Have tried one of those electronic bells....doesn't work....shed's too far away. I just want to be able to attract his attention instead of traipsing all the way up the garden. Any ideas?
2007-10-13
02:22:41
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chris n
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Thank you for all your answers so far. they're really good. I've tried the on/off lights....doesn't work....even at night, he's so engrossed! Hadn't thought of crossbow and pebbles - VERY tempting as it's really irritating not getting his attention. To the shed-lovers, I'd be happy to leave him in peace but he needs feeding and watering occasionally.
2007-10-13
22:52:40 ·
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Ditto walkie talkies.
We bought ours to use on a canal boat - useful to keep in touch when he's steering and I'm off doing locks, but we've found that we use them even more now when we go shopping.
Ever been in a big DIY warehouse - he goes off to look at boys' things while I go to the plants; then you spend the next half hour wandering up and down aisles looking for each other? Not any more - quick press on "call" button, a loving "where the **** are you?" and we are lovingly reunited!
2007-10-13 02:34:36
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answered by Veronica Alicia 7
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Text or ring him on a mobile
Turn the light on and off a few times as a signal in a room where the window is visible from the shed (at night)
2007-10-13 02:30:31
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answered by caz111175 2
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Before the cell phone age took over...I used an old brass school bell to call my 4 children for dinner....You could here it for a long distance and every neighbor knew what it was for so if the kids didn;'t here it,,,others that did would tell them...5 rings meant all them...4...the olderst etc....It worked and was sort of different but it got attention for sure...
2007-10-13 03:33:15
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answered by Eileen J 7
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get a small pile of pebbles and a slingshot. Bang the side of the shed with the pebbles.
in a few days go out and get your exercise by picking up all the pebbles and returning them to the kitchen door.
2007-10-13 04:55:37
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answered by Nana Lamb 7
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I'd flash one of those super-bright portable searchlights at the shed. Through a window 1/4 mile away, that would light up the shed and easily get his attention.
Only if he usually isn't looking toward the house - wouldn't want to blind him.
http://www.amazon.com/Northern-Industrial-Tools-SearchEye-Spotlight/dp/B00016BHPU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-1272527-8248800?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1192291188&sr=8-1
2007-10-13 05:18:09
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answered by Garrett B 1
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Buy a DECT cordless phone kit for the house, one with 2 or 3 handsets and a base station. Leave one handset in the shed and you can ring him and talk, just like phoning, but FREE! with the 'intercom' facility.
2007-10-13 03:26:36
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answered by jayktee96 7
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For heavens sake leave him in his shed and make the most of the time you have on your own. Otherwise, have you heard of mobile phones? They enable you to contact people where ever they are!
2007-10-13 07:28:24
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answered by happy 6
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Isn't that the best place to keep husbands, do you really need him back in the house!!!! Seriously if its on an evening try flashing the house lights on and off.
2007-10-13 02:48:08
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answered by Anonymous
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If walkie talkies don't work for you and you can't shout loud enough, have you tried lobbing a can of beans at the shed to indicate that you want him?
2007-10-13 02:34:20
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answered by Paula R 5
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Leave him alone!!!
when were in the shed garage ect.ect Just let us work on what were working on..
but you did get a lot of cleaver ways to annoy him.
2007-10-13 12:14:53
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answered by yardslave 1
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