help better identify ourselves

arkjarhead · Jul 15, 2008

In another thread someone said it would be nice if EOers could identify themselves to the others at a carrier event or even in truck stops. I suggested "throwing up" a hand sign and barking like a dog. My wife to a picture of me throwing up what I thought was a pretty good hand sign. With the left hand I made an uppercase E out of my thumb, index finger, and middle finger. With my right hand I made the o.k. sign. Put them together it is "EO is ok". Pretty catchy huh?

Well I got to thinking some of the members might not want to bark in public places, and some might have a hard time with the hand sign. So would it be possible to get t-shirts or caps available for order? Or maybe we could just get Expediters Online airbrushed on something? The only thing with the airbrush is I wouldn't want to infringe on any copyrights or whatever the little R in the circle means. I just figured maybe some t-shirts, caps, or even bumper stickers would be nice.

ATeam · Jul 15, 2008

How about hats that look like Qualcomm domes?

Jack_Berry · Jul 15, 2008

would that be a white ball cap with a lth of thick yarn coming from behind?

should be interesting at the expo to see what folks come up with.

rode2rouen · Jul 15, 2008

ATeam said:
How about hats that look like Qualcomm domes?

If they were to be foil lined, I'd like one!!

Rex

mjolnir131 · Jul 15, 2008

Tin foil hats and bubble wrap leisure suits now we styling!!!

fastman_1 · Jul 15, 2008

We used to have Bumper Stickers, I had one on my Van till I had the Bumper Replaced

ihamner · Jul 15, 2008

I love the hand signal idea! Maybe when everyone is at the Expo you all can come up with something perfect. We wear our company apparel so we the t-shirts or caps won't work for us. There must be some way to do this.

charlee · Jul 15, 2008

you mean the quick jerky head motions and twitching is not enough?

-charlee

mjolnir131 · Jul 15, 2008

We could get balloons made that had EO on them then fill them with helium and tie them to our belt loops.that way you could find each other across a parking lot or crowd.

cheri1122 · Jul 15, 2008

This is something I just shared with Arkjar, but thought others might like it too: you can print your own avatar onto a t shirt very easily, really. Get some fabric transfer paper (in the craft dept at Walmart), and print your avatar onto it, then iron it onto a shirt, after you've got it the size you want - eeezzeee.
It's a small photo, but the shirt is one I made for Mrs Goodtude, and still haven't been able to hand over, as I haven't managed to run into them yet....

It's fun, to play with the editing programs, (like MS Paint), to enlarge and maybe add color to your avatar, before printing it out. Have a ball!

Jack_Berry · Jul 15, 2008

okay what color shirt? we don't have company apparel. since i don't have an avatar i will have a plain shirt with nothing on it. hows that for identity? still gonna have the white ball cap with a tail. and i will have one to give away with aluminum foil inside.

arkjarhead · Jul 16, 2008

Had my wife take a picture of me "throwing up" the EO is OK sign. Only problem is she is having a hard time emailing it to me.

cheri1122 · Jul 16, 2008

That could be pretty cool, Ark, in a super-secret-agent kind of way, lol - like the Masons, we could flash it at truckstops, and no one else would know what it's all about - I like it!

Only you probly won't be able to do it much at the Expo, what with both hands being full of the 'gimme bags'

TeamCaffee · Jul 16, 2008

One our truck we have an EO sticker Terry designed and had printed. We also have a powder coated purple license plate with Team Caffee lasered into it. A few EO members have found us just by that plate.

mjolnir131 · Jul 16, 2008

I'm still thinking the bubble wrap leisure suit and helium balloon is the way to go

jaminjim · Jul 16, 2008

When I saw the license I came over and introduced myself, we met in the Dallas TA.

But we really need to have some sort of name tag with our screen names on them. How about it Lawrence? Will you make some up for the forum members who have said they are going to attend?

barney · Jul 16, 2008

Ark's finger sign is pretty neat, just be careful which fingers you throw up.

Turtle · Jul 16, 2008

All this talk of throwing up.... this should fit right in.

I just ordered this license plate

OntarioVanMan · Jul 16, 2008

Turtle said:
All this talk of throwing up.... this should fit right in.

I just ordered this license plate

Ya have a t shirt to match your plate?

Turtle · Jul 16, 2008

Naaa. Thought about it, but then I figured it might send the wrong message to a shipper were I to wear it at a pickup.

Plus, I never have been, yet, but if I were to ever be late, I'd be wearing that shirt.