The whole neighborhood knew it was roundup time/dinnertime at our place. A little like conditioning (ref Pavlov's dogs) and did engender some degree of embarrassment. For a while, in emulation, a parent in another home tried a fog horn can. It didn't last. Never knew if it was because the kids rebelled loudly enough or replacing the cans wasn't worth the $ or headache. Ah those halcyon dayz.
Not coastal. My grandfather spent his working life at sea. Little influences in our home life; the bell; the paintings of the sea and of boats; hand carved sail boats from 2x4s with a cardboard sail on a dowel rod and a string attached to a screw eye above the rudder so the boat could be pulled back and not just sail off into unretrievability...
My mom yodeled 😳 the whole West end of town knew who.
My aunt used her husband's elk whistle. He was a hunter in Montana.
That’s hilarious! I thought the cowbell was embarrassing 😳🤪
Brass "ship's" bell, or a reasonable facsimile, mounted outside the back door at our house. The whole neighborhood knew it was roundup time/dinnertime at our place. A little like conditioning (ref Pavlov's dogs) and did engender some degree of embarrassment. For a while, in emulation, a parent in another home tried a fog horn can. It didn't last. Never knew if it was because the kids rebelled loudly enough or replacing the cans wasn't worth the $ or headache. Ah those halcyon dayz.
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I grew up in the “Wild West”, hence the cowbell; did you grow up on a coast where a brass ship bell would be “normal”?
Not coastal. My grandfather spent his working life at sea. Little influences in our home life; the bell; the paintings of the sea and of boats; hand carved sail boats from 2x4s with a cardboard sail on a dowel rod and a string attached to a screw eye above the rudder so the boat could be pulled back and not just sail off into unretrievability...
Lol that’s awesome 😁😆